Thorold, ON - A strong second day performance propelled the Mustangs Figure Skating team to their second consecutive OUA Championship this week.

Western won by just 3 points over Toronto after trailing the Varsity Blues by 8 points through the first day of competition.

"Being a back to back banner winner is even more special because we proved that with hard work, consistency and teamwork, we could defend our title and have great performances" said Natalie D'Alessandro "Everyone worked so hard this year and finishing off the season on such a high feels amazing.

The championship came down to the final event, the Synchro, which Western took gold and secured the banner.

"When we finished our last synchro performance, the thought of winning didn't even cross my mind. I was just so happy in the moment that we gave it all we had and skated like we knew we could." said D'Alessandro.

The Mustangs led all schools with five gold medals including:
Evelyn Walsh in  - Open Gold Artistic
Natalie D'Alessandro, Victoria Morgado, Josh Andari, Keanna Davidson in Dance Fours
Victoria Morgado, Josh Andari in Star 10 Couples Dance
Natalie D'Alessandro - Gold Women Solo Dance 
Synchro 

This is the 17th time Western has won the OUA banner.

Final Standings 

1. Western – 89 

2. Toronto – 86 

3. Guelph – 76 

4. Queen's – 48 

5. McMaster – 40 

6. Waterloo – 34 

7. Brock – 26 

T-8. Carleton – 2 

T-8. TMU – 2 

T-8. York – 2 

Coach of the Year: Emily McCarthy, Brock
Team Spirit Award: Brock Badgers 

Event Results 

Star 8/9 Couples Dance 
1. Queen's (Jade Paganelli, Juliana Ye) 
2. Toronto (Katelyn Pavlidis, Hugo Li) 
3. Western (Michelle Wong, Kelly Song) 

Open Gold Artistic
1. Western (Evelyn Walsh)
2. Queen's (Zander Neilsen)
3. Toronto (Erin Ng)

Star 10 Women Solo Dance
1. Toronto (Katelyn Pavlidis)
2. Western (Michelle Wong)
3. Guelph (Zoe Graziano) 

Senior Couples Pairs
1. Toronto (Hugo Li, Gabriella Guo) 
2. Guelph (Helene Carle, Olivia Farrow)
3. McMaster (Catalina Costiuc, Alistair Lam)

Open Rhythm Couples Dance 
1. Guelph (Olivia Farrow, Kendra Knott) 
2. Western (Natalie D'Alessandro, Hannah Gray) 
3. Waterloo (Rebecca Brown, Karina Wilk) 

Novice Women Short Program
1. Toronto (Gabriella Guo)
2. Brock (Alyssa Cross)
3. Guelph (Helene Carle)

Dance Fours
1. Western (Natalie D'Alessandro, Victoria Morgado, Josh Andari, Keanna Davidson)
2. Waterloo (Darshak Patel, Rebecca Brown, Annika Zamora, Karina Wilk)
3. Brock (Alyssa Cross, Camile DeThomasis, Hayley Keith, Kaia Fogh) 

Pairs Fours
1. Guelph (Helene Carle, Olivia Farrow, Ashley Goodliff, Catherine Carle)
2. Toronto (Katelyn Pavlidis, Gabriella Guo, Nicole Chan, Karisa Wang) 
3. Waterloo (Kaitlin Wilk, Rowan Staines, Isabelle Wang, Edward Wang) 

Star 10 Couples Dance
1. Western (Victoria Morgado, Josh Andari) 
2. Toronto (Emily Cleghorn, Nicholas Grozdanovski) 
3. Waterloo (Emmaline Stark, Emma Wai) 

Intermediate Couples Pairs 
1. Guelph (Emma Carlucci, Lucy Street) 
2. Toronto (Olivia Pulsifer, Nicole Chan) 
3. Brock (Trinity Males, Olivia Hussey) 

Gold Women Solo Dance 
1. Western (Natalie D'Alessandro) 
2. Toronto (Nina Xuan) 
3. Queen's (Colleen Tordoff) 

Gold Women Free Program 
1. McMaster (Amanda Tobin) 
2. Guelph (Catherine Carle) 
3. Toronto (Victoria Bocknek) 

Open Men Free Program 
1. McMaster (Alistair Lam) 
2. Toronto (Hugo Li) 
3. Western (Cole Van Der Velden) 

Synchro 
1. Western 
2. Guelph 
3. Queen's