By Aritra Das
Talent Geoff Kerr was named Univ-ersity of Calgary Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and was a runner up for the U of C Male Athlete of the Year. Joshua Ratzlaff was a runner up for U of C Male Rookie of the Year. On the ladies’ side, Diana Gruber and Holly Ratzlaff both grabbed… Continue reading Report Card: Track and Field
By Aritra Das
Talent The Dinos women are certainly not deficient in talent, boasting numerous high performance athletes such as Jessica Zelinka, three-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport Female Track Athlete of the Year. The middle and long distance women were also dominant throughout most of the season. It was not abnormal to see three or more Dinos placing in… Continue reading Report Card: Track and Field
By Aritra Das
Although the University of Saskatchewan Huskies cleaned up at the 2005 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Track and Field Championship Mar. 10-12, the Dinos women’s track and field team finished strongly in fifth place. Despite a slow start accumulating points in the initial events of the championship, the Dinos women rallied back with strong performances in the… Continue reading Disappointing fifth for trackettes
By Aritra Das
While most of us were panicking about the imminent end of Reading Week–and the lack of “reading” we actually did, the Dinos track and field team was busy competing at the Canada West Track and Field Championships at the University of Regina Feb. 25-26. The Dinos women, as expected, performed very well as a team,… Continue reading Championship hopes high
By Aritra Das
The Edmonton High Performance Track and Field meet Sat., Feb. 12 saw some great individual performances from the Dinos men and women. As has come to be the norm, the Dinos women once again dominated the medium and long distance events. In the 300m dash, Veronique St. Pierre placed third with a time of 40.43s.… Continue reading Tracksters on track
By Aritra Das
Winnipeg was the site of the latest Canada West track meet, the Cargill Indoor Games, sponsored by you guessed it… Cargill foods. As expected, the Dinos women performed well in the middle and long distance events. The ladies dominated the 600m event, claiming the top three spots. Veronique St. Pierre, Jackie Jones and Renee Kaylor… Continue reading Tracksters on the right track
By Aritra Das
While most of us spent the weekend coming to grips with the fact that another semester is upon us, the men and women of the Dinos track and field team were busy running, throwing or jumping at the 2005 Golden Bear Open track meet Jan. 14-15. Although team statistics and scores weren’t kept in this… Continue reading Tracksters off to a very strong start
By Aritra Das
The high-flying Dinos cross-country team once again had an outstanding showing at the Stewart Cup held in Calgary on Halloween. The Dinos women took first place and the men finished in third. In addition, the University of Calgary Alumni team finished in first.As usual, the Dinos women dominated their five-kilometre race with Shannon Popowich finishing… Continue reading Dinos dominate cross-country
By Aritra Das
The Dinos cross-country squad competed in the Eastern Washington University Invitational meet against NCAA Division I teams on Sat., Oct. 14. While the women took first place, the men’s team finished in fourth on a very windy day in Cheney, Washington. Our very own Shannon Slater won the women’s five-kilometer run, finishing the race in… Continue reading More cross-country success