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Vanier Cup tickets on sale, honorary chair announced

Vanier Cup tickets on sale, honorary chair announced

It is an exciting day on the road to the 2022 Vanier Cup as tickets for the U SPORTS Canadian national championship game go on sale today, and Western announces the naming of retired London Police chief Murray Faulkner as honorary chair of the organizing  …

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League (CFL) added a few more Mustangs last week as six members of the current Western roster were selected in the 2018 CFL Canadian Draft. David Mackie, Jean-Gabriel Poulin, Jordan Beaulieu, David Brown, Alex Taylor and Harry McMaster...

Mustangs celebrate top student-athletes

Mustangs celebrate top student-athletes

Soccer player Jenna White, football player Alex Taylor and swimmer Gamal Assaad were recognized for their outstanding careers Tuesday night at the Western Mustangs Athletic Awards Gala. White wrapped up her five-year Mustangs career as the 62nd F.W.P. Jones Trophy...

Baby, he was born to run – and bike, and swim

Baby, he was born to run – and bike, and swim

This summer, first-year Science student Liam Donnelly hopes to make some noise of a different sort as he gears up to represent Team Canada at the 2018 Brasilia CAMTRI Triathlon American Championships, set for June in Brazil.

Hall honours ‘football bum’ on, off gridiron

Hall honours ‘football bum’ on, off gridiron

As a high-schooler growing up in Hamilton, Frank Cosentino, HBA’60, did what most sports-minded kids did – he tried out for the football team. And for three straight years, he was cut. Little did his high school coach know, however, but that same eager teenager would...

Newsmakers: The Athlete

Newsmakers: The Athlete

Joy Spear Chief-Morris For Joy Spear Chief-Morris, track and field was an escape. The sport was a place to get away from the world, a place she sensed she belonged and, most of all, a place where she chased dreams she never thought possible. Earlier this year, she was...

Newsmakers: The Champions

Newsmakers: The Champions

Mustang Athletics The Western Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought with an exclamation mark this year, knocking off the defending champion and No. 1 nationally ranked Laval Rouge et Or 39-17 in the Canadian university football championship game last month in...

Newsmakers: The Playcaller

Newsmakers: The Playcaller

Christine Stapleton Christine Stapleton, a proven leader in athletics at both the university and national sport level, was named Western’s new Director (Sport and Recreation Services) in 2017. Stapleton came to Western with more than 30 years of experience in...

Western tops Laval to win Vanier Cup

Western tops Laval to win Vanier Cup

The Western Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought by knocking off the defending champion and No. 1 nationally ranked Laval Rouge et Or 39-17.

Mustang wins prestigious Russ Jackson Award

Mustang wins prestigious Russ Jackson Award

Western Mustangs linebacker Nick Vanin was honoured for his achievements, both on and off the field, with the prestigious Russ Jackson Award at the U SPORTS football All-Canadian Gala Thursday night. Vanin is not only the first Western student-athlete to win the Russ...

How sweet it is

How sweet it is

It was sweet revenge – a year in the making – for the...

AD: Bowl game dustup cause for re-examination

AD: Bowl game dustup cause for re-examination

While the score may be settled on the field, the wild controversy surrounding the Loney Bowl may play on deep into overtime for U Sports and athletics directors across the country. On Tuesday, the Acadia Axemen defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 45-38 in overtime to...

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League (CFL) added a few more Mustangs last week as six members of the current Western roster were selected in the 2018 CFL Canadian Draft. David Mackie, Jean-Gabriel Poulin, Jordan Beaulieu, David Brown, Alex Taylor and Harry McMaster...

Mustangs celebrate top student-athletes

Mustangs celebrate top student-athletes

Soccer player Jenna White, football player Alex Taylor and swimmer Gamal Assaad were recognized for their outstanding careers Tuesday night at the Western Mustangs Athletic Awards Gala. White wrapped up her five-year Mustangs career as the 62nd F.W.P. Jones Trophy...

Baby, he was born to run – and bike, and swim

Baby, he was born to run – and bike, and swim

This summer, first-year Science student Liam Donnelly hopes to make some noise of a different sort as he gears up to represent Team Canada at the 2018 Brasilia CAMTRI Triathlon American Championships, set for June in Brazil.

Hall honours ‘football bum’ on, off gridiron

Hall honours ‘football bum’ on, off gridiron

As a high-schooler growing up in Hamilton, Frank Cosentino, HBA’60, did what most sports-minded kids did – he tried out for the football team. And for three straight years, he was cut. Little did his high school coach know, however, but that same eager teenager would...

Newsmakers: The Athlete

Newsmakers: The Athlete

Joy Spear Chief-Morris For Joy Spear Chief-Morris, track and field was an escape. The sport was a place to get away from the world, a place she sensed she belonged and, most of all, a place where she chased dreams she never thought possible. Earlier this year, she was...

Newsmakers: The Champions

Newsmakers: The Champions

Mustang Athletics The Western Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought with an exclamation mark this year, knocking off the defending champion and No. 1 nationally ranked Laval Rouge et Or 39-17 in the Canadian university football championship game last month in...

Newsmakers: The Playcaller

Newsmakers: The Playcaller

Christine Stapleton Christine Stapleton, a proven leader in athletics at both the university and national sport level, was named Western’s new Director (Sport and Recreation Services) in 2017. Stapleton came to Western with more than 30 years of experience in...

Western tops Laval to win Vanier Cup

Western tops Laval to win Vanier Cup

The Western Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought by knocking off the defending champion and No. 1 nationally ranked Laval Rouge et Or 39-17.

Mustang wins prestigious Russ Jackson Award

Mustang wins prestigious Russ Jackson Award

Western Mustangs linebacker Nick Vanin was honoured for his achievements, both on and off the field, with the prestigious Russ Jackson Award at the U SPORTS football All-Canadian Gala Thursday night. Vanin is not only the first Western student-athlete to win the Russ...

How sweet it is

How sweet it is

It was sweet revenge – a year in the making – for the...

AD: Bowl game dustup cause for re-examination

AD: Bowl game dustup cause for re-examination

While the score may be settled on the field, the wild controversy surrounding the Loney Bowl may play on deep into overtime for U Sports and athletics directors across the country. On Tuesday, the Acadia Axemen defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 45-38 in overtime to...