Athletic YEAR in REVIEW 2015/2016
Letters of Congratulations
FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Welcome to SMUS, and the 25th Athletic Banquet. Please enjoy what One can hardly have any discussion of the School’s athletic should be a splendid evening, as we gather to celebrate a ne year of programme without someone referring to one of the School’s accomplishments, honour some of our top performers, as well as say mottos, “mens sana in corpora sano”. An evening like tonight is farewell to the grads. powerful evidence that the founders who conceived our school were building it on an enduring vision. At the same time, they 2015-2016 has been another very successful year. Pride of place goes to would not have foreseen the breadth and depth of the programme the athletes and coaches who won a second straight BC AA Boys Rugby that tries to live up to this vision. title. One small step behind were Boys Basketball (2nd), Girls Field Hockey (3rd), Girls Soccer (3rd) and Rugby 7s (3rd). It is a wonderful sight on an afternoon to see elds full of athletes playing, the colours of our School against the colours of other In addition, three teams won Island titles, while, of thirteen possible schools, or simply in practice uniforms getting ready for the next BC School Sports provincial championships, SMUS quali ed for nine. game. Likewise it is satisfying to know that similar activity is taking Moreover, squash players and rowers left their mark on the national stage. place in the gym, in the squash courts, the rowing course, the tennis courts and any of the other venues where our teams play. In thanking all in attendance for their support, I am so often reminded of the huge role sport plays at SMUS. Indeed, participation, enjoyment, When students play sports, they also lead healthier lives, they performance and sportsmanship remain of vital importance, as re ected perform better in school, and they have more successful futures. in the mottos of St. Michaels (“Nothing is great unless it is good”) and Never in the school’s history have we had more athletes playing University School (“A healthy mind in a healthy body”). more sports on more teams, a testament to the students, the coaches and the parents who support them. To these, I would add a few nal words. To play is good, to win is better, but to love the game is the best. VIVAT!
VIVAT! Bob Snowden
Lindsay Brooke Award Winners
Parents Auxiliary Cup Billy Greenwell Award Team Awards Outstanding Male Athlete Outstanding Male Basketball Player Work ethic, attitude, leadership and Lucas De Vries Ryan Hindson sportsmanship, as voted by teammates. Runner-up Hari Ikonomou Dalziel Cup Girls Field Hockey Aveen Glen Boys Soccer Hari Ikonomou Outstanding 1st XV Rugby Player Peyton Cup Josh Kahn Girls Soccer Robyn Noel Outstanding Female Athlete Boys Basketball Jamison Schulz-Franco Aveen Glen Nancy Mollenhauer Cup Girls Basketball Mia Roberts Runner-up Outstanding Field Hockey Player Boys Rugby Jonas Robinson Mia Roberts & Robyn Noel Anna Mollenhauer Girls Rugby Hayley Watson Girls Volleyball Silke Kuhn Athletic Director’s Merit Award Jim Weaver Shield Golf Kitty Liang Outstanding Sport Performance Outstanding Cricketer Boys Rowing Connor Fenton Anna Mollenhauer (Field Hockey) Jamison Schulz-Franco Girls Rowing Sun-Eui Choi Grace Thomas (Squash) Girls Rowing Sarah Hagkull Outstanding Junior Athlete Sailing Jasper Johnston Parents Auxiliary All round performance and e ort. Cross Country Aubry Williams Sportsmanship Award Matt Hagkull Track & Field Conrad Chin Outstanding e ort, humility in Taylor Noel Squash Jason Yoo victory, grace in defeat. Badminton Hank Qian John Cook Tennis Bernard Tung Cricket Ben Edwards GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY
