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Waterloo Exploring Feasibility of New West-Side Aquatics Centre
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City launches feasibility study as demand for modern swim facilities outpaces aging infrastructure in Waterloo. On Nov. 24, Mayor Dorothy McCabe tabled a motion asking City of Waterloo staff to explore the capital and operating costs of building a new aquatics facility on the city’s west side. The proposed center would feature a 50-metre competition-ready pool, a…
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Swim team ready for provincials this Thursday
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks swim team travelled to Toronto two weekends ago and put together an impressive performance in what was their final tune-up before the OUA Championships. Over three days of competition at the Toronto Grand Prix and the University of Toronto Invitational, the Golden Hawks were able to achieve five top five…
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Laurier athlete Tyson MacDonald winds gold and bronze at Parapan American Games
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23-year old Tyson MacDonald, a fourth-year Laurier student, has been representing the Golden Hawks swim team in Lima, Peru, for the Parapan American Games: an international competition held every four years, featuring over 1,850 athletes in 17 sports, and bringing together Paralympic athletes from all regions of the Americas. From Aug. 25 to Aug. 31,…
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Jasmine Raines continues her great season at the OUA championships
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Following a series of enormously competitive races, as well as some adequate results across the board, Golden Hawk Jasmine Raines made a number of impressive splashes at this weekend’s OUA Swimming Championships, held at Western University. The event, as has been the case for the past 15 years for men and five years for women,…
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Rotaract’s Dive-In movie event breaks the box office
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This year, when essays and exams start to pile up, the Wilfrid Laurier University Rotaract has a good idea to help students relax — watching a movie in the pool. The WLU Rotaract is Laurier’s chapter of Rotaract, the community service club that is the post-secondary branch of the organization Rotary International. The club held…
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New laws enforcing calorie counts on food menus raise concern
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Last week, I went to Burrito Boyz with some coworkers for lunch. As I read the menu, I noticed that all of the calorie counts were beside each option. When it came time to order, I found myself subconsciously changing my order last minute to something that had less calories than the meal I had…
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Vanderbeek and Raines in the spotlight
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The Laurier women’s swimming contingent is on pace for a historic season. The team has already experienced a number of individual and relay successes and was recently ranked inside the U-Sports top ten for the first time since 2006. Leading the way for the purple and gold this season are a pair of star performers,…
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Top sports moments from summer and fall
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Football The men’s football team had themselves quite the year, finishing the 2016 regular season with an impressive 7-1 and ultimately becoming, Yates Cup Champions in a historic fourth quarter comback. In both the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the Hawks finished at 4-4. This year however, the Hawks stormed back to win the Yates Cup…
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Paralympic swimmer Alec Elliot is headed to Rio
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Wilfrid Laurier University swim coach, Hans Witolla, took a long pause as he searched for the correct words to describe Paralympic hopeful and Laurier swimmer, Alec Elliot. “Not only has he found that one thing that he can be great at,” said Witolla. “But he has figured out exactly how to do that thing.” As…
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Kate Vanderbeek is one final step away from the Olympics
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Kate Vanderbeek has a chance to earn a berth into the 2016 summer olympics in Rio de Janeiro
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