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The Rundown
January 25, 2022SFU takes home first in the 800m at the first indoor meet of the season thanks to Alison Andrews-Paul. Date: January 15 There is nothing she can’t do (muscle emoji): Andrews-Paul and the SFU’s 4x400m relay team win. A possible candidate for January Player of the Month? Date: January 15 HOLD THE PHONE (use emoji instead of writing phone)! Aaron Ahl just ran the second-fastest 3000m in Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) history. Date: January 15 SFU swimmer Kaleigh Sharkey (shark emoji) wins three of the seven winning individual races at the women’s latest meet against Idaho. Date: January 15…
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David Penney looks forward to the new year
January 18, 2022Name: David Penney Pronouns: He/him Major: Health Science, third year Position: Point guard, #3 Favourite basketball player: Myles Powell David Penney is a sophomore on the SFU men’s basketball team. In 2016–17, he became a National Preparatory Association (NPA) All-Star…
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Power rankings heading into the Spring 2022 athletic season
January 17, 2022Although the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has shed some uncertainty on the Spring 2022 athletic calendar, several SFU teams are still scheduled to play. With that said, The Peak takes a look at which SFU teams you should…
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Student organizers lead demand for changing SFU’s sports team name
July 8, 2020SFU Athletics expressed their support for a name change of the athletics team name, the Simon Fraser Clan, last Thursday, July 2. The SFU Athletics website says that, “In response to student athletes' concerns about the nickname, SFU initiated a…
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SFU faces renewed backlash for “Clan” athletics team name
June 30, 2020This is a developing story that The Peak will continue to cover in future articles. SFU’s athletics teams, known as The Simon Fraser Clan, have recently been facing criticism for their name. While being criticized in the past, the rise…
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Our (sometimes troubling) history with the NCAA
October 2, 2017On September 24, the SFU Clan football team had a historic loss in their homecoming game, losing by 76 points. They’re pushing almost three years since their last win, leading many to languish SFU’s decision to participate in the National…
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Professor petitions SFU Clan to abandon team name
September 5, 2017A Simon Fraser University professor has launched a petition calling on the university to change the name of its sports team because of the apparent similarity to the name of an American hate group. The petition asserts that the athletics…
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SFU athletes clinch best season yet in collegiate sports
July 3, 2017Simon Fraser University athletes are setting the bar high for themselves next season, having just come off their most successful year ever in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division. The university secured a 15th place finish overall in the…
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Tyler McLean named All-American
March 29, 2016At the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships, Tyler McLean battled back from an opening loss to finish in fourth place in the 165 pound weight class. On top of that, he was named an All-American, becoming only the second male…
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A brief look at non-varsity athletics
March 7, 2016In the academic world, there are few rivals more bitter than the one that exists between athletes and non-athletic students. There exists a great debate of whether or not universities should fund athletics as heavily as they do, or if…
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