St. Catharines, ON - The Mustangs picked up plenty of hardware from the 2026 OUA Rowing Championship this weekend, finishing in 2nd place in both the men's & women's team standings.
Oliver Baker was named the OUA Men's Athlete of the Year. The champion in the men's singles also earned the top spot in the coxed eights for the Mustangs.
On the men's side, the Mustangs finished with 422 points, trailing only Queen's at 483. On the women's side, Western finished with 394 points, with Queen's taking the top spot at 501.
Women's Team:
OUA Banner Point Totals:
- Queens - 501
- Western - 394
- Trent - 221
Event Finishes:
Women's 8+:
1st
Sophie Rorabeck; Grace Harford; Arwyn Gouadec; Hadley Webb; Ella Gemin; Olivia Calbeck; Kya Mason-Wetherill; Ava Barich; Kira Mels-Williams
Women's 4+:
2nd
Anya Bawa; Ava Barich; Arwyn Gouadec; Hadley Webb; Kira Mels-Williams
Women's 2x:
7th
Danielle Hart; Charlotte MacGowan
Women's 2-:
3rd
Ella Gemin; Olivia Calbeck
Women's 1x:
7th
Emily Lindquist
Light Women's 8+:
2nd
Anya Bawa; Elaine Liding; Claire Armatys; Ivana Du; Charlotte DaPonte; Jinger Mehls; Oeifa Cowan; Caitlin Shouldice; Hayley Buchanan
Light Women's 4+:
2nd
Sophie Rorabeck; Sydney McArthur; Mary Brooksbank; Caitlin Shouldice; Hayley Buchanan
Light Women's 2x:
1st
Sydney McArthur; Mary Brooksbank
Light Women's 2-:
3rd
Elaine Liding; Oeifa Cowan
Light Women's 1x:
6th
Charlotte DaPonte
Men's Team:
OUA Banner Point Totals and Awards:
- Queens - 483
- Western - 422
- Brock - 421
OUA Men's Athlete of the Year: Oliver Baker
Event Finishes:
Men's 8+:
1st
Claire Munroe; Kai Elrick; Harrison Chow; Sebastian Friedrich Yap; Matt Yates; Mathias Essig; Adam Griesbach; Kyland Mels-Williams; Oliver Baker
Men's 4+:
2nd
Claire Munroe; Curtis Leek; Sebastian Friedrich Yap; Kai Elrick; Adam Griesbach
Men's 2x:
4th
Harrison Chow; Mathias Essig
Men's 2-:
1st
Kyland Mels-Williams; Matt Yates
Men's 1x:
1st
Oliver Baker
Light Men's 8+:
2nd
Maya Webb; Connor Chataway; Zachary Kim; William Looby; Rhys Abbey; Maximilian Meister; Gregory Conliffe; Pierce Howard; Thomas Krause
Light Men's 4+:
4th
Maya Webb; Pierce Howard; Gregory Conliffe; Charlie Povey; Maximilian Meister
Light Men's 2x:
3rd
Thomas Krause; Connor Chataway
Light Men's 2-:
2nd
Zachary Kim; Ethan Hippel
Light Men's 1x:
7th
William Looby
OUA Development Regatta:
JV Men's 4+:
1st
Corinne Durack; Hendrik Veld; Isaac Smith; Kaden Carlson; Caleb Scott
JV Men's 4+:
4th
Kiersten Bereska; Sheldon Inksetter; Liam McCreery; Alexander Harrington; Jaxon Carlson
JV Men's 2x:
1st
Macgregor Winslade; Logan Sands
JV Women's 2x:
1st
Josephine Boehmisch; Victoria Ball
JV Women's 2x:
3rd
Grace Ott; Brooke Gibeault
Novice Men's 8+:
7th
Sofia Koszarny; Noah Monita; Bjorn Elvin-Jensen; Cameron Ball; Harrison Diaz; Sacha Dube; Cole Wilson; Sid Willock; Luca Radtke-Harris
Novice Women's 8+:
8th
Ella Dupuis; Kiera Sims; Abbi Brown; Bella Ye; Simarpreet Nanuan; Lianna Kruger; Eva Rooneem; Charlotte Heinrichs; Chantal Taua
The next stop for the Mustangs is the 2026 Canadian University Rowing Championships (CURC) from November 6 to November 8, 2026 at Fanshawe Lake.
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