For the second straight year, the Blue Jags Though managing only a scoreless draw against went unbeaten on the local league circuit, Seycove in opening day action, the team quickly recapturing the May Tully Shield, emblematic recovered to drop LV Rogers 5-0 and York House of City supremacy. Two wins and a draw in 4-1 and top its pool. Next, SMUS clipped South the prestigious Bridgman Cup then proved to Kamloops 3-0 in a round of eight match-up, be excellent preparation as SMUS dominated setting up the anticipated semi- nal against the Ridley College National Invitational in St. Crofton House. Catharines, Ontario. Anna Mollenhauer notched eleven goals in the competition, with strong Unfortunately, for the third year in a row, Crofton support from Charlotte Bussche, Angel Tsui and House denied SMUS a possible provincial title, Alexa Matthews. thanks to a 41st minute goal which stood up in a 1-0 win. The Blue Jags did bounce back to Back in Victoria, SMUS moved straight to the claim bronze with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Island AA Finals. In front of a large crowd, the Seycove. Roberts made a number of ne saves to girls saved their best for last in a 6-0 victory over record yet another clean sheet. Brentwood College. A rock-solid defence left Mia Roberts with relatively little to do, as the goalie As has been the case the past ve years at the ran her shutout streak to twelve consecutive BCs, tiny margins separate the gold, silver and games. Seniors Chloe Keeler-Young, Aveen Glen, bronze medalists. SMUS, with multiple returnees, Season Summary Olivia Donald and Becca Thomson were all in will look to take the nal step once again in the ne form, with the scoring load shared through fall of 2016. City - 1st the team. Islands - 1st Provincials - 3rd SMUS then hosted the BC AA tournament on the turf at the University of Victoria. Hopes were high that the players could go one better than a year ago and so capture an elusive blue banner. BOYS SOCCER
With the handful of returnees having to take on The team then headed to the BCs, looking to far more responsibility, it was always going to be repeat as AA champions. After a 2-2 tie in the very di cult to match the consistent excellence opener versus David Thompson, SMUS got o to of the 2014-15 BC AA title team. Nonetheless, a better start against John Oliver with an early the Blue Jags slowly began to hit form by mid- marker courtesy of Ben Edwards. Then came October, with playo s on the horizon. a fatal blow, as the Jokers, hugely against the In the Island AA tournament, SMUS was on the run of play, claimed the equalizer in the dying ropes versus Gulf Islands, knowing that a loss minutes. would end any chance of reaching provincials. Happily, a rst-minute goal by Ben Wingert SMUS bounced back the following day to dispatch settled nerves, and a late Santiago Mazoy header Aldergrove 5-0. However, with goals conceded ensured a 3-1 win. being the tie-breaker in a three-way logjam, the draw vs David Thompson left SMUS third in the In the nal against Kwalikum, a 9th minute cross pool, despite not having lost a game. was tapped home by Jamison Schulz-Franco, as SMUS took a 1-0 lead. In the second half, With 9th now their best possible placing, the Jags pressure by Alec Keech and Hari Ikonomou beat Island rival Highland 3-0 then closed the allowed Wingert to slot home a rebound to season with a 3-2 loss to Brookswood, the deciding Season Summary make the game more secure, although a Blue goal scored literally seconds before full time. Jags turnover shortly thereafter gifted the City - 2nd Condors their only goal. The hosts then had to The BC tournament format meant that goals Islands - 1st absorb a pressure packed nal few minutes, not scored or conceded at crucial times were Provincials - 10th with Jasper Bosley making an excellent save and extremely costly, as a glorious opportunity for Donovan Sturdy clearing o the goal line. SMUS to reach the nal went a begging. GIRLS SOCCER
With 2015’s heart breaking provincial semi- nal to be extreme disappointment, as SMUS then loss, in a penalty shootout, still in the memory fell to St. Thomas More in a tense and combative banks, this year’s team, featuring a miserly semi- nal. Regulation and extra time could not defence and led by very capable group of produce a goal, leaving the season to again seniors, set out to make its mark at City, Island hinge on a dreaded penalty shootout. and BC level. To their credit, the Blue Jags battled back the With six wins and a draw, SMUS sailed through following morning, though requiring two goals AA league play, registering 27 goals without in extra time to defeat Okanagan Mission 3-1. reply. In addition, the squad claimed a third Yet, even a bronze medal left a somewhat bitter consecutive ISA title and advanced, for the aftertaste. rst time in school history, to the Ryan Cup, emblematic of City supremacy. Goalkeeper Anna Mollenhauer enjoyed an absolutely superb season, making