LONDON, Ont. - If it sounds like a broken record - it is. For the second consecutive season, and third in the past four, Fanshawe Athletics has set new Fanshawe record totals for most medals in a season.
Falcons teams concluded the 2018-19 season with an astounding 28 overall medals, a 40 per cent increase over last season's record total of 20. The Falcons led the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA), winning an amazing 11 OCAA championships this season to go along with 21 OCAA medals. The 11 championships shattered Fanshawe's own record of six from 2017-18.
Fanshawe Athletics also set a new school record for most national medals in a single season (seven). The 2018-19 season saw Fanshawe win two Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) national championships, five national bronze, 11 provincial gold, six provincial silver and four provincial bronze medals.
Fanshawe's Manager of Athletics, Nathan McFadden stated, "I am incredibly proud of our student-athletes, coaches and Athletics staff who have worked so hard and lived our Athletics values to achieve an exceptional amount of success. These records are a tribute to the high character people who put on our jersey and compete at such a high level throughout the season. They have left a remarkable legacy."
Below is the full list of 2018-19 medals won by the Fanshawe Falcons:
- Women's Cross Country Team - OCAA Provincial Gold, CCAA National Gold
- Men's Volleyball - OCAA Provincial Gold, CCAA National Gold
- Women's Golf - Alyssa Stoddart - OCAA Provincial Gold, CCAA National Bronze
- Women's Soccer Team - OCAA Provincial Gold, CCAA National Bronze
- Women's Volleyball - OCAA Provincial Gold, CCAA National Bronze
- Women's Badminton - Helen Ngu and Han Pham - OCAA Women's Doubles Provincial Silver, CCAA National Bronze
- Women's Cross Country - Janelle Hanna - OCAA Individual Provincial Gold
- Women's Golf Team - OCAA Provincial Gold
- Men's Golf - Braydon White - OCAA Provincial Gold
- Women's Curling - OCAA Provincial Gold
- Men's Curling - OCAA Provincial Gold
- Women's Basketball - OCAA Provincial Gold
- Men's Golf Team - OCAA Provincial Silver
- Men's Cross Country Team - OCAA Provincial Silver
- Mixed Curling - OCAA Provincial Silver
- Women's Indoor Soccer - OCAA Provincial Silver
- Men's Indoor Soccer - OCAA Provincial Silver
- Baseball - OCAA Provincial Bronze, National Bronze Medal
- Softball - OCAA Provincial Bronze
- Men's Soccer - OCAA Provincial Bronze
- Women's Badminton - Melanie Wade - OCAA Women's Singles Provincial Bronze
Source: Fanshawe Falcons