Animal rights activists showed up at the Calgary Stampede with their big green sign with "Rodeo Kills" painted in black letters. It was hard to determine whether they were referring to the riders or the ride ees. They also tried to show people statistics as they entered the grounds, but all their cries fell on deaf ears.

Dino footballers Dan Federkeil, Evan Haney and Jeff Montgomery are going to play for the West team in the second annual Canadian Interuniversity Sport East-West Bowl. The Bowl will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and is comprised of 2005 CFL draftees and a minimum of three athletes from each CIS university.

Dinos Nathan Kendrick and Shannon Slater both competed Sat., Mar. 28 at the 14th World University Cross Country Championships in Collegno, Italy. Eighty-nine runners competed in the men's race over an 11km course and our very own Kendrick placed 51st with a time of 34:48. In the women's race, Slater placed 31st out of 60 with a time of 23:33 over 6.6km.

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Taryn Swiatek, the former University of Calgary women's soccer team goalie (from 1999-2001), was awarded the Booster Club's Henry Viney Trophy for Female Athlete of the Year Tue., Mar. 16. Swiatek helped the Canadian women's World Cup team reach the semi-finals during last year's tournament with her steady hands as keeper. This was a huge achievement for Canada, since in previous World Cup appearances, neither the men's nor the women's team won a single game.

Think back to your childhood. What was the first vehicle you wanted your parents to buy for you to drive around in?

For me, it was a monster truck. That's not to say I didn't have a normal childhood, but monster trucks always fascinated me--from a young age right up until I realized there was no way in hell I would get one.

The University of Calgary track and field team competed at the Alberta High Performance meet Feb. 21-22 and arrived back in Calgary with some impressive bling. Jessica Zelinka was exceptional, winning the 60m with the fastest time in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings, while Shannon Slater and Samantha Anderson won the 1500m and pentathlon, respectively, both achieving the standard CIS time.

It's down to the last regular season game for the Dino women's hockey team. They fought long and hard for a chance to play in the playoffs and they better not screw it up against the winless SAIT Trojan Thu., Feb. 12. It shouldn't be difficult to beat the Trojans, but there's always room for an upset to send everyone in attendance home crying.

The Dinos women's hockey team tied the first place team in the league. Think about that. The second last team, with a record of 4-9-2-1, faces the Grant MacEwan Griffins, with a record of 15-1-2, and they tie?

Whoa! Good on 'em.

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'All hail Kaleb Toth! Fri., Jan. 31 against the Colorado Mammoth he scored five goals. Even more awe-inspiring is the fact his fifth goal was the game winner, breaking a 13-13 tie with only 20 seconds left.

The Dinos women's hockey team faced the two teams tied atop the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, but they weren't slaughtered.

Losing 1-0 to the Mount Royal College Cougars Fri., Jan. 16 and 6-4 to the Grant MacEwan College Griffins Sat., Jan. 17 shows the lady hockeysaurs have what it takes to battle it out for a spot in the playoffs.

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