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RMC SPORTS ROUNDUP
Mar 7 2016
NCdt Choi 27000, DCWSRO
Athlete of the Week
Scott MacGregor won
bronze in Junior Men’s
Épée during the
Ontario Fencing
Provincials this past
weekend at RMC.
THIS WEEK IN VARSITY
ATHLETICS AND
COMPETITVE CLUBS
• RMC fencing hosts OFA
Provincial Tournament
• Swim team participates in
Thornhill Invitational Swim
Meet
• Taekwondo team competes in
the annual Sport Taekwondo
Open at Ryerson University
Visit www.oua.ca or
www.cis-sic.ca for updates
on standings and results
For more information about
the varsity program, visit
www.rmc.ca
Men’s Fencing
Men’s Épée
This past weekend, OCdt English, OCdt Kelertas, OCdt Mansour, OCdt
Conant, and OCdt MacGregor competed at the OFA Provincials in men’s
épée. The competition was tough, but the team fought hard and did well.
MacGregor won bronze in the Junior Men’s Épée event.
Men’s Foil
Overall, Provincials at RMC went smoothly and efficiently in terms of how
the tournament ran. In the men’s senior foil category, Parris and Sylvain
made it into DE’s. Although men’s foil didn’t do well in terms of results, we
all learned a valuable lesson. We know what we have to work on and we all
believe that private lessons are essential for improving our skills. The team
was content with what we had accomplished in this tournament. Tommy
Lee and Dan Ortega faced a national level fencer in their bouts and both of
them only lost by a close 4-5. This definitely indicates that they have
improved and therefore, we are satisfied with the performance of our team.
Men’s Sabre
L’équipe de sabre masculin a dans l’ensemble bien fait lors des provinciaux
Ontariens. Les élofs Pageau et Kim ont terminé tous les deux dans le top 20.
L’élof Kim a également eu la chance de combattre contre un arbitre actuel
et ancien membre de l’équipe nationale. Ce fut donc une belle expérience
pour les tireurs du RMC, pouvant pratiquer leur sport à la maison contre
des gens de très haut calibre.
Women’s Fencing
Women’s Épée
Provincials proved a challenging yet rewarding experience for
the women's épée team. For the senior event, Victoria
McCormick (IV) placed 5th, Cecily McDonnell (II) 9th, Eliza Bruce
(II) 26th, Jordan Johnson (I) 28th, and Madison Van Camp (II)
30th. Cecily and Jordan both fenced in the junior event as well, as
Cecily won a bronze medal and Jordan placed 14th. Congrats to
an exciting and busy end to an incredible year of
performance. The fencing team efficiently facilitated the
operations, set-up, and tear down of the whole weekend and
helped make this a milestone event for the fencing team, the
community of Kingston, and the college.
Women’s Foil
The women’s foil team participated at OFA provincials this past
weekend, here at RMCC. It was a high level competition and put
all the skills and knowledge they had learned and practiced over
the year to use. After a tough competition, OCdt St-Amand and
OCdt Mclean finished in the top 16, while OCdt Guo and OCdt
Choi followed close behind.
Women’s Sabre
L'équipe d'escrime a passé la fin de semaine du 5 au 6 mars 2016 à
Kingston dans le cadre de la compétition provinciale annuelle.
L'équipe de sabre féminine a participé dans deux événements, les
juniors et séniors. L'Elof Horeczy (I) a participé dans la catégorie
junior et s'est classée 20ème sur 22 compétiteurs. Elle s'est
ensuite jointe au reste de l'équipe, Elof Cho (IV) et Elof Iver (III)
pour les évènements séniors. Le championnat fut très fructueux,
avec Elof Iver (III) et Elof Cho (IV) se classant respectivement
huitième et onzième place sur 22 compétiteurs.
Competitive Club News
Swimming
Aiden Kim - 1st (50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, 100 free)
William Pover - 1st (200 IM, 50 fly)
Dain Saulnier - 2nd (50 fly, 200 IM, 200 breast, 100 breast), 1st (200 free)
Celine Faucher - 1st (50 back)
Pavlo Besedin - 3rd (50 fly)
Kommy Farahani - 2nd (400 free)
Taekwondo
Four members of the RMC Taekwondo team traveled to Toronto to compete at the
annual Sport Taekwondo Open tournament hosted at Ryerson University in
Toronto. All four RMC team members had a dominant podium finish with 3 first
place finishes and one 2nd place finish.
Day one of competition started with NCdt Severn Mozer, OCdt Antony Cai, and
OCdt Antoine Boule taking to the ring. OCdt Antony Cai took first place in the
men’s lightweight yellow belt division with a first round overtime win and a 7-4
win in the finals. NCdt Severn Mozer finished with a dominant performance in
the men’s heavyweight green belt division, in the first round winning 8-3, and 9-2
in the finals. OCdt Antoine Boule was in complete control in all three of his men’s
blackbelt lightweight divisioin matches. In all three rounds OCdt Boule faced
opponents from the University of Toronto winning 9-3 in the first round, 13-9 in the
semi-finals and 9-2 in the final match to take first place. At the end of the first day
of competition the RMC Taekwondo team had three first place finishes.
On day two, it was NCdt Thomas Song’s turn to represent RMC in the men’s high
performance Olympic division three. He fought two hard fought competitive
matches. NCdt Song won his semi-final match 12-9 but lost in the finals 17-14.
Final results:
OCdt Antony Cai
NCdt Severn Mozer
OCdt Antoine Boule
NCdt Thomas Song
Men’s lightweight yellow belt
Men’s heavyweight green belt
Men’s lightweight black belt
Men’s HP Olympic division
1st place
1st place
1st place
2nd place
Graduating Players
Women’s Fencing
The RMC Women's Fencing team has four graduating athletes this year: Julie Cho
(sabre), Adolina Gawne (sabre), Chelsey Guo (foil) and Victoria McCormick
(épée). We are all so proud of how well the team did this year and would like to
thank our teammates for making our final year so memorable!
Most memorable moment:
JC: Maybe it's just fresh in my mind because of its immediacy, but during my last
OUA Championships, one of my opponents was literally eating her lunch while
she defeated me.
CG: Facing Western this year at OUAs and beating them as a team, then going on
to winning silver.
VM: Winning gold at Carleton this year, and every time Harry's hits were so
perfect that he yelled.
Favourite thing about your weapon team:
JC: They let me wear whatever I want in the hotel room
CG: No matter what happens to each person, we can pull together as a team.
Also they're just the best!
VM: Everything. All the wépée bonding and inside jokes; you girls are my rocks
and have made my time at RMC amazing.
Favourite competition:
JC: Typically the Brock Open is my favorite competition because it's our flagship
away trip.
CG: OUAs because it involves individual and team effort. You really get to see
how every person contributes to the final results.
VM: Every Canada Cup (National) event because you gain so much experience
from the fencing and you make so many memories with the teammates that
choose to go.
Announcements
Dale Towe of the men’s volleyball team was
named to the CIS All-Rookie Team on
Wednesday. He is the first RMCC athlete ever
to be recognized nationally as an All-Rookie.
Congratulations Dale!
Men’s Rugby travels to Vancouver this
Wednesday for 2016 National University 7s
Championship. Best of luck to the team!
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