Johannah Kearney (Oamaru) continued her golden run at Lake Karapiro yesterday.
She was a key member of the Southern RPC crew that won the women's under 22 eight in convincing fashion at the New Zealand rowing championships.
Southern won the race by 6.19sec in a time of 6min 29.15sec and was followed home by Auckland RPC 6min 35.34sec and North Shore 7min 05.81sec.
Kearney (19) has the chance to add to her medal count in the next two days of finals.
She returned home to Oamaru with a golden glow last year, after winning three gold medals and a bronze medal in the women's premier four.
It has been a successful time for Kearney over the last two years when she first made her mark on the international scene.
In 2012, she was a member of the New Zealand coxless four that won a bronze medal at the world junior championships.
Last year she stepped up to the under-23 grade and also won a bronze medal in the coxless four.
Kearney started rowing with the Oamaru club with her twin sister Caitlin, when she was a pupil at St Kevin's College. The twins won a silver medal in the under 18 pair at the Maadi Cup in 2012.
Two bronze medals were won by Otago University rowers on the first day of finals at the national championships in Southern RPC crews.
Fiona Bourke was in the women's premier quadruple sculls that finished third in a time of 6min 26.29sec behind Waikato RPC 6min 23.16sec and Central RPC 6min 26.24sec.
Fergus Fauvel was in the men's quadruple sculls that finished third in 6min 11.25sec behind Central RPC 6min 00.27sec and Auckland RPC 6min 05.59sec.
Emma Winders (Otago) is keen to follow in the footsteps of her mother when she competes in three finals over the next two days.
Christine Winders won the premier lightweight single sculls title at Lake Karapiro 20 years ago. She won two women's premier lightweight singles titles and was one of the best lightweight scullers in the country during her era.
''I have seen reports on Mum's rowing,'' Emma said.
''She was a pretty cool sculler.''
Christine takes a keen interest in her daughter's rowing.
''Mum's rung me up several times a day while I have been up here at Karapiro,'' Emma said.
Emma completed a tough week of qualifying yesterday and had three races in 3hr 30 min.
She qualified for the final in two of them. She finished second in the semifinal of the club single sculls in 8min 03.31sec to reach the final.
She teamed with Anna O'Leary in the club double sculls and they finished second in 7min 32.98sec.
The Otago University combination of Nicola Shanks and Anna Watson-Taylor was third in 7min 35.84sec and also qualified for the final.
The Otago club has qualified four crews for the finals. Winders and Anna O'Leary have a chance to become the fifth, when they contest the heats of the under 19 double sculls.
