(NOTE: This story has been updated after a revision of the final results)

BURNABY, BC -- Jacob Lofaro and Federico Sanchez, two rowers from McGill, teamed up to win a silver medal in the men's double sculls at the Canadian University Rowing Association championships at Burnaby Lake, B.C., Sunday. The three-day showcase featured 297 athletes from 20 universities across Canada.
 
It marked McGill's first medal at the annual CURA title meet since 2014, when Julian Pouliot won silver in the men's single, held at Elk Lake, B.C.
 
Lofaro, a 20-year-old civil engineering junior, hails from Grimsby, Ont., while Sanchez, a Montrealer, is a 28-year-old science junior majoring in kinesiology. Their racing shell crossed the finish line in seven minutes and 5.99 seconds. Brock won the race in 7:04.68, while Queen's was third in 7:11.05. The open double was considered a trial event this year and the points earned from that race were not included in the final team standings.
 
Two other McGill boats qualified for the men's A finals. The coxless pair with Markus Maile and Edison Luke, both sophomores from Vancouver, B.C., placed fifth.

The heavyweight eight finished sixth with a crew composed of Ayoub Sabri, a sophomore from Morocco, plus freshman Angus Burke from Lisbon Falls, Maine, Montrealer  Patrice Légaré, sophomore Josh Bowman of Dartmouth, N.S., in addition to the aforementioned Luke, Maile, Lofaro, and Sanchez. The coxswain was Varya Kataria, an anatomy and cellular biology sophomore from Ottawa.

McGill finished tied for sixth of 20 schools on the men's side and 11th in the women's division.

On the women's side, no McGill boats qualified for the A finals but three did reach the B finals.

The lightweight pair was third to finish ninth overall. The boat was composed of sophomores Hannah Boehm, from Chelsea, Que., and Montrealer Alice Saito.

The heavyweight eight also placed third each to finish ninth overall. The boats featured sophomore Emily Lindquist of San Clemente, Calif., sophomore Abigail Powell of The Bahamas, freshman Naomi Fandrich of Fort Langley, B.C., sophomore Eloise Doesserich from Washington, D.C., sophomore Amalia Tinmouth  of Ottawa, sophomore Sophia Waller from England, sophomore Marienne Scarth-Lella of Toronto and and Mariam Anwar, a native of Cairo, Egypt, in her second year of a doctorate program in biology. The coxswain was the aforementioned Kataria.

The women's coxless pair came in sixth to finish 12th overall.

The UBC men's team and the Victoria women's team both defended their national titles. The T-Birds men's crew claimed back-to-back titles after compiling 123 points to finish ahead of Brock (100) and Victoria (90). It came down to the final race in the women's competition, with Victoria edging UBC to also repeat as champs, collecting the gold with 108 points, narrowly ahead of UBC in second (100) and Queen's (91) in third.
 
 
2023 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY ROWING ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP
(Nov. 10-12 @ Burnaby, BC)
 
Individual Major Awards
Athlete of the Year –
Women: Kennedy Burrows (Ottawa)
Men:– Stephen Harris (Brock)
 
Coach of the Year –
Women: Jane Gumley (Victoria)
Men's: Mike Pearce (UBC)
 
President's Award ­– Dan Bechard (Western)
Above and Beyond Athlete of the Year – Jack Harding (StFX)
Coach Builder of the Year – Courtney Amilee (Calgary)
 

Men's Final Standings (REVISED)
1.UBC – 123 points
2.Brock – 100
3.Victoria – 90
4.Western – 83
5.Queen's – 54
6.(tie) Calgary – 38
6.(tie) McGill – 38
8.Toronto – 36
9. Ottawa – 35
10.Guelph – 26
11. (tie) StFX – 25
12.McMaster – 13
13.(tie) Dalhousie – 9
13. (tie) Fraser Valley – 9
15. Montreal – 8
16. (tie) Saskatchewan – 6
16. (tie) Ontario Tech – 6
18. Waterloo – 4
19. Simon Fraser – 1
20. Carleton – 0

 
Women's Final Standings (REVISED)
1.Victoria – 108 points
2.UBC – 100
3.Queen's – 91
4.Western – 81
5.Brock – 45
6.Guelph – 44
7.Toronto – 42
8.Ottawa – 39
9.Dalhousie – 30
10.Calgary – 29
11. McGill – 24
12. Carleton – 22
13. McMaster – 21
14. Fraser Valley – 15
15. Ontario Tech – 9
16. Simon Fraser – 6
17. Saskatchewan – 4
18. (tie) StFX – 0
18. (tie) Montreal – 0
18. (tie) Waterloo – 0
 
CHAMPIONSHIP MEET MEDALS
 
MEN'S SINGLE (1x)
1. UBC, 7:21
2. Brock, 7:29
3. Western, 7:36
 
MEN'S COXLESS PAIR (2-)
1. UBC, 6:43
2. Western, 6:48
3. Queen's, 6:51
   :
5. McGill (Markus Maile, Edison Luke), 7:06
 
MEN'S DOUBLE (2x)
1. Brock, 7:04
2. McGill (Jacob Lofaro, Federico Sanchez), 7:05
3. Queen's, 7:11
 
MEN'S EIGHT (8+)
1. UBC, 5:45
2. Victoria, 5:48
3. Western, 5:52
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6.  McGill (coxie: Varyia Kataria , Edison Luke, Markus Maile, Patrice Legare, Jacob Lofaro, Federico Sanchez, Ayoub Sabri, Josh Bowman, Angus Burke), 6:13
 
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE (1x)
1. Victoria, 7:21
2. UBC, 7:24
3. Brock, 7:27
 
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT PAIR (2x)
1. Brock, 6:41
2. UBC, 6:43
3. Queen's, 6:46
 
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR (4+)
1. Brock, 6:32
2. UBC, 6:34
3. Queen's, 6:41
 
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WOMEN'S SINGLE (1x)
1. Western, 8:10
2. Victoria, 8:14
3. UBC, 8:17
 
WOMEN'S COXLESS PAIR (2-)
1. UBC, 7:34
2. Victoria, 7:37
3. Queen's, 7:40
 
WOMEN'S DOUBLE (2x)
1. Queen's, 7:37
2. Calgary, 7:43
3. Guelph, 7:57
 
WOMEN'S EIGHT (8+)
1. Victoria, 6:31
2. UBC, 6:34.109
3. Western, 6:34.434
 
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE (1x)
1. Ottawa, 8:05
2. Dalhousie, 8:08.043
3. Queen's, 8:08.392
 
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT PAIR (2x)
1. Brock, 7:38
2. UBC, 7:39
3. Victoria, 7:53
 
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR (4+)
1. Queen's, 7:27
2. Victoria, 7:30
3. Western, 7:35
 
 
SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-983-7012 (cell)