Tigers Athletes of the Week (Week Ending Dec. 3)

- December 5, 2017

Maya Reynolds and Mike Van Der Poel
Maya Reynolds and Mike Van Der Poel

Maya Reynolds, Track and Field

Second-year sprinter Maya Reynolds is this week’s MUSCLE MLK Female Athlete of the Week.

Maya won two events at the ANS Last Chance Meet on Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.

She won the 60m dash with a personal-best tying time of 7.69 to start her season. She followed it up with a win in the 60m hurdles, earning AUS first-place ranking in both events.

A commerce student, Maya is from Markham, Ont.

 

Mike Van Der Poel, Track and Field

Third-year sprinter Mike Van Der Poel is this week’s MUSCLE MLK Male Athlete of the Week

Mike got a win in his sole event in Saturday’s ANS Last Chance Meet at the Canada Games Centre

He placed first in the 300m, winning by more than a second with a time of 34.75. Last year’s U SPORTS bronze medallist in the same event, he currently holds the top spot in the AUS rankings

A native of Truro, N.S., Mike is an engineering student.