Beukeboom & Johnston receive AUS Athlete of the Week honors
October 11, 2011
ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SPORT SUBWAY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Week Ending October 9, 2011
Male Athlete of the Week
Riley Johnston
Men’s Cross Country
StFX University
1st year
Pembroke, Ont.
Riley Johnston of the StFX X-Men cross country team is the Atlantic University Sport Subway Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 11th, 2011. Johnston, a first-year student from Pembroke, Ont., ran to a first place finish at the Moncton Invitational meet on Saturday. Riley finished the 7.5k race in a time of 26:54, helping the X-Men capture the team title at the meet. The win marked his best individual placement of the season.
Female Athlete of the Week
Tyson Beukeboom
Women’s Rugby
StFX University
3rd year
Uxbridge, Ont.
Tyson Beukeboom of the CIS No. 1-ranked StFX X-Women’s rugby team is the Atlantic University Sport Subway Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 11th, 2011. Beukeboom, a third-year Human Kinetics student from Uxbridge, Ont., scored a pair of trys in Wednesday’s 51-0 win over the Acadia Axewomen in Wolfville. The victory clinched first place overall for the X-Women for the tenth consecutive season. Tyson, the reigning AUS most valuable player, currently leads the Atlantic conference with seven tries and sits second in overall scoring with 35 points in five regular season games.
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Throughout the 2011-12 season, each Subway Atlantic University Sport Athlete of the Week will receive a $50.00 Subway Card and a framed certificate courtesy of Subway Restaurants and Atlantic University Sport.
Week Ending October 9, 2011
Male Athlete of the Week
Riley Johnston
Men’s Cross Country
StFX University
1st year
Pembroke, Ont.
Riley Johnston of the StFX X-Men cross country team is the Atlantic University Sport Subway Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 11th, 2011. Johnston, a first-year student from Pembroke, Ont., ran to a first place finish at the Moncton Invitational meet on Saturday. Riley finished the 7.5k race in a time of 26:54, helping the X-Men capture the team title at the meet. The win marked his best individual placement of the season.
Female Athlete of the Week
Tyson Beukeboom
Women’s Rugby
StFX University
3rd year
Uxbridge, Ont.
Tyson Beukeboom of the CIS No. 1-ranked StFX X-Women’s rugby team is the Atlantic University Sport Subway Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 11th, 2011. Beukeboom, a third-year Human Kinetics student from Uxbridge, Ont., scored a pair of trys in Wednesday’s 51-0 win over the Acadia Axewomen in Wolfville. The victory clinched first place overall for the X-Women for the tenth consecutive season. Tyson, the reigning AUS most valuable player, currently leads the Atlantic conference with seven tries and sits second in overall scoring with 35 points in five regular season games.
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Throughout the 2011-12 season, each Subway Atlantic University Sport Athlete of the Week will receive a $50.00 Subway Card and a framed certificate courtesy of Subway Restaurants and Atlantic University Sport.