Madelyn Eybergen & Hilary Stellingwerff | Recapping UVIC’s Historic USports Double Gold
When the University of Victoria women’s cross country team claimed a team bronze medal at last year’s U Sports Canadian University Championships, it marked the first time in 13 years that the Vikes had climbed onto the national podium.
Claiming bronze individually that same day was Madelyn Eybergen, a breakout star at the University of Windsor, who had entered the season as a complete unknown. Eybergen discovered distance running only a year earlier after injury woes put an end to a promising varsity high-jump career.
At the time, both feats seemed like crowning achievements: a return to form…
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