Weekend Wrap: Two Indoor Rowing Events Highlight First Weekend of March
The temperature in the air is still cold but the action on the erg was heating up the indoor rowing circuit this weekend with the running of the Nancy Storrs Ontario Indoor Rowing Championships and McMaster 2×4 Challenge.
The Nancy Storrs Ontario Indoor Rowing Championships was organized by the Ridley Graduate Boat Club and took place from its home at the Ridley College Fieldhouse in St. Catharines on Saturday, March 1. The event was well attended with 536 entries from 33 clubs or high school programs, who competed in U13, U15, junior high school, senior high school, open and masters race categories over 500m or 2000m distances. The fastest 2000m time for the men went to William Babineau (Senior HS) of EL Crossley SS, who finished his race in a time of 6:19.4. On the women’s side Elene Brett-Evans (Masters) of the Hanlan Boat Club had the top overall time with a finish of 7:07.3.
The McMaster 2×4 Challenge was hosted by the Leander Boat Club at the McMaster University Student Centre on Sunday, March 2. A total of 17 university programs, high schools or clubs took part in the always exciting event, which featured teams of four giving their all over 2000m for each competitor. The top women’s team at the event was the crew from U of T in the varsity division (25:51.8) while on the men’s side a crew from Western also scored the top finish time of the day (21:37.9) in the varsity division.
This weekend marked the final indoor event in Ontario for the winter as the competitive focus now turns to the outdoor season, which will kick off with the St. Catharines Rowing Club’s Early Bird Regatta on April 27.
Nancy Storrs Ontario Indoor Rowing Championships Category Winners
U13 Men – Clark Letford (1:56.3, 500m)
U13/U15 Women – Violet Najjar (1:51.0, 500m) – Don Rowing Club, Bella St. John (1:51.0, 500m) – Brockville Rowing Club
U15 Men – Alexander Santoro (1:35.7, 500m) – Unaffiliated
Junior HS Men 150 – Cam Jackson (6:59.7) – EL Crossley SS
Junior HS Women 135/145 – Lauren Deprez (7:51.8) – Niagara Falls Rowing Club
Junior HS Men 165 – Bram Cruickshank (6:53.3) – Upper Canada College Rowing
Junior HS Men – Luka Bosnjak (6:45.8) – Denis Morris CHS
Junior HS Women – Natalie McClure (7:35.2) – Argonaut Rowing Club
Senior HS Men 150 – Dane Lancaster (6:56.3) – EL Crossley SS
Senior HS Women 135 – Syrah Mills (7:49.2) – St. Francis HS
Senior HS Men 165 – Domenico Patitucci (6:32.9) – Denis Morris CHS
Senior HS Women 145 – Olivia Wist (7:44.5) – Blessed Trinity HS
Senior HS Men – William Babineau (6:19.4) – EL Crossley SS
Senior HS Women – Jade Postma (7:13.3) – Ridley College Rowing
Masters Men – Chris McAlpine (6:27.8) – St. Catharines Rowing Club
Masters Women – Elene Brett-Evans (7:07.3) – Hanlan Boat Club
*Results are unofficial
McMaster 2×4 Challenge Category Winners
HS Junior Women – Argonaut Rowing Club (32:11.4)
HS Senior Women – Argonaut Rowing Club (27:19.8)
University Novice Women – U of T (28:15.1)
University Novice Men – U of T (22:23.9)
University JV Men – U of T (23:39.1)
University JV Women – U of T (26:25.1)
University LWT Women – U of T (27:15.1)
University LWT Men – Western (23:59.2)
University Mixed – TMU (27:01.6)
University Varsity Women – U of T (25:51.8)
University Varsity Men – Western (21:37.9)
*Results are unofficial
For full results from the Nancy Storrs Ontario Indoor Rowing Championships, please visit RegattaCentral
For full results from the McMaster 2×4 Challenge, please visit RegattaCentral.
For the full regatta schedule, please visit the Row Ontario website.
Picture is property of EL Crossley Rowing.
