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Banner photo of the Toronto Varsity Blues figure skating team after winning the OUA Championship with a blue gradient on the bottom and the OUA Figure Skating Championship logo and the OUA logo on the bottom and the word Champion in large white letters.
C/O Lazar Mihajlovic
March 11, 2026

Banner Season: Toronto Varsity Blues Win 2026 OUA Figure Skating Championship

Toronto, Ont.  (C/O TMU Bold) — The University of Toronto Varsity Blues won the 2026 OUA Figure Skating Championship at the Mattamy Athletic Centre with 12 medals, including six gold, and 106 points. The Varsity Blues were dominant, earning a podium finish in 12 of the 14 events.

The Western Mustangs finished second with 104 points, while the McMaster Marauders rounded out the podium with 51 points, earning the tiebreaker against the Waterloo Warriors, who also registered 51 points. The tiebreaker was determined by the most gold medals, as McMaster's one gold medal in couples artistic proved to be the difference.

Standout performers for Toronto included Gabriella Guo, Victoria Bocknek, and Hugo Li. Guo captured gold in three of her four events: senior pair freeskate, novice women's short program, and freeskate fours, plus a silver in dance fours. Bocknek earned gold in senior women's freeskate and freeskate fours. Hugo Li, Guo's partner in senior pair freeskate, also medalled in three events, winning gold in senior pair freeskate and freeskate fours, and silver in the Star 8/9 couple dance.

The victory marks the Varsity Blues' 10th career OUA title and ends the Mustangs' three-year championship streak. Toronto now ranks second all-time with 10 titles, behind Western's 18.

 

Coach of the Year - Claire Sanderson, Brock Badgers

Team Spirit - TMU Bold 

Final Standings

  1. Toronto — 106 Points
  2. Western — 104 Points
  3. McMaster — 51 Points
  4. Waterloo — 51 Points
  5. Guelph — 49 Points
  6. Queen's — 16 Points
  7. Brock — 15 Points
  8. Carleton — 7 Points
  9. TMU — 6 Points

 

Event Standings (Top 3)

Star 8/9 Couple Dance (Harris Tango/Blues)

  1. Western — Skylar Clark / Laura Vancer
  2. Toronto — Hugo Li / Saya Shimizu
  3. Guelph — Megan Brown / Angelina MacAluso

Star 10 Women Freeskate

  1. Toronto — Anna Bazylewicz
  2. Western — Aalanna Rusnak
  3. TMU — Julia Wallace

Star 10 Couple Dance (Quickstop/Argentine Tango)

  1. Western — Josh Andari / Emma Goodstadt
  2. Toronto — Bridget Le Donne / Cole Van Der Velden
  3. Guelph — Logan Baker / Jillian Holysh

Gold Women Freeskate

  1. Toronto — Victoria Bocknek
  2. McMaster — Katherine Karon
  3. Western — Jessica Liu

Open Rhythm Dance

  1. Western — Catharina Tibau / Erin Waters
  2. Waterloo — Rebecca Brown / Annika Zamora
  3. Toronto — Celina Guo / Nina Xuan

Freeskate Fours

  1. Toronto — Victoria Bocknek, Gabriella Guo, Hugo Li, Cole Van Der Velden
  2. Guelph — Sarah Capela, Catherine Carle, Stephanie Kao, Tanvi Pannu
  3. McMaster — Kristen Chak, Chloe Chung, Lily Carbray, Jaana DeKort

Gold Solo Dance

  1. Western — Josh Andari
  2. Waterloo — Rebecca Brown
  3. Toronto — Bridget Le Donne

Couples Artistics

  1. McMaster — Lily Bauman / Calie Williams
  2. Toronto — Olivia Pulsifer / Saya Shimizu
  3. Waterloo — Paige Gugeler / Reka Somogyi

Gold Artistic

  1. Toronto — Cole Van Der Velden
  2. McMaster — Hana Watanabe
  3. Waterloo — Alexandre Lee

Senior Pair Freeskate

  1. Toronto — Gabriella Guo / Hugo Li
  2. Western — Alistair Lam / Jessica Liu
  3. Waterloo — Alexandra Lee / Mikaela Moyer

Dance Fours

  1. Western — Josh Andari, Emma Goodstadt, Catherina Tibau, Erin Waters
  2. Toronto — Catalina Costiuc, Celina Guo, Bridget Le Donne, Nina Xuan
  3. Waterloo — Rebecca Brown, Kaitlyn Burshey, Kyra Marotta, Annika Zamora

Novice Women Short Program

  1. Toronto — Gabriella Guo
  2. Guelph — Catherine Carle
  3. McMaster — Jaana DeKort

Gold Men Freeskate

  1. Western — Alistair Lam
  2. Toronto — Herman Lau
  3. Queen's — Evan Prosserman

Synchro

  1. Western
  2. Guelph  
  3. Waterloo