Juniors from the South Cariboo Rowing Club were among the top finishers at a regatta held at Panorama Park in North Vancouver.
Eight local athletes hit the water for the North Shore High School Championships on Oct. 19, which capped off the 2013 season and saw over 200 athletes competing from around the Lower Mainland.
The local team rowed in singles, doubles and quads in 500-metre sprints.
Anna Craig and Tyra Van Osch earned gold in the Senior Women’s doubles event.
Aiden Fentiman, Colton Monical, James Donnett, and Ryan Bock, coxed by James Edge, placed second in the Intermediate Men’s category quad.
The Intermediate Mixed quad also won gold. That crew consisted of Craig, Van Osch, Cassidy Mellott and Fentiman, coxed by Edge.
In preparation for next year, the team has a training program to maintain their fitness throughout the winter.
“We’ll start that up fairly soon,” says junior coach Will Van Osch. “We give them a bit of time off after the season to recuperate and then we start again in December.”
All in all, it was a really good season, Van Osch adds.
“We did the BC Championships earlier in the year and did well there. It was nice to have the High School Championships to cap it off. I was quite pleased with the season overall.”
