Sports
Coming in full circle
Geraint Berger and Olivia Feschuk both provide a boost to Dal’s swim team as transferrs. Now they finish swimming where it started.
Read MoreTo the sport I can no longer play
Growing up as a high-level athlete, there was always that fear in the back of my mind that it could all end in an instant if I made a wrong move or a klutzy mistake. But as an athlete I stuck with it because it’s a love like no other. I said good-bye to all…
Read More“No detail too small”
While the game is played on the ice, a lot of behind the scenes work goes into a hockey team’s success. Tony Eden knows that better than anybody. This is his sixth season as the head trainer and equipment manager of the Dalhousie Tigers men’s hockey team; he has 36 years working in high performance hockey. “My job is…
Read MoreHigh School Rivals to championship teammates
Not many athletes can say they’ve medalled at a national competition in a sport they spontaneously started. Mike van der Poel and Matthew Coolen, old high school rivals, can. The two track and field stars have have both taken home a U Sports medal since they began running for Dalhousie University four years ago; van der Poel winning bronze for his 300-metre dash in 2017 and Coolen the gold for his 60-metre dash…
Read MoreModel athlete
After winning four AUS championships in four years, fifth-year volleyball player Mieke DuMont is in the final stretch of her successful university career. She credits Tim Maloney, Dalhousie’s executive director of athletics and recreation, for making her experience at Dal so memorable. “It has been such an amazing experience, I’ll definitely miss it,” says DuMont trying to hold…
Read MoreThe mental game
Being a successful athlete is more than just being physically talented. That’s why the Dalhousie Tigers women’s volleyball team has a mental skills coach to help give them an edge. “There’s lots of parts to being successful,” says Head Coach Rick Scott. “But another side is the mental side, to give yourself the confidence and…
Read MoreAdventure to Europe
The men’s volleyball team had a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” over the winter break. That’s what the team’s head coach, Dan Ota said after he took the team on a volleyball trip to Europe over the break. “I think this is the kind of trip that (the players) are going to talk amongst themselves…
Read MoreStudent first, then athlete
Earlier this month, Sven Stammberger was selected as a U Sports Top 8 Academic All-Canadian for the 2017-2018 season. The former captain of the Dalhousie Tigers men’s basketball team, Stammberger is the 14th student-athlete from Dalhousie University to be honoured in this way since 1993. Only McGill University has generated more Top 8 Academic All-Canadians. …
Read MoreThe team Mom
Go to any Dalhousie Tigers men’s basketball game and you’ll see the team’s Head Coach, Rick Plato, pacing near the bench, waving his arms and yelling at his players for turning the ball over. Behind him is a person who is nearly the exact opposite: a blonde-haired woman, sitting calmly and keeping track of turnovers…
Read MoreFinding his scoring touch
During a tough start to the men’s hockey season, the play of Andrew Shewfelt has been a bright spot for the Dalhousie men’s hockey team. With 17 points in 17 games, he’s having a breakout season. A changing roster with only eight out of 25 players being above their second year, meant there was a…
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