Alex McComb

Suns Out, Stangs Out

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The school year might be over, but the purple and white never rest. Suns Out, Stangs Out is your summer pass to the lives of Western’s most elite student-athletes and celebrated alumni. Join us on Radio Western as we trade the jerseys for tank tops, diving into the Mustang experience both on and off the field. From locker room stories and legendary games to what life looks like after the final whistle, we’re catching up with the stars who helped solidify Western's blue-blood reputation.

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Alex McComb

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Breaking in: Joy SpearChief-Morris on track career & journalism pivot 06.07.2026 40:49

Alex sits down with Western track and field alum turned journalist Joy SpearChief-Morris for Episode 6 of Suns Out Stangs Out. Joy opens up about transferring from UBC to Western, the phone call with her brother that changed her path, and battling laryngitis and injuries just to break the school 60-metre hurdles record at the OUA conference championships in February 2017. The conversation moves th...

Living life twice: Sam St. Croix on transition from Western U soccer to NSL's Halifax Tides 15.06.2026 31:39

This week on Suns Out Stangs Out, we're joined by Sam St. Croix , a Western Mustangs women's soccer alumna and rookie goalkeeper for the Halifax Tides in the Northern Super League. Sam shares the story of growing up in Port Lambton, Ont., how basketball was actually a bigger deal to her growing up and what ultimately drew her deeper into goalkeeping. She reflects on her time at Western — i...

Flag football's long road to U Sports: Olivia Ghosh-Swaby goes deep on the fight for her sport 08.06.2026 51:38

Flag football is finally getting its moment in Canadian collegiate sport — and this week's guest has been one of the people building toward it for years. Olivia Ghosh-Swaby is a Western Mustangs women's flag football alumna, one of the architects behind OWIFA's rise as a premier collegiate flag football league in Canada, and works with Football Ontario driving partnerships across the c...

Lifting curses & teams: Michael Jones on his Western volleyball career, not jinxing matches and playing for Team Jamaica 01.06.2026 26:21

Michael Jones didn't just play volleyball at Western — he built a reputation, chased Olympic dreams and spent his summers learning the NBA from the inside. In episode three of Suns Out Stangs Out, the men's volleyball alumnus joins us to reflect on his Mustangs career and the team curse that haunted the program until spring 2025. He takes us to the summer of 2023, when he represented Jamai...

Oars to Entrepreneur: Nicole Baranowski on her Hairstrong brand and rowing at Western U 25.05.2026 44:36

In this episode of Suns Out Stangs Out, we sit down with Nicole Baranowski, who transitioned from a national-champion rowing career at Western University to founding Hairstrong. We dive into her journey as a Mustang student-athlete: from 4 a.m. wake-ups for practice to how an undergrad project became an athletic hair brand and a solution. Connect with Nicole & Hairstrong: Website: ⁠hairstrong....

Owen Urquhart on pandemic basketball, Toby Fournier friendship and Western U's mysterious brown bag 18.05.2026 20:33

OUA All-Rookie and Western Mustangs men's basketball forward Owen Urquhart joins Alex McComb for the first episode of Suns Out Stangs Out to talk about the 2025-26 U Sports basketball season, his friendship with Duke's Toby Fournier at Crestwood prep, a Mustangs rookie bromance and the mysterious brown bag tradition at Western University. Host: Alex McComb Follow Alex on X: @alexmmccomb Fo...