track and field

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

Kaja Antic October 17, 2024

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 interview with The Peak. “It…

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A hockey player skating away from the camera with his name plate written in Cree syllabics.
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Indigenous athletes of past and present

Kaja Antic October 2, 2024

Ethan Bear — Hockey In 2020, Bear became the first NHL player to wear a jersey with Cree syllabics on the nameplate. Bear, who is from the Ochapowace Nation in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan), was playing for the Edmonton Oilers at the…

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Sports quiz: Bizarre occurrences

Simran Sarai March 21, 2023

Q1.) True or false: At one point in his career, legendary track and field athlete Jesse Owens broke three world records in under an hour. Answer: True. Owens set world records in long jump, the 200-meter dash, and 220-yard hurdles…

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Holly Taylor explains track throwing sports and talks ‘balance’

Victoria Lopatka February 13, 2018

  Name: Holly Taylor              Year: Freshman (first-year) Hometown: Brantford, Ontario Major: Criminology Sport(s) you play at SFU: Track and field (shot put, hammer throw, weight throw, discus) GPA: 3.3 Part A (Miscellaneous) The Peak: What’s your favourite meal/snack to…

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Clan enjoy their second successful meet of the track and field season

Mateo De Dalmases January 28, 2018

The SFU track and field team travelled to Seattle for the second meet of the 2018 indoor season, and enjoyed a great weekend. Competing in a huge range of events, there was a number of SFU athletes who competed admirably.…

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Simon Fraser track and field beat UBC 117–115 in dual meet

Peak Web March 31, 2017

The Simon Fraser track and field team won an exciting event against UBC this past weekend, with the meet coming down to the last event. It was a great victory for the Clan as they battled through adversity to pull…

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Clan track and field team impresses at NCAA Division II Championship

Peak Web March 17, 2017

Simon Fraser enjoyed a successful weekend at the NCAA Division II Championship in Birmingham, Alabama over this past weekend. They left the competition with a total of four all-American honours from Addy Townsend and Vladislav Tsygankov, with Paige Nock and…

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SFU impresses at the UW Indoor Preview

EIC January 17, 2017

It was a great start to the indoor season for SFU’s track and field team. After a winter that saw them unable to train on the track due to snow, the Clan was able to deliver some convincing performances at…

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Clan track and field starts outdoor season with a bang

EIC April 7, 2015

[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="2400"] Image Credit: Hamed Yaghoubi Shahir /The Peak[/caption] The Clan opened the outdoor track and field season at the UBC Open with a strong showing. A total of five athletes earned automatic invitations to the Great Northwest…

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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,…

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