multiple In the Islands, shutouts vs Parkland, Mark Isfeld key saves. Taylor Noel, Aveen Glen, Sara Cui and Carihi propelled the Blue Jags to the nal. and Chloe Fitzgibbon invariably sti ed the Following a scoreless game, Meggie Edwards, in opposition attack, while, in mid eld, Robyn Noel, the fth round of penalties, scored the winner Mia Roberts, Maggie Manson-Blair, and Aysha after a taut encounter vs Ladysmith. Emmerson worked tirelessly. Up front, the pace Season Summary of Gabby Freer and Angel Tsui keyed the attack, City - 1st Focus then shifted to preparation for the BC AA while Edwards, Sasha Boehm, Charlie Colby and Islands - 1st Tournament, held June 2-4 in Campbell River. Claire Swanston provided depth. In addition, st Quality goalkeeping, more solid defending newcomers Lizzie Watson, Abby Fraser, Desiree ISA’s - 1 rd and opportunistic scoring again proved to be a McIntosh, Jessa McElderry and Riley Clare Provincials - 3 successful formula in pool wins over Smithers, proved themselves very versatile. MEI and Notre Dame. But, once again, there was BOYS BASKETBALL
Given a demanding schedule, and with just There were many positives in a season of no two players returning from a powerful BC AA particular expectation. Seniors Alec Keech and championship team, the 2015-16 season looked Lucas De Vries made the most of increased court to be full of obstacles. Yet, perseverance paid time, with the latter becoming a particularly dividends, as the squad kept plugging away e ective rebounder and shot blocker. Hari despite some early losses. Ikonomou, Sean Lider and Pablo Fernandez chipped in to provide the intangibles necessary In the Islands, the Blue Jags dumped favoured for group success. Of the grade 11s, talented Shawnigan 68-47 in the semi- nal to secure newcomer Ryan Hindson averaged over 22ppg a berth in the provincial AA tournament. It and was named an All-Star at every tournament. relieved some of the sting of a last second loss to Backcourt mate Jamison Schulz-Franco took Lambrick Park in the championship game, where on the bulk of ball handling and playmaking a very late three pointer the made the di erence responsibilities, while Ben Keep, Jasper Bosley as the Lions prevailed 59-56. and Jason Liao added streaky shooting and solid wing play. At the BCs, 5th seeded SMUS continued its solid play. In one of the nest performances in school Up front, Sammy de Vries was something of a jack history, the Blue Jags completely neutralized of all trades, while Bryn Haydock rebounded and Season Summary #1 ranked GW Graham, en route to a 75-63 defended well. Quinn Ngawati made a welcome semi- nal upset. At very long odds, SMUS, with return to the sport, controlling the boards and City - 1st a completely new team, had for a third straight providing a rugged presence in the post. Islands - 2nd year reached the provincial AA nal! Provincials - 2nd Not surprisingly, given eight returnees, almost all Alas, the clock struck midnight and the of whom played signi cant minutes this year, the Cinderella story ended in rather decisive fashion. pressure will be on for 2016-17. Indeed, SMUS Full credit to a skilled and balanced Collingwood will start next season ranked AA #1. squad, which rode a dominant second quarter to a comfortable victory. GIRLS BASKETBALL
With multiple returnees set to enter their senior which necessitated, a few days later, the Blue year, and with several talented juniors also Jags having to meet Windsor of North Vancouver available, hopes were high that the team might in a BC wild card game. leave its mark on the provincial landscape. The season certainly began promisingly enough, After a slow start, the SMUS used its superior as SMUS opened with strong second place depth and tness to advance easily, and so performances in both the Victoria Christmas qualify for provincials. Tournament and the ISAs. The BC tournament featured some terri c teams, In the New Year, the squad went one better, with the top four seeds in a di erent class to rst winning the Wellington Super Ball event in the rest of the eld. The Blue Jags, ranked #12, Nanaimo. Then, behind strong performances opened against a very capable Vernon out t, from MVP Mia Roberts and All-Star Leah with the Vipers’ size and physicality winning Sparkman, in a packed SMUS gymnasium, the the day. In the end, after one big win and two Blue Jags upended