Samantha Crook
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High hopes for WLU swim team
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Finishing in ninth place in both men’s and women’s OUA championship competition last year, Wilfrid Laurier University swim coach, Hans Witolla, is very hopeful that the team can double its output from last season’s competition. “I want to double the number of swimmers we have going to CIS. We had two last year, so my…
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Matt Wilkinson hired as men’s curling coach
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks have found a replacement head coach for former coach, Gary Crossley, who had been at the helm since the start of the 2009-10 season. Crossley announced that last season would be his final. That’s when the hunt for a new coach began. Laurier’s department of athletics and recreation wasted little…
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WLU athlete, Rashari Henry, starts student athlete blog
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Rashari Henry is one of many student athletes at Wilfrid Laurier University, but that is not what makes him unique. Henry, a defensive lineman for the Golden Hawks football team is both an honours economics student and the founder of the Stath Blog (student athlete blog). Henry has the experience and knowledge to start up…
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Split start for men’s soccer team
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The Wilfrid Laurier men’s soccer team may have split their series between the Guelph Gryphons and the Waterloo Warriors last weekend—and the game against Guelph may not have been pretty—but head coach, Mario Halapir, was nothing but optimistic about the team on the field this year. The Hawks dropped a 4-0 decision against the Gryphons…
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Men’s hockey looks hopeful with 10 new recruits
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Men’s head hockey coach, Greg Puhalski, and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks added ten new recruits to their 2016-17 class, to build on their progressive year that ended the three-year playoff drought. Puhalski said that the incoming recruiting class will address some of their concerns by bringing more size on defence and some players who…
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Laurier Athletics alumna lands dream job
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Wilfrid Laurier University and Laurier athletics alumna, Sophie Kotsopoulos, is living her dream working on Bay Street as the director of integrated marketing for the National Hockey League. Kotsopoulos graduated from Laurier in 2002 and during that time, she was an adventurous and ambitious student. Kotsopoulos began her journey to the NHL in high school,…
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Football coach, Michael Faulds, accepts contract extension
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Head coach Michael Faulds, of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, no longer has to worry what happens next come the end of the 2017-2018 football season. Faulds agreed to a five-year contract extension, securing his place as the football bench boss through the 2022-2023 season. According to Faulds, Peter Baxter, the director of athletics and…
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Benefits of personal activity trackers
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A healthy lifestyle is one that can be hard to maintain as a student, but with the help of new technologies, you can now be better informed about your well-being. Physical activity trackers have become an increasingly popular product which help people stay on top of their health. These products, such as the Fitbit, are…
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Unsigned: Achieving fitness results requires effort, not money
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The summer body of your dreams is only 100 dollars away! With one easy purchase, all your fitness goals will suddenly be achieved! At least, that’s what they want you to believe. Personal activity trackers, such as Fitbits and other pedometer alternatives, have revolutionized the fitness industry, by making people believe that fitness results are…
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Laurier football alumni appointed as strength and conditioning coaches
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For the last four years, Greg Nyhof and Taylor Smith have charged out onto Knight Newbrough field, ready to prove themselves after a long, grueling offseason. This year, the newly appointed strength and conditioning coaches for Laurier’s Athletics & Recreation Department, will find themselves watching from the sidelines, rooting their team on. For Nyhof, it’s…
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