Brock Men’s and Women’s Lightweight 4 capture gold at Nationals

MONTREAL – The Brock University men’s and women’s lightweight four crews both captured gold at the 2009 Canadian University Rowing Championships Sunday in Montreal. Both Brock teams captured bronze in the overall team totals.

The women’s lightweight four of Kate Nay (St. Catharines, Ont.), Keelin Greenlaw (Halifax, NS), Rebecca Gregory (Brampton, Ont.), Alison Thomas (St. Catharines, Ont.), and coxie Michelle Head (Hamilton, Ont.) placed first in a time of 7:52.8, followed by Queen's (7:53.0) and McGill (7:56.3).
 
The men’s lightweight four composed of Ben Cushnie (Pelham, Ont.), Brendon Coffey (Fonthill, Ont.), Corey Brunton (St. Catharines, Ont.), Travis King (St. Catharines, Ont.) and coxie Alexsia Dekaneas (Ancaster, Ont.) were also victorious with a winning time of 6:49.9, followed by UBC (6:51.1) and Victoria (6:51.9).

Other Brock medalists were Travis King who placed second in the men’s lightweight single (07:49.0), and Shannon Van Baalen (Wellandport, Ont.) and Stephanie Mowder (St. Catharines, Ont.) who placed third in the women’s pair (08:15.0).

Placing fourth were Mike Lewis (Dorchester, Ont.) and Clark Tyler (Mississauga, Ont.) in the men’s double (07:39.0) and Rebecca Gregory and Claire Kilgallon in the lightweight women’s double (08:03.0).