Lethbridge – First-year thrower Kayla Gallagher continued her stellar first season with the Pronghorns being crowned the weight throw CIS Champion in the first event of the meet hosted at the University of Alberta.
 
Heading into the CIS Championship meet, Gallagher was ranked fifth in the CIS, but a new personal best throw of 18.24 metres earned her the gold medal. The throw was nearly two metres better than her previous personal best and she won the event by almost a metre.
 
Gallagher is not done at the national meet yet and will compete in the shot put event tomorrow afternoon. She is ranked seventh in the shot put heading into the event.
 
Fellow ‘Horns thrower Peter Millman will also compete tomorrow afternoon in the men’s weight throw event.
 
Selected events will be webcast live daily at www.CIS-SIC.tv.
 
Championship website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/trackfield/index
Complete national rankings (individual and team): http://sportingcanada.com/tf/