Downey and McGuire Athletes of the Week in final week of StFX season

X-Men track & field runner Connor McGuire was named the StFX Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending Mar. 10, 2013. Connor, a fourth year science student from Summerside, PEI competed at the CIS championship this past weekend in the 1500m and 3000m events. He placed fourth in the 1500m with a time of 3:52.87, narrowly missing a bronze medal by only 2/10’s of a second. In the 3000m race, Connor ran to a seventh place finish with a time of 8:30.93 amongst a strong field of the top 12 in the country. He surpassed his pre-event rankings which were 10th in the 1500m and 11th in the 3000m for a strong weekend showing.

X-Women hockey defense Jenna Downey was named the StFX Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending Mar. 10, 2013. Jenna, a fourth year human kinetics student from Stratford, Ont. was named a CIS tournament all-star as she helped the X-Women to a CIS bronze medal at the national championship this past weekend in Toronto. The captain of the X-Women, Jenna assisted on both game winning goals in StFX’s 3-2 overtime win over Toronto in the bronze medal game, and in their 2-1 overtime win over Queen’s in round robin play. She was a leader on and off the ice for the X-Women all season.