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SFU walkout in support of the Unist’ot’en and Wet’suwet’en peoples results in march to President Petter’s office

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Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member 

At 12 p.m. on January 18, a group of SFU students and other community members participated in a walkout in support of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in light of recent protests against the Trans Mountain Pipeline System.

The details for the Facebook event notes “UNIST’OT’EN WET’SUWET’EN peoples are being arrested on their own land as corporations use RCMP to protect their old world interests in oil, gas and fracking. Resource extraction is dirty and affects us all. Lets [sic] stand for our future and today.”

Once a small crowd assembled, Sundance Chief Ruben George addressed the audience. He started off noting, “I am happy to say that we’re winning [ . . . ] we’ve won over 250 legal victories.” He noted that “Burnaby residents understand the true facts of the destruction that [the pipeline] causes and that’s what we have to educate people on, what’s going on up North.”

“We have a gun to our head, and we’re about to pull the trigger, and we don’t even care. We have to get people to care.”

Chief George finished off by saying “the spirit of the people have spoken and we’re winning. I’m proud of each and every one of you [ . . . ] don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t. Don’t ever let anyone tell you it’s impossible.”

He then passed the microphone off to his son, Cedar George, whom he explained has been actively involved in opposing the Kinder Morgan pipeline, including convincing the World Bank to divest $800 million in tar sands.

Cedar George emphasized the importance of Canadians using our freedom of speech. “Here we have freedom of speech. We have rights. Let’s use those rights [ . . . ] we have the right to be here and talk without being murdered.”

“We’re here to stand up for those young ones, in other countries who don’t have what we have.” He urged the crowd to “get SFU to divest.”

Raven Marsten, the organizer of the event, then announced that it was open mic and anybody could come up to speak.

A number of people used this opportunity, including SFU student and president of the Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) Giovanni Hosang, who announced that SOCA supports the movement, and that “people united will never be divided.”

Following Hosang, an unnamed man who introduced himself as a climate activist and an Indigenous activist explained that “in order for us to actually do something about the climate you have to work with the people who are the most affected by climate change [. . .] I’m very grateful for everybody here, together we can stop this pipeline.”

Marsten then mobilized the group to walk through the AQ with posters while verbally demonstrating their opposition to the pipeline. The march ended at President Andrew Petter’s office, where the group stood outside chanting, eventually entering the office. After inquiring with members in the office, the group discovered that Petter was not present.

According to Hosang in an email to The Peak, the group stayed between 1–2 hours in Petter’s office and were not able to get him on the phone as he was in meetings. However, Dugan O’Neil associate vice-president, research, came to speak to the group.

A video sent by Hosang to The Peak shows O’Neil explaining that “Andrew Petter is off-campus and in a meeting right now, so I am here to hear your concerns.” After receiving an explanation of the protest from both Marsten and Hosang, he responded, “I’m not authorized today to suddenly make a statement on the spot about our position on the things you raised. What I can do is take that request back.”

“We got a commitment that he will reach out to one of the rally organizers,” Hosang wrote in his email.

After The Peak reached out to O’Neil to ask about his interaction with the protest group, O’Neil said that he “pledged to pass along certain key messages from the group to President Petter and to also pass along the contact information (email and phone number) of one of the organizers.”

“I have done those things,” O’Neil concluded.

Kristin Linklater, SFU’s executive director of communications and marketing, made the following statement in an email to The Peak:

“This information was brought to the attention of the president, who has asked for further information to understand the concerns of the group.  Once he receives that information, his office will respond accordingly.

“Because the university is a complex organization with a diversity of views, the SFU administration does not take positions on issues of public policy unless they directly relate to the operations of the university.

However, we encourage faculty, staff and students to express their views publicly.”

SFU student Marina Gathright, who was present at the walkout, wrote to The Peak: “While I am incredibly disappointed in the lack of initiative the school has shown on this issue and in their response today, it was great to see many students showing their support.”

HoSang said in his email that the ralliers decided they would come back repeatedly if any decisive actions weren’t taken on behalf of SFU. 

When will it click for SFU that iClickers are pointless?

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Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor

Excuse me as I do my best Tina Fey-playing-Ms. Norbury voice . . . “Class, raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by the iClicker.”

For those who haven’t, iClickers are grotsky little devices that some professors force you to buy for in-lecture quizzes. Profs will use them for multiple-choice questions during their lecture. Students click letters on their pre-registered clickers to answer, and their answers get digitally recorded for marks, even if only for participation.

