FEMALE - KIERA AITKEN
SPORT - SWIMMING
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Kiera Aitken has been named Dalhousie University Female Athlete of the Week. Aitken led the women's swimming Tigers to a ninth-place finish at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships. She captured a silver medal in the 50m backstroke and took home bronze in the 100m backstroke. Narrowly missing a third podium finish, Aitken had to settle for fourth place in the 200m backstroke. She also finished third in the "B" final for the 50m freestyle. Aitken is a fourth-year Computer Science student from Devonshire, Bermuda.
MALE - JOSHUA DAVIDSON
SPORT - TRACK & FIELD
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Joshua Davidson has been chosen as Dalhousie University Male Athlete of the Week. Davidson was the championship meet's top point-scorer and MVP at the recent 2005 Atlantic University Sport track and field championships. His points came from an individual win in the indoor pentathlon (3134 points) and a victory in the 4x200m relay. Davidson competed in several other events and had point-scoring performances in the 300m, the high jump, and the 4x400m relay - leading the men's Tigers to overall victory and the AUS banner. Davidson is a third-year kinesiology student from Halifax, NS.