TORONTO, Ont. – For a third consecutive season, the Guelph Gryphons varsity figure skating team has earned a spot on the OUA podium. The Gryphons took home bronze, after finishing in 3rd-place, out of 10 universities from across the province, in the final team standings at the 2025 OUA Figure Skating Championships in Toronto. The two-day conference championship event (March 4-to-5, 2025) took place at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, with TMU serving as hosts. The Gryphons made a total of eight trips to the podium (3 silver, 5 bronze), including capping off the OUA championships with silver in the team synchro.
Megan Brown and
Alexa Matveev claimed silver in the Star 8/9 Couple Dance, while
Catherine Carle earned silver in the Novice Short Program to headline the U of G performances.
Zoe Graziano, a third-year bio-medical science major from Milton, also impressed for the Gryphons, reaching the podium on three different occasions (bronze in gold solo dance, bronze in star 10 couple dance alongside
Logan Baker and bronze in dance fours alongside
Kendra Knott,
Megan Brown and
Perri Kismir). The Western Mustangs claimed their third consecutive OUA Figure Skating Championship, with Western finishing with 103 points, narrowly edging Toronto's 98, and claimed seven gold medals compared to the Varsity Blues' five. The Guelph Gryphons rounded out the podium with 60 points.
Final Standings
- Western — 103
- Toronto — 98
- Guelph — 60
- McMaster — 50
- Waterloo — 50
- Brock — 22
- Queen's — 15
- TMU — 5
- Carleton — 2
- York — 0
Coach of the Year: Victoria Tough
Team Spirit Award: Waterloo Warriors
Final Results
Star 8/9 Couple Dance (Harris Tango, Starlight Waltz)
- Toronto (Hugo Li, Katelyn Pavlidis)
- Guelph (Megan Brown, Alexa Matveev)
- Western (Lilyanna Petrella, Evelyn Walsh)
Star 10 Freeskate
- Western (Alanna Rusnak)
- Waterloo (Jessica Chan)
- Guelph (Emma Carlucci)
Open Rhythm Dance
- Waterloo (Rebecca Brown, Annika Zamora)
- Toronto (Erin Ng, Nina Xuan)
- Western (Sierra Na, Elaine Chen)
Star 10 Senior Pair Freeskate
- Toronto (Gabriella Guo, Hugo Li)
- McMaster (Katherine Karon, Alistair Laim)
- Western (Hannah Gray, Jessica Lui)
Couples Artistic
- Toronto (Nicole Chan, Olivia Pulsifer)
- Western (Jessica Bycraft, Hanna Erlich)
- Brock (Kailyn Davidson, Trinity Males)
Novice Short Program
- Toronto (Gabriella Guo)
- Guelph (Catherine Carle)
- McMaster (Maddie Monson)
Gold Solo Dance (Starlight Waltz, Argentine Tango)
- Western (Emma Goodstadt)
- Toronto (Nina Xuan)
- Guelph (Zoe Graziano)
Fours Freeskate
- Waterloo (Mikaela Moyer, Isabelle Wang, Alexandra Lee, Kaitlin Wilk)
- Western (Giuliana Corsini, Hannah Gray, Jessica Lui, Yasmenin Zeki)
- Toronto (Victoria Bocknek, Gabriella Guo, Hugo Li, Lara Zeldovich)
Star 10 Couple Dance
- Western (Josh Andari, Emma Goodstadt)
- McMaster (Emily Chai, Alistair Lam)
- Guelph (Logan Baker, Zoe Graziano)
Gold Artistic
- Western (Evelyn Walsh)
- Brock (Alyssa Cross)
- Guelph (Alexa Matveev)
Dance Fours
- Western (Josh Andari, Emma Goodstadt, Elaine Chen, Keanna Davidson)
- Toronto (Bridget Le Donne, Celina Guo, Erin Ng, Nina Xuan)
- Guelph (Kendra Knott, Megan Brown, Perri Kismir, Zoe Graziano)
Gold Freeskate
- Toronto (Victoria Bocknek)
- McMaster (Katherine Karon)
- Western (Hannah Gray)
Open Men Freeskate
- McMaster (Alistair Lam)
- Toronto (Hugo Li)
- Waterloo (Edward Wang)
Synchro
- Western
- Guelph
- Toronto