{"id":134175,"date":"2025-03-10T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=134175"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:09:16","slug":"former-high-jumper-wins-u-sports-3000m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/u-sports\/former-high-jumper-wins-u-sports-3000m\/","title":{"rendered":"Former high jumper wins U Sports 3,000m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After transitioning from high jump last summer, Windsor Lancers standout <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/u-sports\/jacob-benoit-and-madelyn-eybergen-named-under-armour-u-sports-athletes-of-the-week\/\">Madelyn Eybergen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0continues to thrive in middle-distance running. In her third-ever 3,000m race and U Sports debut on Friday in Windsor, Ont., the athlete gapped the field and assertively claimed the national title.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134209\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134209 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/US20Day320Z6202025Mar08_3512-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"2025 U Sports 1,500m\" width=\"788\" height=\"567\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/US20Day320Z6202025Mar08_3512-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/US20Day320Z6202025Mar08_3512-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/US20Day320Z6202025Mar08_3512-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/US20Day320Z6202025Mar08_3512-1536x1106.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/US20Day320Z6202025Mar08_3512.jpg 1561w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/567;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2025 U Sports 1,500m. Photo: etam_images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a tight two-person battle with Western University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/u-sports\/sophie-coutts-and-daniel-earles-named-under-armour-athletes-of-the-week\/\"><strong>Sophie Coutts<\/strong><\/a>, Eybergen pulled away in the final lap; she clocked 9:20.72 to better her previous personal best by nearly five seconds. Coutts claimed silver in 9:26.45, with Laval Rouge et Or rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/u-sports\/mia-larochelle-and-tyrell-davis-named-under-armour-athletes-of-the-week\/\">Mia Larochelle<\/a>\u00a0rounding out the podium in 9:43.58.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m feeling really good,&#8221; Eybergen told\u00a0<em>Canadian Running.<\/em> &#8220;It was my plan to win, but I wasn&#8217;t fully expecting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Madelyn Eybergen of the Windsor Lancers wins the women\u2019s 3,000m in a blistering 9:20.72\ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x0U7K6iPVd\">pic.twitter.com\/x0U7K6iPVd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadianRunning\/status\/1898178928335786340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My goal was to also get a new school record,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The first lap was pretty slow, and I knew I had to go faster to get that record.&#8221; Eybergen was successful in her record attempt, blazing past <strong>Stefanie Smith<\/strong>&#8216;s mark of 9:23.89. The next day, the Lancer went on to claim bronze in the 1,500m.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 summer season is set to be a defining chapter in Eybergen&#8217;s career. &#8220;The big goal right now is to figure out what race I&#8217;m best at\u2013whether that&#8217;s 3K, 5K or 10K,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I might try steeplechase in the summer\u2013we&#8217;ll see.&#8221; The graduate student is only in her second year of collegiate eligibility, and will return to the U Sports scene next year to defend her title.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134203\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134203 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/madelyn-eybergen-e1741623664305-1024x828.jpeg\" alt=\"Madelyn eybergen and mia Larochelle \" width=\"788\" height=\"637\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/madelyn-eybergen-e1741623664305-1024x828.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/madelyn-eybergen-e1741623664305-300x243.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/madelyn-eybergen-e1741623664305-768x621.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/madelyn-eybergen-e1741623664305.jpeg 1150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/637;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madelyn Eybergen and Mia Larochelle on the U Sports 3,000m podium 2025. Photo: cesdigital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eybergen was initially recruited to the Lancers track and field team for the 2020-21 school year as a high jumper. She transitioned to middle-distance running over the summer in 2024, and went on to win OUA gold and U Sports bronze in the cross-country season. Before that, she hadn\u2019t taken part in a cross-country race since Grade 9.<\/p>\n<p>For complete results, click <a href=\"https:\/\/live.windsortiming.com\/meets\/44613\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>CRM would like to thank Under Armour for their continued support of our 2025 U Sports T&amp;F coverage.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134137 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-300x223.png\" alt=\"Under armour logo\" width=\"192\" height=\"143\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-1536x1140.png 1536w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-2048x1520.png 2048w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UA_Logo_Blk_R-800x600.png 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 192px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 192\/143;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madelyn Eybergen of the Windsor Lancers ran her first track race just last year, and now holds a national title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5382,"featured_media":134213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329602],"tags":[322437,327799,343249,324376,326250,328210,343890,344450,328827,326605,326614],"class_list":["post-134175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-sports","tag-cross-country","tag-high-jump","tag-madelyn-eybergen","tag-oua","tag-running-news","tag-u-sports","tag-u-sports-2025","tag-u-sports-champion","tag-u-sports-track-and-field-championships","tag-university-of-windsor","tag-windsor-lancers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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