Brit Townsend
It’s one sport to the next for the cross country team
December 2, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Being a student-athlete requires commitment to a grueling schedule of long days juggling practice, class, traveling, and competing. While most Red Leafs will have a break from competition during the academic school year, SFU’s cross country runners will get no such break. They stare down the indoor track season that is fast approaching with a meet at the University of Washington on January 15. We spoke to Aiden Good, sophomore cross country and track athlete, and head coach of both the cross country and track and field program, Brit Townsend, to learn more about what…
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How are athletes and coaches managing high expectations for the upcoming season?
September 20, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer The start of the fall season always brings excitement to campuses across the league, with teams preparing for long months of competition, all striving to be the best of the best. Three SFU sports teams…
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What it’s like recruiting players: An off-season of a coach
September 16, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer The Peak often asks athletes about how they made their way to SFU and what their recruitment journey was like. This time, we decided to sit down with Brit Townsend, head coach of the SFU…
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Aaron Ahl sets record at first track meet of season
February 12, 2022By: Charlene Aviles, Staff Writer Name: Aaron Ahl Pronouns: He/him Major: Biomedical physiology, fifth year Favourite Track and Field Athlete: Matthew Centrowitz Aaron Ahl recently set a Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) record for the second fastest 3,000 m in…
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