Athletes of the week ‑ March 12

FEMALE – Ashley Ryer
SPORT – Track and Field

Seabright, N.S. native Ashley Ryer is this week’s Dalhousie G2 Female Athlete of the Week. At the CIS Track and Field Championship in Manitoba last weekend, she ran a season best by over three seconds in the 1000m to come within .24 seconds of a bronze medal. She also set a new personal best in the 1500m by taking 10 seconds off of her previous time. Ms. Ryer is in her fifth year with the Tigers and is enrolled in Dalhousie’s masters of health administration program.

MALE – Simon Watts
SPORT – Track and Field

This week’s Dalhousie G2 Male Athlete of the Week is fourth-year track and field student-athlete Simon Watts. Last weekend at the CIS Track and Field Championships he won a gold medal in the triple jump, the first in Dalhousie’s athletics history. His 14.5m jump was just two centimetres ahead of the second place competitor and sets a new Dalhousie and Nova Scotia indoor record. Mr. Watts also came fourth in the high jump and fifth in the long jump. A Halifax, N.S. native, he is enrolled in the kinesiology program at Dalhousie.