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Senior Volleyball Lower Mainland Champs

Senior Volleyball: Lower Mainland Champs
Senior Volleyball: Lower Mainland Champs

For the first time since 2001 and the 2nd time in York’s history our Senior Volleyball Team has won the Lower Mainland Championship! The girls defeated Elphinstone (a team that beat us at Lower Mainlands last year and in the 5/6 game at Provincials) in the semis to earn a spot in the finals vs STM (again!). The girls played extremely well, fought very hard, and fully earned the victory. I am extremely proud of them and they are extremely proud of their accomplishment.

The girls were led, again, by Kaleigh and Siobhan, with strong support from our entire lineup and particularly by our setters, Amelia and Meg. The girls played like a true team and are very excited to head to Provincials.

Thanks again for the support. Next up a week of practice, some matches against AAA #1 and #4 (Argyle and Handsworth) and AAA #1 (South Delta) on Thursday as we prepare to leave for Provincials on November 26.

Chris Ruse
Coach

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Top Runner Rachel Cliff ’06 Speaks to Jr. Cross-Country Team

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Rachel Cliff ’06 with the Jr. Cross-Country Team

On October 20th, our Junior Cross-Country Team received an inspiring “pep talk” from middle distance runner and YHS alumna Rachel Cliff ’06. Rachel discovered her love for running when she was a very young Yorkie. She joined the Cross-Country team in Grade 4, but did not become a running sensation overnight. Rachel shared some of her highlights of her running career as well as the lessons that she has learned with our Junior Tigers.

IMG_2770Rachel is one of Canada’s top runners. She recently won the women’s category at the 2014 Vancouver Sun Run. She has also competed in many national competitions and represented Canada in international competitions such as the Word Cross Country Championships in Poland and Kenya, Africa. As a Yorkie, Rachel was the school’s top runner and one of the top runners in the province in both cross-country and track & field.

After York House, Rachel continued to follow her running aspirations at the University of Guelph. She was soon recognized as one of Canada’s top runners at the university level, and has been recognized as an “All Canadian”, which is only given to top athletes at university. She was also named “Female Athlete of the Year” by the University of Guelph.

Rachel is now working on her Master’s degree at UBC and is preparing for some very big races including the Canadian Cross-Country Championships (she won the silver medal last year) and will be representing Canada in an upcoming race in Japan.

Rachel’s talk was a great motivator before the Cross-Country team participated in the ISEA Championships on October 29th. Thank you Rachel!