Alleigh-Jane Williamson, a kinesiology student, founded the Women in Sports Association at Lakehead University three years ago to provide a safe and encouraging environment for women and non-binary individuals to participate in physical activities.
However, she realized that wasn’t the case for every girl.
“We just want to create a space that’s uplifting and encouraging because there’s a lot of barriers for women to participate in physical activity and sports,” Williamson said. “Since then, the growth has been incredible,” Williamson said. “At the start of our second year, we had over 100 members signed up, which was a very rewarding feeling for all of us on the executive committee.
While the exact schedule for activities for this semester is still being mapped out – diving, softball and boxing have all been discussed as possibilities for the next couple of months – the association hosted pickleball, flag football and spin class events during the fall. “It’s beneficial to have that variety of athletic backgrounds. There are people who have played competitive sports and want to keep physically active, but there’s also those who are trying some of these physical activities for the first time.
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