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Day 1 Recap

After the first day of competition at the OUA Figure Skating Championship at the Invista Centre in Kingston, Ontario the host Queen's Gaels sit in first place with 56 points, holding a slight lead over defending champion Western who has a team total of 44 points and currently sits second. In third place only 16 points back of Western is Guelph with 28 points to round out the top three teams.

The Queen's Gaels finished with a placing in the top three in all events on day one and tied Western for the most first place finishes with three for each school. The Gaels had first place finishes in the intermediate similar pairs (Renee Tse/Charlotte MacDonald), senior similar pairs (Anna Krzemien/Nicole Grenon) and senior silver free skate (Renee Tse) while the Mustangs took home first place finishes in bronze rhythm dance, junior similar dance (Catherine McLean/Claire Daugulis) and gold free skate (Christine Liao). The pairs four team from Guelph landed a day one first place finish as well.

The battle for the gold is on between the two rival schools of Western and Queen's with a lot of room for teams to move up into the medal placing with a strong showing on day two. Currently, four school's sit 18 points or less out of a medal finish with one day of competition remaining.