On paper, iClickers rock. They can make lectures more interactive, encourage students to come to class, measure how well the class understands the course material, and make it easier for instructors to give and grade short quizzes.

But while I greatly respect the professors who use them, I consider iClickers to be a terrible, terrible staple of university education. SFU, please, let’s leave them in 2018 with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s defeated lung cancer.  

For one thing, they’re too conveniently cheated. In a large lecture, nothing really stops a untrustworthy student from trusting their iClicker to a friend and ditching for greener, more engaging pastures, like watching the Student Union Building be built at a sad chelonian pace.

As an example, Stanford University’s independent student paper, The Stanford Daily, reported that while clicker fraud at Stanford is documented very rarely, that’s likely just because students often hesitate to snake each other’s underworld dealings. At least one professor told the Daily she “[knew] for a fact that some people hand clickers to friends.”

If it’s happening at Stanford, it’s almost definitely a problem here. It’s ludicrous — I have to attend lecture or lose points, but dishonest students can just cavort about, thriving in their Magikarpy uselessness!

I guess at least the odds are good that I don’t have to deal with iClickers anymore, because they’re rare-to-nonexistent in my degree program. I only had to buy one last semester because of a WQB class, and the same proves true for tons of SFU students.

But that’s just it — I paid around $48 for an irritation I’ll never touch again. And unlike a textbook, this remote taught me nothing.

Students are already infuriated over what we pay the proverbial SFU bagpiper, especially with the recently proposed tuition hikes. (Just look at the ongoing protest campaign, SFU Tuition Freeze Now!) Paying for overpriced, worthless devices on top of that is just rock salt in our angry red raccoon-scratches.

SEE MORE: “Students demand that “SFU Freeze Tuition Now!” as the university plans fee hikes”

Most critically, nobody should be leaning on iClickers as a form of student engagement. I’m sorry, SFU faculty, but some of you must have been raising pet rocks and sea monkeys as kids, because it really shows. None of us should be financially and emotionally taxed because you don’t feel obligated to learn how to draw your students to care and participate on your own oratory merits.

Luckily, my own iClicker-attached classes have been with strong, engaging lecturers, but I’ve heard stories about others who . . . well, I’ll leave it to your imagination. What I’d love to see is SFU stop pushing iClickers and start pushing professors who are better-trained as engaging educators. More than that, I’d love to see the faculty explore better ways to show students that, yes, SFU wants to help them set the tone of their own learning.

That, I can pretty much guarantee, will get students more involved, more engaged, and much more present.  

So, yeah . . . I hate iClickers. Maybe you do too, maybe you don’t. Maybe it’s a lot to even bother dissecting such a tiny annoyance (though I maintain it’s no longer “tiny” when it makes up 10% or more of your grade). But even if the conversation seems small or petty, we should know how to look at a part of our education and say, “This isn’t working.”

That sort of critical thinking is a skill you’ll need to build yourself the life you want. It’s also a skill that starts with the small-time, small-stakes stuff — and yes, that includes the banality of the iClicker.

To all the plants I’ve killed before

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Written by: Jennifer Low, Peak Associate


When I first met you, you were the light of my life. Your image was plastered all down my Instagram feed, and all I wanted to do was learn more about you.

I knew my family and friends didn’t approve.

Words like “you have no time” and “you should be focused on your studies” were hurled at me left and right, but what can I say? Nothing they said mattered; I was obsessed. I made it past your prickly exterior and saw the beauty that lay within. The truth is, I thought I could take care of you… my poor, poor succulent.

But I was wrong. I wanted to be the person you needed, but you never told me that you felt smothered under my care, drowning in my love.

I should have known. After all, you weren’t the first one I’ve had to let go.

Last January, there was another, one who craved my attention and love but received neither. He withered in the darkness, thirsting for care that he never received, a constant reminder on my shelf of my neglect.

In May, I found love anew. I can picture her still, as she sat at the window, beautiful in all her flowery glory, but my love for her dried up and burned. She too, left me… for the compost bin.

There was the one I met last summer, warm and in his element. I can remember him like it was yesterday, all green and golden.

However, summer romances are not meant to last. Though I tried my best to hang on, his colours faded just like the autumn leaves until he withered and was gone . . . probably devoured by the dog.  

I found another in November. I thought I’d take things slow, but I neglected her as I jetted off on my eventful Christmas break. Forgotten, she suffered. She now resides amongst textbooks and dust bunnies, and I’m ashamed to say I rarely visit her.  

