Emily Newton
Field Hockey
In her rookie year, Emily Newton has already made an impact on the field hockey team with her
offensive skills. Last Friday in Ottawa, Newton scored four goals to help the Gaels to a 10-0 win over the McGill Martlets.
“The team in general was very confident going into the game because we’ve played them before,” she said.
Newton also contributed a goal to the Gaels 7-0 victory over the Martlets on Sept. 30.
The first-year kinesiology student plays high forward and she said it’s a position that gives her plenty of opportunities to score. The team prepared for the weekend by working on cutting to the ball and driving down the baseline to create good opportunities, she said.
With Friday’s win, the team’s record improves to 5-2-2 and puts them in a third place tie with Guelph. The top two teams go to nationals in Vancouver on Nov. 1 and Newton said she thinks the team has a chance to be one of them. “It will be tough to beat York or Toronto, but I think we can do it if we work hard,” she said. As for the transition from high school to university field hockey, Newton said it’s been smooth. “So far it’s been really fun, I really like my team, everyone’s really nice, and the team is pretty close which is great because we’re away every weekend.”
The road trips continue this weekend with games against Western and Guelph in Toronto.
Darryl Blackport
Cross-country
Last Saturday, cross-country runner Darryl Blackport placed third in a field of 103 racers at the Hamilton College Cross-Country Invitational in Clinton, N.Y. Blackport finished with a time
of 27:09. “It’s definitely a confidence builder going into the next meet,” he said. “I wasn’t feeling really
ready, but as we got started I got into it.” His teammate, Josh Smith, finished fourth at the event.
Blackport said that in the first half of the race Smith was ahead but Blackport soon caught up. He said they worked together for part of the race until he pulled ahead. “It was good to have another teammate to work with in the middle part of the race.” Blackport credits his success to his hard work over the summer, preparing for his third season with the team. He said this race proved that his raining was paying off. The team result was also impressive for the Gaels men’s team.
They placed fourth out of twelve teams. “The team was pretty happy with it,” Blackport said. “We didn’t bring a lot of bodies with us so the result was good.”
The third-year economics student said he hopes to carry the momentum from his bronze medal performance last weekend into the rest of the season. He and his teammates will compete this Saturday at the Queen’s Cross-Country Open on Fort Henry Hill.
By Agnes Herra, Contributor
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