Canadian Lightweight Women’s Double Wins Gold at FISU Regatta

The Canadian lightweight women's double won gold today at the World University Rowing Championship (FISU) in Trakai, Lithuania (August 11 to 13).

Lindsay Jennerich (University of Victoria) of Victoria, B.C. and Christine Bennett (University of Alberta) of Edmonton, Alta. were first in 8:02.8, followed by Poland in 8:08.2 and Germany in 8:11.9 - France, Great Britain and Italy rounded out the field.

"The double was in second position at the 500m by 1.20 seconds, but made a huge move through the middle 1000, opening up a lead of more than six seconds," said Canadian coach Chuck McDiarmid.

Jennerich has past World Under-23 medals in the same event and was named UVic’s 2006 Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year. Bennett recently won a Commonwealth gold medal with Jennerich and is a relative newcomer to international competition.

The lightweight women's double was Canada's top finish at this regatta, with the rest of the crews rowing in the B finals on Saturday. Poland, Great Britain, Italy and France were overall strong finishers at this ninth FISU World University Championship.


A final – lwt. women’s 2x
(2000m)

1 CAN 08:02.8
2 POL 08:08.2
3 GER 08:11.9
4 FRA 08:14.2
5 GBR 08:15.1
6 ITA 08:18.6

Full results can be found here.