Redmen win bronze at OUA rowing championships

By Earl Zukerman

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – McGill came away with a bronze medal at the 2008 Ontario University Athletics Rowing Championships at the Royal Canadian Henley Course in St. Catharines, Ont. The Redmen finished third in the men’s heavyweight coxed four.

Queen’s won the women’s title for a second straight year while dethroning the three-time defending champion Western Mustangs in the men’s division.

Some 24 varsity athletes (listed at the bottom of the email) will be representing McGill at the Canadian University championships in Fort Langely, B.C., Nov. 1-2. The team leaves Wednseday to fly out west to get in some training before time trials begin Saturday morning leading to finals on Sunday.

Here are the McGill results from the OUA championships:

Women's Lightweight Eight - 4th 6:36.09, 1st went to Queens in 6:16.94

Coxswain Christina Tadiri
Stroke Emma Sheehan
7 Mary McDonough
6 Jacqueline Labine
5 Jennifer Leavitt
4 Livia Colistro
3 Vanessa Harman
2 Marie-Christine Razaire
1 Jennifer Allan

Women's Lightweight Four - 4th 7:08. 02, 1st went to Queen's in 6:59.04

Coxswain Christina Tadirir
Stroke Emma Sheehan
3 Mary McDonough
2 Marie-Christine Razaire
1 Jennifer Allan

These five girls raced a very quick and hard race from start to finish. They jumped out of the start line in 2nd place but then caught a crab and falling back in to 5th. By the end of the 2k race they were able to pull themselves back up to the pack finishing in 4th place. They are looking to row a clean race at Nationals Next weekend in Fort Langley, BC and walk away with a medal.

Men's Lightweight Four - 4th 6:21.72, 1st went to Western Ontario in 6:04.20
They also will be racing this boat at the Canadian University Rowing Championships (CURC's) next weekend.

Men's Heavyweight Eight - 4th 5:51.66, 1st went to Brock in 5:34.62

McGill Athletes competing at Nationals

MARTLETS:

Emily Kinsler
Emma Sheehan
Jacqueline Labine
Jennifer Allan
Mary McDonough
Marie-Christine Razaire
Jennifer Leavitt
Livia Colistro
Rinita Mazumder
Andrea Wilson
Melanie Gabanna
Brianna Talon
Mara Edelman

REDMEN:

Tony Genna
Christian Dabrowski
Jonathan Menivier
John Wilcock
Jordan Howard
Travis O'Farrell
Kirk Vilks
Michael Ross
Evan De Jonghe
Renaud Garon Gendron
Brent Hopkins