Emmanuel Harawa didn't miss a beat in his return to the track.
Harawa, who missed the Brock Badgers track and field teams' previous meet due to a hip flexor injury, scorched the field at the Brockport Golden Eagles Invitational on Jan. 25.
A third-year sprinter from Nairobi, Kenya who is studying Sport Management, Harawa defended his double gold performance from last year in the men's 200-metre and 400-metre dashes, and secured another gold by helping Brock win in the men's 4x200m relay race.
Harawa started the day off by posting a time of 49 seconds and 75 milliseconds in the 400m, which was a second and a half faster than the second-place finisher.
"I get stronger in any race during the later stages, so making sure my start and drive phase was fast was my main focus," said Harawa. "Fortunately it was and I put a good time together."
In the 200m, he captured first with a time of 22.16 to edge out the second-place sprinter by 24 milliseconds.
"I just wanted to get out hard and push myself to see if the time off would make a big impact," he said.
In the men's 60m dash, Tyrell Smikle won gold with a time of 6.97 seconds. He squeaked out first by three milliseconds.
Smikle and Harawa were also part of the quad who handily won the men's 4x200m relay in a time of 1:32.08. The squad also consists along with senior Eloho Orogun and freshman Caleb Crawford. Brock held off the hosts, the Golden Eagles, by three seconds.
Senior Jeremy Mol led the way for the Badgers in the mid-distance events with gold in the men's 800m in a time of 1:58.54. The second-place runner in the event finished in 2:01.40. Joseph Dick followed suit later in the day by winning the men's 3,000m in a personal best time of 9:00.83.
On the women's side, Olivia Orazietti started the day out with silver in the 60m dash in a time of 8.00s, just 0.01 off her personal best time. Kaysen Drummond continued her impressive freshman season for the Badgers with a second place finish in the 200m with a time of 26.41 seconds. She was also second in the 400m in 1:01.27, losing out to team captain Monica Binotto who won the event with a time of 1:00.16.
Drummond and Binotto were also part of the first-place finishing 4x200m relay along with freshman Shaneil Lovell and senior Felicia Scaringi. The women bested the Brock record previously set last week in London with a new time of 1:46.18.
Lovell also set a new Brock record of her own in long jump with a jump of 5.37m, good for silver, while punching her ticket to the OUA Championships along the way. The previous Brock record stood at 5.18m and was set by Lauren Hines in 2016.
In the women's mid-distance events, Paulina Sergnese dominated the field in the one-mile race with a winning time of 5:26.98. Second place in the event finished ten seconds back in 5:36.21. Later in the day, Lauren Taylor won silver in the 800m with a personal best time of 2:26.81.
Up next, the Badgers travel to York University to compete in the York Open from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.
