Engineering students dominated the University of Waterloo men’s curling team that earned national gold with a 7-5 victory over the University of Alberta Golden Bears in Kamloops, B.C.
Skip Jake Walker, a fourth-year electrical engineering student, second Jordan Moreau, a management engineering student, third Edward Cyr, a mechanical engineering master's student, and alternate Nathan Ransom, an undergraduate mechanical engineering student, and other members of the team, captured top spot in the 2013 Men’s Curling Championship in a rematch of last year's finals.
With
the Canadian
Interuniversity
Sports
(CIS)/Canadian
Curling
Association
win,
the
Warriors
secured
their
first-ever
CIS
curling
title
and
Waterloo's
eighth
national
championship
in
school
history.
Walker posted a team high shooting percentage of 93 per cent. For his efforts, he was named OUA athlete of the week. [Warriors' website]