favoured PCS in the Victoria narrow losses, SMUS ended up in 14th position. City Police Tournament. Coach Lindsay Brooke, in thanking all the players Finally, in capping a terri c January, SMUS, led for their e orts, paid particular tribute to the by forwards Aveen Glen and Georgia Haydock, seven seniors who have led SMUS Basketball Season Summary dominated the eld at the Southridge K-FACE over the past several years. This group, in tournament. addition to Roberts and Glen, included Chloe City - 2nd Keeler-Young, Robyn Noel, Olivia Donald, Hayley Islands - 3rd The Island AA quali er, held in Nanaimo, Watson and Charlie Colby. Provincials - 14th promised to be a close-run thing, with a narrow City nal defeat to PCS placing SMUS as South #2 in the tournament. A horrible shooting night proved costly in a semi- nal loss to Ballenas, BOYS RUGBY
Following the slog of January, February and A constantly improving set of forwards laid the March, the season began for real in early April. The foundation for success. Hookers John Cook and much anticipated Boot Game vs Oak Bay, which Marcelo Olson, in tandem with props Aidan Cole saw the Blue Jags tied at halftime before falling and Bryce Forbes, dominated the set piece and 31-10, was quickly followed by further defeats to carried well. Locks Pablo Fernandez, Bernardo AA rival Rockridge and then to St. George’s. Villegas and Dimitri Boroto were a gritty and vastly underrated trio, while Quinn Ngawati, But with strong senior leadership and a terri c Myles Duncan, Josh Gra and Bryn Haydock work ethic, the team rebounded in style, formed a quick, skilled and rangy back row. winning its nal eight matches. Indeed SMUS hit top gear, with a 36-5 demolition of Collingwood Behind the scrum, Sam Kahn and Jonas Robinson in the newly minted Stadium Series followed were brave and e cient halfbacks, with the by a 22-0 Howard Russell Cup triumph over the latter transitioning well to the challenges of y cross-town Barbs. half. Felix Butter eld ran and tackled powerfully, while centre partner Josh Kahn was consistently In the BC AA semi- nal, the Blue Jags produced excellent. In the back three, Hari Ikonomou, their best performance of the season, building a Jonathan Sudul and Jasper Bosley developed stunning 38-0 halftime lead over Brentwood on impressively, while Lucas De Vries, hampered Season Summary the back of some thrilling, multi-phase rugby. all term by hamstring trouble, still showed on multiple occasions why he was the most City - 1st In the championship game, SMUS, playing dangerous nisher in the province. Islands - 1st with great resolve in wet, miserable conditions, Provincials - 1st controlled play throughout en route to a well- In the reserve group, Max Freund, Sammy De Vries, deserved 17-3 triumph over Collingwood. In so Donovan Sturdy, Avery Thorp, Dennis Siegrist, doing, the squad defended successfully its 2015 Francisco Labastida, Tyler Strandberg, Matt BC title. Hagkull and Artem Sakhbiev were among those who acquitted themselves well when called upon. GIRLS RUGBY
Canada, a nalist in the 2014 Women’s World A series of intense 7s games began in April, with Cup and already quali ed for the inaugural SMUS playing against Oak Bay and then giving Women’s Olympic 7s competition this August in a combined Mount Douglas/Reynolds squad all Rio Janeiro, is very much a major player on the it could handle before going down 15-7. Then, international rugby stage. against Spectrum, tries from Charlotte Bussche, Julia Henry, Tate Robinson and Oria James paved Therefore, it was inevitable that this rapidly the way for the school’s rst ever victory. growing sport would gain an initial foothold at SMUS in 2016. Athletic Director Lindsay Brooke In the following weeks, SMUS drew with the noted that “rugby has been the major sport for same Mount Douglas/Reynolds combination, boys at our school for the better part of a century. lost narrowly to GNS and then defeated Now the girls can also learn rsthand. They will be Claremont. As was the case all season, Hayley challenged physically, mentally and emotionally Watson, Tate Robinson, Lucy Zeng and Charlotte in an athletic venue that they otherwise might Bussche were prominent. Grace Kwok, Kaitlynn not have experienced. They will further develop Torstensen and Jane Wong also contributed traits that foster leadership and character.” positively.
