HAMILTON, Ont. — The Marauders begin their quest for gold at the OUA Championships on February 7th. McMaster will host the three day meet at the Markham Pan Am Centre. The Marauders earned the provincial bronze medal at the 2024 OUA Championships in both the men's and women's team competitions, along with six individual medals and six relay medals over the three days.

Marauder 2024 OUA medalists: 

GOLD: Cameron Johnsen, 200m Breaststroke

SILVER: Women's 4x50m Freestyle Relay

SILVER: Megan Deering, 100m Breaststroke

SILVER: Women's 4x50m Medley Relay 

SILVER: Deering, Women's 50m Breaststroke 

BRONZE: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

BRONZE: Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay

BRONZE: Cameron Johnsen, 100m Breaststroke

BRONZE: Sam Chisholm (Thunder Bay, Ont.), 400m Individual Medley

BRONZE: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

BRONZE: Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

BRONZE: Hayden Yeung (Hong Kong, CHINA), Men's 50m Breaststroke 

Season recap:

At the Western Duel Meet, McMaster finished first in men's, women's and combined team scores. The Marauders then traveled down south to compete in a meet vs Niagara University and finished off the 2024 year with meets at Brock and the University of Toronto. In the new year, at back to back home meets on January 18th, the Marauders topped the list in all three overall team categories, winning the men's, women's and combined team scores.

OUA Schedule:

1 Fri, Feb 7   10:00 AM 12:30 PM Heats

2 Fri, Feb 7   5:00 PM 7:30 PM Finals

3 Sat, Feb 8 10:00 AM 12:30 PM Heats

4 Sat, Feb 8   5:00 PM 7:30 PM Finals

5 Sun, Feb 9 10:00 AM 12:30 PM Heats

6 Sun, Feb 9 4:00 PM 6:30 PM Finals

Athletes to watch:

Third year, women's co-captain and Health Science student, Michelle Wang (Port Elgin, Ont.) holds the McMaster swimming record in the 4x50 IM relay and has only improved astronomically during her time at McMaster. Wang is looking forward to representing the Marauders at the OUA championships this year saying, "I'm so incredibly proud of all the hard work we've done and how far we've come together. We are more ready than ever to leave it all in the pool and make some McMaster magic!"

Second year Kinesiology major, Hayden Yeung (Hong Kong, China) placed third in the 50 breaststroke at OUAs in 2024. Yeung is a leader in practice in his strong work ethic and he pushes the other men to be the best they can be. Apart from his role in the pool, Yeung is also an incredible student, putting in loads of academic time as he switched programs from Soc Sci to Kinesiology and is also a Marauder Scholar. Yeung is feeling energized going into his second championship season. "Last year, the energy and excitement of my first championship was unreal. This year I'm coming in with even more experience and a sharper focus. I am focused, fired up, and ready to leave it all in the pool," says Yeung.