CiTR -- Thunderbird Eye

Ollie sits down with UBC Cross Country runner Joshua Kozelj to discuss his unexpectedly great season and his philosophy on running. As well, we discuss the Thunderbirds volleyball and hockey teams having rough weekends and men's rugby's return to action.

After some extra time away we're BACK for our first episode of 2022. In it, we recap two weekends worth of Thunderbird action, and talk to our co-host Mike Liu about his status as a Team Canada support staff volunteer for the upcoming Olympics!

There was not any new Thunderbirds sports action this past week, so for our final show of 2021 we take a look back at all that went down this semester here at UBC. We also have an interview with women's hockey player Shay-Lee McConnell to talk about the team's strong start to the season and what it was like being named to the Team Canada roster for the 2021 Universiade.

Our Thunderbird teams are now on winter break after hockey, basketball and volleyball played their final games of the calendar year this past weekend. On top of that, UBC women's rugby star Savannah Bauder came on the show to discuss her and her team's great season and her time at UBC to this point.

We recap men's rugby's dominant performance at the Canadian University Rugby Championships, as well as how UBC athletes did at the Canada West Swimming Championships and the Canadian Cross Country Championships. Elsewhere, men's hockey staked their claim as one of the top teams in the country, volleyball ran into some tough opposition and basketball continued to (mostly) roll.

Things weren't quite as rosy for the Thunderbirds this week, as soccer and cross country were all unable to medal at their Nationals and men's hockey had their perfect start to the season snapped. We also have some clips from men's rugby ahead of the Canadian University Championships and the second part of our interview with UBC golf coach Chris Macdonald.

We cover some postseason action as women's rugby went to Nationals and football had their playoff semifinal, as well as some season opening action from volleyball. Then, we have the first half of a two-part interview with UBC Golf coach Chris Macdonald!

Cory is here to solo report the news of this past week, as men's soccer and women's rowing won championships, their counterparts finished with silver, football clinched an unexpected playoff spot, and more! Then, we have an interview to share as Mike Liu sat down with men's rugby player Jacob Bossi.

It's championship season here at UBC as women's rugby and men's and women's cross country are both Canada West champions! Elsewhere, soccer has the chance to add to the banner total, hockey looks legit, football took a dive and basketball is now underway.

This week, soccer, women's rugby and women's field hockey all ended their regular seasons, with varying degrees of success. Also, hockey had a strong weekend, cross country took to the track again and football stole the show with a massive win.