Ã山ǿ¼é

By Earl Zukerman

ST. CATHARINES. Ont. – Ã山ǿ¼é came away with one gold, a silver and two bronze medals from the OUA rowing championships at St. Catharines, Ont., over the weekend.

The women’s crew finished fifth of 12 teams, while the men placed sixth overall.

Senior Patricia Gray of Vancouver, B.C., and Ulrika Drevniok, a fifth-year veteran from Gatineau, Que., finished second to Queen’s in the women’s heavyweight double. The Ã山ǿ¼é duo completed the two-kilometre course in seven minutes, 6.30 seconds, almost 10 seconds behind the winning boat.

The Martlets also placed third in the lightweight four, which was composed of Jen Leavitt, Mary McDonough, Marie-Christine Razaire, Barbara Hamilton and coxie Christina Tadiri.

The best finish on the men’s side was in the in the novice eights, which came in first overall. The Redmen also had a bronze medal finish in the lightweight double, which featured Brent Hopkins and Jonathan Rinaldi.

Queen s and Western captured the overall women s and men team titles.

Men s OUA Standings

1. Western - 104
2. Queen’s - 102
3. Brock - 81
4. Toronto - 37
5. Trent - 31
6. Ã山ǿ¼é - 27
7. Carleton - 7
7. Ryerson - 7
9. McMaster - 5
10. Ottawa - 4
10. Guelph - 4
12. UOIT - 0

m. LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE (9 boats):
1. Western, 6:55.54
6. Ã山ǿ¼é, 7:41.19

m. LIGHTWEIGHT EIGHT (5 boats):
1. Brock, 5:33.28
6. Ã山ǿ¼é, 5:50.75

m. LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE (9 boats):
1. Queen’s, 6:29.11
3. Ã山ǿ¼é, 6:48.12

m. LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR (? boats):
1. Queen’s, 6:10.39
4. Ã山ǿ¼é, 6:34.30

m. HEAVYWEIGHT EIGHT (8 boats):
1. Western, 5:35.91
6. Ã山ǿ¼é, 6:06.10

m. NOVICE EIGHT (? boats):
1. Ã山ǿ¼é, (na)

WINNING BOAT:
Cox- Lucie Swinnerton
8 -Gregory Paciga
7 -Adam Matheson
6 -Graham Parkinson
5 -John Willcock
4 -Jacob Schickler
3 -Will Agnew
2 -Adam Weryha
1 -Rohith Bhargavan

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Women s OUA Standings

1. Queen’s- 115
2. Western - 88
3. Trent - 66
4. Brock - 45
5. Ã山ǿ¼é - 36
6. McMaster - 20
7. Ottawa - 17
7. Guelph - 17
9. Toronto - 8
10. Carleton - 2
11. Ryerson - 0
11. UOIT - 0

w. LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE (6 boats):
1. Queen’s, 7:36.99
6. Ã山ǿ¼é, 9:30.58

w. HEAVYWEIGHT DOUBLE (7 boats):
1. Queen’s, 7:06.30
2. Ã山ǿ¼é, 7:16.20

w. LIGHTWEIGHT EIGHT (6 boats):
1. Queen’s, 6:26.84
6. Ã山ǿ¼é, 6:49.11

w. LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE (6 boats):
1. Queen’s, 7:07.52
6. Ã山ǿ¼é, 7:59.36

w. LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR (8 boats):
1. Queen’s, 7:01.04
3. Ã山ǿ¼é, 7:11.16

w. HEAVYWEIGHT EIGHT (8 boats):
1. Western, 6:23.21
5. Ã山ǿ¼é, 6:48.04

w. NOVICE EIGHT (? boats):
1. Ã山ǿ¼é, (na)

WINNING BOAT:
Mel Gabanna
Alexandra Zannen
Marian Krogh
Genevieve Dupont
Hayley Lapalme
Brianna Tallon
Annik Babinski
Meghan Grant
Natalie Wong (cox)