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Jenna Westaway breaks Melissa Bishop’s national 800m record

Westaway is on fire this indoor season as she takes down Canadian record number two

Jenna Westaway is on fire this indoor season. The University of Guelph student broke Melissa Bishop’s 800m indoor record of 2:00.19 set in 2016 in Glasgow.

RELATED: Westaway and Arop set new Canadian records

Westaway won and ran 1:59.87 at the Boston University Last Chance Meet on Sunday. The runner did this after running the anchor leg of the OUA 4x800m at York University on Friday evening. 

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This isn’t the first record Westaway has broken in Boston in 2019. The 800m runner set up the Boston Valentine 1,000m race as a clear record attempt. She was paced through 450 metres by her teammate Jenna Smith, and took charge from there on. She finished in 2:37.04, shattering the former Canadian record. Westaway is currently in her final year of U Sport eligibility and competing for the University of Guelph.

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Indoor Track & Field Jenna Westaway, Guelph, breaks the national record of Canada in 1000 meters indoors 2:37.02

Maité Bouchard and Kristen Metcalfe were third and fourth in the race on Sunday, both running 2:03.59. Westaway’s next race will be the U Sports Championships in two weeks time. She’s qualified for the 600m, 1,000m and 1,500m, but it remains to be seen which events she will run. 

RELATED: Gabriela Stafford breaks another Canadian record

This now totals the Canadian record count on the track in 2019 to six. Gabriela Stafford has set two, Westaway has now set two, Marco Arop broke the 800 record and Jess O’Connell broke the 3,000m record. 

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