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UVic's Sinclair is featured in Sports Illustrated
by Mike Tucker, UVic Communications Officer
VICTORIA - Nick Sinclair, a member of the UVic Vikes men's swim team, is featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of the February 15th issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
The UVic Science student was recognized after becoming the first athlete in Canada West history to be named swimmer of the meet and rookie of the meet in the same year at the conference championships, and the first Vikes male swimmer to capture either award.
The bio accompanying his photo reads:
"Sinclair, a freshman at Victoria, won the 400 IM (4:24.85), 200 butterfly (2:02.88) and 200 (1:59.54) and 100 backstrokes (55.24) at the Canada West conference championships, earning rookie and athlete of the meet honors. A member of the Canadian junior national team, he recently won the 200 back in the 17-18 division at the New South Wales 13-18 championships."
The issue, featuring Super Bowl champion Drew Brees on the cover, hits newsstands across North America on Thursday, but a preview is also available online at: www.si.com/faces.
Sinclair is the second Vikes athlete to be featured in Sports Illustrated in the past 18 months. Women's golfer Christina Spence-Proteau was profiled in August 2008 after winning the RCGA national title. In 1969, UVic psychology professor Roger Ruth was featured for his accomplishments in the pole vault.
Sports Illustrated is the North America's leading sports publication, read by an estimated 23 million adults each week. "Faces in the Crowd" is a long-running segment in the magazine, which has profiled over 15,000 amateur athletes since 1956.
