Skip to content
Varsity Letters
  • High School Sports
    • Boys Basketball
    • Girls Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Field Hockey
    • Football
    • Rugby
    • Boys Soccer
    • Girls Soccer
    • Track & Field
    • Boys Volleyball
    • Girls Volleyball
    • Wrestling
    • Other
  • University Sports
    • Men’s Basketball
    • Women’s Basketball
    • Baseball
    • Cross Country
    • Field Hockey
    • Football
    • Hockey
    • Rowing
    • Men’s Soccer
    • Women’s Soccer
    • Softball
    • Track & Field
    • Men’s Volleyball
    • Women’s Volleyball
    • Wrestling
    • Other
  • Podcast
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • About

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)
Feature University Baseball University Track and Field

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)
Feature University Track and Field

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 […]

Recent Posts

  • A Sunday Read: With 1967’s champs a mirror to their own basketball souls, Van College’s 2026 Fighting Irish make own mark, ending the curse after 59 years with emphatic win over Dover Bay!
  • Coming this weekend to VL: It’s a Sunday Read chronicling the end of the Vancouver College Fighting Irish’ half-century-plus quest to re-capture the B.C. senior boys hoops title!
  • Behind a second-quarter sneak attack led by MVP Elliot McNeil, Collingwood tops Notre Dame in 2A B.C. final as coach Andy Wong wins his third provincial title for Cavs!
  • To our loyal readers: What’s happening at Varsity Letters this week… an update after the completion of March Madness 2026!
  • St. Pat’s tops LA Matheson for third B.C. Triple title in five seasons, capping 37-1 campaign… but don’t ask Coach Nap about ‘Best ever’ stuff because “…I don’t care about that stuff”!
@2020 Varsity Letters | Howard Tsumura | Editorial by MysteryThemes.