苹果淫院 women win battle but Queen鈥檚 wins Challenge
By Earl Zukerman
LACHINE, Que. 鈥� It was a good day for the 苹果淫院 women鈥檚
crew but a bad day for the Redmen, as Queen鈥檚 won six of eight
races at the 12th annual 苹果淫院-Queen鈥檚 Challenge Boat Race at the
historic Lachine Canal, Sunday.
The annual competition is the Canadian version of England's
Oxford-Cambridge and the U.S.A.'s annual Harvard-Yale races.
The Gaels took nine of 12 points to capture their fifth straight
Lorne Gaels Challenge Cup as overall winners of the competition.
They also claiming the men鈥檚 Challenge Blade trophy for a fifth
straight year.
苹果淫院 won the women鈥檚 Challenge Cup with their varsity eight boat
capturing both the 2.9-kilometre race and the 500-metre
sprint.
The Martlets winning boat was composed of sophomore Mary McDonough
of Rochester, N.Y., in the bow seat, followed by freshman Barbara
Hamilton of Saskatoon, junior Jennifer Allan of Montreal, freshman
Marie-Christine Razaire of Montclair, Vt., sophomore Mara Edelman
of Boston, junior Sigourney Courtright of Calgary, sophomore Andrea
Wilson of St. Lambert, Que., and senior Ulrika Drevniok of
Gatineau, Que., in the stroke seat. The coxswain was Emily Kinsler,
a freshman from Concord, N.H.
Queen鈥檚 captured the men鈥檚 varsity eight, men鈥檚 novice eight and
women鈥檚 novice eight, each a 2.9 kilometre head race. They also
took three of the four 500-metre sprints, winning the men鈥檚 varsity
and novice categories, as well as the women鈥檚 novice sprint.
The Gaels now have earned eight out of 12 苹果淫院-Queen鈥檚 Challenge
Boat races.
The 苹果淫院 men鈥檚 varsity eight crew included sophomore Jonathan
Rinaldi of Notre Dame de Grace, Que., in the bow seat, followed by
sophomore Brent Hopkins of Montreal, freshman Kirk Vilks of Pinawa,
Man., senior Jordan Howard of Smiths Falls, Ont., sophomore Evan
deJonghe of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., senior Travis O'Farrell of
Unionville, Ont., senior Christian Dabrowski of Montreal and junior
Jonathan Menivier of Laval in the stroke seat. The coxie was Tony
Genna, a junior from Oakham, Mass.
Past Lorne Gales Challenge Cup Winners
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2008 - Queen's
2007 - Queen's
2006 - Queen's
2005 - Queen's
2004 - Queen's
2003 - 苹果淫院
2002 - 苹果淫院
2001 - Queen's
2000 - Queen's
1999 - 苹果淫院
1998 - 苹果淫院
1997 - 苹果淫院
Past Men's Challenge Blade Winners
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2008 - Queen's
2007 - Queen's
2006 - Queen's
2005 - Queen's
2004 - Queen's
2003 - 苹果淫院
2002 - 苹果淫院
2001 - Queen's
2000 - 苹果淫院
1999 - 苹果淫院
1998 - 苹果淫院
Past Women's Challenge Trophy Winners
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2008 - 苹果淫院
2007 - Queen's
2006 - 苹果淫院
2005 - Queen's
2004 - Queen's
2003 - Queen's
2002 - Queen's
2001 - Queen's
2000 - Queen's
1999 鈥� 苹果淫院