News Archives: Maria Houle - Athlete of the Week
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
Program: 3rd Year, Bachelor of Arts
Hometown: Paddle Prairie, Alberta
Maria Houle is a third-year Wolves Athlete studying Sociology at GPRC. She took a year off of school and running last year to have her first child, daughter Willow.
Maria returned to running last fall and placed 16th at the ACAC Cross-Country Running Championships(number 2 among the Wolves) in Vermilion.
For the indoor track season, Maria was asked to step down in distance and compete at the 300m and 600m distances. She came up big at the ACAC Indoor Championships. Maria won the B Final and placed fifth in the 300m and finished sixth in the 600m. She also ran a leg on the fourth-place Wolves, 4 x 400m team.