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Real Gees don the garnet and grey and compete for their school.
The rowing team has been becoming more prominent since was founded 13 years ago.
While no all-star athlete can claim they had an easy road to competing among the elite, this is especially true for U of O alumnus and Paralympic bronze medalist rower Andrew Todd.
Four former Gee-Gees donned the red and white in Brazil, one received a medal, while one missed out on hardware, but was a member of a winning squad.
“It is a very elite competition as it is intended for those who have aspirations to one day compete for Canada,” she said. And based on the results of her national showing, and from the upcoming NRCS, Fogarty may be able to do just that.
“It’s such a big deal to get to wear the red and white, to get to put a maple leaf on your oars, to hear ‘go Canada!’ as you race down the course,” said Pelham.
The three Gee-Gees will row for Team Canada this September during the University Rowing Championships at the Aa River in the countryside of northern France.
You win some and you lose some, as the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees rowing team discovered this past Saturday, Sept. 15 when they competed in two consecutive races against the Carleton Ravens at the P.D. Ross Regatta.
All the way to the Canadian University Rowing Championships ON A CRISP November weekend, the University of Ottawa rowing team travelled to Wellend, Ont., to compete in the Canadian University Rowing Championships (CURC). After a successful run in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships, in which the women’s varsity team placed fourth and the men’s team placed seventh, the athletes were …
