Tag: rowing
SMUS in the News: Rower Firinne Rolfe ’21 Named to Canada’s National Junior Team
Firinne Rolfe '21 is selected to represent Canada at the World Rowing Junior Championships in Bulgaria this summer
Student Athlete Offered 3 Full-Ride Rowing Scholarships
Grade 12 student Firinne Rolfe signs with Boston's Northeastern University after earning more than $1.2 million in scholarship offers
Athletics Week in Review: February 12
This week's Athletics Week in Review highlights the latest basketball and rowing news
Athletics Week in Review: November 19
Field hockey, rowing, soccer and volleyball are highlighted in this edition of the SMUS Athletics Week in Review
Ariel Khoo: Discovering a Passion for Rowing
When Ariel Khoo tried out for a new sport last September, she never imagined that nine months later she would have two national silver...
Athletics Week in Review: October 2
Cross country, field hockey, rowing, soccer, squash and volleyball are highlighted in our latest Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Summer in Review
When the school year came to a close in June, many of our student athletes did not take the summer off. Along with many...
Supporting Our Student Athletes
As we race to the finish line of our Annual Appeal, I am reminded how our athletes across all campuses and sports are impacted...
Athletics Week in Review: May 16
Badminton, rowing, rugby, soccer, tennis, and track and field are highlighted in our latest Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: April 30
Badminton, golf, rowing, rugby, soccer, tennis, and track and field are highlighted in this edition of the Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: April 23
It was a jam packed couple of weeks on the athletic front, with athletes representing SMUS in no fewer than eight sports.
Badminton
The badminton team...
Athletics Week in Review: February 15
Though winter weather threatened to interrupt various school sporting competitions, SMUS teams completed their respective commitments with rowing involved in two erg competitions, all basketball teams...
Athletics Week in Review: November 14
Cross country, field hockey, soccer, squash, volleyball and rowing are highlighted in the latest Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: October 24
Field hockey, rowing, volleyball, squash and rugby are highlighted in the latest Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: October 4
Soccer, field hockey, volleyball, rugby and rowing are highlighted in the latest Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: June 7
Provincial and national results from soccer, track and field, rowing, tennis, badminton, rugby, golf as well as softball and squash news.
Rowing at SMUS – an Advancement Perspective
Shara Campsall, Director of Annual Fund and Major Gifts, writes about how generous donations to the annual fund impact student athletes in all areas of their lives
Athletics Week in Review: May 15
Track and field, rowing, rugby, soccer, sailing, badminton, tennis and golf feature in this week's review.
Athletics Week in Review: May 1
Rowing, track and field, badminton, soccer and rugby are all highlighted in this edition of the SMUS Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: April 18
Rowing, soccer, tennis, track and field, rugby, field hockey and sailing all feature in this week's review.
Athletics Week in Review: March 7
Basketball and squash seasons wind up with provincial tournaments; the Elk Lake Regatta is reviewed and we begin the spring rugby season.
Athletics Week in Review: October 19
Another busy sporting week came and went, with local league schedules winding down and teams jockeying for playoff positioning.
Cross-Country
The Senior cross-country team hosted the...
Athletics Week in Review: October 4
The fall sports season continued on many fronts, with SMUS teams beginning league play and competing in various invitational tournaments or jamborees. October promises...
Athletics Week in Review: June 6
Rugby, rowing, track and field, badminton and soccer are covered in this week's SMUS Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: May 16
Sailing, soccer, rowing, golf, track and field, badminton and rugby are covered in this week's SMUS Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: April 19
Rugby, track and field, rowing and soccer are covered in this week's SMUS Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: March 14
Basketball, rowing and rugby are covered in this edition of the SMUS Athletics Week in Review
Athletics Week in Review: November 9
The first week of November saw several provincial titles up for grabs.
Field Hockey
It was with great anticipation that the Senior girls team headed to Surrey...
Athletics Week in Review: October 19
Field hockey, rugby, soccer, volleyball, rowing, cross-country and squash are covered in this week's SMUS Athletics Review
Athletics Week in Review: October 7
Soccer, rowing, rugby, field hockey, cross-country and volleyball are covered in this week's SMUS Athletics Review
SMUS in the News: Sarah Hagkull ’16 to Row for University of Tulsa
July 14, 2016
University of Tulsa
Sarah Hagkull '16
Tulsa Rowing Adds Three to 2016-17 Roster
Athletics Week in Review: June 9
Our year of sports has officially wrapped up and there are several teams that competed in the last couple of weeks that deserve recognition.