Now I feel as though I must add you to my list too. Dear succulent, I know we only knew each other a short time but . . . I loved you . . . I’m so sorry. I know the truth now; I’m literally less nurturing than a desert.

Grumble: Dating app for group projects

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Written by: Trevor Roberts, Peak Associate

Hate group projects? The answer to your academic qualms is the world’s first group project “dating” app: Grumble! Grumble connects you with the top group members in your class (and the bottom ones, and the ones in the middle) and provides you with all of the information you need to form a half-decent group. Still don’t believe us? Check out these examples below.

Sarah

Third-year chemistry

Langley – 32km away

Look, I don’t want to be really high maintenance, and if you pick me, I’ll do really good work — promise. The thing is, though, I’m not going to be able to meet in person very often.

For one, I live in Langley, and not Langley in the city — I mean Langley in the fields. It takes me two and a half hours to take four buses and a SkyTrain to campus; I’m not coming unless I actually have to. Also, I have work, a ton of extracurriculars, and a well-developed social life that I’m not about to give up on for a breadth class. I am available for 10 minutes before class and 17 minutes after class, no more, no less. If that doesn’t work for you, then swipe left.

Niall

Fifth-year undeclared

Burnaby – 8km away

Hey, this is Niall’s friend Steve. He didn’t want to bother writing his own bio, so here goes.

Niall is what you could call a gamble. On one hand, he might hand in a bunch of rushed, last-minute work for the smallest section of the project possible. One the other hand, he might do nothing. To be fair, he’s just taking this class to help to decide on a major, even though that’s probably not going to happen. Expect him to write less than half as much as is required and read directly off the slides. Good luck.

Gus

Fourth-year business

Burnaby – 1km away

Listen, I’m in my final semester with a 4.0 GPA and more than a dozen prestigious job offers. How’d I do it? Simple: I take things seriously. I’ll obviously do more than my share of the work (quality needs to be kept up), but you’d better be ready to work.

Expect to clear your entire schedule, and yes, that does mean your other classes. Also, don’t think we’re just going to “follow the criteria of the assignment.” I don’t care if it’s a 100-level BPK project” I’m looking for marketable experience, networking opportunities, and something smexy to put on my LinkedIn.

What If . . . SFU had formal school uniforms

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Written by Gene Cole, Opinions Editor

Even though many of us at SFU are adults in at least our early 20s, it’s common for us to be treated like children just for being students. I’m sure most of us have had the wonderful quips when you tell someone you’re a student, like “Oh, so you don’t have a real job yet,” or “You’re still just learning.”

So why not have something distinctive and boring to wear each day, just to cement how unadult we’re seen as just for being students.

In all seriousness, though, the idea of an email from the school announcing uniforms is a thing of nightmares. Having worn a uniform in elementary school, I can’t help but fear re-experiencing the uncomfortable, cheap suits and ties. The large spending on identical and unnecessarily fancy clothes, as well as the time-sink to keep those fancy clothes clean, aren’t things that any of us deserve to worry about as adults.

This is to say nothing of the style, which — while potentially ‘classy’ — would be bound to be infinitely duller than our personal fashion or comfy clothes. Without our own clothing, we lose a bit of our soul, and that would only feel more painful on top of the loss of time and energy that SFU already inflicts. However the uniform were to look, it would absolutely feel like a formal prison jumpsuit.

Jagmeet Singh comes to Burnaby Clubs Days

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Jagmeet Singh (right) controls a robot created by the Vex Tech club as the club’s president, Avneet Singh Sekhon looks on. (Alex Bloom / The Peak)

By: Alex Bloom

On January 17, Federal NDP Party Leader Jagmeet Singh visited Burnaby Clubs Days at SFU. This comes amidst a by-election for the Burnaby South electoral district, in which Singh is aiming to win a seat in the House of Commons.

At Clubs Days, Singh met SFU students, visited club tables, spoke to them one-on-one, and took photos with them. When asked about his goal in coming to campus and what he wanted to accomplish for students, Singh told The Peak that he wanted to hear what students had to say.

“I always like to take an opportunity to spend time with students and hear their concerns. And so I’ve been hearing folks talk about access to public transit, the cost of tuition, student housing, and how they’re worried about finding a place to live, and the environment. I think those are the biggest things that I heard about.”

