Team Canada collected three more medals today to bring the total medal count up to five at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan, Poland.  

Among the medals was a bronze for the Men's Eight featuring Queen's men's rower Gavin Stone. For Stone the medal marks his first with the senior program in just his first competition. Stone was awarded the Queen's Athletics Outstanding Performance of the Year (OPY) honour this past season.

The Canadian Men's Eight scooped up a bronze medal with a blazing start in the first 500m. Germany charged up to take over the lead at 1000m mark with Great Britain moving into second. Canada was able to hold off New Zealand in the final strokes to win the bronze in 5:48.44. Canada's bronze medal winning crew includes: Will Crothers (Kingston, ON), Mackenzie Copp (London, ON), Taylor Perry (Ancaster, ON), Gavin Stone (Brampton, ON), Benjamin De Wit (Port Alice, BC), Martin Barakso (Nanaimo, BC), Cody Bailey (St. Mary's, ON) and Jakub Buczek (Burnaby, BC) and nine-time Olympic coxswain Lesley Thompson-Willie (London, ON). 

 

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World Cup II Bronze! 🥉⁣ ⁣#Gaels rower Gavin Stone bringing home the hardware in his first foray into the Senior team! 💪⁣ 📸 @merijnsoeters ⁣• ⁣This past winter Gavin put his degree on hold to chase this dream, heading out west to earn himself a spot among the top rowing athletes in Canada. We look forward to what this man has in store for the rest of the summer! #GoGaels #LeadTheWay⁣ ⁣• ⁣A link to the Men's 8+ final race can be found in our bio.

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Watch Men's Eight A Final race

Results available at worldrowing.com.

World Cup 3 takes place from July 12-14 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  
Men's Eight 
Benjamin de Wit University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Cody Bailey MicMac Aquatic Center
Gavin Stone Queen's University Rowing Club
Jakub Buczek Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Mackenzie Copp Western University Rowing Club
Martin Barakso Brentwood College Rowing Club
Taylor Perry Leander Boat Club
Will Crothers Kingston Rowing Club
Lesley Thompson-Willie (coxswain) London Rowing Club