The vastly experienced Spencer Robinson, The coaches have been delighted with the assisted by Stefani Hanson, took on the coaching progress made by all players. In particular, reins, giving the players a basic framework in they noted the leadership and all round skill sessions prior to spring break. of Robinson and Watson, the quick thinking of Saje Gri th and Lucy Zeng, and the physical commitment of Maya Jervis and Ivy Chatvijitchoke. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
The season brought its successes as well as some At the AA Islands, SMUS nished second in its bumps along the road, re ecting the resilience pool before dropping Paci c Christian School in and grit of the team. Under the direction of a quarter nal match-up. The team, in three close Mr. Keith Driscoll and Ms. Chelsea McMullen, games, then lost to North #1 seed Woodlands the players improved a great deal, even if just before bouncing back to defeat Kwalikum for the missing out on a berth to BCs. bronze medal. Robyn Noel played outstandingly well, joining Kuhn as an All-Star. SMUS participated all fall in the local league, winning the majority of its games in the Vic As in the past three years, the third place Island Lindal Cup before entering playo action. The nish saw SMUS move to the provincial wild card team also featured in the Woodlands, Dover Bay tournament. Unfortunately, in a six-team eld and ISA tournaments. that included Kwalikum, Holy Cross, Southridge, St. Thomas Aquinas and West Point Grey, the Hosting the Western Canadian Independent Blue Jags could not claim one of the two BC Schools’ Championship was a huge highlight. berths on o er. Over the course of four days, SMUS battled top teams from all over BC and the prairies. Coach Driscoll, in thanking seniors Kuhn, Noel, Some of the volleyball on display was simply Sasha Boehm, Sara Owen-Flood and Hayley Season Summary outstanding. In the end, though defeating pre- Watson for their contributions, allowed “we are tourney favourite Rundle College of Calgary in so very close to reaching the BCs. With just a City - 1st pool play, SMUS fell at the quarter- nal stage in shade more consistency and depth, we would Islands - 3rd three games to eventual winner Notre Dame. have been there this time round. We welcome Provincials - DNQ Silke Kuhn, by virtue of her high quality setting some talented juniors next fall and will see in all eight matches, was named to the All- where that might take us.” Tournament team. GOLF
Once again, SMUS enjoyed a close a liation Liam Dyson (aided by a hole out from 130 yards with the Victoria Golf Club, with the ten team on the 16th hole) and Berntsen also contributed members bene ting from organized practice e ectively. With con dence growing, the team sessions with the professional sta . This was looked forward to Island AAs, set for Pheasant important, as the high school golf season is Glen GC and with three berths on o er to packed into an eight-week window. provincials.
In mid-April, at the prestigious Delta Police Alas, on a disappointing day for almost everyone, event, Grade 8 Richard Zhang carded a two-day the team failed to measure up to expectations. total of 147, good for seventh place overall in the With the course in excellent condition, and the individual competition. The SMUS team enjoyed greens rolling true, low scores were anticipated. a 21-stroke improvement in the second round to Whether, based on the Lower Island tournament move up to 9th overall. success, SMUS was overcon dent or whether it was “just one of those days,” only Rothwell, The following week at the ISAs, SMUS – led by with a one over par 73, played to his normal Tony Liu and Matt Bernsten – nished in 5th level. Otherwise, shots were squandered, with position. The fact that only a single player in the disastrous results. entire eld matched par re ected the di cult conditions at the Victoria Golf Club, as high In the end, a combined total of 334 resulted in Season Summary winds, fast greens and devilish pin positions a 4th place nish, one stroke away from what played havoc with scorecards! would have been a playo to qualify for BCs. Golf City - 2nd can be a cruel sport, and, on this occasion, so it Islands - 4th However, things seemed to be moving in the proved to be. Provincials - DNQ right direction at the City tournament, hosted by the Royal Colwood GC. Indeed, SMUS missed On a happier note, Kitty Liang, Candy Li and out on a tie with Belmont for rst place by a Amber Yun provided some solace by winning single stroke. Jack Rothwell played beautifully the Brentwood Girls Invitational at Cowichan GC. in recording an even par 70, while Adrian Hof, ROWING
