The Queen's Gaels finished with a fifth place overall finish as the 2019 OUA men's fencing championship wrapped up on Sunday evening (Feb. 10) at the University of Toronto's Athletic Centre Field House.
The Varsity Blues finished with 252 points, ahead of the Carleton Ravens (250) and bronze medalist RMC Paladins (214).
Ottawa's Patrick Fournier was awarded the George Tully Trophy, presented to the male fencer most proficient in skill, style and sportsmanship as judged by a panel of judges, while Rodney Carter of the Queen's Gaels earned OUA coach of the year honours.
TEAM RELAYS: The Queen's Gaels squad of Gavin Crowder, Matthew Litwin, Rory McEwen and Spencer McGregor banded together to finish with an OUA silver medal in the Epee team relay event. The Gaels lost out on the gold to the host Toronto Varsity Blues.
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION: In individual competition on day one, a pair of Gaels finished just outside the top three positions in the Epee. Queen's fencers Matthew Litwin and Spencer McGregor placed fourth and fifth respectively in the competition.
FINAL STANDINGS
1 Toronto, 252
2 Carleton, 250
3 RMC, 214
4 Brock, 176
5 Queen's, 126
6 Ryerson, 103
7 Ottawa, 89
8 Western, 82
9 York, 76
10 Waterloo, 71
11 McMaster, 47
12 Guelph, 11
13 Trent, 0
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
George Tully Trophy (Skill, Style & Sportsmanship): Patrick Fournier, Ottawa
Coach of the Year: Rodney Carter, Queen's
DAY 2 TEAM RELAY RESULTS
Foil Team
Gold: Carleton (Buster Biggs, Nick Hepner, Daniel Manyoki, Philip McCully)
Silver: Toronto (David Chen-Li, Teophile Lemay, Ben Xu, Leon Yao)
Bronze: Waterloo (Ryan Brennan, Gareth Marks, Caleb Tseng-Tham, Dexter Van Leeuwen)
Epee Team
Gold: Toronto (Nathaniel Adamian, Colin Dale, Beston Leung, Johnathan Zimmerman)
Silver: Queen's (Gavin Crowder, Matthew Litwin, Rory McEwen, Spencer McGregor)
Bronze: RMC (DJ Holtz, Byoungchan Kim, Scott MacGregor, Kyle MacKinnon)
Sabre Team
Gold: RMC (Hugo Clements, Kyle Grenier, Garrett Whelan, Gerson Zamor)
Silver: Carleton (Sean Cordeiro, Mo Ghazal, Alex Girard, Kusey Gunesli)
Bronze: Brock (Ryan Garcia, Dylan Head, Aaron Olmstead, Alexander Preston)
DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Foil Individual (Full Results)
Gold (Charles Walters Trophy): Patrick Fournier, Ottawa
Silver: Daniel Manyoki, Carleton
Bronze: Malcolm McLeod, Brock
Epee Individual (Full Results)
Gold (Desjarlais Trophy): Colin Dale, Toronto
Silver: Rick Wu, Western
Bronze: Alexander Zwegers, Ryerson
4th: Matthew Litwin, Queen's
5th: Spencer McGregor, Queen's
Sabre Individual (Full Results)
Gold (Schwende Trophy): Adrien Sparling, York
Silver: Aaron Olmstead, Brock
Bronze: Mo Ghazal, Carleton
