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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAlso, we finally finished writing this ZINE<\/a>, called “Student Athlete Political Organizing \ud83e\udd19420\ud83d\udd25 (Not 101).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s a zine? The Art Gallery of Ontario says<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A zine is usually a non \u2013 commercial, non professional publication, kind of like a magazine but with a twist. The main difference between a magazine and a zine is that zines are not out there to make a profit but, rather, to add other, often unheard voices into the mix. Zines are usually made out of interest and passion and are often self-published by the writer\/artist\/creator.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n So yeah. Could be worth reading. This one happens to contain Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Nickelback, and Larry Enticer<\/a>. You know, the important stuff…<\/p>\n\n\n\n What the heck happened at U SPORTS? Johnny Gay and whoever the other dude was did a good job with the commentary on CBC even though the camera didn\u2019t show anyone aside from the leaders. It ended up being more of a radio show with a constant view of first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can finally find the results of the predictions contest HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The women\u2019s race went barn door in gale force winds mode from the gun I mean it was just blown wide open with McNeil, Nankivell, and Eybergen sending everyone shopping at GAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauren McNeil took out a tube of gorilla glue and stuck the gas pedal fully to the floor about halfway through the race. It was smooth sailing from there. Eybergen fell off the lead around that time, and Nankivell was dropped about 1k later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paige Breedon went blended tomato mode and sauced everyone else who wasn’t in that lead group to finish fourth, which helped Water Water Water Loo Loo Loo finish eighth, ahead of Guelph AND Laval, I mean that entire Warrior roster just got hired to play maracas in a reggae band for 8k that day I guess because that\u2019s an absolute shake up of the U SPORTS finishes we have come to expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the top teams, it was an unfortunate day for the X-Women as they couldn\u2019t repeat their bronze medal performance from 2023. That result really hyped us up here in the studio last year. All of their runners still have eligibility though, so we will see how many of them return for one more run at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Western was able to live up to their #1 ranking coming into the race. They locked down the gold behind beauty runs from Ashley Maguire and Olivia Roussel. All 5 of their runners were in the top 17. Jeeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most interesting competition of the day was the race for second place between the two British Columbian teams. UBC deployed a steaming hot electricity missile combo topped with cheese as a charged up Rachel Mortimer and Mackenzie Campbell made their CanWest races look like a joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U Vic had a nasty run from Elyse Coates, but they\u2019re gonna need the tuque and mittens too next time around. They finished in third, 9 points back of UBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pour les hommes, nous n’avons pas besoin de \u00ab more car \u00bb. Ce type est \u00ab really fuckin good<\/a> \u00bb. Nous avons entendu dire qu’il \u00e9tait pass\u00e9 par le lave auto suffisamment de fois apr\u00e8s la course pour m\u00e9riter un lavage gratuit. C’est le respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jared Howse had enough NHL on TNT theme horns blasting through his brain at all times out there and you have to think that\u2019s why he was able to finish second. He\u2019s got the energetic moves on the D floor too. Everybody take a drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jared put the SKI in Podbielski by turning the last 400m into a downhill double black diamond blasterooni once this guy gets the snow sticks lined up into french fry mode there isn\u2019t a Saskatchewan snow squall in existence that can cool down his internal combustion engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We were pulling for Benny Boi Benoit, who made a semi-surprise run for the podium once again, but he faded right at the end. We knew he would be wanting to toast marshmallows out there by going hot coal mode, and he did. Still good enough for fifth. Good guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thomas Laviolette est probablement le coureur le plus sous-estim\u00e9 de la ligue \u00e0 l’heure actuelle. Il a arbor\u00e9 des br\u00fblures lat\u00e9rales bleues impressionnantes en route vers une premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe d’\u00e9toiles canadiennes pour la deuxi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e cons\u00e9cutive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jude and the gang wheeled enough Dees to take the title without slotting anyone into a first-team all-Canadian position. Has that ever happened before? We know it hasn\u2019t since at least 2009, for men or women. We need a research department that gets better funding to look into it more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Les gar\u00e7ons du Qu\u00e9bec ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que le r\u00e9gime sirop-poutine est sup\u00e9rieur. Ils ont plac\u00e9 deux \u00e9quipes dans les trois premiers. Vous vous moquez de moi? Laval est le roi des performances de U SPORTS. Rudy Saal a \u00e9t\u00e9 l’un des grands artisans de la m\u00e9daille de bronze. Mais ils n’ont toujours pas r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 battre les gar\u00e7ons en vert. Les sharknados de Sherbrooke ont mis du beurre sur leurs baguettes super bas avec un senderoni de Richard Mathis qui leur a donn\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d’argent. Ils l’ont fait pour Buzingo<\/a>, qui, nous l’avons malheureusement appris, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en 2023. Que la l\u00e9gende repose en paix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yeah, sorry for taking a three week nap. Turns out if you eat seven crunch wrap supremes in one sitting you might not wake up. Also, we finally finished writing this ZINE, called “Student Athlete Political Organizing \ud83e\udd19420\ud83d\udd25 (Not 101).” What’s a zine? The Art Gallery of Ontario says: “A zine is usually a non<\/p>\nU SPORTS Recap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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