Rugby
SMUS arrived in...
Athletics Week in Review: May 10
Soccer
The Senior girls team was in the news a lot, after a spectacular and exciting 10 days of play.
First, on April 26, a 74th minute goal...
Athletics Week in Review: April 20
Rowing
The spring season is now fully underway, with SMUS recently competing at the annual Maple Bay regatta on Lake Quamichan. The races, featuring local clubs...
Athletics Week in Review: March 16
With the winter season of play drawing to a close, the basketball season culminated in various BC championships, while rowing took place at Elk Lake.
Basketball
In Langley March 2-5,...
Athletics Week in Review: February 3
Basketball
Another busy sporting week saw the Senior girls team capture another title, this time after going unbeaten at the Southridge KFACE (Kenya Foundation to Aid Children...
Athletics Week in Review: November 12
The fall sports season moved into its closing stages, with Senior girls field hockey taking centre stage, as SMUS hosted the BC AA tournament on the turf...
Athletics Week in Review: October 28
As Halloween approaches, most of the SMUS fall sports teams are gearing up for playoffs at the local, Island and provincial levels.
Front and centre has been the...
Athletics Week in Review: September 30
School sport in 2015-2016 is under way on many fronts, with multiple teams in action. Performances to date indicate another enjoyable and successful year is in...
Athletics Week in Review: June 10
The 70th edition of the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association Championship was held June 5-7 in St. Catharines, Ontario. Some 2,000 athletes, including the...
SMUS in the News: Liz Fenje ’09 Chosen for Pan Am Games Rowing Team
Rowing Canada
June 2, 2015
Liz Fenje '09
Canadian Rowing team nominated for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games
Athletics Week in Review: May 12
Senior badminton traveled to Nanaimo last week to compete in the Island Championships. Historically, SMUS has performed very well at this event, and, once again,...
Athletics Week in Review: April 30
It was a banner week for Senior girls soccer, as SMUS won six straight games in a 72-hour window to capture the local AA City...
Athletics Week in Review: April 15
The SMUS spring rowing season began April 11-12 at the Maple Bay Regatta, held this year on Lake Quamichan.
Several local clubs (Maple Bay, Nanaimo, Victoria City Rowing Club) and a...
Athletics Week in Review: November 4
Pride of place in a successful and busy sporting week was a first SMUS provincial appearance in the 2014-2015 school year, as 20 runners represented the school in the BC High...
Athletics Week in Review: October 22
It was a week of high drama, with the CAIS U15 girls soccer honour at stake, Senior girls volleyball visiting Saskatchewan and SMUS hosting...
Athletics Week in Review: October 7
A large group of interested athletes came to rowing tryouts and were measured in a series of fitness events. They also went through an...
Athletics Week in Review: June 10
With students gearing up for exams, there was still time for a few final athletic events, with a thoroughly enjoyable 5-aside barefoot soccer tournament...
May 14: Athletics Week in Review
Badminton
SMUS hosted the Island Senior Badminton Championships on May 8, 2014. In the first round, the Blue Jags played extremely well, knocking off a...
April 29: Athletics Week in Review
Senior Girls Soccer
In a very exciting ISA Senior girls soccer tournament, SMUS moved smartly through the pool stages, notching 12 goals without reply in...
Athletics Week in Review: April 16
Rowing
On April 12, the SMUS rowing team attended the Maple Bay Regatta, competing against local clubs Maple Bay, Nanaimo and Victoria City in addition...
SMUS in the News: Oxford Squad Wins The Boat Race
The Telegraph
March 30, 2014
Liz Fenje '09
Boat Race 2014: Ineradicable Oxford women demolish Cambridge for second year running
The London Standard
The Newton Women's Boat Race: From...
Rowing: Elk Lake Spring Regatta
Though Mother Nature, thanks to a combination of wind and freezing temperatures, limited the rowing team to only five water-training days through February, hopes...
