Editing York University (section)

===Athletics===
[[File:YorkUvsUofGuelph.jpg|thumb|York University vs [[University of Guelph]]]]

The university is represented in [[U Sports]] by the [[York Lions]]. Beginning in 1968 York's sporting teams were known as the "[[Yeomen]]", after the [[Yeomen Warders]], the guardians of the fortress and palace at the [[Tower of London]], otherwise known as Beefeaters. Later, the name "Yeowomen" was introduced to encourage women to participate in sports. Popular sentiment ran against this name scheme, however, as many students were fond of noting that a "Yeowoman" was fictitious, neither a real word nor having any historical merit. In 2003, after conducting an extensive internal study, the university replaced both names with the "Lions", as part of a larger renaming effort, and a new logo, now a white and red lion, was brought into line with the university's new visual scheme. The name change also brought York University in line with the 92% of other Canadian universities which use a single name for both sexes' sports teams. Ironically, students often refer to the female Lions teams as the "York Lionesses", even though the name "Lion" is intended to apply to both sexes.<ref>[http://www.universitysport.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=397 Canadian Interuniversity Sport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329132247/http://www.universitysport.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=397|date=March 29, 2012 }}. Universitysport.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref>

York offers 29 interuniversity sport teams, 12 sport clubs, 35 intramural sport leagues, special events and 10 pick-up sport activities offered daily.

York University has several athletic facilities, some of which are used for major tournaments. These include a football stadium, 4 gymnasia, 5 sport playing fields, 4 softball fields, 9 outdoor tennis courts, 5 squash courts, 3 dance/aerobic studios, 6 ice arenas, a swimming pool, an expanding fitness centre and the new [[Aviva Centre]] (home of the [[Canada Masters|Rogers Tennis Cup]]).
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Tenniscanadarexallctr.jpg|thumb|170px|The Rexall Centre at York University {{Deletable image-caption|date=May 2012}}]] -->

In 2014 the York Lions won four banners: the [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] (CIS) men's national [[track and field]] championship, the [[Ontario University Athletics]] women's provincial [[tennis]] championship and both the OUA and CIS men's [[soccer]] titles. York will be hosting the 2015 CIS Men's Soccer Championships at York Stadium November, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.yorku.ca/canada-day|title=About York University|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703115456/http://about.yorku.ca/canada-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 and 2016 York Lions Women's Tennis team won the Canadian University National Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkulions.ca/news/2016/7/30/tennis-champs.aspx?path=tennis|title=LIONS CROWNED BACK-TO-BACK CANADIAN UNIVERSITY TENNIS CHAMPIONS|website=York University|date=30 July 2016|access-date=2016-08-25|archive-date=2016-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828222322/http://www.yorkulions.ca/news/2016/7/30/tennis-champs.aspx?path=tennis|url-status=live}}</ref> The volleyball team has been coached by, among others, Olympian [[Sam Schachter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volleyballmag.com/sandcast-schacter-dearing-031622/|title=Sam Schachter and Dan Dearing: Considering retirement to honeymooning|first=Travis|last=Mewhirter|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=September 24, 2022|archive-date=September 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924191649/https://volleyballmag.com/sandcast-schacter-dearing-031622/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://varsityblues.ca/staff-directory/sam-schachter/1115|title=Sam Schachter - Men's Volleyball - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory|website=University of Toronto Athletics|access-date=2022-09-24|archive-date=2022-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924191649/https://varsityblues.ca/staff-directory/sam-schachter/1115|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.georgebrown.ca/sports/mvball/coaches/Sam_Schachter|title=George Brown College Athletics|website=George Brown College Athletics}}</ref>

====Fight song====
Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as [[Graduation|commencement]] and [[convocation]], and athletic games are: "York Song", sung to the tune "Harvard".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/college-songs-and-songbooks-emc|title=College Songs and Songbooks|author=Rebecca Green|publisher=[[Encyclopedia of Music in Canada]]|date=December 7, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820085540/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/college-songs-and-songbooks-emc/|url-status=live}}</ref>