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The SFU swim team stands in front of an indoor pool. On the back wall are the words “swimming and diving.”
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How the Red Leafs fared to start 2025

Peak Web March 24, 2025

Women’s basketball Despite having an 8–3 record ahead of the new year, the Red Leafs women’s basketball team did not carry the same success into 2025. Once the calendar switched, the team had a record of 6–10, ending the season with a 7–11 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) record and a 14–13 record overall. The team missed the GNAC Championship tournament for the first time since the 2011–12 season. They will also lose their highest scorer, senior Sophia Wisotzki, who not only led the conference in scoring this season with 666 points, but is also 17th overall in all-time GNAC…

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A close-up of an orange basketball with the ‘SFU Red Leafs’ logo at the focal point, stamped in black.
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Returns and new beginnings

Peak Web January 9, 2025

Basketball Both Red Leafs basketball teams played for just over a month before the winter break. Despite starting the season 4–8, the men’s team has rebounded from a 2023–24 campaign that saw them hold an overall record of 6–23. The…

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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

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 team began their season on…

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Team Canada basketball member Dillon Brooks celebrating with the Canadian flag after a game.
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Top 10 Canadian sports moments of 2023

Peak Web January 7, 2024

January 5: Canada wins World Junior gold, Bedard MVP Arizona Coyote prospect Dylan Guenther lifts Canada to a 3–2 victory in OT against Czechia to win gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship. 17-year-old Connor Bedard of North Vancouver was…

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The SFU Stadium
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SFU has failed its student athletes

Peak Web May 8, 2023

SFU varsity teams have been making headlines this year for all the wrong reasons. Between scrapping the football program, to negligent management preventing swimmers from attending the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships — it’s clear SFU has left the…

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Illustration of a character connecting the words “connect the” and “lingo” with a pencil.
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Connect the Lingo

Peak Web March 20, 2023

Word Bank: goalkeeper, airball, shank, 19th hole, double dribble, muff, cut shot, bunt, meet, nutmeg When a player stops dribbling and then begins again, or dribbles the basketball with two hands, they commit a ________ dribble. This soccer player usually…

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Illustration of a character connecting the words “connect the” and “lingo” with a pencil.
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Connect the Lingo

Peak Web January 25, 2023

Word Bank: goalkeeper, airball, shank, 19th hole, double dribble, muff, cut shot, bunt, meet, nutmeg When a player stops dribbling and then begins again, or dribbles the basketball with two hands, they commit a ________ dribble. This soccer player usually…

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Mac Miller in memoriam

Peak Web October 3, 2018

  Since September 7, one line from “Jet Fuel” — a track on Swimming, Mac Miller’s final album — always makes the breath catch in my throat: “Well Imma be here for a while, longer than I did expect to.”…

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Tim Woinoski taking his swimming career the extra mile

EIC March 24, 2017

Tim Woinoski’s swimming endeavours were destined to occur at SFU, given that Woinoski’s history with SFU goes way before his freshman year. Woinoski started swimming competitively in grade 10 and practiced swimming at SFU ever since. “I didn’t look at…

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SFU swimming deliver standout performances at NCAA Championship

Peak Web March 17, 2017

The swim team had a successful weekend in Birmingham, Alabama, where it took part in the NCAA championship. When talking to head coach Liam Donnelly, he said that, “On the men's side, we scored more points overall, and placed higher,…

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