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Emily Leung set the pace and the Simon Fraser University women’s golf team was quick to follow. SFU successfully defended its Great Northwest Athletic Conference golf title, posting a score 19 shots better than their nearest competitor.

New head coach Jason Dallavalle noted prior to Sunday’s season opener that offence is typically one of the last parts of a team’s game that comes together. Based on the third period power show by his Burnaby junior A Lakers, Dallavalle was dead-on.

Simon Fraser University senior Chantel Desch recorded a personal best in the women’s 400 metres, while the women’s 4x100 relay team posted the second fastest time (46.

If challenge is what the Burnaby Lakers want, the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League will offer that in spades this year.

The bright lights and crowded field may have made Burnaby’s Zuzanna Liniewski nervous, but you wouldn’t know it. The Grade 9 athlete took it all in stride at last week’s Oregon Relay events, delivering a personal best while wielding a heavier hammer.

Burnaby’s Ryan Lee was on his game, especially on the second round, en route to topping the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Humber College PGM Classic at Morgan Creek Golf Course in Surrey last week.

For a freshman, Simon Fraser University sprinter Katherine Lucas has little time for convention. The first-year NCAA Div.

The 100-metre race is a basic, short burst that presents a simple test: how fast can you go? No matter what the surface, or if it is on an oval track or a straight line, the distance isn’t such an obstacle to be a burden for most people.

Vanessa Su made the most of home-pool advantage last week. The preteen raced six events and won each to the Dynamo Swim Club’s 16th annual Invitational swim meet a resounding success.

There is no single reason why the Hofstra University Pride are the last undefeated team in all NCAA Div. 1 men’s field lacrosse, but Josh Byrne certainly is a major contributor.