ST. CATHARINES, ONT – The McGill University men's rowing club collected three medals en route to seventh-place finish of 13 teams at the 2024 OUA championships, held at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course over the weekend.

LINK TO WOMEN'S RECAP

The originally scheduled two-day competition was shortened to just one due to high winds in the forecast for Saturday.

The men's crew posted a silver medal finish in in the lightweight double. Brock won the two-kilometre race in six minutes, 44.91 seconds, to finish ahead of McGill (6:51.19) and Queen's (6:54.24) on the podium. The McGill boat featured Rand Ripple in the stroke seat and Federico Sanchez in the bow seat.

The Redbirds claimed bronze in the men's double with the duo of Ayoub Sabri (stroke) and Patrice Légaré (bow). The race was won by Brock (6:37.87), followed by Western (6:40.02) and McGill (6:49.63).

McGill also won bronze in the men's heavyweight eight, which crossed the finish line in 6:10.44. The race was won by Western (5:44.210, followed by Brock (5:46.60). The Redbirds boat featured Paige McCallum (coxie), Ayoub Sabri (stroke seat), Patrice Légaré, Brennan King, Nicholas Bacon, Jacob Lofaro, Angus Burke, Markus Maile and Edison Luke in the bow seat).

In the junior varsity division, the men's doubles collected gold (Zackary Murphy and Nicolas Durand-Marandi) and silver (Cole Allen and Maxim DeJong), while the novice women's coxed four registered a silver medal finish. That boat was composed of Sarah Felton, Eva Staples, Rachel Halko, Isabelle Cook and coxie Adam Han.

It capped a remarkable season for three McGill boats, the JV men's double, the varsity men's eight and the novice women's coxed four, each of which achieved a podium at every race thus far.

Brock took home its fourth straight OUA men's title, making an appearance on the podium in all ten events including five first place finishes. They won five gold medals and tallied 171 points. They captured the lightweight single, double, lightweight double, single and the lightweight four.
 
Up next, the McGill crew will travel to the Canadian University Rowing Championship in Elk Lake in Victoria, B.C., Nov. 1-3. 


COMPLETE RESULTS


OUA ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP MAJOR AWARDS

Women's Athlete of the Year: Isabella Durcak and Zoe Durcak, Brock
Men's Athlete of the Year: Charles-Etienne Tabet, Brock
Women's Team Coach of the Year: Rami Maassarani, Queen's
Men's Team Coach of the Year: John Lewis, Western

 

WOMEN"S STANDINGS:
TEAM	TOTAL
1. Queen's	172
2. Western	152
3. Guelph	118
4. Toronto	114
5. Ottawa	76
6. McGill	62
7. Brock	61
8. McMaster	53
9. Trent	52
10..Carlton	45
11..Waterloo	44
12..Ontario Tech	42
13. Nipissing	19
MEN"S STANDINGS:
TEAM	TOTAL
1. Brock	171
2. Western	165
3. Toronto	111
4. Queen's	103
5. Guelph	81
6. Ottawa	77
7. McGill	74
8. Waterloo	71
9. McMaster	65
10. Carlton	56
11. Trent	46
12. Ontario Tech	36
13. Nipissing	20

2024 OUA CHAMPIONSHIPS ROWING PODIUM RESULTS 

MEN'S MEDALS:

Men's Pair 
1 Western, 6:47.932 
2 Brock, 6:57.151 
3 Guelph, 7:02.693 

Men's Lightweight Single 
1 Brock, 7:14.265 
2 Carleton, 7:18.142 
3 Guelph, 7:22.932 

Men's Double 
1 Brock, 6:37.875 
2 Western, 6:40.025 
3 McGill, 6:49.639 
(stroke: Ayoub Sabri, bow: Patrice Legare)

Men's Lightweight Eight 
1 Queen's, 6:02.779 
2 Western, 6:07.720 
3 Brock, 6:10.005 

Men's Four 
1 Western, 6:26.158
2 Brock, 6:34.541 
3 Ottawa, 6:39.200 

Men's Lightweight Double 
1 Brock (Connor Dodds, Charles-Etienne Tabet), 6:44.918 
2 McGill (stroke: Rand Ripple, bow: Federico Sanchez) 6:51.198 
3 Queen's, 6:54.243 

Men's Single 
1 Brock, 7:06.661 
2 Western, 7:13.023 
3 Waterloo, 7:17.237 

Men's Lightweight Four 
1 Brock, 6:24.005 
2 Queen's, 6:25.279 
3 Western, 6:46.021 

Men's Eight 
1 Western, 5:44.215 
2 Brock, 5:46.608 
3 McGill, 6:10.441 
(c: Paige McCallum, s: Ayoub Sabri, 7: Patrice Legare, 6: Brennan King, 5: Nicholas Bacon, 4: Jacob Lofaro, 3: Angus Burke, 2: Markus Maile, b: Edison Luke)

Men's Lightweight Pair 
1 Western, 6:58.996 
2 Queen's, 7:03.829 
3 Brock, 7:05.367



SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-983-7012 (Tel.)
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca