Varsity Blues runner Tamara Jewett finished last season an OUA Champion and earned the CIS silver medal. The Toronto native secured OUA and CIS all-star recognition for her success during the year.
In April she placed ninth overall to help carry Canada to a fourth-place finish at the FISU World University Cross Country Championship in Poland.
Jewett’s success was not lost in the off–season. She opened this year by winning the women’s title at the Western International in London. Jewett took command of the 5 kilometre race, finishing with a time of 17:39, six seconds ahead of the second place runner, Lindsay Carson of McMaster.
After the race, Jewett told the press, “I felt good. I felt strong. The race went pretty much according to my plan so I was happy with it.”
On Saturday, the fourth-year runner travelled to Chicago to win her second race in as many weeks. Jewett ran a season-best time of 17:17 at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational, finishing 13 seconds ahead of her McMaster competition, Victoria Coates.
Due in large part to Jewett’s stellar finish, the Blues placed seventh overall in the competition.
Jewett next travels to Guelph for the Vic Matthews Open.
