Eilish McConville capped off her final year at Queen’s in style, earning the OUA’s female nomination for the prestigious national BLG award.

On June 6, the Canadian and American national U-20 soccer teams will face off at Richardson Stadium in preparation for July’s FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be staged in multiple cities across Canada.
The game will be a rematch of last summer’s 1-1 draw between the teams in Kingston. However, this time around, the upcoming World Cup tournament means there’s significantly more at stake.

Recent Queen’s football graduates are already making an impact on the professional scene. At the Canadian Football League draft May 2 in Toronto, linebacker Ian Hazlett, PhysEd ’07, was selected in the fifth round, 38th overall by the Calgary Stampeders.

The 71st annual Colour Awards, a celebration of Queen’s athletic talent, was held on Sunday afternoon at the Ambassador Conference Resort. Each team named a Most Valuable Player, a Most Improved Player and a Rookie of the Year. Eight major awards were presented to Queen’s most accomplished athletes.

The Journal highlights the hits and misses of the Golden Gaels this term.

How will athetic financial awards affect athletic performance at Queen’s? Leslie Dal Cin, Queen’s athletics director, said the key to success is straightforward if not always simple.

Three Queen’s football players, Gaels Robb Bagg, Brad Smith and Sean O’Donnell, participates in an invite-only evaluation camp for the Canadian Football League (CFL).

How do Queen’s recruitment practices compare to university athletic programs at Carleton, Harvard and Mercyhurst?

For the second time in two seasons, the Queen’s rowing team will lose the services of at least one coach.
Scott Feddery, women’s lightweight coach and former Rowing Canada Coach of the Year, is leaving Queen’s to become the head coach of the University of Victoria’s rowing program.
In addition, Rob Watering, men’s heavyweight coach and this year’s Ontario Men’s Coach of the
Year, is leaving his post to become head coach at the University of Toronto’s rowing program.

Leslie Dal Cin is four months into her position as Queen’s new chair of Athletics and Recreation.
Although she’s proud of the scope of Queen’s athletics department, Dal Cin said everyone at the University needs to recognize the inherent limitations in offering such a wide range of athletic opportunities.

The consistent scoring of forward Victoria Kaufmann led the Queen’s women to a deep run in the playoffs. After a 19-10-2-1 record in the regular season, the Gaels defeated Waterloo in the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win, in which Kaufmann contributed a goal. She followed that game with a twogoal performance in the team’s 2-1 semifinal win over Toronto to earn a spot in the finals.

Despite failing to return home with a medal for only the sixth time in 24 years, the Queen’s track and field team still considered its performance in the national championships in Montreal last weekend to be a success. The team brought home three silver medals at last year’s event in Saskatoon.

Dancers on the Queen’s competitive dance team placed second and third respectively at the University Dance Challenge last weekend in Guelph. The team also won the small group event. The dancers placed second in the full team event and their performance was good enough for a third overall finish in the competition.