WINDSOR LANCER AWARDED U SPORTS WOMEN’S STUDENT-ATHLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Chloe VidAmour won a bronze medal in triple at the OUA Championships with a season best jump of 12.09m, helping Windsor finish third overall in the team standings. The fourth-year hometown product and human kinetics major has served as an Adapted Physical Exercise (APEX) program coordinator, volunteering in the one-one-one program on campus for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She also launched the APEX-STEPS Initiative, adapting the program for a school-based setting with physical activity programming for secondary schools across the Greater Essex County District School Board.
In addition, VidAmour has been a jumps coach at Holy Names Catholic High School and Sandwich West Public School, and spent a semester abroad participating in a hands-on internship and track and field coaching opportunities while overcoming language barriers.
She is the first Lancer to earn the award in program history.
Guelph’s Nicole McKenzie and Max Davies, Lethbridge’s Jinaye Shomachuk and Toronto’s Aiden Grout have been named the U SPORTS Track and Field Athletes of the Year. The announcement was made Thursday morning, as the national season award winners were celebrated prior to the start of the 2026 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships
On the women’s side, McKenzie was named the outstanding Track Athlete of the Year, Shomachuk captured Field Athlete of the Year, Saskatchewan’s Hailee Woodhouse earned the Rookie of the Year and Windsor’s Chloe Vidamour took home the Student-Athlete Community Service Award.
In men’s competition, the recipients include Davies (Track Athlete of the Year), Grout (Field Athlete of the Year), and Western’s Jackson MacKay (Rookie of the Year) and Aaron Thompson (Student-Athlete Community Service Award).
The Assistant Coaches of the Year are Karlyn Wells of Saskatchewan and Marks Cocks of Alberta. The head coaches of the year are determined at the conclusion of the championship, along with the Athletes of the Meet. All-Canadians are determined by performance at the championships, with event gold medallists becoming first team All-Canadians, while second-place finishers earn second team All-Canadian honours.
The 2026 U SPORTS Track and Field Championships, hosted by the Manitoba Bisons, begin Thursday and run through Saturday. The entire championship will be webcast live on CBC digital platforms in English and Radio-Canada’s digital platforms in French.