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28 11, 2022

Lightning Watch: Riley Follensbee

November 28th, 2022|Athletics, Cross Country, Men's Basketball, News, News and Events|

At St. Mary’s, we are proud to have some of the best student-athletes from across the country and the world competing for us as Lightning Athletes! Our athletes strive for excellence in their sport and are a source of inspiration, excitement and pride at St. Mary’s. This month, we are sharing a new profile focused [...]

23 11, 2022

Cross Country Nationals Recap: Women’s Team Places Highest in Program History

November 23rd, 2022|Athletics, Cross Country, News, News and Events|

The Lightning Cross Country team had a strong showing at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Cross Country Championships on November 12, hosted by Medicine Hat College. On a cold but clear day, the women’s team competed in the six kilometre event, placing seventh out of the 18 teams competing from across the country. This [...]

3 11, 2022

Lightning women’s cross country team brings home silver at the ACAC Cross Country Championships

November 3rd, 2022|Athletics, Cross Country, News, News and Events|

After a very close competition at the ACAC Cross Country Championships at Gold Bar Park in Edmonton on Saturday, Oct. 29, we’re excited to share that our women’s team brought home silver! The Lightning women’s cross country team won the silver medal after a tight race against Medicine Hat College. This is the first team [...]

19 10, 2022

Sun shines as the lightning strike on the ACAC Grand Prix #4

October 19th, 2022|Athletics, Cross Country, News, News and Events, Uncategorized|

The St. Mary’s University cross country team struck again as we hosted the ACAC Grand Prix #4 on our home course on October 15. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors, with participants taking in our view of Fish Creek Provincial Park as they raced to the finish. Our women’s team placed first for [...]

17 10, 2022

Lightning Watch: Sydney Zissos

October 17th, 2022|Athletics, Cross Country, News, News and Events, Uncategorized|

At St. Mary’s, we are proud to have some of the best student-athletes from across the country and the world competing for us as lightning athletes! Our athletes strive for excellence in their sport and are a source of inspiration, excitement and pride at St. Mary’s. We want to share this pride with our community [...]

14 09, 2022

Lightning Athletics: Medicine Hat XC Grand Prix #1 Recap

September 14th, 2022|Athletics, Cross Country, News, Uncategorized|

Lightning Cross Country was back on the course for the 2022-23 season On Saturday, September 10. Eight members of our Cross Country Running Team travelled to Medicine Hat for the first Grand Prix race of the Cross Country season. The women’s team placed 4th in the Women’s 6 km event - a good first team [...]

3 06, 2022

Alumni Spotlight: Randi Palyga

June 3rd, 2022|Academics, Alumni, Athletics, Cross Country, Featured Articles, Indoor Track, Student Success, Student Testimonials|

They say that all roads lead home, and for esteemed St. Mary’s University alumni Randi Palyga, home might just be the St. Mary’s campus! Having completed two degrees at StMU, and now working in both Athletics and Alumni Relations on campus, Randi exemplifies the spirit of St. Mary’s. Initially enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts [...]

27 04, 2022

Alumni Spotlight: Erin McQuitty

April 27th, 2022|Alumni, Athletics, Cross Country, News, News and Events, Student Success, Student Testimonials|

As an esteemed alumnus of St. Mary’s University, retired Lightning athlete and a former employee, Erin McQuitty is what we call a triple threat! Erin started as a Development Assistant at St. Mary’s University, and was soon promoted to the role of Development Specialist. In her time spent working on campus, Erin realized her passion [...]

19 11, 2021

StMU hosted CCAA Cross Country Nationals a huge Success

November 19th, 2021|Athletics, Cross Country, Events, News, News and Events|

On Saturday November 13th, we had the pleasure of hosting the CCAA Cross-Country National Championships. 35 schools across Canada were represented and welcomed to our beautiful campus and made many wonderful memories. Our Lightning athletes showed great determination and progress. We were excited to have both men’s and women’s Lightning athletes compete for [...]

31 08, 2021

St. Mary’s University to host the 2021 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Cross-Country Running National Championships this fall

August 31st, 2021|Athletics, Cross Country, Events, Indoor Track, News, News and Events|

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