Terry Fox Field


Terry Fox Field is a multi-purpose sport field on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, British Columbia. It serves as the home field of the Simon Fraser Clan for association football, Canadian football and American football matches. Simon Fraser University's men's lacrosse club also plays their home matches on Terry Fox Field, and Simon Fraser University's Department of Recreation and Athletics regularly hosts sport camps on Terry Fox Field.

Naming

The field is named after Terry Fox, who was once a student of Simon Fraser University and played for Simon Fraser Clan's junior varsity basketball team.

Facility information

As a multi-purpose field, there are overlapping permanent markings for American football, soccer and lacrosse on Terry Fox Field. In order to accommodate Simon Fraser Clan's transition from CIS to NCAA, Terry Fox Field was re-turfed in 2011, with markings for a Canadian football field replaced with markings for an American football field.
Terry Fox Field's tracks are classified as an IAAF Standard Track with a water jump hurdle outside the bend. West to the field itself is a long jump facility built according to IAAF standards.
Terry Fox Field had been one of the few university varsity stadiums in Canada without permanent seating. Recently it has built a permanent-seating grandstand for 2500 spectators and room for 1000 temporary bleacher seats which can be added when needed, along with a new student union building built into the stadium, and a new sports facility.