Rowing: Monster Erg Competition
On Sunday, February 2, the University of Victoria held the 29th edition of the grueling "Monster Erg" competition.
This year, hundreds of athletes competed in...
Rowing: Back on Terra Firma
With Novice Rowing training and racing now complete, the SMUS Competitive squad has started its own pre-season program.
49 athletes from Grades 8 to 12...
Rowing: Against the Wind
In what has been an ongoing, but no longer even mildly entertaining theme, Mother Nature - through driving rain and heavy winds - drastically...
Rowing: The Fog Lifts
The rowing team competed October 19-20 in the second of three fall competitions, where - due to the horrendous weather which cut short the...
Rowing: A Hard Rain Falls on Crabfest 2013
With the 2012-2013 competitive rowing season affected to a large degree by poor weather, it was hoped that a new school year would allow...
Athletics Review: SMUS Hands Out the Hardware
by Darin Steinkey
A hearty thanks to all the coaches and teachers that contributed to the Athletics Review this past year and especially to Lindsay...
Athletics Review: Pure Speed
We quickly recap the week in athletics with updates from a huge cricket tournament, our rowers at nationals, plus track & field, badminton and...
Athletics Review: More Daylight, More Sports
by Darin Steinkey
It's finally starting to look a little brighter outside, so the cricketers are in the cages just a little longer these days....
Athletics Review: Ready to Roll
by Darin Steinkey
Like a coxswain in the bow, our rowers are plotting strategy and steering their way to the Brentwood Bay Regatta this weekend....
Athletics Review: Outdoor Sports Spring to Life
by Darin Steinkey
April means the SMUS field is in heavy rotation. The Senior girls are back on the pitch and coach Kaufmann provides a...
Athletics Review: It’s All So Provincial
While our basketball teams compete at provincials in Richmond and Kamloops this week (stay connected with the various Twitter feeds), Coach Hanebury writes that...
Athletics Review: Bouncing Back From Adversity
by Darin Steinkey
This week we're highlighting Senior basketball with some tough tourneys for both the boys and girls. Sports Canada TV will live stream...
Athletics Review: Spirits Not Damp
by Darin Steinkey
In this week's AR, Susanne Walker-Curry throws down numbers like rain, SMUS takes the reins in rugby and the field hockey girls...
Athletics Review: Grade AA Island Quality
by Darin Steinkey
Beyond an outstanding week of sport — highlighted by an Island Championship, a Western Canadian bronze medal and several first place finishes...
Athletics Review: Newbies Make Their Mark
by Darin Steinkey
Strong novice players dominate the AR this week, and Ethel Kiggundu gives props to Brown Hall in "Two Minutes With...".
Grade 8 Rugby
by...
Athletics Review: SMUS Athletes Take a Leap of Faith
Rowing tryouts
by Susanne Walker-Curry
The start of the new school year saw over 80 student athletes come to the two days of tryouts. All interested...
Athletics Review: Don’t Fail to Try
Take your first step to glory by planning what teams to tryout for this year; spend two minutes with Michael Baart, an athlete on...
Athletics Review: Recognizing Achievements
Richard Primrose, Acting Director of Athletics
The 2012 SMUS Athletic Banquet, featuring over 220 student-athletes, parents and sponsors, took place Wednesday, June 6 in the...
SMUS in the News: SMUS rower first with Stanford
Peninsula News
June 11, 2012
Liz Fenje '09
Oak Bay surfer second in Tofino; SMUS rower first with Stanford; Hesjedal's maglia rosa up for auction
SMUS in the News: Victoria Schools Row to Medals
June 9, 2012
Peninsula News
Vic schools row to medals at national championships
Times Colonist
High school rowers shine at nationals
Athletics Review: SMUS Delivers on Provincial and National Stages
photos by Sharon McLean, Ann Fenje and Jody Nishima
Rugby
by Ian Hyde-Lay, coach
From May 30 to June 2, the 1st XV traveled to Abbotsford to...
Athletics Review: No Substitute for Hard Work
Photos by Rob Ducharme
May 16
May 16
Senior Rugby
by Ian Hyde-Lay
The Senior boys rugby squad played three important matches over the past two weeks, as the...
