McMaster University Athletics

Paula did it all as a varsity runner. She won 28 OWIAA indoor/outdoor championship medals, 18 of them gold. Paula set 2 CIAU indoor records in 1988, and was that year's top athlete at the CIAU Track & Field championships. She holds 2 OWIAA records, plus she won a 1987 OWIAA silver medal in cross-country en route to being a CIAU All-Canadian. Paula was a CIAU All-Canadian 5 times and Mac's Female Athlete of the Year 4 times. Her international career includes a 1994 Commonwealth Games silver medal and 2 performances at the Olympics (1992, 1996). Now a teacher in Milton, she coaches cross-country and track at Mac with husband, Peter Self.