VICTORIA - It was a successful day on the water for both the UBC Men's and Women's Varsity Rowing squads as they were able to retain their titles at the Western Canadian Championship in Victoria, B.C. on Saturday afternoon.
The men claimed six of the nine championship point events and the women won seven of nine championship events.
UBC's lightweight men faced off against some podium experienced UVic crews in the 4+, 2x and 1x. UBC won the 4+ and the 2x while UVic Olympian Patrick Keane took home the gold in the 1x.
Thunderbird lightweight women won all three light events with a dominant performances in the 4+ & 2x and a very narrow 0.6 second win in the 1x over the Vikes.
In heavyweight action UBC Men demonstrated some excellent depth qualifying 5 crews in both the Open and JV 2- finals. UBC's U23 Worlds finalist
Joel Cullen &
Julian Black too gold and
Axel Ewashko &
Brendan Wall silver in the men's 2-. UVic's Keane took the heavy 1x over UBC freshmen
Owen Bartel. UBC eight won the final men's race just 2 seconds up on the Vikes in a close contest.
The heavyweight women placed second in the 8+, 2- to the Vikes but
Sally Jones rowed to gold in the 1x.
Next up for the Thunderbird will be the Head of the Charles in Boston October 21,22,23 for the Varsity 8+ and Lightweight 4+s while the JVs row the Head of the Gorge in Victoria that same weekend.
FULL RESULTS
