GVSU Rower, Jake Bouwman (third from right), and his Gold Medal Eight at the 2010 Canadian Henley Regatta

The 2010 season is gone and passed for the Grand Valley Rowing team and this means some valuable resting time for most of the athletes. However, Jacob Bouwman decided to continue his rowing season and row at the prestigious Vesper Rowing Club in Philadelphia. His experience at Vesper led him to a gold medal at the 128th Annual Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in the Men’s under 23 Senior 8+.

The Royal Canadian Henley is one of the largest regattas in the world, and to have achieved a gold medal is a compliment to the rowing capabilities of Jacob Bouwman, and the rowing skills gained through Grand Valley Rowing.

Jake was sitting at 3 seat of his Vesper boat and came in at a blazing speed of 5:42. The Vesper boat was able to outmatch other extremely competitive boats including Penn AC and U.Vic.

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