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Guelph runner Max Davies leads pack of young record-breakers in U Sports championship season

In a U Sports championship season filled with record-breaking performances by young athletes, Max Davies stood out above the rest.

Top-seeded Saskatchewan women's basketball team enters nationals in familiar position

There are many similarities that can be found between this year's University of Saskatchewan women's basketball team and the 2019-20 Huskies squad that won a national title.

'Special' Western University track & field team aims for OUA, U Sports hardware

Western University track and field head coach Vickie Croley has experienced plenty of success in her 30 years coaching the women's and men's teams, but the best may be yet to come.

Queen's, RMC set to renew oldest rivalry in hockey history in Carr-Harris Challenge Cup

Nearly 140 years after Lennox Irving scored to lead Queen's University over Royal Military College (RMC) 1-0 in the first game of hockey's oldest rivalry between the two Kingston, Ont., schools - set to renew on Thursday - current fifth-year forward Alex Robert added another game-winning goal to the Gaels' tally in dramatic fashion.

Heslinga, Sargent have young Alberta men's volleyball team playing beyond its years

Leading the way for the No. 2-ranked Alberta Golden Bears are a pair of six-foot-seven outside hitters in the form of third-year Isaac Heslinga and second-year Jacob Sargent.

U Sports champion SueAnne Harms leads Saskatchewan Huskies' charge to wrestling nationals

The University of Saskatchewan’s women’s wrestling team finds itself in a familiar position coming out of the winter break. For the fourth straight season, the Huskies rank in the top two nationally heading into the first event on the Canada West schedule - the Golden Bears Invitational, which will run on Saturday in Edmonton.

Clara Gascoigne's defensive dominance on the court paces SMU's national medal chances

While the Saint Mary's University Huskies bowed out in the bronze-medal game at the 2023 U Sports Women's Basketball Tournament, a trip back to the Final 8 may very well be on the table this year for the 6-2 Huskies, which are ranked as the top AUS team and No. 7 nationally.

'What's next?': Brock women's volleyball team's rapid rise as a national contender

When Brock women's volleyball head coach Steve Delaney took over the job in the summer of 2018, there didn't appear to be much immediate hope for optimism for the program.

University of Alberta's Adam Paige embodies 'culture of Golden Bears basketball' on and off the court

University of Alberta men's basketball star Adam Paige and his head coach Barnaby Craddock have different anecdotes for what they felt the Surrey, B.C., native's breakout moment was with the Golden Bears.
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U Sports MVP Tolnai's late goal lifts UBC women's soccer team over Trinity Western for gold

The University of British Columbia (UBC) defeated its Canada West (CW) rival Trinity Western 1-0 in extra time to claim gold at the 2023 U Sports Women's Soccer Championship on Saturday in Kingston, Ont.