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A season of champions

“Watching UVic when I was younger, they're not that good. Then I get here, and we start playing well and the goal is the national championship."

Flying under the radar

Cheer is, surprisingly, one of the more dangerous contact sports when it comes to serious injuries. The combined skills and trust required to execute stunts leave little room for error.…

Playing against the clock

The sports industry and climate change are inextricably linked. One estimate reports that the 600-billion-dollar global sports industry is responsible for a total of 350 million tons of CO2e (carbon…

Decorated Vikes basketball star Diego Maffia takes last run at national championship

Vikes basketball player Diego Maffia enters his fifth and final season at UVic with one thing left to accomplish: winning a national championship. 

Vikes break the tape at Canada West championships

Following first place finishes for both the men’s and women’s teams at Calgary’s Stewart Cup on Oct. 12, Vikes XC felt like this could finally be the moment to capture…

Vikes women’s rowing team could clinch three-peat win for the first time in a decade

UVic will host the Canadian University Rowing Championships at Elk Lake on Nov. 2 and 3, where the Vikes women’s team has a chance to capture the national banner for…

Meet highly recruited cross country runner Ian McAllister

McAllister is the reigning two-time Ontario High School Cross Country Champion — only the twelfth runner since 1957 to win the senior men’s event back-to-back, at what’s widely considered one…

UVic looking into constructing a new pool

Kevin Hall hosted a news conference addressing the decision to close McKinnon Pool — as well as tentative plans to build a new facility.

The closure of McKinnon Pool has a ripple effect on the Victoria community

On July 2, UVic announced that it will close the McKinnon Pool by September 15 at the latest.