Queen's women's basketball team setting new standard for success
When Claire Meadows returned to her alma mater as head coach of the women's basketball team 14 years after her U Sports playing career ended, it may have been different than she initially expected.
Just two years after Meadows finished her fifth and final season at Queen's in 2007, the school debuted the Queen's Athletics & Recreation Centre (ARC) — a state of the art facility in Kingston, Ont., that affords a coach any of the resources and amenities one could hope for to help produce a winning program.
But in her first days on the job, Meadows had to go back to basics in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, where teams were forced to practice outside.
"My first practices with Queen's were in a parking lot," said Meadows, who finished her career as the No. 2 scorer in the school's history. "We had spray-painted court lines, with a three-point line with hoops that we bought from Canadian Tire. Those were our first practices together.
"[Training during COVID] was challenging for sure ... but it forces you to be creative."
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Despite the disjointed start to the 2021-22 season, the team had no issues gelling en route to a 9-5 regular season record before their quarterfinal loss to the eventual
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