Jade Richardson
Fearless Leader
April 7, 2014If there was ever any doubt in the early moments of fall 2013 that the Simon Fraser women’s basketball team would be able to recover from losing their 2009 recruiting class, that uncertainty has been put to rest. One short year ago, there was speculation surrounding the team’s ability to replace the output of the program’s three departing seniors, notably All-American Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, and whether they could recreate the success they saw in their first year eligible for the NCAA Division II playoffs. Enter Erin Chambers. The product of national-level athletes and a sports-oriented upbringing, Chambers was no stranger to…
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Track and Field gets underway on new season
April 7, 2014As spring begins to dawn on the mountain, the SFU track and field teams hit the track running this past weekend, competing in their first outdoor track and field competition of the year. The majority of the team travelled crosstown…
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Clan honour top student athletes at annual banquet
March 31, 2014After a year of both triumph and heartbreak, struggle and perseverance, SFU’s athletic calendar is nearing its end. Last Wednesday, the Clan recognized their best and brightest student athletes at the annual awards banquet. The 2013-14 winners are as follows:…
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Clan finish second at Cal Baptist Invitational
March 31, 2014The Clan men’s golf team continues to climb leaderboards ahead of April’s championship season. Last week the men travelled south for the California Baptist Invitational where, after a very strong opening round that saw them take the lead, they finished…
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Clan finish second at NDNU Invitational
March 17, 2014They may not be first to spring to mind when it comes to Clan varsity sports, but perhaps they should be. The SFU golf teams may be small, but the hard work put in by these dedicated athletes is paying…
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Clan athletes earn GNAC honours
March 10, 2014The Clan basketball teams have wrapped up their regular seasons, and with the season’s end come the Great Northwest Athletic Conference awards. This year, Erin Chambers headlines the Clan women’s nominees, following an all-star season which saw the junior take…
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Skylor Davis qualifies for NCAA Div II Championships
March 10, 2014Clan wrestler Skylor Davis will return to the NCAA National Championships in his senior season, as the sole SFU athlete to qualify for the event. Davis finished second in the 125-pound weight class at the NCAA West Regional Championships, punching…
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Clan impress at GNAC Championships
March 3, 2014While Burnaby Mountain was hit hard with snow last weekend, the Clan track and field teams were hard at work in Nampa, ID representing Simon Fraser at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Indoor Championships. The Clan would come home…
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Winless Clan showing signs of life
January 20, 2014Despite sitting 0–5 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play, the Clan men’s basketball team is showing signs of life in 2014. Opening the calendar year with three back-to-back losses was disappointing, but the team is finally starting to come together…
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Women’s basketball earn upset victory on split weekend
January 20, 2014As the Great Northwest Athletic Conference basketball season heats up, the Simon Fraser University women’s team is in the race for conference supremacy. The very competitive conference that started the 2013-14 season with three nationally ranked teams is as tight…
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