Author: Hugh Mullally Jylisa Williams, who hails from Atlanta, Georgia, became the first Lakehead standout to claim the Nan Copp Award and only the third player from the Thunderwolves program to capture a major national award in women’s basketball. She joins Lindsay Druery, who merited the Sylvia Sweeney Award in 2012, and Angela…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships concluded on Wednesday, with Lakehead’s skiers winning both the women’s and men’s team banners. Full Results CCUNC Scoring System The final results of the CCUNC’s four days of races became clear in the wake of Wednesday’s classic long sprints, where the Lakehead men’s…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships (CCUNC) continued today, in Day 4 of the National Skiing Championships at Lappe Nordic Ski Centre. Today’s event was the classic technique interval start race. Women’s 10K Men’s 15km After some dominant Lakehead performances on the weekend, it was skiers from the visiting…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships (CCUNC) continued on Sunday in Day 2 of action from Lappe Nordic Ski Centre, with the women’s 5km and men’s 10km freestyle event. Men Results Women Results It was an impressive showing from the Lakehead women’s team, who swept the podium in swift…
Author: Hugh Mullally Lakehead runner Kevin Tree competed Friday in the CIS Championships, running in the 3000m race. Results List Despite running personal bests and Lakehead record times earlier in the season, Tree didn’t have his best race on Friday, placing 12th (of 14) with a time of 8:36.69, a far cry from…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships (CCUNC) kicked off on Saturday morning at Lappe Nordic Ski Centre, with great results for the hosting Lakehead Thunderwolves. Men’s Results Women’s Results Day one featured the team sprints, with teams of two skiers completing a course relay-style. Lakehead was joined on the…
Author: Hugh Mullally Thunder Bay’s city mayor Keith Hobbs, local race organizers, coaches, and athletes gathered today at Ecole Secondaire Catholique de la Verendrye to officially launch the 2015 Haywood Ski Nationals. Over the next eight days, more than 500 of Canada’s top cross-country ski racers will be competing at the Lappe…
Author: Hugh Mullally Three Lakehead wrestlers competed at the CIS Championships over the weekend in Edmonton at the University of Alberta. Full Lakehead results summary Emma Horner fared the best among Thunderwolves, winning the silver medal in the 59kg weight class. She was defeated by Indira Moore of the Brock Badgers in…