Rowers Come Out of Their Shells
Pictures by Ann Fenje
by Lori Adam, Director of the Annual Fund
On Alumni Weekend, our SMUS rowers were able to join us for a wonderful...
Athletics Review: Alumni Games
Pictures by Rob Ducharme, Susanne Walker-Curry and Darin Steinkey
Cricket
by Graham Lily
With the departure of a number of cricketers last year, the cricket squad is...
Athletics Review: Rowers Set the Water on Fire
Photos by Ann Fenje, Rob Ducharme and Darin Steinkey
May 3
Rowing
by Susanne Walker-Curry
The SMUS team traveled to the Brentwood International Regatta with 29 athletes competing...
Athletics Review: From the Water to the Pitch
Photos by Ann Fenje
April 18, 2012
Rowing
by Susanne Walker-Curry
On Saturday, the SMUS rowing team attended the Maple Bay Regatta. It was the first regatta of...
Athletics Review: Rugby and Regattas and Provincials, Oh My!
2012 Rugby Tour
by Ian Hyde-Lay
On March 16, 38 boys, comprising the bulk of the Senior and Junior rugby squads, along with four staff, departed...
Athletics Review: Racing on Elk Lake
Photos by Ann Fenje
Rowing
by Susanne Walker-Curry
This past weekend, the SMUS rowing team competed at the 2012 Elk Lake Spring Regatta. It was our first...
Athletics Review: November 7, 2011
Rowing
Thirty-nine athletes and six coaches experienced another successful city championships! There was a good turn-out of parents, too, and I think that they enjoyed...
Athletics Review: October 31, 2011
Cross-Country
Last week, the pinnacle event of the cross-country season took place. Over 350 runners took part in the Island Championships, which were held at...
Athletics Review: October 24, 2011
Rowing
This weekend, while most people were enjoying time away from the academic classroom, the 62 members of the SMUS rowing team were battling other...
Athletics Review: October 3, 2011
Grade 9 Rugby
The SMUS Grade 9 rugby team continued its season with a 39-5 win over Brentwood. A good number of the less heralded...
SMUS in the News: "SMUS row to double gold at nationals"
Victoria News
June 8, 2011
SMUS row to double gold at nationals
Athletics Review: June 6, 2011
Senior Girls Soccer
The Senior girls soccer team wrapped up their season at the BC Championships in Burnaby last week. The team faced tough competition...
Athletics Review: May 16, 2011
Tennis
The tennis team came second on the Island last week, qualifying for the provincials.
In the round robin, SMUS beat GNS 8-3 and defeated Shawnigan...
Athletics Review: May 9, 2011
Rowing
The SMUS team travelled to the Brentwood International Regatta with 24 athletes competing in 19 events. Brentwood is the largest high school regatta in...
Athletics Review: Mar 7, 2011
This past weekend, the SMUS rowing team attended the Elk Lake Spring Regatta. It was the first regatta of our spring competitive season on...
Athletics Review: Nov 15, 2010
Rowing
Thirty-nine athletes and six coaches experienced another successful city championships! Over three days and 18 hours of racing the rowers endured lots of...
Athletics Review: Oct 25, 2010
Middle School Cross-country
The Middle School cross-country team wrapped up their season this week with some fantatic results! After six weeks of practicing on all...
Athletics Review: Oct 4, 2010
Field Hockey
The SMUS 1st team played two league games last week. They were two very contrasting games - a superb 1-0 win in a...
Athletics Review: Athletics Tryouts for Term 1
CROSS COUNTRY
Everyone Welcome – grades 9-12 (no experience necessary)
COACHES:
Grades 9-12: Ms. Tobacco & Mr. Hunt – meet at flagpoles
TRAINING SESSIONS:
Thursday, September 9th – 3:30-5:00...
Athletics Review: June 7, 2010
Rowing
The SMUS crew returned home after a very successful three days of racing at the 65th Annual Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association regatta, held...
Athletics Review: May 10, 2010
Middle School Rugby
In the past week in Middle School rugby, the Grade 6 team traveled to face Monterey, where they also faced Cedar Hill....
