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BC rowers put on a show at Canadian National Championships in North Cowichan

2023 RCA National Rowing Championships a success
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Rowers near the 1500m mark in a men鈥檚 pair qualifying race on Friday morning on Quamichan Lake during the 2023 Canadian National Rowing Championships. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

More than 250 athletes from 37 different clubs and provincial associations vied for 21 coveted national championship titles this past weekend on Quamichan Lake during the 2023 Rowing Canada Aviron National Rowing Championships.

It was the second-straight year the event was held at Canadian rowing authority鈥檚 North Cowichan-based National Training Centre and champions were crowned in both singles and pairs events within the Senior, Para, Under-23 and Under-19 categories.

In the end, rowing powerhouse Rowing BC emerged as the Provincial Grand Champions, while Row Ontario earned the Provincial Efficiency award for their efforts.

It should come as no surprise that Rowing BC athletes were involved in many of the weekend鈥檚 standout moments.

Rowing BC鈥檚 Liam Smit, of Vancouver, was able to retain his title as national champion, once again claiming the Derek Porter Trophy as the winner of the Men鈥檚 Single Scull final. He finished just ahead of his Team Canada teammate Steven Rosts, who was competing for Row Ontario.

The recipient of the Silken Laumann Plate as the Women鈥檚 Single Scull final winner was Row Ontario鈥檚 Carling Zeeman, who beat out teammate Jennifer Casson for first place. It was Zeeman鈥檚 10th national championship title.

Casson鈥檚 second-place finish is noteworthy as she鈥檚 typically a lightweight rower.

Rowing BC鈥檚 Katie Clark was the top British Columbian, finishing fourth in the Women鈥檚 Single Scull. All three women are part of the 2023 Canadian National Rowing Team, along with Rowing BC鈥檚 Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, who won this year鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Pair event with Team Canada teammate Piper Battersby, also of Victoria.

For their win, the duo received the Kathleen Heddle & Marnie McBean Trophy.

鈥淲e were together for two weeks coming into this and we were getting faster every day and I think Piper called a great race,鈥 Filmer said. 鈥淲e knew with the wind, that we had to be very technical. The wind was pretty similar throughout the championships, so we were able to learn and make new plans for each race. We knew that we wanted to make sure that we had some gas going into the second half and Piper kept us both very calm and then we were able to go when we had planned, so I鈥檓 really thrilled for us.鈥

The wind did cause some delays over the course of the weekend but all events were able to be contested without the need for racing on the spare day for inclement weather.

Rowing BC took top spot in the Men鈥檚 Pair as well as national team rower Joel Cullen finished first in the men鈥檚 pair event with partner Jack Walker. Their four-second victory earned them the George Hungerford & Roger Jackson Trophy.

Taking the Lagoa Rio Trophy as the winner of the Women鈥檚 PR1 Single Sculls final was Rowing BC鈥檚 Christa Akins, who overcame a rib injury to compete.

Rowing BC鈥檚 Patrick Levis won the Men鈥檚 PR2 Single Sculls event. Both Akins and Levis have competed for Canada on the international stage.

In the lightweight events, Giancarlo DiPompeo was the top B.C. finisher at second place in the Men鈥檚 Lightweight Single Sculls while Sai Sai Faubert took third overall in the women鈥檚 event.

Team Canada鈥檚 Jill Moffatt won the women鈥檚 Lightweight Single Sculls final and the accompanying Wendy Wiebe Trophy for Row Ontario while her teammate from back east Stephen Harris took the win on the men鈥檚 side, along with the Brian Thorne Trophy.

鈥淏eyond the medals and records, the 2023 National Rowing Championships highlighted the spirit of sportsmanship and unity that defines rowing,鈥 said a Rowing Canada Aviron statement. 鈥淩owers from different backgrounds and provinces came together to celebrate their shared passion for the sport and solidify the nation鈥檚 rowing community that is truly united by water.鈥

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2023 National Rowing Champions

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Men鈥檚 Single Sculls

Liam Smit 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 gold medal 鈥 Derek Porter Trophy Winner

Steven Rosts 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 silver medal

Michael Ciepiela 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Single Sculls

Carling Zeeman 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 gold medal 鈥 Silken Laumann Plate Winner

Jenny Casson 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 silver medal

Shannon Kennedy 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 bronze medal

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Men鈥檚 Lightweight Single Sculls

Stephen Harris 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 gold medal 鈥 Brian Thorne Trophy Winner

Giancarlo DiPompeo 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Charles-Etienne Tabet 鈥 Aviron Qu茅bec 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Lightweight Single Sculls

Jill Moffatt 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 gold medal 鈥 Wendy Wiebe Trophy Winner

Karissa Riley 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 silver medal

Sai Sai Faubert 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 bronze medal

