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Tag: roan Allen

Roan Allen gave up pitching for the javelin, and now the UBC rookie has booked his ticket to the national championships. (Richard Lam/UBC athletics)
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Roan Allen: Bye, bye baseball, hello throws as UBC rookie takes javelin to nationals

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — The best pitch that Roan Allen ever made?

Five of the top five finishers in the 2014 B.C. high school senior girls 800-metre final would end up running at Simon Fraser. They are Miryam Bassett (far left), Alana Mussatto (second left), Jasmine Gill (second right) and Sophie Dodd (kneeling). Also pictured: former-Grade 11 Addy Townsend (centre). (Photo courtesy Vid Wadhwani)
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Howie’s Big 5 weekend takeaways: SFU’s Addy and Vlad, UBC’s diamond days

April 2, 2017April 2, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

The spring season in university sports circles is now in full flight.Here’s our look at five takeaways from the weekend.TALENT GALOREAs I study the continued success of Simon Fraser women’s middle distance running, I’m reminded of a story I wrote in June of 2014, in the aftermath of that season’s Subway B.C. high school track […]

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