Harriman earns four rowing medals at World Masters Games
Peterborough native Maureen Harriman earned four medals at the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand in late April.
Racing with the Chinook Performance team, her team won gold in the women’s D coxed four 1,000m in 3:51.96, silver in women’s D scull individual 1,000 m in 4:07.73, silver in the women’s E double scull 1,000m in 4:10.13 and bronze in the women’s D eights 1,000m in 3:37.24.
She was also on teams that finished seventh in the finals of the women’s D quadruple scull and the women’s E quadruple scull.
The former Trent Rowing Club member is a graduate of St. Teresa School and Crestwood Secondary School. She now lives in Whistler, B.C. and is an ear, nose and throat specialist in Vancouver.
Harriman was making a return to rowing after not being on the water for quite some time. She prepared by cross-country skiing and indoor rowing.
“Normally I am on the water at the end of March, but not this year, it didn’t happen,” Harriman told Pique News Magazine. “I left April 20 and the lake was still frozen in Whistler.”
She plans to continue rowing over the summer, including at her Anstruther Lake cottage in North Kawartha Township.
She plans to return to competition for the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston on Oct. 21 and 22. She is a past gold medallist there.