TWU alum Regan Yee earned the IAAF World Championship standard

Trinity Western University alum Regan Yee (South Hazelton, B.C.) earned the IAAF World Championship standard in the 3000m steeplechase with a personal record time of 9:35.49 as she finished first at the Sunset Tour at Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, Calif.) Tuesday.

The result puts Yee in a position to potentially become the first Spartan to compete at the IAAF World Championships. Yee will now prepare for the Canadian Championships and Selection Trials in Montreal July 25-28 before competing in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. This year’s World Championships are in Doha, Qatar from September 26^th to October 6^th.

Prior to Tuesday’s race, Yee had previously missed the IAAF World Championship standard by just 0.06 after winning the Harry Jerome Track Classic (June 20) in 9:40.06.

Yee finished her Spartans career as a three-time national champion on the track, winning U SPORTS gold in in the 3000m in both 2016 and 2018 and in the 1500m in 2018. All told, she finished her Spartans track career with five U SPORTS medals and eight Canada West medals in her five years at TWU. In her final year, 2017-18, she was named TWU’s Female Athlete of the Year. She also holds TWU’s indoor school records in the 800m (2:07.97), the 1000m (2:42.99) and the 3000m (8:58.29).