Day Three

The final day before racing starts at 8:00 am tomorrow morning. We have 10 races tomorrow.

8:14 am – Senior Men Double

10:20 am Sr. Men 72 kg 4+

11:16 am – Sr. Men 4+ -

11:44 am – Junior Men Double

11:58 am – Sr Men 72 kg 1x

1:36 pm – Sr Women 2x

1:43 pm – Jr. Men 4+

2:53 pm – Jr. Men 66 kg 4+

3:14 pm Race –Sr. Men 1x 

4:31 pm – Sr. Women 1x

Some last minute preparations.

Tom L is our new addition to the team from Tasmania, Australia. He will be racing in the Junior Men and Senior Men 1x over the weekend. This is his second national championships in the last two months! He raced for his Tasmanian high school at the Australian Championships in the middle of April.

Our Head of School, Dan H and his partner, Toby G will be starting off the Brentwood team at 8:14 am on Friday morning in the Senior Men 2x. As juniors, these same two athletes raced in this event in their Grade 10 year for experience. They are seasoned veterans now and lets see how they will do tomorrow.

After the last row, all the crews from the club met at Antipastos for a great team dinner. The surprise guest was Malcolm Howard. He is a Brentwood grad from 2001. During his time at Brentwood, he won three national championships at the CSSRA's. After graduation Malcolm went on to Harvard University where he went undefeated for the four years he was there. At his graduation ceremonies, Malcolm received the highest honor(award) for academics and sport at Harvard. After graduating from Harvard Malcolm joined the Canadian National team and won a world championship in the Men's 8+ in 2007 and followed that up with a Gold medal in the same boat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is currently training in the single hoping to stand on the podium again in 2012 at the London Olympics.

Malcolm after winning the gold medal in Beijing. I think he is happy....


Malcolm had a chance to talk to the athletes after the dinner. In his speech he spoke of "persistence" and what it takes to be a champion. The kids really enjoyed listening to his speech and it really got them charged up for the races this weekend.
After the team meetings, the crews were ready to settle down and get ready for tomorrow. Results start tomorrow.