Pentathletes on the York University Lions track and field team competed at their first meet of the season this weekend at the Fred Foot Memorial Meet at the University of Toronto, with all three of them setting new personal-best marks.
 
Justin Massar (Anten Mills, Ont.) finished sixth in the men's event with 3402 points, which qualifies him for the OUA championships. He set personal-best marks in the 60m hurdles (8.90 seconds) and the high jump (1.88 metres), and also surpassed the OUA standard in those two events, as well as the long jump and shot put.
 
In the women's event, Tracey Edwards (Ottawa) and Alix Mahood (Toronto) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, with personal-best point totals that also qualified them for the OUA championships.
 
Edwards had a strong competition with new personal bests in the high jump (1.39 metres), shot put (7.87 metres), long jump (4.72 metres) and 800m (2:45.87). Mahood also recorded a pair of personal bests in the shot put (8.61 metres) and the 800m (2:50.48).
 
In other events, the Lions swept the podium in the shot put with Brittany Crew (East York, Ont.) winning gold, Jacinta Cowan (Bala, Ont.) claiming silver and Fatim Ammor () taking bronze. The trio nearly turned the same trick in the weight throw as Crew won silver, Cowan captured the bronze and Ammor finished in fourth place.
 
In the men's throwing events, Chris Preece (Cookstown, Ont.) won the gold medal in the weight throw with a distance of 16.98 metres, and Anojan Sivalingam (Scarborough, Ont.) finished third at 14.96 metres.
 
The Lions will be back in action next weekend when they travel to Montreal for the McGill Team Challenge, which begins on Friday, Jan. 23.