The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men’s basketball team will travel abroad to Taoyuan County in Taiwan to participate in the 2008 Kainan University International Basketball Invitational. The UBC Thunderbirds join the Blues as the only two schools representing the CIS.
The tournament, which runs from June 2 – 5, is one of the largest college […]

U of T alumnus Jim Worrall proudly carried the Canadian flag leading a procession of world-class athletes into the official start of the XI Olympiad. On April 17th, over 70 years later, Worrall again found himself leading a parade of Olympians —  this time at the Varsity Centre dome in celebration of a new era […]

The road to the podium is long and full of challenges.  Getting there takes talent, to be sure.  But it also requires guts, perseverance, great coaching and a host of often hard-to-access resources.  The University of Toronto aims to serve as one of those resources for Ontario’s top athletes, through an innovative partnership with the […]

High fives were shared and plenty of hoots and cheers were heard on April 11th at U of T’s annual athletic banquet. More than 500 students gathered to celebrate a year of hard work, Blues camaraderie and athletic excellence.
The most anticipated awards of the evening — Female and Male Athletes of the Year —  went […]

University of Toronto Provost Vivek Goel announced today that the University has extended the appointment of Professor Bruce Kidd as Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education and Health for a further two years, beginning June 1, 2008 until June 30, 2010.  
Throughout his term as Dean, Professor Kidd has focused on the promotion and strengthening […]

As exams pile and up and the Varsity sports season winds down, one of the Blues biggest fans — President David Naylor —hosted a lunch on April 8th to celebrate a year of outstanding athletic performance and hard work.
Over 200 intercollegiate student-athletes gathered in the Athletic Centre’s sports gym with their parents, coaches and FPEH […]

The Faculty hosted the 9th annual Bertha Rosenstadt National Undergraduate Research Conference on March 28th.  Thirty-one undergraduate students from U of T, Lakehead University, McMaster and Concordia presented their research findings and shared the latest ideas on exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports medicine, motor learning and control, exercise and sport psychology, philosophy, history and sport sociology.
Third-year […]

The Faculty hosted the 9th annual Bertha Rosenstadt National Undergraduate Research Conference on March 28th.  Thirty-one undergraduate students from U of T, Lakehead University, McMaster and Concordia presented their research findings and shared the latest ideas on exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports medicine, motor learning and control, exercise and sport psychology, philosophy, history and sport sociology.
 
Third-year […]

Trampoline athletes Rosie MacLennan and Sarah Charles are each adding a coveted jewel of athletic accomplishment to their crowns: a spot on the Canadian Olympic team bound for Beijing this summer.
MacLennan, now in her second year of the FPEH program, was seven years old when first tried the trampoline and has competed since she was […]

University of Toronto student and international swimmer Colin Russell is now a member of the Canada’s Olympic team and can book his ticket to Bejing, China. The Oakville-native won the 200m freestyle event at the Olympic Trials on Tuesday night (April 2) which automatically qualifies him for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Russell will compete for Canada […]

University of Toronto student and international swimmer Colin Russell is now a member of the Canada’s Olympic team and can book his ticket to Bejing, China. The Oakville-native won the 200m freestyle event at the Olympic Trials on Tuesday night (April 2) which automatically qualifies him for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Russell will compete for Canada […]

University of Toronto student and international swimmer Colin Russell is now a member of the Canada’s Olympic team and can book his ticket to Bejing, China. The Oakville-native won the 200m freestyle event at the Olympic Trials on Tuesday night (April 2) which automatically qualifies him for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Russell will compete for Canada […]

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues bench boss Mike Katz was named Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Coach of the Year when major awards were announced at the All-Canadian dinner Thursday night at the Congress Centre in Ottawa, Ont.
Katz is only the second U of T coach to receive the Stuart W. Aberdeen Trophy since it […]

Varsity Blues pole vaulter Jason Wurster completed is break-out season winning a gold medal at the 2008 CIS Track and Field Championships this past weekend at the McGill Fieldhouse in Montreal, Que.
The second-year Arts and Science student claimed his first CIS gold with a vault of 5.35m, five centimetres shy of the Fieldhouse record of […]

The Varsity Blues captured the 2007-08 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s basketball east division title with a come-from-behind 99-91 overtime victory over the defending league-champion York Lions on Sunday, before a capacity crowd at the U of T sports gym.
After trailing the Lions since the early minutes of play, including an 11-point disadvantage with four-and-a-half […]

For the seventh time in her 19-year coaching tenure, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues head coach Kristine Drakich has been named the OUA East Coach of the Year.  She was previously honoured with the award in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001 and 2004.
Under her direction, the Blues have qualified for 18 consecutive OUA Final […]

The host University of Toronto Varsity Blues men’s and women’s swim teams captured their respective gold medals at this weekend’s Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships, held at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Pool, Feb. 8-10.
The Varsity Blues men’s team captured their seventh title in the last eight years, tallying a total of 1071 points. The […]

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s basketball team clinched first place in the OUA East division by virtue of their 70-69 victory of the Laurentian Voyageurs Feb. 9 at U of T’s Athletic Centre sports gym.
The Varsity Blues were led by graduating fifth-year forward Christine Cho’s 21 points, six rebounds and four steals. The […]

Fifth-year physical education student and track and field athlete Liane Heale was honoured at the Ontario University Athletics Women of Influence luncheon on January 23, 2008.  The event, which is in its fifth year, recognized top female student-athletes from across the province. 
Heale, an outstanding student-athlete, finished the 2007 academic year with an impressive 3.92 GPA.  […]

As the dreary days of winter descend upon us, U of T’s exercise enthusiasts can find many options to stay fit at Varsity Centre, which recently went “indoors” thanks to the air-inflated dome over the field.
One of the highlights under the dome is a driving range, open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  U […]