track and field
Clan track and field starts outdoor season with a bang
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 Athletic Conference championship later in April. On the men’s side, the long jump was heavily dominated by SFU, as two athletes reached the qualifying standard for the GNAC championship (6.86 metres). Topping the leaderboard with the longest jump was Vladislav Tsygankov with a jump of 7.37 metres. Vladis Moldavanov’s jump of 7.15 metres, Jerry He’s 6.85 metres, and Andy Vo’s…
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SFU track and field surprises with historic finish in Birmingham
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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Meet the Clan: Lindsey Butterworth
March 9, 2015[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="2400"] Though Lindsey Butterworth was initially unimpressed with SFU, she came around and has had tremendous success on the Clan track and field team. Image Credit: Hamed Yaghoubi Shahir /The Peak[/caption] Track and field requires confidence, determination,…
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Clan track and field team deliver best-ever indoor performance
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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Track teams looking for individual championships
January 26, 2015Last year, only one SFU athlete qualified for the indoor track and field national championship — senior Sarah Sawatzky, who is not eligible this year. So when head coach Brit Townsend stated after one event that the team should have…
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Meet the Clan: Brit Townsend
January 12, 2015“Everything has changed here over the years,” cross country and track head coach Brit Townsend reflects on her time at SFU. “The facilities have changed. I would even say the students have changed, the type of students.” Townsend has had…
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Meet the Clan: Oliver Jorgensen
October 20, 2014Rookie seasons can be tough for athletes. Not only do they have to prove themselves to their coaches, but often they lack the experience and size of the veterans that they play amongst and face. In some sports, freshmen are…
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