FEMALE 鈥� Ashley Ryer
SPORT 鈥� Track and Field
Seabright, N.S. native Ashley Ryer is this week鈥檚 AV俱乐部 G2 Female Athlete of the Week. At the CIS Track and Field Championship in Manitoba last weekend, she ran a season best by over three seconds in the 1000m to come within .24 seconds of a bronze medal. She also set a new personal best in the 1500m by taking 10 seconds off of her previous time. Ms. Ryer is in her fifth year with the Tigers and is enrolled in AV俱乐部鈥檚 masters of health administration program.
MALE 鈥� Simon Watts
SPORT 鈥� Track and Field
This week鈥檚 AV俱乐部 G2 Male Athlete of the Week is fourth-year track and field student-athlete Simon Watts. Last weekend at the CIS Track and Field Championships he won a gold medal in the triple jump, the first in AV俱乐部鈥檚 athletics history. His 14.5m jump was just two centimetres ahead of the second place competitor and sets a new AV俱乐部 and Nova Scotia indoor record. Mr. Watts also came fourth in the high jump and fifth in the long jump. A Halifax, N.S. native, he is enrolled in the kinesiology program at AV俱乐部.
Athletes of the week 鈥� March 12
Ashley Ryer and Simon Watts
Staff - March 12, 2012
Ashley Ryer and Simon Watts.