Women rowers make it six in a row

The Vikes women’s rowing team won their sixth consecutive Canadian University Championship in St. Catherines, Ontario last weekend.

UVic finished with 90 points, more than double that of the second place team from University of Western Ontario. The team has held the title ever since it was first introduced. The Vikes men’s squad finished second overall but won what’s considered the major race—the men’s eights.

Elsewhere in Ontario, the Vikes women’s cross country team was chasing their fifth consecutive Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) title in Ottawa but had to settle for the bronze medal behind powerful teams from the Universities of Toronto and Manitoba. Andrea Depol was named as a second team All-Canadian. The men’s cross country team finished eighth.

At nearby London, Ontario, the Vikes men’s soccer team finished third in their pool and missed the medal round at the CIS championships, but team members Jordan Robinson was named a second team CIS all-star and Kingsley Jones was named a tournament all-star.