GRYPHONCUP
Inaugural competition showing success in its early stages, engaging athletes.
where athletes engage with and provide
the Gryphon Cup, Lang noted that this
services for the Guelph community.
friendly competition has had a positive
The men’s rugby team seemed poised
impact on Gryphons Athletics.
to win the inaugural Cup early on - their
“The best thing about this competition
4,500 points earned in the month of
has been the collaboration between
Gryphons Athletics introduced a new
November via their $12,500 Movember
athletes
intercollegiate competition this year,
donation gave them a 2,000 point lead.
representatives who come up with new
involving everything but playing.
However, the swimming team chipped
ideas to engage athletes…and free pizza
away each month, with consistently
isn’t such a bad thing either.” That’s right.
high attendance in the SAM program,
If there was any doubt that these are
supporting Gryphons at 23 different
student-athletes, each month’s winning
competitions, and being superstars in the
team receives free pizza.
The Gryphon Cup is an immersive program for varsity student-athletes to engage in healthy competition for a good cause: self-improvement and community-building. The Cup provides an opportunity to compete outside their sport, and help themselves and the community through segmented monthly
community. Just in time for the Athletic Banquet, they had accumulated enough points to surpass men’s rugby by 825 points.
standings for earning points through a
Highlighting the swim team’s historic
set of three challenges:
win includes completing 1,500 SAM
1 - Academic Engagement
hours, raising over $3,000 for Mental
2 - Gryphons Supporting Gryphons
Health, Big Brothers Big Sisters,
3 - Community Initiative
Cancer Research, and Eating Disorder
Academic Engagement points come
of the Month by the Lakeside Hope
from the amount of hours and meetings
House (where they spent over 200 hours
a student has worked on and attended
volunteering throughout the year). The
the Student-Athlete Mentorship Program.
Swim team has set a high bar for future
Athletes earn points toward Gryphons
Gryphon Cup Winners.
Supporting Gryphons (GSG) when they attend another team’s game. The amount they earn is contingent on the importance of the game they choose to attend. The bulk of a team’s overall points generally come from their Community Initiative,
Awareness, and being named Volunteers
“We wanted to document these things as a way to acknowledge our Gryphon efforts and successes off the field and especially in the community,” said AnnCarolyn Lang, Gryphons women’s soccer
and
the
various
team
The first year of the competition was an incredible success with Gryphon athletes attending over 284 games or competitions, and raising over $20,000 for a variety of charities. So what’s next for the inaugural Gryphon Cup? The second season of the Gryphon Cup is set to debut in September with all scores being reset. Who will be the most academically engaged, benevolent, and supportive Gryphon team in 201920? Follow @gryphonCup on Instagram to find out.
2018-19 Gryphon Cup Standings: 1 - Swimming
6 - Figure Skating
2 - Rugby (M)
7 - Field Hockey
3 - Soccer (W)
8 - Rugby (W)
4 - Hockey (W)
9 - Rowing
5 - Basketball (W)
10 - Volleyball (W)
athlete and one of the student leads for Contributions By: Rachel Weitz
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