University of Waterloo Athletics

Hillary had an outstanding meet this weekend at the Windsor Team Challenge competing in two individual events. On Friday she ran the 1500m looking to improve her time and U SPORTS ranking. Despite a less competitive field HIllary stayed focused and ran her own race taking charge from the gun. Crossing the line seconds ahead of the field, Hillary ran a near 3.5 second personal best time all alone, easily winning the event with a new time of 4:30.04. Her time moves her up in the U SPORTS top 12 as 11th and hopes to remain there to earn her spot at the U SPORTS Championships.

Hillary returned to the track Saturday to run the 1000m. Similar to her 1500m, Hillary ran her own race aiming for a sub 2:50 time, a difficult task on her own. Although she didn’t hit the target she stuck to her race plan and finished well ahead of her competitors in 2:51.74 for first place, just off her personal best. 

Hillary was our top female scorer for the team earning 20 points and helped the women finish 3rd overall in the team standing. Topping off a successful weekend, her gutsy solo racing was noticed by everyone with the meet organizers naming her the Female Athlete of the Meet.