Nov 17, 2000
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA Nov 17, 2000 |
| The national titles are piling up for the University of Victoria Vikes this fall. The women’s field hockey team started the gold medal rush on Nov. 5 with their ninth title in 15 years, all under the leadership of coach Lynne Beecroft. The women defeated the University of Toronto 3-0 on home turf to win the CIAU championship. Vikes Andrea Rushton, Kristal Timmer, Meggan Hunt and Anna Grimes were all named tournament all-stars and Grimes shared most valuable player honours with Toronto’s Emily Rix. That same weekend, both the Vikes men’s and women’s rowing teams successfully defended their Canadian University Championship titles on Elk Lake. The following weekend, the Vikes women’s cross country team defended their CIAU title in Toronto to take their third consecutive championship. The Vikes’ Stephanie Mills crossed the 5K course one second behind winner Debbie Buhlers of the Waterloo Warriors. Mills and teammate Wendy Cocksedge, who placed sixth, won first team All-Canadian honours. Vikes coach Brent Fougner was voted CIAU coach-of-the-year for the seventh year in a row. Both the Vikes men’s and women’s soccer teams captured bronze medals at their respective CIAU championships on Nov. 12. The men played in Hamilton and defeated McGill to take third place. Their coach, Bruce Wilson, was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame earlier in the week. Fifth-year goalkeeper Dominic Butcher and his first-year teammate Chris Craveiro won first all-star team honours and defender Rob Veehhof was named to the second team. The women also defeated McGill to take the bronze medal at their championships in Wolfeville, Nova Scotia. The season’s leading scorer, Wanda Rozwdowska, was named to the first all-star team. |