After a solid opening day at the 2024 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships, the York University Lions track and field team earned some hardware during the middle day of competition on Friday in Winnipeg.

First, on the men's side, Tamarri Lindo finished third in the 60m hurdle preliminaries with an 8.02-second sprint, making him one of eight to qualify for the final. About half an hour later, the rookie health studies major backed up his prelim performance with another third place finish in the final, mirroring his opening-round time to win the bronze.

Later in the evening, veteran thrower Kaitlin Brooks rounded out the podium in women's shot put. Her toss of 13.81m earned her the bronze, and ranked her second among OUA competitors. The Barrie, Ont. native wins her fourth U SPORTS medal, after winning two silvers (2022, 2018) and a bronze (2019).

Kicking off the day, thrower Zac Osborne competed in men's weight throw, making his first U SPORTS championships appearance. The kinesiology & health science major finished tied 10th in his first taste of national competition, with a 15.43m heave. Ending the evening was the duo of Ella Foster and Alina Bilenko, who competed in the women's pole vault. Foster finished fifth with a 3.90m throw, while Bilenko slotted in seventh at 3.70m. Through day 2, the Lions sit ninth overall on the women's side with 15 points, while the men are 16th with six points.

It will be an action-packed final day of the championships for the Lions. Kickstarting the day on Saturday will be the women's 4x200 relay team of Janae Brown, Alex Quadioo, Charlotte Murchison and Rachel White. They will compete in the finals at 3:15 pm ET after winning their preliminary heat on Thursday. Then, OUA male rookie of the year Arwin Mathivathanan and Jamie Crawford will go for gold in triple jump at 3:30 pm. Finally, closing the championship for York will be the men's 4x400 relay team of Daniel Burke, Ibrahim Moustafa, Nathaniel Taffese and Matthew Richards, who will run at 5:00 pm.