Women’s Track & Field
Gryphons pull from the pack, Rouge et Or take No. 2
Waterloo’s Hannah Blair and Emmett Bravakis of Toronto are the U SPORTS track and field athletes of the week for the period ending February 5, 2023.
Hannah Blair, Waterloo
Events: Combined
Hometown: Waterloo, Ont.
Year of Eligibility: 4th
Academic Program: Kinesiology
Hannah Blair swept the women’s pentathlon event at the York Open in Toronto last weekend. The kinesiology major won all five events in the combined event and racked up a total of 3,853 points, nearly 500 ahead of the silver medallist, Audrey Goddard of Western. Blair’s score is the second-highest recorded in U SPORTS this season and auto-qualified the fourth-year student for the U SPORTS championship in Saskatoon later this month.
Emmett Bravakis, Toronto
Events: Sprinter
Hometown: Kingston, Ont.
Year of eligibility: 3rd
Academic program: Computer Engineering
Third-year sprinter Emmett Bravakis won two races at the Robert J. Kane Invitational at Cornell University on Saturday, February 4. The computer engineering major clocked a time of 22.19 seconds to win the 200-metre dash while also winning the men's 300 metres in 34.01 seconds. Bravakis' 300-metre time ranks him first among U SPORTS sprinters this season and second on U of T's all-time record list.