Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our defence is getting better and our forwards are clicking, and definitely winning helps the team morale,” said Francki.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s such a big deal to get to wear the red and white, to get to put a maple leaf on your oars, to hear ‘go Canada!’ as you race down the course,” said Pelham.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’re going to get knocked down, but you just have to get back up and keep pushing forward. It might take you six years to finish your undergrad degree, but you just got to get up and keep going.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“People of all shapes and sizes can come in. You don’t need to be in shape before you get started—you get fit while doing pole.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s synchronized swimming teams are one big family.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFive seconds left on the clock and your team is down by four points, more than half the field away, during one of the most important rivalry games of Canadian football. Scoring chances are all but gone, waning with every second.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new type of fitness products, branded Fitbit, promise to help you work towards a healthier you—but do they really work?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Cynthia Leblanc was named a first-team Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) All-Star at the end of the last school year, she was frustrated.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor Jennifer Boyd, rugby is about way more than passing and kicking—it’s about living.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Carleton Ravens won the 2014 Panda Game 33–31 with just seconds left in the game. Check out how the game went down according to students and Fulcrum staff.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you don’t mind going to a new studio every month, studio-hopping is your best bet. There are usually monthly deals for first-time members. But if you’d rather find a studio you like and grow roots there, then here are some studios you can try.
Reading Time: 2 minutesReflecting on the long history of Gee-Gees football, one team stands out: reminiscing on Pandas past.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTransitions are never easy, but moving from one rival to another is even more difficult—especially a crosstown rival.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEntering the game with a 2-0 record and sitting at number eight in the Ontario University Athletic (OUA) standings, the Gee-Gees had a disappointing game against the number seven Guelph Gryphons in Ottawa on Sept. 13.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsabelle Scantland Lebel is a fitness junkie, but more importantly a fitness instructor on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBetween varsity rugby, working at a casino, organizing charity events, training for triathlons, and second-year civil law studies, Afton Maisonneuve has been keeping busy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s women’s rugby team came together late to beat the visiting Laval Rouge et Or on Sept. 7 with a score of 15-14.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFourth quarter rally secures a 2-0 record and possible top 10 ranking for Gees Photo courtesy of Robin Kasem Riding the high of their 51-7 home- opener win against York on Labour Day, the Gee-Gees football team suited up to take on a much more talented Queen’s Gaels squad in Kingston on Sept. 6. Coming into …
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tour through the new Gee-Gees Field and facility on Lees campus Photo Credit: Marta Kierkus For more than 100 years the University of Ottawa’s football team didn’t have a stadium to call home on campus, but that changed last year when the brand new Gee-Gees Field opened on Lees campus. After a season of …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Jennifer Bushell isn’t just busy helping the Gee-Gees as one of the University of Ottawa’s athletic therapists, she’s training to compete in triathlon competitions all over North America.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDoping continues to be a threat to the integrity of all kinds of sports, and collegiate athletics in Canada are not free from the potential of performance-enhancing substance use among their ranks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a disappointing end of the season last year when they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Queen’s Gaels in penalty kicks, the Gee-Gees women’s soccer team is off to a good start.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the dog days of summer, a relative veil of silence falls upon the four major professional sports leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB) is in the thick of their season, but the National Football League (NFL) is in pre-season stages; games in the National Basketball Association (NBA) seem far away; and no one wants to think about the cold winter season associated with the National Hockey League (NHL). Although it may be a slower time of year, there are always storylines being played out on the field.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTORONTO (CUP)—Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) will allow post-secondary schools to give female hockey players full-ride scholarships in an effort to keep more talent at home.
Reading Time: 2 minutesABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CUP)—Spectators are often envious of professional athletes. The player has gotten to make a living out of doing something they love, and they’re also getting way overpaid for it. However, they may now groan at doing what used to be something they loved in the morning after their routine sawdust-flavoured power shake. This is what we call intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