Singh went on to say “…students want to see our country, Canada, do more to invest in green energy to transition to a sustainable future. So these are some of the things I heard today, and I’m really excited every time I get a chance to hear young people tell me their ideas.”

After speaking with The Peak, Singh went on to meet more students in the crowded halls of the AQ.

The SFU NDP club was also present and posted on Facebook later that day to show their support for Singh.

“It was a pleasure to have Jagmeet Singh come up to SFU today for our clubs day and help us represent the NDP,” the post read. “He showed true passion for people of all nationalities, ethnicity and religions by stopping at every table and talking to students.”

For any students who would like to meet more politicians, the SFU NDP club will be hosting a pub night at Club Ilia on Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Katrina Chen, MLA of the Burnaby—Lougheed electoral district, will be attending.

Political Corner: Canada is being put in the crossfire created by China’s conflict with the US

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Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)

Written by Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate

In December 2018, the CFO of Huawei, a Chinese telecommunication and electronics company, was detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver. Authorities detained the CFO, Meng Wanzhou, to assist US authorities seeking Meng on charges of fraud.

Even though this is a conflict between the US and China, Canada is taking much of the fallout of their diplomatic fight based entirely on our country’s role in the arrest.

While conflict with China and Chinese businesses isn’t necessarily new for Canada, such conflict seems to have flared unsettlingly, as China now seems to be conducting their own series of Canadian detainments. The first two of these detainees were Michael Kovrig, a diplomat on leave, and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor.

Over 10 other Canadians have been separately detained within China in the past month, though at least eight of them had been released as of January 3. While China claims these each to be seperate and matters of security, it’s hard not to interpret these cases as a response to Wanzhou’s detainment.

Another detained Canadian, Robert Schellenberg, could be the most serious victim of this pattern. Schellenberg was arrested, charged, and sentenced to 15 years in prison for involvement in a drug smuggling plot in November. However, a Chinese appeal court recently ordered a retrial in Schellenberg’s case in demand of stronger charges.

Following the retrial on January 14, Schellenberg was sentenced to the death penalty. With that in mind, if the call for a retrial was in fact influenced by China’s recent feelings towards Canada, it would be greatly concerning.

What’s important to remember is that this is not Canada’s fight; they merely assisted the US in their investigation. But purely by their choice of ally, Canada has now become a target in this economic and diplomatic war between two other nations. It puts Canada in an unfair position, forced to choose between their neighbour and their own citizens.

Rise of Low Rise Jeans

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Written by: Hannah Davis, Peak Associate

Pros and cons of low-rise jeans coming back into fashion

Hey there, it’s me, the official Peak Jeans Expert*, coming at you hot with an extremely biased list of the pros and cons of low-rise jeans coming back in fashion!

