WINDSOR (CIS) – The University of Windsor Lancers won their 20th CIS track and field national title in school history by clinching the men's banner at this year's CIS championships in Windsor. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues claimed the women's title as CIS national champions. 

On the men's side, the Lancers team total of 101 points was good enough to edge out their rivals from Guelph who finished second with 92 points. The York Lions claimed the bronze medal in the team competition with 73 points.

For the complete CIS Track and Field Championship results, click here.

On Saturday, Windsor and Guelph dueled down the stretch with the CIS team title up for grabs heading into the final event of the competition, the 4x400 meter relay. Windsor's 4x400m team was clutch when it counted as Jesse Drennan, Corey Bellemore, Chris Kramer and Alex Ullman ran to victory with a gold medal finish in a time of 3:17.79.

Windsor's Ullman and Bellemore both had big performances on Saturday including second and fourth place finishes respectively in the men's 600 metres. Victoria's Adam Paul-Morris earned the gold in the 600m in a time of 1:18.33 while Ullman picked up silver in 1:18.52. Garrett King of Calgary was third in a time of 1:1856 while Bellemore rounded out the top four in a time of 1:19.11.

The Gryphons were able to stay alive in the team competition thanks to a strong performance in the men's 1500 metres. Guelph's Ross Proudfoot, who was also the CIS male athlete of the meet, won gold in a time of 3:47.84 while Victoria's Thomas Riva picked up the silver in a time of 3:48.08. Alex Wilkie from Queen's won the bronze in 3:49.03 while Guelph claimed the fourth and fifth spots as Kyle Grieve and Aaron Hendrikx finished in 3:49.32 and 3:50.03.

In the field events, the Lancers once again got a number of strong performances which helped to clinch the men's team title. Windsor finished third and fourth in the pole vault as Milos Savic captured a bronze medal with a vault of 4.92m and Chris Waugh finished fourth with a best of 4.82m. York's David McKay won the pole vault in convincing fashion as he finished with a winning vault of 5.20m to easily win the event. Nathan Fillpak from Alberta finished second at 4.92m.

In the men's shot put, Peter Millman from Lethbridge narrowly edged out Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye with a best throw of 17.18m.  Lafrenaye finished second at 17.17m. Windsor's Eli Pawliw threw a personal best of 16.60m to finish a tremendous third, earn big points and claim the bronze medal for the Lancers.

Over in the triple jump, Aaron Hernandez of Lethbridge won the gold with a best jump of 15.33 metres. Jordan Bruce from Dalhousie finished second with a best of 14.91m and Chas Smith also of Dalhousie won the bronze with a leap of 14.85m. Windsor's Angelo Bortolin who earlier in the week won CIS rookie of the year honours, finished fifth with a jump of 14.59 metres.

University of Windsor Lancers coach Dennis Fairall won the Bob Boucher Award as the CIS men's track and field coach of the year. In what has been a truly remarkable coaching career, Fairall earned his 20th CIS track and field title and 25 overall CIS national championship with the victory on Saturday.

"I'm really proud of our team today, it was a total team effort this weekend," said Fairall. "We were able to get points from a variety of events and had a number of athletes come up with big performances when it counted. It feels great to win our 20^th CIS track and field team title at home in Windsor in front of our fans, alumni and supporters in our house."

For CIS Track and Field Championship results, click here.