St. Catherines, Ont. (October 11, 2014) - After a week of windy and rainy conditions, the Gaels luck turned for excellent weather on Saturday for this year's Brock Invitational Regatta in St. Catharine's. Under sunny skies the Gaels turned out a handful of solid second and third place results, despite being shut out of first place by the University of Western Ontario Mustangs and the Brock Badgers.

Of Queen's medals, the women earned seven, including six silver and one bronze in the following categories:
-W 1x Larkin Davenport Huyer: 2nd place
-W 2x  Meredith Adams and Milica Banic: 2nd Place
-W Lwt 4+ coxed by Kiri De New: 2nd place
-W 4+ coxed by Shelby Stinnissen: 2nd place
-W Lwt 8+ coxed by Kiri De New: 2nd place
-W 8+ coxed by Shelby Stinnissen: 2nd Place
-W Lwt 1x Danielle Abusow: 3rd Place

On the men's side, the Geals ended Saturday with one silver medal and four bronze in the following categories:
-M 1x Matt Christie: 2nd Place
-M 2x Matt Christie and Richard Fennema: 3rd place
-M Lwt 4+ coxed by William Mulcahy: 3rd place
-M 4+ coxed by Nadia Munk: 3rd Place
-M 8+ coxed by Nadia Munk: 3rd Place

The Gaels are gearing up for OUA's on October 25, when they will return to St. Catharine's and make a bid for the banner.

Lightweight sculler Matt Christie will be competing at the Head of the Charles in Boston this weekend.

Click for full results from the Brock Invitational.