FIGURE SKATING RECAP: Gryphons Finish 4th at 2020 OUA Championships

TORONTO, Ont. – The Guelph Gryphons varsity skating team finished the 2019-20 season on a strong note in Toronto, finishing 4th out of nine schools at the 2020 OUA Figure Skating Championships. The two-day, conference championship event was hosted by Ryerson University, where the Gryphons were represented on the podium on four separate occasions over the course of two days at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. The Toronto Varsity Blues made it five straight OUA titles, claiming 123 total points over the two-days. The Gryphons finished just three points back of a top three finish, with McMaster (50 points) narrowly edging the Gryphons (47 points) in the final team standings.

"Overall, the team skated well," said Gryphons head coach Janet Gibson. "We were in a solid 3rd-place finishing spot, but at the last moment and in the last event, made a few errors that cost us the bronze medal. Our athletes had their sights set on the podium, so it was a disappointing finish, but hopefully this 4th-place finish will make them that much more driven next season and they will be sure to be on the podium in 2021."

Gryphon rookies Colleen Black and River Christiano impressed in their OUA debuts, earning the silver medal in the senior similar Dance pairs event.

Rookie Laura Dawson produced perhaps her best performance of the season with a clean skate in the ladies long program, earning her an OUA silver medal. While fellow first-year Misaki Ojiro skated her way to the podium as well with a bronze medal in the Novice women's short program. First-year Laura Dawson and third-year team captain Olivia Stallaert won the bronze medal in the senior similar free skate pairs event.

Final Team Standings
1. Toronto (123 points)
2. Western (88)
3. McMaster (50)
4. Guelph (47)
5. Queen's (32)
6. Carleton (23)
7. Ryerson (19)
8. Waterloo (13)
9. Brock (10)

Star 10 Similar Dance
1. Western (Jazz Smyl Joly, Alexa Shelley)
2. Guelph (River Christiano, Colleen Black)
3. Toronto (Emma Jianopoulos, Stephanie Carroll)

Star 10 Freeskate
1. Ryerson (Kaitlyn Wilson)
2. Toronto (Katherine Mitchell)
3. Western (Gratiana Chen)

Open Rhythm Dance
1. Toronto (Yohanna Broker, Jessica Reid)
2. McMaster (Laura Emery, Isabella Mancini)
3. Queen's (Mara Spence, Emma Bonfiglia)

Senior Similar Pairs Freeskate
1. Toronto (Keiko Marshall, Melanie Zavitski)
2. Western (Madison Shaw, Clara Campbell)
3. Guelph (Olivia Stallaert, Laura Dawson)

Star 10 Solo Dance
1. Toronto (Chyna Hui)
2. McMaster (Belvina Mao)
3. Western (Anna Cappuccitti)

Novice Short Program
1. Toronto (Keiko Marshall)
2. McMaster (Isabella Mancini)
3. Guelph (Misaki Ojiro)

Dance Fours
1. Western
2. Toronto
3. Carleton

Intermediate Similar Pairs Freeskate
1. Toronto (Chloe Zhou, Gloria Gao)
2. Queen's (Elena Koning, Brianna Kaplanis)
3. Brock (Daniella Scruto, Hayley Keith)

Gold Singles
1. Toronto (Jennifer Parker)
2. Guelph (Laura Dawson)
3. Western (Clara Campbell)

Gold Solo Dance
1. Toronto (Emma Jianopoulos)
2. McMaster (Laura Emery)
3. Western (Jazz Smyl Joly)

Pairs Fours
1. Western
2. Toronto
3. McMaster

Star 8/9 Similar Dance
1. Queen's (Charlotte Lawson, Brittaney Everitt)
2. Toronto (Chyna Hui, Maggie Chen)
3. Western (Anna Cappuccitti, Jasmine Wu)

Men's Freeskate
1. Western (Denis Margalik)
2. Carleton (David Birinberg)
3. Toronto (Joshua Allen)

Synchro
1. Toronto
2. Western
3. McMaster

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