Josh Byrne’s final season at Hofstra University has been nothing short of terrific.
The fifth-year senior – who transferred to the Pride in 2015 after two seasons at Nassau Junior College – was presented with the Howard “Howdy” Myers Award, which goes to the university’s top male student-athlete.
He’s been an offensive dynamo on the lacrosse field. The New Westminster native was named to the Tewaaraton Award watch list and has posted a team-leading 36 goals and 24
assists over 13 games this season.
In addition to setting the pace for Hofstra, Byrne
ranks first in the Colonial
Athletic Association in goals, assists and points per game, and ranks in the top 15 in all three categories.
The attackman is property of the Burnaby Lakers of the Western Lacrosse Association.
Jumper picks up silver
Mike Mason of New Westminster pushed the Rio Olympic gold medalist at last week’s Drake Relays in Iowa en route to a silver medal.
Mason, 30, cleared 2.27 metres in the high jump, and only Ontario’s Derek Drouin was better, with a leap of 2.30m.
For Drouin, it was his fourth consecutive Drake high jump title. In third place stood Surrey’s Django Lovett, with a jump of 2.23m.
When Drouin won gold in Rio, Mason was among the athletes representing Canada at the event. He finished 19th overall in his third Olympics.
Nearly two years ago, Mason cleared a personal best 2.33m, setting the stage for a silver medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games.
