McVicar named Nordic skiing OUA All-Star
The Nordic skiiing teams competed in the OUA championships at Laurentian University in Sudbury last weekend. The men’s team finished seventh out of eight teams, while the women placed fifth. The Lakehead Thunderwolves won both tournaments, claiming their fourth consecutive championships on both the men’s and women’s sides. The Gaels were led by a strong performance from Julie McVicar, who finished seventh out of 39 skiers in the women’s five-kilometre classic. McVicar was the only Gael named to the 10-member OUA All-Star team.
—Andrew Bucholtz
Synchronized swimming finishes third in Canada
The 2008 Canadian University Synchronized Swimming Championship took place last Saturday at the PEC pool. Queen’s yellow team placed third in the team free routine, taking a tie-break over the Waterloo-Laurier team. The Queen’s blue team placed 10th.
The yellow team, coached by Colleen Daly, was composed of Lyndsey Cox, Jenn Dwyer, Meaghan Hartwell, Victoria Johnston, Laura Killey, Amanda Secord, Elena Spronk and Krista Wollny.
The blue team, coached by Leslie Grey, was made of up Caroline Furrer, Erica Gallant, Jan He, Lynn Gammie, Allison Love, Laura Mouck and Charlotte Morden.
In the duet free routine, the Queen’s team of Secord and Wollny placed in ninth. Bri Botsford finished ninth for Queen’s in the solo free routine.
—Mike Woods
Arthur makes waves for swimming team
Queen’s swimmer Jen Arthur led the way at last weekend’s OUA championships in Toronto, winning the school’s only medal and qualifying herself for the Canadian Senior National Championship this summer.
Arthur, whose qualifying time of 28.82 seconds shattered the previous Queen’s record by almost a full second, finished with a bronze medal in the 50-metre butterfly race that qualified her for the CIS Championships Feb. 22-24 in Vancouver.
Her time was only 0.21 seconds off the gold-medal pace. She also placed seventh in the 50-metre freestyle and barely missed qualifying for the Canadian Olympic Trials, missing the cut by just over a quarter of a second.
Arthur’s result helped the women’s team finish 11th overall, while the men’s team placed eighth. The host team, the University of Toronto, captured both overall titles.
The men’s team had two top-10 finishes from captain Chris Kreutzner, placing ninth in the men’s 50-metre butterfly and picking up 10th in the 50-metre breaststroke.
Along with the CIS championships, Arthur will also compete this summer in Calgary at the Canadian Senior National Championship.
—Ryan Kidd
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