Rowing GOLD at Nationals

Results from the CSSRA National Championships

Sr women: pair SILVER in photo finish! / Sr men: 4+ GOLD by 7 seconds / Sr women: lwt pair GOLD by 8 seconds / Jr men: 4+ fifth place / Sr women: 8+ GOLD / Sr men: 8+ SILVER

Thanks to Dean Thorlakson, Bob Edmonds and David Hutchison for photos!

Shawnigan’s junior and senior rowing teams completed their competition season over the weekend by representing the School at the 64th Annual Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association Regatta in St. Catharines, ON. Although the competition was fierce, Shawnigan’s crews did not disappoint, returning home with three gold medals and two silvers to add to the successes from previous years.

The three teams that finished atop the podium included the Senior Boys 4+, who walloped their competition, beating out the second place finishers by over seven seconds; the Senior Girls lightweight pair, victorious by over eight seconds; and the Senior Girls 8+, who finished in 7:08.60, good enough for a five second-plus cushion over the runner-up crew. Silver medals went to the Senior Girls pair, who just missed out on gold in a photo finish; and the Senior Boys 8+, who just missed out on defending their title from last year, but edged out local rivals Brentwood College to take the silver. The Junior Boys 4+ also qualified for the final day of competition, finishing a respectable fifth against some very strong competition in an entertaining final.

We also want to congratulate the junior girls who earned sixth overall in the flyweight four and seventh overall in the openweight four. All their boats made it into semi finals and most of their crew were first year rowers.

Shawnigan’s performances were good enough to see the team finish third in the team competition, particularly impressive given that the teams finishing ahead of them had several more entries in the various races. The crews return home after a long and exhausting season satisfied in their performance and already looking to build on them heading into next year!
 

– Ryan Panton, Alumni Relations (photo by David Hutchison - Sr Men 4+)