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Varsity Blues honour 2016-17 top student-athletes
Posted:The ceremony honours student-athletes who, while competing on a Varsity team, earned an 80% average or higher in all courses they were enrolled in during the previous academic year. Each recipient…
Kylie Masse: the Blues athlete of our generation
Posted:Kylie Masse begins the first day of class differently than most Kinesiology students. At a mid-morning media avail, she’s flanked by University of Toronto Varsity Blues Sports Information Coordinator…
How shock rock was born on Varsity Stadium and other historical facts about the home of the Blues
Posted:Ian Stephen was not present at the eventful concert, but as the assistant facility manager at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, he is privy to much of the Varsity Centre’s storied…
Masse helps Canada to bronze, earns 2nd medal of world championships
Posted:Masse swam the first leg of the relay in 58.22 and was followed by Richard Funk in the breast stroke, 2016 Olympic sensation Penny Oleksiak in the butterly and Yuri Kisil in the freestyle.
The team…
WORLD RECORD for Blues' Kylie Masse
Posted:"I don't' think it's really sunk in yet," said Masse after the race. "I touched the wall and I looked back and I had to make sure I was looking at the right lane and right time, I was so excited.…
Kylie Masse: Made in Canada
Posted:Kylie Masse's landmark swim in the 100-metre backstroke at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary, heralds a victory on several Canadian fronts.
It's a very personal win for a young…
Kylie Masse: The day bronze became gold
Posted:As I sit and stare at a blank screen, with a deadline looming, I realize how difficult a task writing about myself is.
Not because I don’t know my story or I forget the details, but because talking…
U of T hosts Toronto Community Housing track and field meet for 300 kids
Posted:The event, a track-and-field-meet, was an expansion of a partnership between U of T's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and TCH that brought Midnight Madness basketball to TCH youths in…
Canadian runner Gabriela Stafford finds strength step by step
Posted:Gabriela Stafford has improved her times every year since she started running seriously as a grade 10 student in Toronto.
She dropped more than a minute off her 1,500-metre time and ran in the Rio…
Tears and cheers at U of T’s 30th annual Sports Hall of Fame
Posted:From field hockey sister act Michelle and Nicole Colaco to cross country runner Alison Evanoff, the inductees took to the stage to reminisce about their days at U of T and thank their teammates,…
Ryan Medel named Varsity Blues men's hockey head coach
Posted:Medel steps into the head coaching role after seven seasons as an assistant coach with the Carleton Ravens. He becomes the 22nd head coach in men's hockey program history, joining the likes of…
Varsity Blues clean up the Don Valley trails, collect 2480 pounds of garbage
Posted:“U of T students took the lead and were among the first to collaborate with the City of Toronto to alleviate some of those concerns,” says David Wright, director of development logistics, University…