The University of Toronto Varsity Blues rowing team had a strong showing at the Head of the Welland this weekend (Sept. 26) netting eight podium finishes.

Leading the U of T team were women's lightweight eight and women's lightweight 4+ crews. Both crews left the Niagara competition with gold medals, winning their respective categories with times of 19:40 and 20:41.

Toronto also captured four silver medals. The men's lightweight 2x raced to a silver medal time of 19:07 and the men's open weight 4+ did the same in a time of 19:13.

On the women's side, U of T reached the second step in the women's open weight 2x with a time of 22:50 and women's lightweight 2x in 22:03.

Rounding out the podium finishes were the men's lightweight 1x which finished third and fourth with times of 20:57 and 21:00 while women's open weight 1x finished third with a time of 24:30.

The Varsity Blues team will next look to the Head of the Trent taking place in Peterborough on Saturday, October 3. The competition will begin at 8:45 a.m.

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