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Men鈥檚 PR1 Single Sculls

Jacob Wassermann 鈥 Saskatchewan Rowing Association 鈥 gold medal

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Women鈥檚 PR1 Single Sculls

Christa Akins 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 gold medal 鈥 Lagoa Rio Trophy Winner

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Men鈥檚 PR2 Single Sculls

Patrick Levis 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 gold medal

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Women鈥檚 PR2 Single Sculls

Chelsea Donelon 鈥 Calgary Rowing Club 鈥 gold medal

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Men鈥檚 Pair

Jack Walkey & Joel Cullen 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 gold medal 鈥 George Hungerford & Roger Jackson Trophy Winner

Jakub Buczek & Cody Bailey 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 silver medal

Will Crothers & Gavin Stone 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Pair

Caileigh Filmer & Piper Battersby 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 gold medal 鈥 Kathleen Heddle & Marnie McBean Trophy Winner

Maya Meschkuleit 鈥 Row Ontario & McKenna Simpson 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Alexis Cronk 鈥 Row Ontario & Kirsten Edwards 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 PR3 Pair

Danielle Main 鈥 Rowing BC & Karen Burnett 鈥 Vancouver Rowing Club 鈥 gold medal

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2023 National Under 23 Rowing Champions

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Men鈥檚 Under 23 Single Sculls

Michael Ciepiela 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 gold medal

Liam Simpson 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Andrew Hubbard 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Under 23 Single Sculls

Emily Munroe 鈥 Row Nova Scotia 鈥 gold medal

Ceilidh MacDonald 鈥 Kingston Rowing Club 鈥 silver medal

Pepper Howe 鈥 Saskatchewan Rowing Association 鈥 bronze medal

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Men鈥檚 Under 23 Lightweight Single Sculls

Stephen Harris 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 gold medal

Giancarlo DiPompeo 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Charles-Etienne Tabet 鈥 Aviron Qu茅bec 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Under 23 Lightweight Single Sculls

Karissa Riley 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 gold medal

Sai Sai Faubert 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Elena Masyte 鈥 University of Victoria Rowing Club 鈥 bronze medal

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Men鈥檚 Under 23 Pair

Axel Ewashko 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association & Emerson Crick 鈥 Row Nova Scotia 鈥 gold medal

Bob Bryden 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association & Kyle Nummi 鈥 Kingston Rowing Club 鈥 silver medal

Julien Weise 鈥 Rowing BC & Aidan Hembruff 鈥 Western University 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Under 23 Pair

Sally Jones 鈥 Rowing BC & Rachel Weber 鈥 Row Ontario 鈥 gold medal

Ellie Sousa & Mira Calder 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Lyndsey Bryden 鈥 Rowing BC & Claire Ellison 鈥 Row Nova Scotia 鈥 bronze medal

2023 National Under 19 Rowing Champions

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Men鈥檚 Under 19 Single Sculls

Robert Davis 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 gold medal

Griffin Salmon 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 silver medal

Caillen Piekenhagen 鈥 Ridley College 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Under 19 Single Sculls

Chloe Fortin 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 gold medal

Lucy Hallett 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 silver medal

Melanie Helfenstein 鈥 Aviron Qu茅bec 鈥 bronze medal

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Men鈥檚 Under 19 Pair

Liam Muir & Peter Scaccabarozzi 鈥 Rowing BC 鈥 gold medal

Declan Blue 鈥 Rowing BC & James Gemill 鈥 Victoria City Rowing Club 鈥 silver medal

Patrick Boyle & Nathan Brind 鈥 Vancouver College 鈥 bronze medal

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Women鈥檚 Under 19 Pair

Sasha Fraser & Kate Watson 鈥 Victoria City Rowing Club 鈥 gold medal

Hayley Buchanan & Madeline Bartek 鈥 Alberta Rowing Association 鈥 silver medal

Ciana Della Siega & Willow Tzonev 鈥 Victoria City Rowing Club 鈥 bronze medal

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In preparation for the 2023 National Rowing Championships on Quamichan Lake, a rower from the University of Victoria carries his shell to the staging area at Rowing Canada鈥檚 National Training Centre on Thursday, Sept. 28. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
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Rowers pass the 1500m mark in a men鈥檚 pair qualifying race on Friday morning on Quamichan Lake during the 2023 Canadian National Rowing Championships. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
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Competing for Rowing BC this past weekend at the 2023 National Rowing championships on Quamichan Lake 2023 was National Team athlete Liam Smit. He won the Men鈥檚 Single Sculls event. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
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Sarah Simpson

About the Author: Sarah Simpson

I started my time with Black Press Media as an intern, before joining the Citizen in the summer of 2004.
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