MEN'S FENCING
Queen's Men's Fencing Win Individual Sabre Silver, Team Sabre Silver, Team Epee Silver and Bronze in the Overall Competition
St. Catharines, Ont. (February 2, 2020) – The Queen's Gaels earned the overall Bronze at the 2019-20 OUA Men's Fencing Championships hosted by Brock University.
In the Individual events held on Saturday, Queen's rookie Alex Sun earned the silver medal in Sabre event and with a number of top 16 finishes, the team scored enough points to put the Gaels in the fourth place overall after the first day of competition.
During Sunday's team's events, the Men's Sabre Team (Luke Steverango, Alex Sun, Kerith Tung, & Kenneth West) earned a silver in the Finals against RMC.
The Epee team (Isaac Hogan, Matthew Litwin, Rory McEwen, & Spencer McGregor) replicated this success earning Silver in their team finals against the University of Toronto. Queen's Men's Foil (Michael Ciomyk, Ben Laurin, Marc Schwenteck, & Kevin Wong) ended their day in ninth place.
As a result of their strong finishes in the team relay events, the Gaels finished third in the overall competition, up two spots from the previous year. For his efforts all weekend Sun was also named an OUA All-Star.
The Queen's Women's Fencing Team is hosting their championship event at the ARC on February 8th-9th, 2020.
FINAL STANDINGS
Toronto, 337
RMC, 272
Queen's, 158
Brock, 151
Western, 149
Ryerson, 132
Carleton, 112
Waterloo, 85
McMaster, 58
Trent, 15
Guelph, 7
York, 0
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
OUA All-Stars
Sabre:
Alex Sun, Queen's
DAY 2 TEAM RELAY RESULTS
Epee Team
Gold: Toronto (Mucsi, Zimmerman, Leung, McCurdy)
Silver: Queen's (Litwin, McGregor, McEwen, Hogan)
Bronze: Western (Huang, Wu, Tobin, ODwyer)
Sabre Team
Gold: RMC (Whelan, Clements, Grenier, Ro)
Silver: Queen's (Sun, West, Tung, Steverango)
Bronze: Toronto (Logan, Yung, Haigh, Huang)
DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Sabre Individual
Gold (Schwende Trophy): Garrett Whelan, RMC
Silver: Alex Sun, Queen's
Bronze: Aaron Olmstead, Brock
WOMEN'S AND MEN'S WRESTLING
Last weekend, the Queen's Wrestling Team competed at the OUA championships in Guelph.
Matches were tough and brutal as wrestlers from across the province compete for their U SPORTS championship spot from Ontario. Kenna Wignet, 48kg Women's, placed 4th in her weight class. She demonstrated outstanding perseverance at the championship.
Karly Kundrinko, 55kg Women's, placed 5th in her weight class. Karly has had an amazing performance thus far and continues to amaze us with her ability to fight through the face of adversity.
Claire Vandesande, 72kg Women's, placed 7th in her weight class. Claire has demonstrated a remarkable sense of support and optimism that has shown her to be victorious time and time again throughout the season.
William Ye, 61kg Men's, placed 6th in his weight class. He took home a victory against Western's wrestler and subsequently fell against Lakehead's (who ended up winning gold).
Brian got 4th in 65kg. Joshua Aragone, 68kg Men's, placed 8th in his weight class. Prior to wrestling with Queen's, Joshua has never stepped foot on the mat. In a sport that is mentally and physically challenging to the greatest degree, Joshua has shown amazing ability and confidence in his actions.
Aidan MacCready, 72kg Men's, also placed 8th in his weight class. This was also his first year of wrestling and Aidan has demonstrated a remarkable sense of mat awareness. With more time, Aidan will be a force to be reckoned with.
Sam Keary, 76kg Men's, placed 4th in his weight class. Sam came out with two victories, one ending in a sub-30-second win against Algoma's finest and another via tech fall against Toronto.
As our season begins to wrap up, we would like to extend our thanks to two individuals who helped greatly at OUA's: Rebecca Hamilton and James Collingwood. Rebecca was, unfortunately, unable to compete at the OUA championship but she displayed astounding commitment and support to our wrestlers. She is a prime example of doing all you can and being all you can be. James rose above the call of duty and volunteered his time when we needed it the most. We would like to thank both James and Rebecca for their support and dedication to our team during OUA's.
Women's Team Standings:
Brock Badgers (63 points)
Western Mustangs (51 points)
Lakehead Thunderwolves (43 points)
Guelph Gryphons (38 points)
McMaster Marauders (21 points)
York Lions (19 points)
Toronto Varsity Blues (12 points)
Queen's Gaels (11 points)
Algoma Thunderbirds (9 points)
Ryerson Rams (0 points)
Men's Team Standings:
Brock Badgers (95 points)
McMaster Marauders (66 points)
Guelph Gryphons (63 points)
Lakehead Thunderwolves (58 points)
Western Mustangs (41 points)
Algoma Thunderbirds (29 points)
Ryerson Rams (20 points)
York Lions (18 points)
Toronto Varsity Blues (17 points)
Queen's Gaels (15 points)
