The New Zealand Universities crews continued their dominance of transtasman rowing with their third successive win over Australia in Sydney this month.
New Zealand crews won four of the five events at the three regattas staged around Sydney.
They won 12 out of 15 races, and Olympic gold medallist Rob Waddell presented medals to the winning crews.
Five races were held at each regatta and New Zealand won the men's and women's eight, the women's lightweight quadruple sculls and the men's lightweight four at each venue.
The women's quadruple sculls were a step above their competition, a good sign because three of the crew - Sarah Alexander (single sculls), Kate French and Catherine van Gessel (double sculls) - are competing in the World University Rowing Games in September.
The two University of Otago members in the quadruple sculls are French and van Gessel.
The men's heavyweight four was an invitation event this year, and the New Zealand crew raced the Australian World University Games crew. The Australians comfortably won the first two races.
New Zealand pulled out of the third race because of boat difficulties.
The men's lightweight four included Alistair Bond (Otago), who was a newcomer in the crew along with Armin Svoboda (Canterbury).
Bond is the younger brother of world champion Hamish BondAustralia had won the event the past two years, which made Richard Sharp (Otago), who was in the crew in 2006 and 2007, and Andrew O'Connor, from last year's crew, determined to win.
Six members of the New Zealand women's eight are students at Otago: Bess Halley, Sian Jones-White, Meg Wilson, Laura Tester, Sarah van Belletrom and cox Aynsley Moore.
Amy Grundy (Massey), the Otago Rower of the year last season, was also in the crew.
The two Otago University members in the quadruple sculls are French and van Gessel. Other Otago University rowers in the team were Matthew McGovern, who stroked the men's heavyweight eight, and Campbell Lowe, Dougal MacDuff, Scott Vandenbosch and cox Michael Dessoulavy in the men's heavyweight four and eight.
