GUELPH, Ont. – Throughout the 2024-25 season, the University of Guelph Department of Athletics will be highlighting various members from our Gryphon varsity programs as part of our 'Gryph's Locker Athletes of the Week, presented by Core Power' series.
Elizabeth Greaves (women's swimming) and
Nathan Peters (men's volleyball) have been named 'Gryphon Athletes of the Week' for the period covering November 18 to 24, 2024.
Elizabeth Greaves (Women's Swimming)
An outstanding meet over the weekend from
Elizabeth Greaves of the Gryphons varsity swim team sees her earn 'Athlete of the Week' honours. Greaves, from Perth, Ontario, helped lead her team to a 2nd-place finish in the team standings at the 2024 Boles Divisional Championships in St. Catharines. Individually, Greaves accounted for three 1st-place finishes in the women's freestyle discipline in the 200m, 400m and 800m. She also came in 2nd-place in the women's 100m freestyle, finishing with a personal best time of 58.38 to take home the silver medal. The human kinetics major also contributed a gold medal in one of the relay events for the Gryphons. Liz teamed up with fellow Gryphs
Alanna Casasanta,
Hannah Nordquist and Ali Bertrim in the women's 4x50m medley relay as they posted a time of 1:56.61 to finish in 1st-place of the relay. Greaves came away with four gold medals and a silver medal in the two-day meet over the weekend (Nov. 22-23).
Elizabeth Greaves and the Gryphons swim team will continue their preparations for the upcoming OUA and U SPORTS Championships in February and March of the new year.
Nathan Peters (Men's Volleyball)
For a second consecutive week, a student-athlete from the Gryphons men's volleyball team has been named the 'Athlete of the Week' as middle blocker
Nathan Peters takes home the honours. The third-year player put his imprint on his team's four set victory over the RMC Paladins on Friday night (Nov. 22). The Nepean, Ontario native was efficient in his attack in the win, finishing the night with 9 kills on 13 attempts, hitting it at a .462% clip. The human kinetics major made his presence felt at the net, leading the team with 3.5 total blocks (2 solo, 3 assisted) as he had 13.5 total points on Friday night. Peters and the Gryphons men's volleyball team head into the Christmas break on a four-game winning streak with a record of 5-5 as they will return to action on January 10, 2025 when they make the trip to North Bay to take on the Nipissing Lakers.
2024-25 Gryphon Athletes of the Week
| Name |
Sport |
Date |
| Elizabeth Greaves |
Women's Swimming |
Nov. 18-24, 2024 |
| Nathan Peters |
Men's Volleyball |
Nov. 18-24, 2024 |
| Alexander Odle |
Men's Volleyball |
Nov. 11-17, 2024 |
| Martina Fedel |
Women's Hockey |
Nov. 11-17, 2024 |
| David Scollon |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 4-10, 2024 |
| Hannah Bourdon |
Women's Basketball |
Nov. 4-10, 2024 |
| Brooklynn Feasby |
Women's Rugby |
Oct. 27-Nov. 3, 2024 |
| Brenden Black |
Men's Rugby |
Oct. 27-Nov. 3, 2024 |
| Tausani Levale |
Women's Rugby |
Oct. 21-27, 2024 |
| Max Davies |
Men's Cross Country |
Oct. 21-27, 2024 |
| Jacob Findlay |
Men's Soccer |
Oct. 14-20, 2024 |
| Delaney Jacklin |
Field Hockey |
Oct. 14-20, 2024 |
| Alexie Olivier |
Women's Hockey |
Oct. 7-13, 2024 |
| Duncan Penman |
Men's Hockey |
Oct. 7-13, 2024 |
| Jacqueline Giles |
Women's Golf |
Sept. 30-Oct 6, 2024 |
| Joe Columbus |
Men's Lacrosse |
Sept. 30-Oct 6, 2024 |
| Owen Ellis |
Baseball |
Sept. 23-29, 2024 |
| Addy Holmes |
Women's Rugby |
Sept. 23-29, 2024 |
| Max Davies |
Men's Cross Country |
Sept. 16-22, 2024 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Sept. 16-22, 2024 |
| Tomas Dallan |
Men's Rugby |
Sept. 9-15, 2024 |
| Jacqueline Giles |
Women's Golf |
Sept. 9-15, 2024 |
| Liam Bowman |
Men's Rugby |
Sept. 2-8, 2024 |
| Taylor McKnight |
Women's Rugby |
Sept. 2-8, 2024 |
| Olivia Brown |
Women's Soccer |
Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Matthew Glavanov |
Men's Soccer |
Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2024 |
