Men’s Water Polo aims for OUA gold
Finishing at 9-1, U of T will advance to the Ontario University Athletic Championship this weekend at Queen’s University. The Blues will be gunning for their 22nd title and their first since the 2004-05 season.
The Blues are among the favourites to win the tournament, sporting six athletes with double-digit scoring numbers. They are led by Vladimir Tasevski’s 34 goals, which ties him for third-best in the league.
Their competition will be from the second- and third-best teams in the league. McMaster (7-2) gave the Blues their only loss of the season on Nov. 10, defeating the traveling Blues 8-5. Carleton (6-3) features two of the top four goal-scorers in the league in Dejan Suletic, whose 43 leads the league, and Fedja Avlijas at 34.
-Christophe Poirier
Badminton rocks out with their shuttlecocks out
The Blues capped a 4-1 season by finishing third in the OUA championships Saturday. U of T fell in the semi-finals to host Waterloo, as the Warriors defeated the Blues 8-5. The team regrouped in the bronze medal match, trumping York 10-3. In the final, Western Ontario went on to upend Waterloo 8-7 to take their fourth title in five years.
U of T also received a Coach of the Year award for Wayne King, who managed the Blues to a tied-for-first finish with Waterloo and Western, as well as a Female Rookie of the Year award for Caroline Cheung. The Blues had a total of four All-Stars, as Andy Lam, Warren Leung, and Melissa Nock joined Cheung on the OUA first team.
-C.P.
Blues swim laps around sinking divisional foes
U of T won the OUA Campbell Division swim championship last weekend, notching 2007.5 points. The closest competitor to the Blues was McMaster, who finished second at 1452.
The meet was a combination of both the Men’s and Women’s teams. The OUA finals, which are split by gender, occurs in February.
The strongest effort by the Blues came on the Women’s side, as Orlagh O’Kelly capured gold medals in the 50m, 100m, and 200m butterfly events.
-C.P.
Two Blues wrestle to gold finish
Beating out two Brock University wrestlers in the finals and the semi-finals, U of T’s Seiji Ishiguro won the gold medal at the Toronto Open Wrestling Tournament on Nov. 11. The event was hosted by Team Impact. Seiji fought four matches to win the tournament.
At the Joslin’s Canadian Open Grappling Championships on Nov. 12, Blues wrestler Chris Banic won the championship belt in the 210 lbs. weight category.
-C.P.
