Red Leafs

A girl with brown hair tied back smiles at the camera. She wears a red sweatshirt with “SFU” in the top right corner. Behind her is a set of bleachers.
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Red Leafs track and field star Marie-Éloïse Leclair on her Olympic experiences

Peak Web October 17, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Some of us take the summer semester off, preferring to work or go on vacation. Others take classes to fill the time, sweating the whole way to campus. If you’re Marie-Éloïse Leclair, you go to the Olympic Summer Games. The Red Leafs track and field star experienced her first Olympiad as part of Team Canada’s women’s 4x100m relay team, competing at the Stade de France in Paris.  “It was the first time I went to a competition with other sports because I’ve only been in big track events, not multi sports,” Leclair said in an…

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A man swings a golf club over his shoulder while wearing a black baseball cap decorated with an SFU logo.
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Four Red Leafs rookies and their journeys to SFU

Peak Web October 15, 2024

By: Tam Nguyen, staff writer Before this article, I was the amateur who wrote an introduction piece to SFU’s Red Leafs for beginners. As I’m not moving out of my sports amateur rank anytime soon, I consider this piece a…

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A woman in red and white attempts to bump a volleyball.
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This week at SFU: October 1 – 6

Peak Web October 2, 2024

By: Caitlin Kingsmill, News Writer Home games Thursday, October 3: women’s soccer vs. Western Oregon at Terry Fox Field at 6:00 p.m. SFU began the 2024 season with a 2–0 win against the Stanislaus State Warriors. Live video, live stats,…

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A group of girls huddle in a circle, each wearing a white uniform with red pinstripes and a red visor with a maple leaf on it.
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A beginner’s guide to SFU sports, written by a beginner

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer I must admit, I’m not a dedicated sports fan. I don’t think I’ve ever watched any sports games before, except for the World Cup final in 2022 where Argentina scored two goals over France on…

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A girl with a red baseball cap, black pants, and a black long sleeve swings a driver.
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Red Leafs gear up for September season

Peak Web September 16, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer As the academic year begins, so does the season for many Red Leafs teams. Here we look at all the teams that begin their competitive seasons this September. Cross Country The Red Leafs cross country…

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Six athletes in athletic wear (two in red bodysuits that read “USA,” two in red and white bodysuits that have a Canadian flag, one in an all-red one that says “Canada,” and one in a taekwondo uniform).
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SFU Olympians: Red Leafs who performed on the world stage

Peak Web September 15, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Though the 2024 Paris Olympics have now come to an end, we should still take pride in the performances current and former SFU athletes showed during the two weeks of competitions. Six athletes competing in…

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Sprinter Marie-Éloïse Leclair holdng up three fingers while running with a baton in her hand.
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How the Red Leafs fared this late spring season

Peak Web September 13, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer As the summer season comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back on the trials and triumphs the Red Leafs faced these past few months.  Softball Overall record: 11–31 Conference record: 6–18…

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SFU faces criticism over new varsity team name

Peak Web October 6, 2022

By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer On September 6, over two years after SFU announced they were dropping “The Clan” due to its racist connotation with the “Ku Klux Klan,” SFU Athletics has chosen a new name. Moving forward, athletes will…

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