THUNDER BAY – SPORTS – This week’s ‘Thunderwolf Thursday’ recruiting announcement belongs to coach Kip Sigsworth, of Lakehead’s cross country running and indoor track teams, who announced his first recruit of 2016. The newest member of the Thunderwolf family is local runner Derek Patterson, of Hammarskjold High School.
“I am excited to begin my CIS running career, with a university that boasts some of the finest runners in the country and a nationally ranked coach,” says Patterson, who will begin a bachelor’s degree in science with a major concentration in biomedical physics.
“We are very excited that Derek has decided to come to Lakehead,” says coach Kip Sigsworth. “He’s a great student and a tremendous young man who will make our program better. He has worked his way up through our Junior Development Program and I am honoured that we will have the chance to continue to work with him and see him develop over the next four to five years.”