ProsCons
No more danger of mom butt!
Traditionally, high-waisted jeans are associated closely with “mom butt,” the phenomenon where the butt looks long and flat as opposed to short and plump. (Popular media teaches us that it is good and desirable to have a short, plump butt). Low-rise jeans protect against flat butt, because in this style of jeans, the bum and glutes have nowhere to go but out. I argue, however, that no one considers that maybe I like my mom butt!		Low-rise jeans provide less room to hide snacks
High-waisted jeans allow not only for snack storage in the pockets, but snack storage in the conveniently long waistband in the pants. Everyone knows that granola bars, chocolate bars, or any other flat snack can be stored in the extra fabric in high-waisted pants, and so provide prime extra real estate for snack storage and transportation. Low-rise jeans provide no such luxury and are therefore inferior.
Saves time by not having to unzip a long fly
Ever think about all the time you waste when you have to pee and you must unzip that miles-long fly on high-waisted jeans? Fret no more! Now that low-rise jeans are coming back in style, you can save fractions of seconds unzipping the relatively short fly of a classy trouser. 		Less fabric = Less comfort
The less fabric there is on a garment, the less comfortable. This rule will work when comparing any two pieces of clothing. A mumu is more comfortable than a bodycon dress. A toque is more comfortable than a swim cap. Boxers are more comfortable than a speedo. Wearing high-waisted jeans is more comfortable than wearing low-waisted jeans. It’s simple science, people.
Easier to show someone your belly button
You know that relatable situation we all find ourselves in every day when you get the sudden urge to show your belly button to someone? Low-rise jeans facilitate this reveal. 		Low rise jeans provide less pocket space
Pocket space is precious jean real-estate. When we reduce waist height, we are robbing jean-wearers of beautiful havens for their hands, spare change,    and lint.
Saves fabric for more high-rise jeans
The fabric saved in making low-rise jeans instead of high-waisted ones can be used to make a fashionable jean tube top, a headband, or more high-rise jeans.		Crop tops aren’t the same
Crop tops which expose a tiny rectangle of skin in high-waisted pants will reveal the entire tummy, belly button, and foodbaby in low-rise pants. This is an obvious CON because my foodbaby is my business.
No fabric on tummy allows for refreshing ventilation
Low-rise jeans allow for more efficient airflow under the shirt, which just means that your midriff won’t be delicately and comfortably swaddled in your jeans’ loving embrace.		Always in imminent danger of having underwear or even (dare I say) the butt crack show
The design of low-rise jeans means that with any forward-bending motion, the rear is always in danger of being revealed to some unfortunate degree.
Frees and accentuates your muffin top
Be free, little friend!		Frees and accentuates your muffin top
Be a little less free, little friend!
Sales on high-rise jeans imminent
Keep your eye out for sales on beautiful, comfortable jeans now that ugly, uncomfortable jeans are coming back in style! Soon, you’ll be wearing an entire outfit made from discount high-rise jeans!		Need to buy a new belt
Your belt meant for your waist will no longer fit when trying to use it for your low-rise jeans. The money you spend on a belt for your silly new pantaloons could be spent on something important, like tuition, a gift for your grandma, or 100 pounds of lentils.
People will mistake you for Britney Spears
Get practicing your Britney Spears impressions because everyone will think you are her! Get ready for fame, fortune, and all the glory that comes with being Britney!		People will mistake you for Britney Spears
Britney Spears is the only celebrity who has ever worn low-rise jeans, and so everyone is going to be mistaking you for her. Get ready for a lot of people asking for your autograph and singing “Circus” at you in the middle of the street while you’re just minding your own business.
You will miss high-rise jeans so much that you’ll entirely stop stressing about school work and other important commitments
See ya later, school stress! See ya never, responsibility! 		You will stay comfortable in the high-rise jeans you love so dearly
Unless you DARE to go against that which is “in style.”  In that case, you can continue to wear out-of-fashion jeans to your heart’s content!

*Self-appointed title

SFU continues to struggle with winless weekend on Vancouver Island

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Ryan Sandrin got his fourth start of the season over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of SFU Athletics)

By: Dylan Webb

After the SFU Hockey team underperformed through the first 11 games of the 2018–19 BCIHL season, turning the page to the season’s second half should have been their much needed reset. Instead, SFU’s struggling more intensely than ever, and the team’s hold on a playoff spot is weakening as they stumble into 2019 with a 1–3 losing record.

Though the Clan the year on a positive note with a much-needed win against the league-leading Trinity Western University (TWU) Spartans, that victory has been quickly overshadowed by three straight losses to weaker opponents.

On Friday night in Victoria, SFU fell by a score of 4–3 to the last-place UVIC Vikes. In this game, SFU couldn’t muster the effort that had let them defeat the Vikes in their previous two meetings this season. Following the loss, unfortunately for fans of Clan hockey, SFU travelled up the island to Nanaimo, where they would succumb to another tight, one-goal loss. Visiting the VIU Mariners on Saturday, SFU lost after the Clan allowed a staggering 45 shots on net.

This worst-case weekend scenario for SFU means that the team is now entrenched in the fourth playoff seed, dreams of catching TWU for a first-place finish quickly fading. At least for now, the focus of the Clan shifts to simply securing a playoff spot in the face of the resurgent UVIC Vikes, who now sit only six points back from the Clan for the final playoff seed.

Friday night in Victoria had Clan goaltender Ryan Sandrin drawing his fourth start of the season with his perfect 3–0 record put to the test. Making 13 saves on 17 shots in his third start of the campaign against UVIC, Sandrin’s record fell to 3–1 as he and the Clan were unable to defeat the Vikes for the third time this season. While the Clan started the game with an early, unassisted tally from newly-added forward Kyle Bergh, the first period was the determining factor in the loss. Allowing three goals on nine shots in the opening frame, including a short-hander, SFU shot themselves in the foot early and were never able to recover from the early deficit.  

On Saturday night, the Clan’s struggles continued in another nail-biter decided by just one goal. Motivated by a raucous home crowd, the VIU Mariners peppered the Clan net throughout the game which allowed them to break through for five goals. While SFU forwards Mitch Ledyard and Jakob Krannabetter each tallied in the first period, porous defensive coverage allowed VIU to match them with goals from forwards Kobe Oishi and Dylan McCann.

