Nancy Storrs indoor rowing results

Ridley College’s fieldhouse was buzzing with activity Saturday as it played host to the Nancy Storrs Indoor Rowing Championships.

There were 571 competitors racing, ranging in age to 66 from nine, as the numbers rebounded nicely to pre-COVID levels.

“The sport is coming back, there are more kids getting involved again and we have a few more clubs joining,” regatta chair Caitlin Pauls said. “The sport is continuing to grow which is fantastic. We also added the under-13 and under-15 events (last year) to bring in the younger generation.”

The competitive highlight of the meet was authored by Victoria Gates from Niagara Falls Rowing Club. She pulled an event record in the junior high school women’s event, beating the previous record from 2000 by 0.6 seconds.

This year’s championships were also the Ontario championships. In the future, RowOntario is planning to take over the Ontario championships and the Ridley Graduate Boat Club will continue to host the Nancy Storrs championships.

Following are the winners and top five local results from the championships:

Junior high school men: 1. William Babineau, Crossley (6:39.8); 2. Marcus Santoro, Centennial; 3. Joshua Vander Vaart, Denis Morris.

Junior high school women: 1. Virginia Gates, NFRC (7:17); 2. Karina Biktimirova, Churchill; 4. Kaylee Giesbrecht, St. Francis; 5. Kennedy Bartel, Eden.

Junior high school men (150 pounds): 1. Luke Winterbottom, Ridley (7:08.2); 2. William Looby, Crossley; 4. Cam Jackson, Crossley; 5. Liam Renwick, Crossley.

Junior high school men (165 pounds); 1. Jack Moyer, Crossley (6:46.9); 2. Myles Quintyn, NFRC; 3. Hunter Guillemette, Crossley; 3. Ashton Kidd, Ridley.

Junior high school women (135 pounds): 1. Shanelle Burcher, Denis Morris (7:53.1); 2. Danielle Smith, Holy Cross; 3. Allegra Duncan, Churchill; 4. Lauren Deprez, NFRC.

Junior high school women (145 pounds): 1. Madeline Ormsby, Denis Morris (7:54.1); 2. Olivia Wist, Blessed Trinity; 3. Fleur Goedhart, Crossley; 5. Sophia Girotti-Switzer, Simcoe.

Senior high school men (150 pounds): 1. Chris Irvine, Crossley (6:58.7); 2. Christian Lobo, Blessed Trinity; 3. Andy Nawrocki, Crossley; 4. Colin Hughes, Eden; 5. Dane Lancaster, Crossley.

Senior high school men (165 pounds): 1. Aaron Jackson, Crossley (6:38.2); 2. Liam Shapland, Crossley; 3. Andrew Schrompf, Ridley; 4. James Cuff, Crossley.

Senior high school women (135 pounds): 1. Kairsen Frick, Churchill (7:45.3); 2. Sarah Graham, Crossley; 3. Ava Hodgson, NFRC; 4 Emerson Darling, Crossley; 5. Pippa Soyka Rozendaal, Churchill.

Senior high school women (145 pounds): 1. Ashlyn Fehr, NFRC (7:32.3); 2. Sarah Stacey, Crossley; 3. Sabrina Cottringer, NFRC; 4. Kaitlyn Furtney, Crossley.

Senior high school women: 1. Emma Goedhart, Crossley (7:14.6); 2. Charlotte Pieckenhagen, Ridley; 3. Daniella Sexton, NFRC; 4. Mackenzie Murray, NFRC; 5. Jade Postma, Ridley.

Senior high school men: 1. Callen Pieckenhagen, Ridley (6:17.6); 3. Shawn Nesbitt, Ridley; 5. Quinn Kraus, Ridley.

Lightweight/open women: 1. Malarie Jones, Crossley (7:14.5).

Lightweight men 19-22: 1. Heath McAllister, unaffiliated (6:36.9); 2. Joey Everitt, Welland Centennial.

Open 19-22 men: 1. Geon Youn, McMaster (6:42.9).

Masters women: 1. Janet Bolton, Hanlan (7:45.1, adjusted 7:21.1).

Masters men: 1. Matt Kingswood, unaffiliated (7:09.7, adjusted 6:39.7).

Under-13 men (500 metres): 1. Matthew Pecorella, Orillia RC (1:49.6); 4. Tevan Mazmanian, Notre Dame; 4. John Morey, Ridley; 5. Morty Karelse, Ridley.

Under-15 men (500 metres): 1. Max Huang, Upper Canada (1:35.8).

Under-13/15 women: 1. Violet Najjar. Don RC (1:51.6); 2. Faye Bowen, Ridley; 3. Sophie Ainoulina, Ridley; 5. Sharkey Flannery, Ridley.