The York University Lions men's and women's track and field teams both finished in fifth place at the OUA championships on Saturday night at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.
 
The two squads combined to win five medals at the meet, including two golds, two silvers and one bronze.
 
Jumping specialists Holly Pitters (Mississauga, Ont.) and Nicholas Fyffe (Vancouver) both successfully defended their OUA titles from last year in the long jump and triple jump, respectively.
 
Pitters' winning mark of 6.06m was off her school record of 6.15m, which she set earlier this year, but it was enough to win the competition by 15cm. She hit the mark on her fourth attempt and was the only competitor in the line-up to jump past the six-metre mark.
 
Fyffe made things interesting to start as he fouled on his first two attempts and needed a solid performance in his third just to advance. He rose to the challenge and then put down four straight solid jumps, all of which would have won him the gold medal. His winning leap of 14.94m came in the final round.
 
Sophomore multi-events specialist Kayden Johnson (Kerrobert, Sask.) and second-year pole vaulter Samuel Adams (Glasgow, Scotland) each won silver medals in their respective events.
 
Johnson, also the starting running back for the Lions football team this season, put forth a consistent effort in all seven events of the heptathlon to finish in second place. He was particularly impressive in the long jump and the pole vault, and then did enough in the gruelling 1000m, the final event of the two-day competition, to put himself onto the podium.
 
Adams did not check into the event until the bar was at 4.61m, which he cleared on his second try, and he followed up that jump with another clear of 4.71m. He missed all three of his tries at 4.81m and ended up tied for second with Western's Dan Gleason.
 
The last medal of the event came in the women's 4x200m relay, where the quartet of Christy Ihunaegbo (East York, Ont.), Courtney Dwyer (Orleans, Ont.), Mikeisha Bobb (London, Ont.) and Shania Payne (Maple Ridge, B.C.) put up a strong time in the first heat and then watched it be good enough for the bronze medal when the faster heat was finished.
 
All gold and silver medallists, as well as the top12-ranked student-athletes in each event nationally, will now travel to Edmonton for the U SPORTS championships beginning on March 9 at the University of Alberta.
 
The Guelph Gryphons won both team banners, dominating the men's competition to finish in first place by 58.5 points. The women's event was much closer down the stretch as they won by just 9.5 points. The Mustangs were just behind the Gryphons in second place in both the men's and women's standings, while the Windsor Lancers men and Toronto Varsity Blues women were the bronze medallists. 
 
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS 
 
Women
1. Guelph, 165.5 points
2. Western, 156
3. Toronto, 150.5
4. Windsor, 68
5. York, 35
6. Ottawa, 34
7. Waterloo, 20
8. Queen's, 19
9. McMaster, 5
10. Brock, 3
 
Men
1. Guelph, 201.5 points
2. Western, 143
3. Windsor, 97
4. Toronto, 74.5
5. York, 48
6. Waterloo, 42
7. Ottawa, 23
8. McMaster, 14
9. Brock, 8
10. Queen's, 5