POZNAN, Pol. - Three Queen's rowers recently competed and represented Canada at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland.
 
Alex Bernst (Ottawa, Ont.), won the lightweight men's double C final with Vlad Timinsky (Kingston Rowing Club) to finish 13^th overall. Louise Munro (Ottawa, Ont.) placed 5th in the women's quad A final and Gavin Stone (Brampton, Ont.) placed 5^th in the men's eight A final.
 
GAELS RESULTS
 
Alex Bernst finished with a time of 7:00:00 winning his lightweight men's double C final, less than one second quicker than the 2^nd place Hungarians. However, his time placed him 13^th overall in what was Bernst's international rowing debut.
 
Louise Munro finished 5^th in the women's quadruple sculls A final with a time of 6:53.53. Just over two seconds behind 4^th place Germany.
 
Gavin Stone and his men's eight team finished 5^th in the A final with a time of 5:27.99. It was a stellar outing for the team who had to survive through repechage in order to qualify for the final.
 
For full details: http://rowingcanada.org/news-events/news/double-gold-canada-u23-world-rowing-championships-poznan-poland
 
BLM2x Final C
CAN 7:00.00
HUN 7:00.89
RUS 7:03.00
POL 7:03.65
CRO 7:07.55
LAT 7:13.77
 
BW4x Final A
ROU 6:40.97
NED 6:43.88
GBR 6:45.68
GER 6:51.00
CAN 6:53.53
USA 7:02.94
 
BM8+ Final A
USA 5:22.48
GBR 5:24.93
ROU 5:24.93
GER 5:27.05
CAN 5:27.99
NED 5:33.50