Unlike traditional rowing regattas though, there were no boats, no water and Drysdale and Twigg were not there.
Instead, there were four state-of-the-art Concept D rowing machines set up in the school gymnasium, hooked up to computer software which let the rowers see their boat on a screen, its elapsed time and real-time racing position in the regatta.
Not only were the pupils trying to match the 2012 Olympic times of Drysdale (6min 57.82sec) and Twigg (8min 1.76sec), they were also trying to beat each other, all as part of the school's annual inter-house indoor rowing contest, which was cheered on by about 150 noisy spectators.
Pupils in teams of four took turns to row 500m each in the 2000m races.
Logan Park High School sports co-ordinator Francine Vella said the senior boys and girls managed to beat Drysdale and Twigg's times, but they did not beat the school records set by pupils in 2012.
The records stand at 6min 36.5sec for the boys and 7min 49.2sec for the girls.
The junior boys and junior girls failed to break any records this year, she said.
Drysdale and Twigg's times remained elusive for the juniors, and the school records stood at 7min 14.8sec for the boys, and 8min 9.6sec for the girls, both of which were set last year.
The event was aimed at increasing pupil participation in physical activity while developing house spirit and stimulating an interest in rowing.