Tryouts again began in the fall with a whole SMUS was very well represented by 22 rowers series of dry land, ergometer and swimming who competed in twenty races over the three tests. The school’s Gorge Rowing centre days of competition. Every crew reached the hummed with activity, as over 50 athletes were semi- nals of their respective divisions, with ve selected to crews and the autumn revolved then advancing to Sunday nals. around various local competitions. In both the Crabfest and Head of the Hamster, SMUS With thunder, lightning and torrential rain in the performed with distinction, giving a hint of what afternoon forecast, this last day of competition might be in store come the New Year. There was was moved forward to a 7am start!! In increasingly also an enjoyable team building exercise, as the tricky conditions, the Senior Women’s quad athletes took part in a dragon boat race. placed 4th, while the Senior Women’s Flyweight quad, the Junior Women’s quad and the Junior With the onset of winter, the more experienced Men’s double each placed 6th. rowers upped their training schedules in preparation for the spring racing season. At the Saving the best for last, the Senior Men’s Elk Lake, Maple Bay, Brentwood and Shawnigan 66kg Four, featuring coxswain Katie McAulay regattas, the various SMUS combinations took and rowers Nick Considine, Aubry Williams, shape, all with an eye to qualifying for the Royal Brennan Parsons and Rosendo Gutierrez, Season Summary Canadian Henley in St. Catherines, Ontario. performed brilliantly in bringing home a gold medal!! Congratulations on this wonderful City - 3rd This 71st edition of the national Secondary accomplishment. Islands - n/a Schools Rowing Association (CSSRA) Provincials - n/a Championship was duly held June 3-5. Nearly Coach Susanne Walker-Curry paid special tribute 2,000 athletes from 126 schools all across to the entire team. “The group was a pleasure to Canada and the USA took part. coach and represented the school so well on and o the water.” SAILING
SMUS completed a very successful season on the In addition to Johnston, Andrea Ellsay, Olivia waters of Cadboro Bay through April, May and Roberts, Ricky Fabris and grade 7 Oliver Kerr June. Plenty of interest in the team necessitated proved themselves to be very capable skippers, a wait list just to take part, while the experienced especially in regard to helming the boats and sailors in the group worked hard to assist the working out race strategies. Others, such as Silke novices. Based at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Kuhn, Sara Owen-Flood, Aysha Emerson, Matthew all involved learned the basics of the sport, Owen-Flood, Yiyi Zeng, Tayte Gossling, Kimberly moved into racing mode, and came quickly to Chong and James Chen, learned very quickly. appreciate the ner points of making a dinghy go fast around a course. This was all helped by “Overall”, head coach David Kerr re ected “this wonderful weather, as warm temperatures and was the strongest and largest sailing group ideal breezes combined to make both practice SMUS has produced since the high school and competition enjoyable. league began ve years ago. It was wonderful to see the entire group display such enthusiasm. In the rst of two major regattas, SMUS entered We do lose some key team members to two teams, with a second and third place nish a graduation, but there are plenty of talented fair reward. Then, having joined together for the youngsters ready to step up as replacements.” June 4 City championship event, the Blue Jags’ crew, well led by Jasper Johnston, became the rst group to repeat as champions. CROSS-COUNTRY
Local league races began in mid-September, SMUS completed its season battling monsoon with the Lambrick Park, Beaver Lake, Cedar Hill rains and a treacherously slippery track to claim and Juan de Fuca courses each playing host to a superb 6th place nish in the provincial meet over 150 runners. at Jericho Park in Vancouver. This was the best SMUS result in more than two decades, as SMUS opened at Lambrick Park in spectacular Wong-Harrison, Williams, Simpson and Mazoy, fall weather. Newcomer Chrissa Tromp made an supported by Kahn, Avery Thorp and Ming Deng, early move and then held on to win the Senior made light of the conditions to nish as the top- Girls 4k race, with sister Cordel then performing ranked AA entrant! As a group, they celebrated well in the Grade 9 event. Julia Southgate also ran a wonderful achievement by taking a dip in the strongly to nish 5th in the Grade 10 race, helping ocean after the race. the Blue Jags to a second place team nish. On the girls’ side, the Tromp sisters, Cordel and Michael Wong-Harrison, Aubry Williams and Lucas Chrissa, also ran extremely well, nishing 39th Simpson then paved the way for a second place and 41st respectively in elds of more than 230 team nish by the senior boys, while good balance, competitors. thanks in part to the e orts of Gabriel Reis and Jared Reis, saw the junior boys top the podium. Coaches Judy Tobacco and Je Hunt, in Season Summary congratulating all those who took part, indicated At the Lower Island Championships at Beaver that “had the Cross Country commission divided City - 3rd Lake, Cordel Tromp had another solid showing, the BC races into AAA and AA categories, Islands - 5th nishing 6th in the junior girls competition. At SMUS would have claimed a Senior Boys title.” Provincials - 6th senior boys’ level, Wong-Harrison (3rd), Williams Unfortunately, this change to the constitution (5th), Santiago Mazoy (10th) and Sam Kahn only kicks into e ect in the fall of 2016. (17th) combined beautifully to claim a silver medal, a result that sparked a similarly solid team e ort at the Islands a week later. TRACK & FIELD