Athletics Review: Apr 26, 2010
Rowing
This past weekend, the SMUS rowing team attended the 40th Annual Brentwood Regatta hosted by Brentwood School. Over 1500 athletes from the US and...
Athletics Review: Apr 19, 2010
Junior Girls Soccer
This past week, the Junior Girls Soccer team hosted GNS and Reynolds. On Tuesday, the game against GNS was a very...
Athletics Review: Feb 9, 2010
Senior Badminton
Last week was a very busy one for the Senior badminton team, as they played three critical league games. These games would determine...
SMUS Alumni and Rowers Launch New Boats
by Lori Adam, Director of the Annual Fund
This past Sunday, in between races at the 2nd regatta at Elk Lake, our SMUS rowers were...
Looking Ahead in Athletics
The 2009-2010 school year got under way last week with SMUS athletic teams boasting some serious potential in the pre-season.
The Senior boys soccer team,...
Athletics Review: June 1, 2009
An incredible week for SMUS rowing!
Seven SMUS athletes entered seven events at the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association (CSSRA) Championship Regatta in St. Catharines...
Athletics Review: May 10, 2009
Track and Field
The sixth and final training meet took place at UVic last week. Top performers included Leo Marchand, who placed 6th in the...
Athletics Review: April 26, 2009
Rowing
The SMUS rowing team was up at Brentwood International Regatta this weekend, the largest athletic event hosted by a single high school. Crews from...
Athletics Review: March 1, 2009
SMUS Crew Starts Spring Rowing Season Strong
This weekend SMUS rowers raced for the first time as a Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) club representing St....
Rowing Its Own Reward
Last weekend, our rowing coach Susanne Walker Curry was named the Female Coach of the Year by Rowing Canada Aviron, the national governing body...
Athletics Review: November 25, 2008
SMUS Soccer
The Senior boys soccer team left on Sunday night for Burnaby, as they were to compete in the BC Provincial AA championships. After...
Athletics Review: November 17, 2008
Senior Girls Volleyball Team
Island Championships began for the Senior girls volleyball team on Friday afternoon with round-robin play against St. Andrews, Shawnigan Lake and...
Athletics Review: October 20, 2008
SMUS Cross Country
The Senior Cross-Country Team was at Beaver Lake last Wednesday in the Lower Islands. This meet was the first time we...
Athletics Review: September 28, 2008
SMUS Rowing Crew
This past Saturday saw the SMUS Rowing team begin their short 2008 competitive season at the annual high school Crabfest Regatta.
Newcomers to...
Athletics Review: September 14, 2008
Rosters have been set and schedules are being finalized after just one week back to school. All of our teams are in full gear...
Athletics Review: September 7, 2008
The 2008-2009 school year kicked off last Wednesday with Term 1 sport tryouts. Student participation rates look good in many sports, in particular, Grade...
Rowers Paddle for Gold
Before the Beijing Olympics even began, two SMUS students flew to the US to compete for a few medals of their own and both...
Athletics Review: SMUS Rowing Team Wins on a National Level
Last week, four senior athletes represented SMUS at the CSSRA Rowing Regatta in St. Catharines, Ontario. The team performed exceptionally well, placing 18th out...
Athletics Review: June 1, 2008
Golf
The golf team was away in Kamloops early last week at the Provincial Championships. The team of Dylan Callow, Rebecca Minaker, Chris Smith, Francois...
Athletics Review: February 10, 2008
Rowing
Over the past couple of months, a small group of rowers have trained hard in preparation for the National Rowing Regatta which will bw...
Athletics Review: November 4, 2007
Senior Boys Soccer
The team finished their season with a hard fought contest to bring home the Colonist Shield. The boys succeeded, playing some great...
Smooth Rowing for SMUS at the 22nd Annual Regatta
Our rowing team did exceptionally well at Elk Lake this weekend, taking first in Junior Girls doubles and Junior Novice Boys quad, as well...
Athletics Review: October 21, 2007
Rugby
Grade 8
In their third ISA game, the Grade 8 rugby team travelled to Brentwood College. The team let in a try soon after the...
Athletics Review: September 30, 2007
Cross Country
Middle School
The Cross Country team took on the challenges of Beaver Lake. Jeremy Chan and Leanne Farmer both finished in the top ten...
