Varsity Blues pole vaulter Jason Wurster completed is break-out season winning a gold medal at the 2008 CIS Track and Field Championships this past weekend at the McGill Fieldhouse in Montreal, Que.

The second-year Arts and Science student claimed his first CIS gold with a vault of 5.35m, five centimetres shy of the Fieldhouse record of 5.40m - a mark Wurster set at the McGill Open January 25, 2008. He bettered the 2007 CIS champion, Sherbrooke’s David Foley, by five centimeters (5.30m), and Saskatchewan Huskies vaulter Taylor Petrucha (5.05m).

Wurster finished the 2007-08 CIS track and field season ranked as the No.1 pole vaulter. His best vault of the year came on February 8, 2008 at the Randall Tyson Track Center at the University of Arkansas.

Blues Doug Creighton, a 2007 bronze medalist in the pole vault, finished fourth with a jump of 4.80m.

Varsity Blues high jumper Mark Dillon and 60m hurdles specialist Mark Stewart struck also struck gold at the McGill tournament on March 7.

Stewar, the 2006 University of Toronto Athlete of the Year, won his third consecutive national title in the 60mH with a time of 8.10 seconds and cemented his place as one of the great hurdlers in CIS track and field. He finished 0.05 seconds ahead of Guelph Gryphons hurdler Cody Sorenson, and 0.17 seconds ahead of Sherbrooke’s Valery Komenan.

Dillon, for his part, bounced back from a disappointing second-place finish at the 2007 CIS championships to claim the gold medal for 2008 with a jump of 2.11m. The fifth-year senior from Bowmanville Ont. dominated the competition as Western Mustang Alex Witmer finished second with a jump of 2.08m and Gryphon Cornell Haynes was a distant third with a leap of 2.02m.

Complete schedules and live results are available online at www.cisport.ca/e/championships/track/2008 or www.athletics.mcgill.ca.