Joshua McGuire and Sarah Boyle have been named the Powerade Varsity Blues athletes of the week for the week ending February 20.

Two-time Olympian Joshua McGuire won the Charles Walter Trophy as the individual foil champion to lead the Varsity Blues to a third-place finish at the 2011 OUA men's fencing championship, February 19-20.

A native of Hamilton, Ont., McGuire topped teammate Kyle Chan 15-7 in the semi-final round before handily defeating Carleton’s Scott McNeil 15-6 to claim the title.

The seven-time Canadian national foil champion also led U of T to a dominant first-place finish in the foil team event. The Blues closest competitors were the Carleton Ravens, who they beat 45-27. On average, McGuire’s opponents only scored two points to each of his five touches.

Three-time national champion Sarah Boyle cleared a CIS-leading 1.78m in the women’s high jump at Toronto’s Hal Brown Memorial Meet on Friday, February 18.

A native of Scarborough, Ont., Boyle was the last jumper to enter the competition, easily clearing 1.68 and 1.73 metres. The fifth-year physical education and health student then cleared 1.78 metres on her third and final attempt to claim the top spot in the CIS heading into this weekend’s OUA championships.