2014-15 University of Toronto Varsity Blues female athlete of the year Sasha Gollish claimed the 1500m bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games on Saturday evening in Toronto.

The Toronto native and PhD candidate crossed the finish line in 4:10.11, behind Canada's Nicole Sifuentes (4:09.13) and Muriel Coneo (4:09.05). 
 

BREAKING: Canadians Nicole Sifuentes and Sasha Gollish win silver and bronze in the women's 1500m #CBCPanAm http://t.co/DfG6ckvsOa

— CBC Sports (@cbcsports) July 25, 2015

CONGRATS Nicole Sifuentes #PanAm2015 SILVER & Sasha Gollish #PanAm2015 BRONZE exciting @TO2015 1500!!! pic.twitter.com/Q8btAOCk6B

— Chris Fonseca (@Chris_Fonseca3) July 25, 2015

 

SILVER! BRONZE! Nicole Sifuentes, @ndsifuentes, & Sasha Gollish, @SGollishRuns, finish 1-2 in the women's 1500m. pic.twitter.com/rLHMzWzRlC

— Steve Russell (@RussellPhotos) July 26, 2015

ICYMI: Canada grabs a pair of medals in women's 1,500. Toronto's Sasha Gollish gets bronze. http://t.co/S5o8k43oCQ pic.twitter.com/5zQGWFgIWY

— InsideToronto (@InsideTOnews) July 26, 2015

Gollish was named the CIS track female athlete of the year and the most outstanding female performer of the meet in leading the Varsity Blues to their first CIS title since 1998.
 
The CIS first team all-Canadian claimed three gold medals at the national meet, taking the top spot in the 1000m and 3000m, while also being a member of CIS and Canadian record breaking 4x800 relay team. A Toronto native, Gollish earned the silver medals in the 600m and 1500m, breaking the U of T record in the former, which was held by Olympian Sarah Wells.
 
She won the Dr. Wendy Jerome trophy as the OUA's overall most valuable performer after winning the 600m, in OUA record time, and the 1500m and 3000m. She and the 4x800 relay team also broke the OUA and Canadian record at the conference championships. 

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