After trading two goals each again in the second period, SFU fell 5–4 after a lone third-period marker from VIU forward Brett Witala gave the Mariners enough breathing room to grind out the win despite a late push from the Clan. Goaltender Michael Lenko made 40 saves in the loss, bringing his record on the year to 4–7 with a 3.84 GAA and a .878 save percentage.

Following the second loss of the weekend to VIU, mounting frustration was palpable in the Clan dressing room with coach Mark Coletta imploring his team to “come together for each other” so that the Clan can come closer to achieving their potential as one of the “fastest and most skilled teams the BCIHL has ever seen.”

When asked about the most pressing areas of play needing improvement by the Clan as the playoff race intensifies, Coletta pointed to team unity, disciplined systems play, and, more than anything else, the rekindling of an undeniable desire to win as key adjustments the team needs to make in order to increase the likelihood of the team clinching a playoff spot early and continuing to battle for more favourable seeding.

What’s next:

SFU now looks ahead to hosting the league-leading TWU Spartans on Saturday, January 26. While the possibility of catching the Spartans in the league standings is increasingly out of reach, the game does present the Clan with an opportunity to defeat their main rival for a second time in a row, solidify their playoff spot, and set the tone for what is possibly going to be a first-round playoff matchup between the two teams.

Following the match-up with the Spartans, the Clan will gear up for a carbon copy of the road trip they just completed, with the necessity of securing four points intensified further after a poor showing this weekend. As the playoff race intensifies, the Clan must find a way to harness their speed, skill, and depth to get on a roll as the calendar creeps toward the playoff month of March.

SFU swim dominate UVic, fall short against UBC

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The Clan will be looking to build on this performance when they face NCAA competition. (Photo courtesy of SFU Athletics)

On Friday, January 18, SFU hosted UBC and UVic for a swim meet on Burnaby Mountain. While SFU were not quite able to keep up with their Vancouver rivals, they dominated the Victoria swimmers with ease. There were multiple strong performances from SFU athletes, which bodes well for the swim team as they prepare themselves for NCAA DIV II competition.

SFU sophomore Jayden Cole was the first to take a first-place finish at the event, doing so in the 100-meter backstroke. He swam an impressive 57.20. In the same event, teammate Jimmy Zhang finished third with a time of 58.60.

Gabriel Lee also managed a first-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly event with a time of 55.81.

SFU senior Mackenzie Hamill was his usual strong self, topping his third-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle by winning the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:04.20. He will certainly be one of the Clan swimmers to watch closely for the rest of the season.

SFU made their presence known in in the 200-meter backstroke, taking three of the top four places. Collyn Gagne (2nd, 2:02.07), Cole (3rd, 2:05.31) and Rolando Hernandez (4th, 2:06.88) all impressed in the event.

Gagne, however, improved on his second-place finish by winning the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:05.70. Teammate Andrew Woinoski finished in third with a time of 2:10.93.

The other Woinoski (Tim) also claimed a top spot in the 800-meter freestyle, finishing second with a time of 8:24.45.

On the women’s side, Jessie Gibson had a great race in the 200-meter butterfly, finishing first with a time of 2:16.35. Her teammate Erin Lawrance finished third in the race with a time of 2:18.58. Gibson also raced well in the 200-meter backstroke, finishing second with a time of 2:20.26.

Kristen Olvet also had a strong meet, highlighted by her second place finishes in both the 800-meter freestyle and the 400-meter freestyle. Her times were 9:09.40 and 4:26.66, respectively.

Where SFU really shined, however, was in the relay events. Cole, Antonio Marino, Lee and Adrian VanderHelm combined for a first-place finish in the medley relay with a time of 3:46.19. This was followed up by a first-place finish in the 400 meter freestyle relay when VanderHelm, Hernandez, Mathew Fuller and Lee finished with a time of 3:25.96.

The women finished second in both relays. Gibson, Jordan Doner, Kaleigh Sharkey and Sara Whelan combined for a time of 4:20.19 in the medley relay, while Gibson, Kennedy Loewen, Sharkey and Whelan joined forces in the freestyle relay.

What’s next:

The team will prepare itself for a meet against American competition on Saturday, January 26 when they travel down to Idaho. They will be facing off against the University of Idaho and Grand Canyon University.

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