Competition/ Mar 6

Weekend Wrap: 35th Annual Ontario Indoor Rowing Championships

The Ontario Indoor Rowing Championships took place from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ont., on Saturday and featured over 500 entries from schools and clubs across Ontario.

The annual event, which was the 35th in history, returned to pre-pandemic levels with 578 entries from 33 clubs and schools. Last year, the event was the first indoor rowing competition to be held in Ontario since the pandemic began and drew 220 entries. With the entries back up the Ridley College Fieldhouse was busy throughout the day on Saturday, as competitors competed across youth, junior high school, senior high school, masters and open divisions over 500m (youth) and 2000m.

Competing in the senior high school division, Caillen Pieckenhagen of the host Ridley College delivered the fastest time of the day on the men’s side, crossing the finish line in a time of 6:24.6. Malarie Jones of EL Crossley paced the women’s side, as she scored the top time 6:59.1 while racing in the senior women’s high school division.

Category Winners

U13 Men (500m): Clark St. Armand – Ridley College – 1:52.7
U13 Women (500m): Gwen Scobie – Ridley Graduate Boat Club – 2:04.3
U15 Men (500m): Zican Lu – Ridley College – 1:44.9
U15 Women (500m): Braelyn Johnston – Notre Dame RC – 1:47.2
Junior HS Men: Adam Falvo – Notre Dame RC – 6:58.3
Junior HS Women: Sydney Swick – Ridley College – 7:24.5
Junior HS 150 Men: Levi Patterson-Raby – Sir Winston Churchill – 7:02.8
Junior HS 135 Women: Rheagan Hamm – Denis Morris – 7:53.6
Junior HS 165 Men: Jack Moyer – Eden HS – 6:56.6
Junior HS 145 Women: Kailey McKimm – Denis Morris – 7:55.3
Senior HS 150 Men: Liam Shapland – EL Crossley – 6:54.7
Senior HS 135 Women: Kairsen Frick – Sir Winston Churchill – 7:41.5
Senior HS 165 Men: Preston Darling – EL Crossley – 6:26.8
Senior HS 145 Women: Sarah Stacey – EL Crossley – 7:29.0
Senior HS Men: Caillen Pieckenhagen – Ridley College – 6:24.6
Senior HS Women: Malarie Jones – EL Crossley – 6:59.1
Open Women: Natasha Kozak – University of Waterloo – 7:30.5
Lightweight Men: Ahmet Gulsaran – University of Waterloo – 7:02.3
Open Men: Lucas Austin – Ridley Graduate Boat Club – 6:44.7
Masters Women: Rae Ceccato – St. Catharines RC – 7:41.0 (adj)
Masters Men: Andrewn Borden – Guelph RC – 6:51.8 (adj)