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Subway Athletes of the Week
Forsey and Forbes Named Subway Athletes of the Week
Basketball player Ally Forsey and
swimmer David
Forbes have been named the Memorial University Subway athletes
of the week for the week ending October 18th, 2009.
Female Athlete of the Week
Ally Forsey
Team: Women’s Basketball
Major: Arts
Sophomore post Ally Forsey is the Subway Memorial University female
athlete of the week for her performance at the Naismith Classic in
Waterloo, Ontario. Coming off a mediocre opening weekend against
Laruentian, Forsey stepped up her game scoring 12 points in the
team’s opening game against Concordia University. On
Saturday, Forsey was true to her 2008/09 AUS Rookie of the Year
form, recording a double-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds, and
adding 3 blocks in a victory over the University of Waterloo
Warriors. With her hard work in the post, the Sea~Hawks returned
home as tournament champions after winning their final game against
Fraser Valley University on Sunday, in which Forsey once again led
the way with 17 points.
Male Athlete of the Week
David Forbes
Team: Men’s Swimming
Major:Pre-Engineering
Sophomore swimmer David Forbes is the Subway Memorial University
male athlete of the week for his winning efforts in the pool as
part of the Sea~Hawks dual meet with the University of Lethbridge
Pronghorns on Saturday night. Coming off a record setting year in
2008-09 that saw him bring home the AUS Rookie of the Year, Forbes
was back at it in the pool placing first in the 50m Freestyle, 200m
Freestyle, and second in the 50m Butterfly. Forbes added to his
individual success touching the wall first with the 4x50m Freestyle
team relay. Saturday night Forbes showed he is ready to make a run
this year just narrowly missing a CIS qualifying time in the 50m
Freestyle by 0.22 seconds.
Previous Winners
Oct. 12 Grace
Fishbein and Scott Hickman
Oct. 5 Malorie
Harris and Mike Helsby
Sept. 21
Jenine Daley and Zach Wade
Sept. 14 Heather Williams and Steven DeLong