GUELPH, Ont. – Throughout the 2025-26 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 POWERADE' series.
Briar Crerar (women's volleyball) and
Max Davies (men's track and field) have been named 'Gryphon Athletes of the Week' for the period covering February 9 to 15, 2026.
Briar Crerar (Women's Volleyball)
Briar Crerar is this week's 'Gryphon Athlete of the Week' as she continues to make her impact felt in the second half of the season. Crerar, a fourth-year left side with the Gryphons women's volleyball team, had a monster weekend in her team's sweep of the Waterloo Warriors, helping guide her side to the No. 5-seed in the OUA playoffs. On Friday night (Feb. 13), the psychology major in her team's 4-set victory had 17 total points, 15 kills while making only 3 errors in the match and 9 digs. The following night (Feb. 14), Crerar had one of her best performances of the season in her team's 5-set victory including securing the final two kills of the match. The Pickering, Ontario native finished with a season-high 23 points, 20 kills and 4 total blocks while collecting 11 digs as well. Crerar's return to the lineup in the second half of the season has propelled her side to an 8-game winning streak. In her 10 games played this season, Crerar has scored 122 total points, 109 kills and 89 digs. Crerar and the rest Gryphons women's volleyball team will travel to the ARC in Kingston to take on the No. 4-seeded Queen's Gaels in the quarterfinals of the Quigley Cup Playoffs.
Max Davies (Men's Track and Field)
Max Davies continues to set new heights as he earns this week's 'Gryphon Athlete of the Week' honours. This is the second time this season Davies has been named 'Gryphon Athlete of the Week' after earning the honours during the cross country season. Davies, in his fourth season with the Gryphon track and field program, competed in the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday (Feb. 14). The Toronto native ran a 3:53.24 mile with En Route cameras at 1500m clocking him at 3:37.27 to break his own school record. With his new record, Davies also enters the U SPORTS record book as this is the fastest time ever run by an athlete competing in U SPORTS and the 7th-fastest time ever run by a Canadian over this distance indoors. The management major is also the Canadian U23 record holder in the men's 1500m with a time of 3:33.86 and a Canadian National Champion in the men's 1500m, posting a time of 3:58.29 in Ottawa at the 2025 Canadian Track and Field Championships. Davies is a two-time University of Guelph Men's Athlete of the Year, the 2024 OUA Athlete of the Year (across all sports) and a seven-time U SPORTS gold medalist. Davies and the rest Gryphon Track and Field team head to Toronto for the 2026 OUA Track and Field Championships this weekend (Feb. 20-21).
2025-26 Gryphon Athletes of the Week
| Name |
Sport |
Date |
| Briar Crerar |
Women's Volleyball |
Feb. 9-15, 2026 |
| Max Davies |
Men's Track and Field |
Feb. 9-15, 2026 |
| Katrina Frlan |
Women's Curling |
Feb. 2-8, 2026 |
| Tyler Barry |
Men's Wrestling |
Feb. 2-8, 2026 |
| Nicole McKenzie |
Women's Track and Field |
Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2026 |
| Killian Donovan |
Men's Volleyball |
Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2026 |
| Nolan Dann |
Men's Hockey |
Jan. 19-25, 2026 |
| Katherine Heard |
Women's Hockey |
Jan. 19-25, 2026 |
| Rebecca Parker |
Women's Track and Field |
Jan. 12-18, 2026 |
| Colsen Flemington |
Men's Curling |
Jan. 12-18, 2026 |
| Hannah Bourdon |
Women's Basketball |
Jan. 5-11, 2026 |
| Eric Armstrong |
Men's Basketball |
Jan. 5-11, 2026 |
| Killian Donovan |
Men's Volleyball |
Nov. 24-30, 2025 |
| Maia Dan |
Women's Volleyball |
Nov. 24-30, 2025 |
| Hannah Bourdon |
Women's Basketball |
Nov. 17-23, 2025 |
| Nathan Allensen |
Men's Hockey |
Nov. 17-23, 2025 |
| Kobe Faust |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 10-16, 2025 |
| Christina Morra |
Women's Basketball |
Nov. 10-16, 2025 |
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Nov. 3-9, 2025 |
| Owen Williams |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 3-9, 2025 |
| Megan Livingstone |
Women's Rowing |
Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2025 |
| Ceilidh Aho |
Women's Rowing |
Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2025 |
| Jack Tunstill |
Men's Basketball |
Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2025 |
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Oct. 20-26, 2025 |
| Max Davies |
Men's Cross Country |
Oct. 20-26, 2025 |
| Joseph Columbus |
Men's Lacrosse |
Oct. 13-19, 2025 |
| Kirsten Sutter |
Women's Lacrosse |
Oct. 13-19, 2025 |
| Charles Trollip |
Men's Rugby |
Oct. 6-12, 2025 |
| Sophie Helfenstein |
Women's Hockey |
Oct. 6-12, 2025 |
| Abby Warriner |
Field Hockey |
Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025 |
| Olivier Ciarlo |
Men's Hockey |
Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Sept. 22-28, 2025 |
| Ethan Fraser |
Men's Soccer |
Sept. 22-28, 2025 |
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Sept. 15-21, 2025 |
| William MacLeod |
Men's Lacrosse |
Sept. 15-21, 2025 |
| Jacqueline Giles |
Women's Golf |
Sept. 8-14, 2025 |
| Landon Hutar |
Baseball |
Sept. 8-14, 2025 |
| Carter Robart |
Men's Soccer |
Sept. 1-7, 2025 |
| Rachel McConvey |
Women's Lacrosse |
Sept. 1-7, 2025 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Aug. 25-31, 2025 |
