Otago University rowers Fergus Fauvel and Elyse Fraser will
represent New Zealand at the world university rowing
championships in Hungary next month. Photo by Craig Baxter.
Two University of Otago students will be representing New
Zealand at the world university rowing championships in Hungary
next month.
Elyse Fraser (22) will be competing in the women's singles,
while Fergus Fauvel (23) will be competing in the men's
singles from August 13 to 15.
The pair were selected after achieving the fastest times in
their races at the New Zealand university rowing
championships at Lake Waihola in April.
This is the first time representing New Zealand for Fauvel,
who started rowing three years ago after a friend suggested
he enter the University Games.
He was looking forward to the opportunity.
"I'm really excited but it's a wee bit nerve-racking going
over and seeing all the competitors."
"It will be fun and it's a great team heading over."
Fraser, who has been rowing for six years, is representing
New Zealand for the second time - much to her mother's pride.
"Mum used to row and she always wanted me to row, so she took
me down to her club and got me into it," she said.
Fraser competed in the 2008 world university rowing
championships, held in Serbia.
Fraser and Fauvel will head to Hungary with four other
competitors - two from Christchurch and two from Waikato.
Otago University rowing coach Richard Parr said the pair had
been training five hours a day for two months.
Both students want to represent New Zealand at Olympic level
in the future, but for now they will be putting in the hard
yards for Hungary.
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