14 Ontario Boats to Compete in CSG Finals This Weekend
It was a successful first two days of competition at the 2022 Canada Summer Games for the Team Ontario rowing team as all 14 boats qualified for this weekend’s finals.
The finals will take place on both Saturday and Sunday, with seven medal finals and seven consolation finals running each day beginning at 9am on Martindale Pond in St. Catharines. The Ontario rowing team heads into the weekend after a strong preliminary round which saw 12 of their boats win their qualifying heats while two finished in second place. All 14 boats will compete in medal finals.
On Saturday, Team Ontario will go for gold in the W1x, M2-, W4x, W2-, M4x, M8+, and LW2x. Sunday will see the M1x, W2x, M4-, W4-, M2x, W8+ and LM2x crews compete for their shot at the Canada Summer Games podium.
The Finals can be streamed live on the Niagara 2022 website.
Relive the first two days of rowing competition below:
Aug. 17 Morning Session
Aug. 17 Afternoon Session
Aug. 18 Morning Session
Aug. 18 Afternoon Session
Ontario Rowing Team
Women’s 8+
Stella Bittman
Zoe Durcak
Fiona Elliott
Malarie Jones
Ceilidh MacDonald
Hailey Mercuri
Maya Meschkuleit
Teagan Orth
Georgia Greenwood (Coxswain)
Women’s 4-
Malarie Jones
Ceilidh MacDonald
Hailey Mercuri
Maya Meschkuleit
Women’s 4x
Fiona Elliott
Anna Pamenter
Madeson Scott
Cait Whittard
Women’s 2-
Stella Bittman
Maya Meschkuleit
Women’s 2x
Anna Pamenter
Cait Whittard
Women’s Lightweight 2x
Zoe Durcak
Julia Teixeira
Women’s 1x
Hailey Mercuri
Men’s 8+
Kai Bartel
Adrian Breen
Michael Ciepiela
Preston Darling
Payton Gauthier
Aidan Hembruff
Shane Keagan
Niko Schramm
Riley Pizek (Coxswain)
Men’s 4-
Michael Ciepiela
Payton Gauthier
Aidan Hembruff
Niko Schramm
Men’s 4x
Owen Bartel
Stephen Harris
Lucas Maroney
Alessio Perco
Men’s 2-
Kai Bartel
Shane Keagan
Men’s 2x
Owen Bartel
Lucas Maroney
Men’s Lightweight 2x
Stephen Harris
Alessio Perco
Men’s 1x
Stephen Harris
*Crew members may be subject to change.
The Canada Summer Games are a major sporting event in Canada and serve as a steppingstone for rowers and all athletes towards representing Canada in sporting events on the international stage. At previous editions of the event, Ontario athletes have been a dominant force and rowers have played a large role in Team Ontario’s overall success at the Games. In 2017, Ontario led the overall medal standings with 210 medals (86 gold, 65 silver, 59 bronze) while Ontario rowers brought home a total of ten medals (7 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze). Their seven gold medals were the most in the nation. As of Aug. 19, Team Ontario leads the overall 2022 medal standings with 132 (53 gold, 40 silver, 39 bronze).
