Sports
Rowing teams win gold, silver at Dad Vail
Western rowing impressed at the 75th annual Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the United States. On May 10, with over 30 universities in attendance, Western proved its mettle to take home ... Read More »
Three Western track athletes to represent Canada at international university games
Three Mustangs will represent Canada at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. Three Western track and field athletes have been named to Team Canada. Taylor Stewart, Robin Bone and Matt Brisson will travel to Kazan for this year’s competition ... Read More »
Western’s formula team beats top-20 goal at competition in Barrie
BARRIE — The wind was bitterly cold outside Barrie’s Molson Centre, which housed this year’s Formula North competition from May 23–26. Thirty-five teams from universities across Canada and the USA, and one from Estonia, huddled around their cars in the ... Read More »
West wins it twice in OUA Soccer Showcase
Western soccer was well represented earlier this month at the Ontario Soccer Association Centre in Vaughan. Six Mustangs joined the top soccer players in the Ontario University Athletics for the inaugural OUA men’s and women’s Soccer Showcase on May 4-5. ... Read More »
Mustangs help All-Stars dominate Varsity Blues
After a great season, five outstanding Mustang baseball players represented Western at the 2013 Ontario University Athletics All-Star Showcase on May 5. The All-Stars triumphed over the Toronto Varsity Blues with a well-deserved 7–1 victory. “Our strong pitching and our ... Read More »
West ends losing skid with 18-17 victory
The Mustang-laden West broke their three–year skid against the East in the 11th annual East-West Bowl with a crunch-time field goal from McMaster Mauraders kicker Tyler Crapigna—a fitting end to what seemed to be the story of the 18–17 final. ... Read More »
Bob Vigars inducted into London Sports Hall of Fame
Bob Vigars, long-time Western cross-country coach and kinesiology professor, will be inducted into the London Sports Hall of Fame. Vigars, who recently announced he will retire later this year after 45 years at Western, is among the seven inductees that ... Read More »
Lessons learned from round one of the NHL playoffs
Sports fanatics often refer to this time of year as the best time of the year for sports. The MLB is hitting its stride and the NBA playoffs are already well into their second elimination round. However, nothing compares to ... Read More »
Formula racing team reveals new car
Western’s formula racing team unveiled their latest creation at The Spoke on Friday. The new car, designed and built by the team of engineering students, is the product of nearly a year of nights and weekends spent in the team’s ... Read More »
Milos Raonic needs to make a racket at slams
Recently, Canada cemented its place in the Davis Cup World Group semifinal for the first time in history after beating Italy. Technically, then, Canada is now among the top four tennis nations in the world. However, a note of technicality ... Read More »
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