Morgan Jarvis
men’s rowing
At the Head of the Rideau regatta last weekend in Ottawa, the men’s rowing team won 14 gold medals, six silver and a bronze. Morgan Jarvis led the way in the singles event: he won in 19 minutes and 50 seconds, just one second shy of the course record.
“I’m really pleased because there was a good head wind that day,” Jarvis said.
Jarvis said he doesn’t think course records are a big deal because the courses change from when the record was set. He added that the weather is also a factor in achieving course records.
A former Jenkins award winner for top male athlete at Queen’s, Jarvis began rowing 12 years ago. Now a first-year law student, he said he’s working to balance a heavier course load with his rowing.
“It’s all time management,” Jarvis said. “Physical activity is necessary for balance and enjoying life.” Jarvis said he found that after taking last year off from rowing to focus on other things, he missed the sport and generally wasn’t as happy.
“For me, physical activity is essential for being happy,” Jarvis said. “I do better when I’m busy.”
This year, Jarvis is rowing in the singles and lightweight eight categories. In his last few years of his undergraduate degree, he and his teammates formed a strong bond that allowed them to be undefeated in their last few years together. Because his old teammates have now moved on, Jarvis’ goal is to rekindle that chemistry with his new ones.
“It’s all about rebuilding and trying to be consistent,” Jarvis said. “We all enjoy rowing, and we enjoy rowing together.”
—Brooke Manjuris
Renee MacLellan
women’s soccer
After scoring problems in the first few games of the season, Renee MacLellan led the women’s soccer team out of their scoring funk last weekend. The third-year striker recorded four of the team’s nine goals in two games against the Laurentian Voyageurs and the Nipissing Lakers. The Gaels had only scored a combined five goals in the previous seven games.
Head coach Dave McDowell said MacLellan’s recent play is not that surprising.
“We anticipated that she’d be one of the players counted on to score goals,” McDowell said.
MacLellan leads the Gaels in goals scored, with five so far this season. She’s tied for fourth place in the OUA in the same category.
MacLellan said the team’s strong play in practice transferred into their games last weekend.
“We had good practices all week,” she said.
MacLellan said her goals for the season are to improve on her scoring touch and keep her form up.
“We want to finish [as well as] we finished last year,” MacLellan said.
Last year, the woman’s soccer team finished first overall in the OUA East Division, and won silver medals in both the OUA and CIS championships.
McDowell said MacLellan has improved the most of any player on the team.
“She has a huge love for the game,” McDowell said. “She’s very intelligent,” McDowell said although everyone on the team is a leader, MacLellan sets the tone with her work ethic.
“She’s really elevated her game.”
—Brooke Manjuris
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