Queen's Artistic Swimming had a successful weekend at the CUASL Nationals in Winnipeg, Man. this past weekend, while Queen's Men's Fencing finished in seventh place at the OUA Men's Fencing Championship in Ottawa, Ont.

Queen's Artistic Swimming

The Queen's Artistic Swimming Club was flying high this weekend both literally and metaphorically as they made their way to Winnipeg this weekend to compete at CUASL Nationals. Overall, club athletes earned many personal bests and a majority of routines achieved a place in the top ten.

In the Experienced tier, Claire Christie and Caitlyn Nichols gave an exceptional performance with excellent synchronization and secured a seventh place finish in the free duet competition. Also swimming in this event were Meghan VrKoc and Noémie Guindon-Riopel who energized the judges with their Great Gatsby routine and earned ninth place.
 
Soloist Sarah Taylor swam beautifully and showed off her musicality in her free routine, which earned her ninth place.

The Experienced team ended the weekend on an extremely positive note after an amazing swim at finals that moved them up two places from prelims and granted them a fourth place finish for the team free event.

In the Novice tier, the team demonstrated their resilience in learning many new skills this season in their fight for a personal best score. They earned eighth place for their technical routine in what was a very close competition.

Novice athlete Margarita Liubetskaya also ended her four-year tenure in the program with an incredibly strong performance in the technical solo competition that showcased both her power and grace.

Queen's Men's Fencing
 
Queen's Men's Fencing Team finished seventh overall at the 2024 Men's OUA Fencing Championship hosted by the University of Ottawa at the EY Centre from March 16-17.
 
Queen's faced stiff competition in the first day's individual events but nevertheless had five Top 16 finishes. Luke Steverango had the best individual result for the Gaels, coming in 10th in Men's Sabre with Filbert Yung finishing in 11th in the event. In the Men's Foil Individual event, Cameron Hostetler Keates, Sam James Broughton, and Pendelton Murray came 13th, 14th, and 15th, respectively.
 
In Sunday's Team events, the Men's Sabre team consisting of Luke Steverango, Filbert Yung, Andrew Boulos, and Lucas Joonwoo Byun finished in fourth place following a close Bronze-medal match against Western. The Queen's Men's Foil team - comprised of Cameron Hostetler Keates, Sam Broughton, Ewan Peterson, and Daniel Rastin - came in fifth after defeating TMU. Queen's Men's Epee (Daniel Peizhen Li, Herbert Wang, Adrian Yip, & Nathan Harrison) ended the day in 10th after a difficult round of poules.
 
Full Results:
 
Sabre
Luke Steverango - 10th
Filbert Yung - 11th
Andrew Boulos - 30th
Lucas Joonwoo Byun - 32nd
Team - 4th
 
Foil
Cameron Hostetler Keates - 13th
Sam James Broughton - 14th
Pendleton Murray - 15th
Ewan Peterson - 22nd
Team - 5th
 
Epee
Daniel Peizhen Li - 23rd
Herbert Wang - 36th
Adrian Yip - 40th
Nathan Harrison - 42nd
Team - 10th