(HALIFAX, N.S.) Lorena Heubach and Matt Coolen from Â鶹´«Ã½ Tigers track and field have been named the Subway AUS Athletes of the Week for their respective performances for this past week.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name:Â Lorena Heubach
University: Â鶹´«Ã½
Sport: Women’s Track and Field
Hometown:Â Granville Beach, N.S.
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Lorena Heubach of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Tigers women’s track and field team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending Feb. 23, 2020.
A third-year engineering student from Granville Beach, N.S., Heubach topped the podium at the U SPORTS Track and Field Championships hosted this past weekend by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta.
She won her first-ever national gold medal in the women’s long jump event with a leap of 5.90, earning U SPORTS first team all-Canadian honours in the process.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name:Â Matt Coolen
University: Â鶹´«Ã½
Sport: Men’s Track and Field
Hometown:Â Halifax, N.S.
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Matt Coolen of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Tigers track and field team team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending March 8, 2020.
A fifth-year sprinter from Halifax, N.S., Coolen topped the podium at the U SPORTS Track and Field Championships hosted this past weekend by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta.
He ran an 8.02 to win national gold in the 60m hurdles on Friday, bettering his silver medal performance from last year. He set a new Â鶹´«Ã½ record in the process, topping his previous time of 8.04 seconds, and was named a U SPORTS first team all-Canadian.
He also earned a fifth-place finish in the 60m dash Thursday night.