Welland, ON - A week after the OUA Championship the Mustangs were back in Welland, this time for the Canadian University Rowing Championships.

Western came away with two gold medals in lightweight 2x and lightweight 4+. Overall the women's team finished in 3rd place while the Men's team finished in 5th.

"It was great to get back to competing for national championships after a year off." said Mustangs Women's Head Coach Matthew Waddell "Our varsity team is very young, so I'm happy that they got to see the level of competition and get motivated for the hard training to come this winter. Extremely proud of the success the lightweight women were able to achieve, with two gold medals in three events." 

Women's Lightweight double
1 Western – 7:21.08
2 UBC – 7:25.21
3 Queen's – 7:28.68

Women's Lightweight four (4+)
1 Western – 7:12.8
2 Queen's - 7:14.9
3 UBC - 7:18.34

Individual Major Awards
Female Rower of the Year - Piper Battersby (Victoria)
Male Rower of the Year – Liam Smit (UBC)
Women's Program Coach of the Year (co-winners) – Jane Gumley (Victoria) and Stu McKenzie (Ottawa)
Men's Program Coach of the Year – Aalbert Van Schothorst
President's Award – Philip Hedrei (MURC)
 
Women's Final Point Standings
UBC, 114
Victoria, 104
Western, 93
Queen's, 80
Brock, 50
Ottawa, 46
Toronto, 41
Trent, 40
Guelph, 36
MURC, 35
Calgary, 32
Dalhousie, 22
StFX, 21
Laurentian, 10
McMaster, 9
Saskatchewan, 7
Ontario Tech 6
Carleton 5
 
Men's Final Point Standings
Victoria, 114
UBC, 106
Brock, 87
Queen's, 80
Western, 75
Carleton, 41
MURC, 29
Toronto, 24
StFX, 22
McMaster, 20
Guelph, 16
Calgary, 12
Trent, 11
Waterloo, 9
Dalhousie, 7
Ottawa, 7
Nipissing, 6