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SFU track and field surprises with historic finish in Birmingham

EIC March 16, 2015

[caption id="attachment_793" align="alignnone" width="980"] Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] It was a stellar showing for the Clan in Birmingham, Alabama, where the team achieved a top 10 finish at an indoor event for the first time. Over Friday and Saturday, the team tallied a total of 24 points, 18 of them coming from women’s events. Once again, SFU’s most impressive athlete was senior Lindsey Butterworth, who obtained her individual title in the 800-metre event in Saturday’s finals. On Friday, Butterworth anchored the distance meter relay finals and made up enough ground on her opponents to grab second place along with…

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Women’s golf aim to become GNAC contenders

EIC March 16, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1524" align="alignnone" width="800"] Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] With their Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship just over a month away, the SFU women’s golf team started the spring season off with a 10th-place finish at the Tim Tierney…

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Clan softball split Sunday doubleheader

EIC March 16, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1253" align="alignnone" width="980"] SFU were able to muster eight runs in game one, but only two in the second game. Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] Looking to bounce back from two losses to division rivals Central Washington the day…

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Women’s basketball ends after heartbreaking three-point loss

EIC March 16, 2015

[caption id="attachment_475" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Image Credit: Hamed Yaghoubi Shahir /The Peak[/caption] The SFU women’s basketball season came to an end Friday, March 6, when they lost 59–56 to the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves in their second playoff game. The Clan held the…

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SFU men’s basketball head coach James Blake resigns

EIC March 9, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1068" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Image courtesy of Ron Hole (SFU Athletics).[/caption] SFU Athletics announced today that James Blake, who has served as the head coach of the men’s basketball program for five years — and the entirety of the time…

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Sixth annual Gathering of the Clan honours Lorne Davies

EIC March 9, 2015

[caption id="attachment_996" align="alignnone" width="1057"] Steve Nash said he would have played at SFU had he not gone to the US. Photo courtesy of SFU Athletics.[/caption] The sixth annual Gathering of the Clan breakfast was held last Tuesday at the Vancouver…

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Men’s basketball close historical season just shy of playoffs

EIC March 9, 2015

[caption id="attachment_999" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Image Credit: Hamed Yaghoubi Shahir /The Peak[/caption] The men’s basketball team finished with a .333 record in the conference, losing 110–77 to the Western Washington Vikings in their final game, and just missing a chance to…

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SFU’s new football head coach is a man with a story to tell

EIC March 9, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1005" align="alignnone" width="980"] Before becoming a coach, Kelly Bates had a 10-year career as an offensive linesman in the CFL, spending time on the BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Edmonton Eskimos. Image courtesy of SFU Athletics.[/caption]…

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Clan track and field team deliver best-ever indoor performance

EIC March 2, 2015

[caption id="attachment_793" align="alignnone" width="980"] Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] It was a busy couple of days for the men and women of SFU’s track and field team during the Indoor Championships, February 21–22 in Nampa, ID. The weekend produced a…

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Meet the Clan: Sam Clare

EIC March 2, 2015

[caption id="attachment_724" align="alignnone" width="4090"] As of Friday, February 27, midfielder Sam Clare leads the team in points with 19 in four games, and is tied for first in goals with 11.Image Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] Those of us with siblings know…

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