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Mr. Mikes RDP Athlete of the Week for March 20, 2023

The Athletics department would like to recognize one more Queens student-athlete as Jenica Swartz of Queens Indoor Track also had an incredible week at the ACAC Championship in Edmonton on March 18-19. On Saturday afternoon, Swartz would race to two gold medals in her first two events of the championship. She sprinted to a time of 42.88 in the 300m and ran to an impressive 2:59 in the 1000m. To cap off Day 1 of the Championship, Swartz and three of her teammates ran in the 4x200m relay where they would not only win gold but also break the ACAC record with a time of 1:50.97. The previous record was 1:54.30 from just a couple of months ago at the Running Room Grand Prix #2 in Red Deer.

On the final day, the Lacombe native would race in the first event of the day. She would run the 600m in 1:38 which placed her in first yet again but it was a photo finish as she just beat out her opponent by 73 milliseconds. She was right back at it again in the 1500m which was the second event of the day. But she finally was dethroned and took home a silver medal as she ran the long-distance race a second over five minutes. Swartz would finish off the championship with another gold medal as the Queens ran the 4x400m in 4:14 which was enough for first place. With these performances and a couple of other key victories, the Queens secured their first-ever overall championship in program history in Indoor Track.