Queen's Rowing will return to the water after a successful 2022 campaign, which saw the Gaels earn multiple podiums and medals at both the OUA and national level.

Queen's started the 2022 season with seven first place finishes, two second place finishes, and one third place finish at the season-opening Head of the Trent.

At last year's OUA Championship, the Gaels earned three golds, four silvers, and four bronze medals, and followed it up with two silvers and a bronze medal at the Canadian University Rowing Championship.

Queen's Women's Rowing finished second overall at the OUA Championship and Queen's Men's Rowing finished third overall. Earning gold medals were the Women's Pair (Jacquie Groenewegen and Claire Ellison), Men's Pair (Kyle Nummi and Bob Bryden), and Men's Eight (Nummi, Bryden, Lucas Celia, Andrew Hubbard, Graham Shearing, Tom Stender, Alex Abicht, Ben Ravenscroft, and Megan Stellato).

Queen's Women's and Men's Rowing both finished fourth overall at the national championship, with the Women's Eight (Aliki Karanikas, Isabelle Ngo, Gillian Jansen, Ceilidh MacDonald, Emily Pain, Jacquie Groenewegen, Shaye de Paiva, Lauren Matai, Claire Ellison) and Men's Pair (Andrew Nummi and Bob Bryden) finishing second in their events, and the Women's Lightweight Four (Pain, Matai, Claire MacDougall, Brigitte Gaudert, Sara Stephenson) finishing third in their event.

The Gaels will open their varsity season on Saturday, Sept. 30 at the annual Head of the Trent Regatta in Peterborough, Ont.

Queen's will also compete in the Brock Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 14 in St. Catharines, Ont. before returning to St. Catharines for the OUA Rowing Championships from Friday, Oct. 27 to Saturday, Oct. 28.

The Gaels will end their varsity season at the Canadian University Rowing Championship (CURC) from Friday, Nov. 10 to Sunday, Nov. 12 in Burnaby, B.C.

“The season ahead is shaping up well, the team has great energy and we are feeding off each other's competitive spirits and positive attitudes. This fall is a mix of familiar faces in the upper years and fast young blood in the first years, as the season commences these two groups will together cement and commence their legacies for Queens Rowing.” - Bob Bryden

"The team is very excited to display the results of the hard work we've been putting in over the past month. We can't wait to race some fast crews from other schools while striving to get faster every day we're on the water." - Jacquie Groenewegen

“Following a summer season of impressive results both on the national and international stage I think all of us are pretty stoked to see how our hard work will translate into this fall season. We have a really great group of athletes this year, both on and off the water and we’re ready to show the rest of the crews what queens rowing is all about.” - Brigitte Gaudert

“I’m really excited to see what we as a team can accomplish this season — we have a strong group of returning athletes that have been really putting in the work the past few years, as well as a big group of first years that I think has a lot of potential! We’ve seen a lot of constructive momentum recently and I can’t wait to continue to build on it for a great season ahead.” - Tom Stender