While attending Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, British-born Stanley Glover proved unbeatable in 440-yard races, winning four straight provincial inter-collegiate championships. As team captain, Glover also led the Nutana Rifle Marksmanship Team to Dominion Championships in 1924 and 1926. In the Read more →
In 1982, Clayton Gerein suffered an accident while training racehorses and was left without the use of his legs but his competitive spirit remained intact. Within two years of his accident, Clayton was competing at an international level. He competed Read more →
No one excelled at long distance running in the early 1900s quite like William “Rover” Forsyth. Forsyth’s name was synonymous with winning road races. He won the Regina Standard and Moose Jaw Times 10-mile road races in 1909, 1910 and Read more →
Photo Credit: Sherry Voth Photographic Design Ltd. Vanessa Monar Enweani enjoyed a great deal of success in track and field events as a student at Holy Cross in Saskatoon, winning nine medals at provincial championships. Her best showing was in Read more →
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Cyprian Enweani is one of Saskatchewan’s premiere sprinters. Only twelve years after hearing Olympic pentathlete Diane Jones-Konihowski speak about the 1976 Summer Olympics, Cyprian was an inspired Canada West record holder competing for Canada in his Read more →
As an athlete, coach, official and administrator, Maureen DuWors has represented Saskatchewan and Canada in track and field. In 1953 Maureen held both the open and high school junior sport titles. In 1955 she was a Canadian champion in the Read more →
Alex was born near North Battleford on Red Pheasant Reserve and he attended Battleford Indian Industrial School. It was during this time at school that he developed his athletic skills. Records indicate that as a youngster, he was excellent at Read more →
Leroy was born in Prince Albert and following an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, he then became involved in wheelchair sports. In national competition from 1968 to 1974, Leroy won a total of 37 medals in Read more →
Ethel Catherwood won Canadian and Ontario championships in track and field events, notably in the javelin, but it was the high jump at which she excelled. She was also known for her physical beauty and she gained the nickname of Read more →
Arnold Boldt of Osler, Saskatchewan lost his right leg at the age of three in a grain auger accident. That did not stop Boldt, who went on to gain international recognition in track and field. When Boldt was 19 years Read more →
Robert “Bob” Adams is truly a native son; born in Alsask in 1924; educated in schools there and at the University of Saskatchewan; competed provincially, nationally and internationally while a Saskatchewan resident. He also taught and coached in Saskatchewan; and Read more →
As an amateur, Paul Acoose was the champion of western Canada in the three and five mile running events. On July 1, 1908 he won a 10.5 mile race in Regina 8 minutes ahead of the other runners. Paul Acoose Read more →
Catherine Wedge began riding at the Saskatoon Pony Cub at the age of eight. She started competing internationally in 1969, and that year won the Working Hunter Championship at the Seattle International Horse Show. As a member of the Three-day Read more →
Sandy Shields grew up around horses on his parents’ Somme, Saskatchewan farm. His racing career began shortly after he answered an ad for a stable worker in Winnipeg. Soon he moved on to exercise boy and apprentice jockey winning his Read more →
Ray Remmen drove from Saskatoon to New Jersey, with a few stops in between. The journey took him more than 20 years. Remmen’s harness racing career began at the age of eight when he started jogging and driving horses for Read more →