Curler Claire Randell has a history of success at the national collegiate level.

In 2019, the 23-year-old native of Sharon was vice on a Brock University rink that won a silver medal at the USPORTS championships. After COVID and a back injury iced her university curling career, the kinesiology grad enrolled in the exercise science program at Niagara College and became the skip of Niagara College’s women’s team.

Randell led Niagara to a silver medal at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association championships and last weekend followed that up with a silver medal at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association championships.

Making up the team were Randell, vice Melissa Borowski from Welland, second Alexa Desrochers from Welland, lead Amelia Bender from Ayr and alternate Emma Hill from Dundalk.

The Second Team All-Star skip at the CCAA championships pointed to the team supporting each other as the main reason for its successful year.

“We all got along really well and we were able to support each other which was really helpful when we were actually playing,” she said. “When we got down, we were just able to pick each other up.”

The Niagara College rink headed into the nationals with no clue it would find itself on the second highest spot on the medal podium.

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