OUR UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa Gee-Gees work hard year-round representing our school in the realm of athletics. While some receive medals and trophies as recognition of their work, the most honoured award an athlete can receive is right here in the Fulcrum’s Cavalry Awards. These pages pay tribute to the best in the business—the Garnet and Grey athletes, coaches, and teams [...]
A WEALTH OF experience has been added to the University of Ottawa women’s hockey program as former National Hockey League (NHL) athlete Steve Seguin joins the staff as an assistant coach and defensive specialist for the upcoming season. Seguin was drafted in 1982 and played for six teams between 1982–88—the Kingston Canadians, Peterborough Petes, New Haven Nighthawks, NHL Los Angeles [...]
IT WAS MARCH 19 when the Gee-Gees women’s basketball team’s season finally came to an end. The 2012 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) champions walked off the court for the last time this year not in their hometown, but in Calgary, following their bronze-medal win at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final-8 championships. For long-time coach Andy Sparks, it was a lesser [...]
FIVE YEARS AGO, Hannah Sunley-Paisley walked into the University of Ottawa and made a startling impact on the basketball community. Now, in 2012, she has led her team to an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship and a national bronze title. This year alone, Sunley-Paisley finished fifth in the country in terms of scoring, with an average of 18.5 points per [...]
FOR THE FIRST time ever, the University of Ottawa women’s basketball team brought back something shiny from the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Final Eight championships. A bronze medal was the result of a long weekend in Calgary, where the Gees faced tough competition from across the nation. Their final game against the University of Calgary Dinos resulted in a win [...]
EVERY CASUAL FAN knows things like coaching, weight training, talent, and strategy are important factors in building a championship sports team, but one crucial ingredient is often overlooked: Recruiting. This week, the Fulcrum spoke to the Gees’ men’s basketball team’s two newest members about their games and the recruiting process. Cruising to the Garnet and Grey First up was Caleb [...]
FIVE YEARS AGO, the University of Ottawa partnered with the Ottawa Lions Athletic Club to create the track and field team we know today. The recruits to the program have been training for only a short while, yet they have proven they can compete with far more experienced athletes in the country. The Gees travelled to Manitoba to compete in [...]
THE GEE-GEES MADE the most of the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) Regional East tournament on March 9–10, using it as the ultimate practice for the upcoming CIS championships. The University of Ottawa women’s basketball team (19-3 regular season, 3-0 playoffs) took home a convincing 75-69 win against the University of Fraser Valley Cascades (12-6 regular season, 2-2 playoffs). Despite their [...]
LAST YEAR, THE Gee-Gees saw one of their own make it to the 2011 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft, chosen 29th by the Calgary Stampeders. Now two more University of Ottawa athletes have the opportunity to take that leap, having completed the 2012 CFL evaluation camp in Toronto.Fourth-year receiver Bogdan Raic and fourth-year linebacker Tyler Sawyer spent the last two [...]
THE GEES LED an incredible season this year, with a record 16-consecutive-game winning streak, their first Capital Hoops victory ever, and to top it off, they managed to win the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) gold medal match against the Windsor Lancers—a team that beat the Gees at the last three OUA championships. In what was a spectacular performance by the [...]
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