Corey Bellemore (second from right) runs in the 800m event at the Canadian Olympic trials.Corey Bellemore (second from right) runs in the 800m event at the Canadian Olympic trials.

Lancers shine in San Salvador

Fans are applauding the efforts of two Lancer athletes who competed for Canada in the North American Central American and Caribbean under-23 track and field championships this past weekend in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Runner Corey Bellemore and thrower Eli Pawliw both finished in the top 10 in their events.

Bellemore earned a podium place with a bronze-medal performance in the 800m race with a time of 1:47.88, just a fraction of a second behind the first-place 1:47.52 of American Isaiah Harris.

Pawliw finished ninth in shot put with a 16.20m throw.

Both student-athletes had participated in the Canadian Olympic trials a week earlier in Edmonton.