Once again, weekly meets in April and early May The BC Championships took place June 2-4 at Centennial Stadium allowed athletes to get in Nanaimo. The quality and depth of the up to speed, quite literally, in addition to trying performances were breathtaking, with several various new events. long standing zone and provincial records being shattered. Conrad Chin performed extremely Then, quali cation began in earnest, rst with well, with top ten nishes in triple jump and the Lower Island competition on May 7, in which javelin, and 12th place in the long jump. SMUS nished 5th overall. Santiago Mazoy ran two tactically smart races in the 1500m and 3000m races, both of which took In the Islands, SMUS athletes then went on place in gusty cross winds. to produce 15 personal bests, with nine competitors qualifying for the BCs. Conrad Chin Gendall and Chin, both in grade 9, competed con rmed his status as a top ight triple jumper exceptionally well in the Junior category. The and javelin thrower. Aidan Cole, in the shot put former logged a personal best of 13.04 in the and discus, and Ryan Hindson, in the long and 100m and anchored the relay. triple jumps, also performed well. Coach Judy Tobacco was delighted with the In the Girls’ divisions, Danae Gendall continued overall performance of her charges. “The to excel in the sprints while Ella Chin proved very standards in the provincial meet this year Season Summary versatile in running the 400m and throwing the were extremely high. Any top 15 nish was javelin. Both then went on to join Cordel Tromp noteworthy.” City - 3rd and Marika Shafonsky in a very competitive 4 x Islands - 6th 400m relay team. Provincials - n/a SQUASH
Squash, in its eighth year of operation in the On the Boys’ side, there were medals for Brian Graves Centre, continues as a very real and Mark Felea-Motet, who dropped a ve-set successful part of the SMUS Athletic program. heartbreaker in the U19B Division, while Even before the school year began there was Matthew Wong placed third. Nathan Von Hagen cause for celebration, as Grace Thomas traveled nished third at U17A level, losing only a single to Eindhoven in the Netherlands to represent match, while Stanley Weng reached the nal of Canada at the World Junior tournament. Playing the U15B event. in both individual and team events, she helped the national team to a 5th place overall nish. After dominating the ISA tournament, the team then competed in the Junior Nationals in Starting in the fall, SMUS coaches Chris Markham, Ontario. Nine members of the team Hanebury, Giselle Delgado and Maia Kirk entered took part in a very high-level competition, the team in multiple competitions, with pleasing with Christian Yuen reaching the Boys U17 results. One such example was the quarter nals. The girls also had some very Paci c Northwest Tournament, held in Victoria strong results, with Thomas completing a at various sites in the middle of February. More stellar SMUS career in getting all the way to the than 220 athletes from all across Canada and U19 nal before falling 3-1 to the defending the western United States took part, with the 44 champion. Brown and Herring both reached the from SMUS performing very well. quarter nals in their respective groups.
Pride of place went to Brooke Herring, who won Hanebury pointed to the overall youth of the the Girls U17A in a ve-set thriller against a Lower group, noting “we will continue to work hard to Mainland opponent. Katie Rothwell (U17B), have players in the future match and hopefully Charlotte Campbell (U17), Alex Brown (U13) and even surpass Grace’s achievements.” Thomas (U19A) also reached the podium. BADMINTON
