After qualifying for 12 out of a possible 16 A finals at the Australian University Games in Sydney, ANU’s rowers went on to win 6 medals, including 2 gold.

The athletes enjoyed ideal racing conditions on the final day at Penrith Lakes to notch up their tally of 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

The gold medals were in the mixed four (Dave Wright, Luke Letcher, Cara Grzeskowiak, Maddy Farrar and Gen Kinoshita) and the women’s double (Maddy Farrar and Cara Grzeskowiak). The silver medals were in the men’s single (Luke Letcher) and women’s single (Cara Grzeskowiak).The bronze medals were in the women’s lightweight quad scull (Georgina Ims, Sabina Bertuzzi, Siobhan Tobin and Anna Peterson) and the men’s lightweight four (Nathan Ryan, Stephen Morris, Mark Dawkins and Will Stoltz).

The result placed ANU third of the nineteen participating universities in the overall regatta point score, behind Sydney and Melbourne.

The result was a tribute to the ANU Boat Club coaches who have worked all through the Canberra winter to prepare the team, including Richard Furmage, Avril Baker, Michael White, Katrina MacKenzie, Renae Domaschenz and Nick Hunter. Thanks also to the pre-event logistics planning of Katie Tagg and other members of the club committee.

The result was also a product of invaluable equipment and funding support from ANU Sport, and of funding from the Australian National University through a Student Services and Amenities Fee grant.

The 33 athlete team was the largest intervarsity rowing team that ANU has sent away in the 50 years of rowing at ANU.