Mike Giffin
men’s football
Mike Giffin is looking to build on his phenomenal weekend, when he broke several long-standing Queen’s football records in his team’s 45-0 pounding of the Waterloo Warriors.
On Saturday Giffin, the OUA’s male athlete of the week, rushed for 193 yards and scored three touchdowns.
He now holds the record for 100-yard rushing games in a season. The former record of six was set in 1983 by Larry Mohr.
Giffin has also rushed for nine consecutive 100-yard plus games including last season.
He has now rushed for more yards in a single season than anyone else in Queen’s history and is the only Gael in history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season; he’s now at 1,027 yards with one game remaining in the regular season.
Giffin also broke the Gaels’ record for the most single-season carries with 168 and leads the OUA in rushing yards.
Giffin brushed off his accomplishments, saying it takes a team to break individual records.
“It’s first and foremost about teamwork,” said Giffin. “We have great defence which always give us the ball. I really have to thank the offensive line for giving me the opportunities.”
Gaels’ offensive lineman Jon Koidis said Giffin shows his appreciation for the offensive line.
“Mike always ends up buying a couple rounds for us afterwards,” he said. “He’s an awesome guy, a great guy to get to know.”
—Brooke Manjuris
Leslie Sexton
women’s cross country
Running on her home course at the Queen’s Invitational Saturday at Fort Henry, third year cross-country athlete Leslie Sexton won the five-kilometre race.
Her first-place finish allowed the women’s cross-country team to place first overall at the event.
This is Sexton’s third year with the team. She said she has found a routine that she has stuck to, partly due to superstition, but also because it has yielded results.
“I go hard during the week and then take the day before [the race] off to mentally prepare,” Sexton said.
She added that running on her home course with a lot of spectators didn’t distract her from getting her head in the race.
“It wasn’t too hard to focus,” she said.
Head coach Shane Lakins said Sexton has improved immensely after going through a few ups and downs.
“She was a very talented rookie but has really blossomed this year,” Lakins said.
Lakins said Sexton is the type of runner that leads by example, especially in of her work ethic.
“Her work ethic is second to none, and that’s including the guys,” he said.
Sexton is looking forward to the OUA finals coming up on the last weekend of October. She’s aiming for a medal in the finals this year, which she said is an achievable goal.
“I really need to be focused on the day,” said Sexton. “It depends what the other girls are doing during the race.”
—Brooke Manjuris
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