Spring has sprung, the sun is back out on campus and the end of the semester is upon us. For our last T-Birds 5-on-5 of the 2024/25 season, we asked five assorted questions to five varsity athletes. Here are their answers.
Kyle Bishop (KB): men’s field hockey
Grace Bell (GB): women’s golf
Devon Meadow (DM): men’s track
Ella Sunde (ES): women’s soccer
Russell Young (RY): baseball
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
KB: Absolutely not! The hot dog has reached its own iconic category in the world of bread and meat.
GB: My personal hot take is that hot dogs are more of a taco than anything because there is bread covering three sides of it just like a taco.
DM: Definitely.
ES: Yes. I have never really thought about it, but it's something between two slices of bread so I would call it a sandwich!
RY: I think by definition it is, but I think we can all agree that it doesn’t pass the eye test to be called one.
When it's raining, are you grabbing an umbrella or sticking it out with a hood?
KB: With windy storms and crowded streets in Vancouver, I'm team hood all the way. Umbrellas are more trouble than they're worth when a simple hooded jacket can do the trick.
GB: I usually go for the stick it out option. I really don’t like umbrellas and I live with two Vancouverites so they make fun of people who use umbrellas so I have been conditioned to stick it out with a hood.
DM: Gotta stick it out with a hood.
ES: Sticking it out with a hood. I'm always ripping around campus on my bike, so the hood has got to cut it!!
RY: I’m sticking it out with a hood. There’s nothing more embarrassing than walking into a building with a dripping umbrella.
Favourite sports movie or TV series?
KB: Moneyball. Where sports, strategy, statistics, and trusting the process come together to create a new way of rethinking traditional sporting norms.
GB: Favourite sports movie is Moneyball or series is Full Swing.
DM: Favourite sports movie - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
ES: I thought Netflix did a great job with F1: Drive to Survive and Tour de France: Unchained. The Blind Side is one of my favourite sports movies.
RY: Friday Night Lights.
Would you rather always have sand stuck between your toes or always walk around in squeaky shoes?
KB: Squeaky shoes are an unfortunate must here. Abrasive sand would be too much to handle. Besides, most of us who live in Vancouver are already attuned to squeaky Blundstones in the rain.
GB: I rather walk around with squeaky shoes because nothing is worse than sand in-between your toes.
DM: Walk around with squeaky shoes.
ES: Sand stuck between my toes. Rather something just be annoying for me instead of for everyone!!
RY: I’d rather have squeaky shoes. I think that way, I can still get around places without being filled with irritability. Might be annoying to the people around me, though.
Best way to spend a sunny day in Vancouver?
KB: I'm either trail running or hiking in the North Shore mountains. There's no better way to enjoy this city than to exercise while being in nature and experiencing the beautiful West Coast!
GB: Best way to spend a sunny day is on the beach with friends and music and either spike ball or throwing around a football.
DM: Spikeball and a cold beverage at Spanish Banks.
ES: Down at the beach, or better yet, out on the water (paddle boarding, kayaking, boating). Deep Cove is one of my favourite places (although I am a bit biased because it is also where I grew up).
RY: Going down to the beach at sunset and throwing a ball around!
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