Local rowers competed in a couple races in the Lower Mainland, Sept. 13-14.
Donri Heise won third place with a time of 36 minutes 2 seconds in a 7-kilometre race on the Deas Slough in Delta, while Aidan Fentiman, a 17-year-old junior rower, finished first in his division with a time of 38 minutes 21 seconds.
Heise, James Last, and Will and Tyra Van Osch competed in a 5.5-km race along the Nicomekl River in South Surrey on Sept. 13. The quad finished fourth with an adjusted time of 25 minutes 17 seconds.
Fentiman completed the race in 28 minutes 57 seconds as a single.
Next, juniors from the South Cariboo Rowing Club are hitting the water at the North Shore High School Championship Regatta in North Vancouver on Oct. 18.
