Thorold, Ont. (via Brock Badgers) – A strong second day of competition propelled the Western Mustangs to their 17th Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Figure Skating Championship on Wednesday, March 6 at Canada Games Park.

It was a close battle for first as the Mustangs (89) won by a mere three points over the second- place Toronto Varsity Blues (86).

On Day 1, the Mustangs trailed the Blues by eight points and put together an impressive second day of competition, earning 44 points on Wednesday to take the banner.

Western led all schools with five gold medals with Toronto trailing close behind with three. The Varsity Blues finished with a competition-high 11 total medals.

The Guelph Gryphons held on to their third-place spot from the first day to earn the bronze medal with 76 points.

At the end of the competition, two major awards were handed out. Brock’s Emily McCarthy won Coach of the Year, and the Badgers also took home the Team Spirit Award.

Final Standings

1. Western - 89
2. Toronto - 86
3. Guelph - 76
4. Queen's - 48
5. McMaster - 40
6. Waterloo - 34
7. Brock - 26
T8. Carleton - 2
T8. TMU - 2
T8. York - 2

Coach of the Year - Emily McCarthy, Brock
Team Spirit Award - Brock Badgers 

Final Results

Star 8/9 Couples Dance

1. Queen’s (Jade Paganelli, Juliana Ye)
2. Toronto (Katelyn Pavlidis, Hugo Li)
3. Western (Michelle Wong, Kelly Song)

Open Gold Artistic

1. Western (Evelyn Walsh)
2. Queen’s (Zander Neilsen)
3. Toronto (Erin Ng)

Star 10 Women Solo Dance

1. Toronto (Katelyn Pavlidis)
2. Western (Michelle Wong)
3. Guelph (Zoe Graziano)

Senior Couples Pairs

1. Toronto (Hugo Li, Gabriella Guo)
2. Guelph (Helene Carle, Olivia Farrow)
3. McMaster (Catalina Costiuc, Alistair Lam)

Open Rhythm Couples Dance

1. Guelph (Olivia Farrow, Kendra Knott)
2. Western (Natalie D’Alessandro, Hannah Gray)
3. Waterloo (Rebecca Brown, Karina Wilk)

Novice Women Short Program

1. Toronto (Gabriella Guo)
2. Brock (Alyssa Cross)
3. Guelph (Helene Carle)

Dance Fours

1. Western (Natalie D’Alessandro, Victoria Morgado, Josh Andari, Keanna Davidson)
2. Waterloo (Darshak Patel, Rebecca Brown, Annika Zamora, Karina Wilk)
3. Brock (Alyssa Cross, Camile DeThomasis, Hayley Keith, Kaia Fogh)

Pairs Fours

1. Guelph (Helene Carle, Olivia Farrow, Ashley Goodliff, Catherine Carle)
2. Toronto (Katelyn Pavlidis, Gabriella Guo, Nicole Chan, Karisa Wang)
3. Waterloo (Kaitlin Wilk, Rowan Staines, Isabelle Wang, Edward Wang)

Star 10 Couples Dance

1. Western (Victoria Morgado, Josh Andari)
2. Toronto (Emily Cleghorn, Nicholas Grozdanovski)
3. Waterloo (Emmaline Stark, Emma Wai)

Intermediate Couples Pairs

1. Guelph (Emma Carlucci, Lucy Street)
2. Toronto (Olivia Pulsifer, Nicole Chan)
3. Brock (Trinity Males, Olivia Hussey)