Lakeland Rowing Club And Rustler Crew Row Into National Spotlight And Provincial Competition

Lakeland College Rustlers Rowing Team is competing. Photo submitted

Members of the Lakeland Rowing Club and Lakeland College rowing team (Rustler Crew) recently took part in two significant indoor rowing events, contributing to a national achievement while also competing at the provincial level to close out the varsity season.

Seven members of the club participated in the national Indoor Rowing Day in Canada on Saturday, February 21, collectively rowing more than 28,000 metres. Their efforts helped push the nationwide challenge past its ambitious goal of symbolically rowing across Canada, a distance of 5,514 kilometres. In total, more than 6,100 kilometres were rowed by 625 participants across the country, marking a successful and energetic day for the indoor rowing community.

Two weeks later, the

Lakeland College Rustler Crew travelled to Blackfalds to compete in the Alberta Indoor Rowing Championships held on Saturday, March 7. Seven student-athletes represented the team, including two men and five women, competing in Senior Men’s, Senior Women’s Lightweight, and Senior Novice Women’s events against rowers from Calgary, Edmonton, and Central Alberta.

While no medals were earned this year, the Rustlers delivered solid performances, with a pair of fourth-place finishes and one fifth-place result. The remaining competitors finished in the middle of the pack in events that typically featured fields of 20 or more rowers.

Coaches Peter Walsh and Derek Collins also took to the rowing machines in the Masters event. Collins finished fourth in his event, while Walsh took first place, adding a highlight result for the Lakeland Rowing Club.

The Alberta Indoor Championships marked the conclusion of the varsity indoor rowing season for the Rustler Crew.