ST. CATHARINES, ONT – The McGill University women's rowing club registered a bronze medal performance in the varsity eight and finished sixth of 13 teams at the 2024 OUA championships, held at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course over the weekend. Combined with a bronze in the men's eight, it marked the first time since 2016 that both McGill heavy eights reached the podium.
(LINK TO MEN'S RECAP)
The originally scheduled two-day competition was shortened to just one due to high winds in the forecast for Saturday.
The women's eight was won by Queen's, which completed the two-kilometre race in six minutes, 6:35.53 seconds. they were followed by Western (6:44.17), which finished fractions of a second ahead of McGill (6:44.49). The Martlets boat included
Varya Kataria (coxie),
Alice Saito (stroke),
Abigail Powell,
Emily Lindquist,
Eloise Doesserich,
Gillian Helliwell,
Maria Fletcher,
Naomi Fandrich and
Rebekkah Celikkanat).
In the junior varsity division, 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.
Queen's captured their second straight OUA women's title with 172 points, 20 more than second-place Western (152). The Gaels won six gold medals, including the single, lightweight single, lightweight pair, four, lightweight eight, and heavyweight eight.
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 |
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| 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
WOMEN'S MEDALS:
Women's Pair
1 Brock, 7:33.015
2 Queen's, 7:34.890
3 Western, 7:36.834
Women's Lightweight Single
1 Queen's, 7:54.586
2 Carleton, 8:03.146
3 Western, 8:07.799
Women's Double
1 Trent, 7:20.356
2 McMaster, 7:24.551
3 Western, 7:25.347
Women's Lightweight Eight
1 Queen's, 6:44.987
2 Toronto, 6:59.655
3 Western, 7:17.125
Women's Four
1 Queen's, 7:10.327
2 Carleton, 7:15.288
3 Trent, 7:21.646
Women's Lightweight Double
1 Brock, 7:14.335
2 Queen's, 7:25.190
3 Toronto, 7:28.363
Women's Single
1 Queen's, 7:52.737
2 Brock, 8:00.388
3 Ontario Tech, 8:09.412
Women's Lightweight Four
1 Western, 7:20.266
2 Queen's, 7:24.367
3 Toronto, 8:05.657
Women's Eight
1 Queen's, 6:35.537
2 Western, 6:44.179
3 McGill, 6:44.497
(c:
Varya Kataria, s:
Alice Saito, 7:
Abigail Powell, 6:
Emily Lindquist, 5:
Eloise Doesserich, 4:
Gillian Helliwell, 3:
Maria Fletcher, 2:
Naomi Fandrich, b:
Rebekkah Celikkanat)
Women's Lightweight Pair
1 Queen's, 7:46.411
2 Western, 7:49.380
3 McMaster, 8:00.180
SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-983-7012 (Tel.)
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