With a long spring break less than ideal in The team then headed to the BCs in Richmond, terms of preparing for the league season, it was seeded #10 but hopeful of springing an upset perhaps not too surprising SMUS found itself in pool play. Alas, despite an 11-0 whitewash on the wrong end of a 10-1 league defeat to Mt. of Sahali, defeats to provincial powerhouses Douglas. However, this setback gave the team a Steveston-London and Semiahmoo consigned much needed jolt, with four straight victories the SMUS to the consolation bracket. After solid result. Still, a second loss to the Rams, this time by victories over Claremont (8-3) and Moscrop 9-2, con rmed there was still much work to do. (6-5), SMUS then dropped a narrow decision to Richmond’s JN Burnett. Things began to turn for the better when the girls claimed second place at the ISAs, while the The 10th place BC nish, given the 185 schools boys followed suit with a terri c performance across the province elding teams, was, before falling 3-2 to St. Georges. Nonetheless, according to coach Je Hunt, “very credible, with con dence renewed, SMUS successfully especially as we began the spring term so slowly. completed the remainder of league play really Several team members really stepped up their believing that Mt. Douglas could be toppled. games over the past few weeks and for that should be very satis ed.” After moving smartly through the early rounds, thanks to sterling play by Grace Weng, Sena Season Summary Youn and Hank Qion, the Blue Jags did indeed face their cross town rivals in the Island nal. An City - 2nd absolutely riveting contest, in front of a large Islands - 2nd and enthusiastic crowd, went down to the wire, Provincials - 10th before SMUS fell 21-19 in the deciding game to lose the match 6-5. TENNIS
The team had a most enjoyable few months While the defeat appeared to have ended together, with some pre-season training starting the season, SMUS, with the Dunbar sisters, before spring break. For the most part, the Stephanie and Sierra in good form, did then weather also cooperated, with the vast majority defeat Lambrick Park for third place. There was of practices and matches taking place in the even hope of a wild card to the BCs, as there was sunshine. some question whether or not the Okanagan zone would ful ll its quota of berths. But, in the In what is always a brutally short competitive end, it was not to be. window, the squad nished mid pack in the ISAs but won the City AA competition by virtue of Coaches Chris Freitag and Danny Jones nishing ahead of Lambrick Park and GNS. commented “it was a pleasure to watch the players perform and learn so much about These results quali ed the team for the Island themselves on the way. We hope even more AA tournament. While two places were on o er students will want to get involved in the sport in to provincials, a strong and balanced Shawnigan the future.” team stood in the way at semi- nal level. SMUS, led by Tony Liu, Lauro Teixiera, Max Zhang and Bernard Tung, competed extremely well in this Season Summary match but were unable to close out the key points. City - 1st Islands - 3rd Provincials - DNQ History of Champions
The SMUS teams listed below Thirty-four former students of SMUS have gone on to represent Canada at the senior level. A thirty- fth, Gary Tongue, represented Great Britain. Furthermore, in a 2005 Almanac of Greatest British won BC High School Provincial Columbians, three SMUS alumni (Percy Williams, Gareth Rees and Steve Nash) were listed in the Top Championships: 10 all-time sports gures from the province.
Senior Boys Cross Country Reg Wenman(1921) Cricket Rob Card (1993) Rugby 1988-89 Percy Williams (1922) Track and Field Meggan Hunt (1996) Field Hockey Jim Weaver (1931) Cricket Ed Fairhurst (1997) Rugby Senior Badminton 1995-96 Doug Peden (1934) Basketball Jamie Pollock (1997) Ice Hockey Reider Getz (1958) Tennis Gary Tongue (1997) Baseball Girls Field Hockey Lynn Eves (1958) Track and Field Mike Danskin (1998) Rugby 1988-89, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97 Ken Wilke (1966) Rugby Matt Pettinger (1998) Ice Hockey Junior Boys Basketball Jim Wenman (1966) Cricket Danny Boticki (1999) Basketball 1996-97 Rob Frame (1979) Rugby Jelena Mrdjenovich (2000) Boxing Gareth Rees (1985) Rugby Mike Pyke (2002) Rugby Senior Boys Basketball Andrew Heaman (1985) Rugby Meara Crawford (2002) Cricket 1991-92, 2014-15 John Graf (1987) Rugby David Spicer (2003) Rugby Senior Boys Soccer Bob Ross (1987) Rugby Beau Parker (2011) Rugby Sevens 2005-06, 2014-15 Jeremy Cordle (1991) Rugby Liz Fenje (2009) Rowing Jason Penaluna (1991) Rugby Mike Fuailefau (2012) Rugby Sevens Senior Boys Rugby Claire Ostick (1991) Cricket Mickey Aylard (2011) Rowing 1990-91, 1991-92, 1996-97, 2006-07, 2014-15, 2015-16 Steve Nash (1992) Basketball Luke McCloskey (2011) Rugby Sevens Martin Nash (1993) Soccer Special Events for 2016/2017
Sep 16 - 17, 2016 Hosting ISA Senior Boys Soccer Tournament Special Thanks To
Sept 29 - Oct 1, 2016 Hosting CAIS U15 Girls Soccer Tournament SMUS Parents Auxillary
Nov 26, 2016 Alumni Basketball Game Out of the Blue
Jan 12 - 14, 2017 Hosting Victoria Police Basketball Tournament Passion Sports
Jan 27, 2017 Hosting Squash ISA Tournament Team Sales
Apr 28 - 30, 2017 Alumni Weekend Sodexo
Jun 8, 2017 Athletics Banquet