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Mustang rower Olympic bound
Rowing Mustang Cam Sylvester qualified for the Beijing Olympics with third-place finish in lightweight men's doubles. Sylvester joins three other crews and a number of other former Mustangs to qualify for Summer Games in August, including women's eight teammates Jane Rumball, Romina Stefancic, Heather Mandoli and Lesley Thompson-Willie. Sylvester and his national teammate Douglas Vandor, in the men's lightweight doubles, earned their spot June 18, the final day of the Qualification Regatta in Poland. They were third in their event in 6:30.37, after New Zealand (6:26.88) and Portugal (6:29.46). It was announced earlier in the week that the third-place crew in this event would also earn an Olympic invite. Canada beat out the Czech Republic (finishing in fourth in 6:30.73) by just fractions of a second for this final spot. "Overall it was a good race and we qualified," said Sylvester. "The theme has been not to take any other crews lightly and it paid dividends today. We kept on pushing through and it was close at the end." On June 17, the lightweight men's double of Sylvester and Vandor won its semi in 6:23.59; followed by Czech Republic in 6:25.37 and Slovakia in 6:26.28. These crews joined New Zealand, Portugal and Spain in the June 19 final which determined the final three Olympic entries in this event. "We've found that we are improving as a crew with each race, so it was probably good to get that extra race (the rep) under our belts," said Sylvester. In other rowing action, Canada's women's eight won their race in 6:15.37, with the Netherlands coming a very close second (6:15.71) to also qualify, leaving a crushed third-place Chinese crew in their wake (6:17.53). The men's pair dominated at this regatta, winning each race including today's final. Scott Frandsen of Kelowna, B.C. and Dave Calder of Victoria. B.C. won in 6:44.28, with Italy picking up the second Olympic spot in 6:46.62. Canada now has boats in eight Olympic events (men's eight, women's eight, women's quad, lightweight men's four, men's pair, women's pair, lightweight men's double and lightweight women's double). |
| Congrats on Beiging CAM..can't wait to see you back at Western. |
| By: L. Bloomberg on 06/23/2008 |
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