On the ultimate day of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World College Video games, the Canadian ladies’s 4x400m relay ended the meet on a excessive observe. At Bochum, Germany’s Lohrheidestadion, the quartet of U Sports activities athletes Paige Willems (College of Saskatchewan), Tyra Boug (Western College), Georgia Oland (College of Calgary) and Favour Okpali (Western College) raced to bronze in 3:34.16– Canada’s eleventh and remaining medal of the Video games.
Germany took gold in 3:29.68, with Poland second in 3:30.21.
Not one of the Canadians got here in with recent legs; all 4 juggled a number of occasions all through the week. Willems superior the 400m semi-finals and ran a leg of the blended 4x400m relay, whereas Boug nacre simply shy of the 100m hurdles semi-final. Oland, a late addition to the relay pool, had already competed within the 100m, 4x100m relay and 200m heats and semi-finals. Okpali, who anchored each the heats and remaining, additionally certified for the 400m remaining in 52.84–the second-fastest time of her profession. She went on to position eighth total.
A unique lineup–that includes Shelby MacIsaac of the College of New Brunswick instead of Oland– had secured the staff’s spot within the remaining with a 3:35.15 win of their first-round warmth on Saturday. The Canadian males’s 4x400m quad additionally superior to their remaining, the place they positioned sixth.
The bronze marks Canada’s second athletics medal of the Video games. On Friday, 21-year-old pole vaulter Rachel Grenke of the College of Alberta soared to bronze with a remaining try of 4.35 metres–a lifetime finest and the fifth-ranked mark in Canada this yr.
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