2025 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'S MEN'S CREWS

VARSITY CREW

OSCAR WOSTENHOLME ~ COXSWAIN

3rd Year Economics
Third Brown Cup
4th Place U23 World Championships Canada M8+, Coxed Rowing Canada’s 8+ in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, 2 time CU Champion, Brown Cup Win 2024

ADRIAN BREEN ~ STROKE

3rd Year Civil Engineering
Third Brown Cup
2023, 2024 CURC Mens eight gold, 2024 Brown Cup Champion, U23 World Championships Mens 8+

JOEL CULLEN ~ SEVEN

Masters of Management
Second Brown Cup
0.01 seconds from Olympic qualification, Canadian National Champion M 2-, 6-time Gold medalist at CURC Regatta

LIAM SMIT~ THREE

Civil Engineering
Third Brown Cup
Junior South African Champion, Senior Canadian Champion 1x, Canadian University Champion, 2024 Henley Royal Regatta champion

HENRY SOWLE ~ TWO

2nd Year Arts
First Brown Cup
Second in the Men’s Pair at Western Canadian University Rowing Championships 2024

NIKO SCHRAMM ~ BOW

RESERVE CREW

MAIJKEN MEINDERTSMA ~ SIX

OWEN BARTEL~ FIVE

3rd Year Urban Studies
Third Brown Cup
2024 CURC champion, 2024 U23 National team 8+, 2024 Brown Cup Champion

SAM HARRIS ~ FOUR

5th Year Business
Fourth Brown Cup
Gold in 2023 CURC men’s 8, Gold in 2024 CURC men’s 8, 2024 Campbell Dowd Cup winner, 2022 Campbell Dowd Cup winner

CHARLIE SAMSON ~ SIX

2nd Year Arts
First Brown Cup
Western Canadian University Champion in the Men’s JV pair, Ontario provincial champion in the Open Men’s double

CHARLIE HOVERMALE ~ FIVE

1st Year Sauder School of Business
First Brown Cup
Rowing Southwest regional youth championships 2024 2V8+ First, San Diego Crew Classic 2024 2V8+ First

ROBERT WALSH ~ FOUR

3rd Year Engineering
Second Brown Cup
U23 worlds in the men’s 8+ 2024, Royal Henley Grand Challenge Cup 2024

EDWARD LALONDE ~ COXSWAIN

BENJAMIN BUCHHEIT ~ STROKE

4th Year Environmental Engineering
Third Brown Cup
Brown Cup Champion - 2023, 2024, Canadian University Rowing Champion - 2023

ELLINGTON PEACOCK ~ SEVEN

3rd Year Philosophy
Second Brown Cup
2022 U19 World Championships M4-, 2022 Canada Summer Games Team BC, 2024 Head of Charles

BRADEN DURCAK ~ THREE

1st Year Engineering
First Brown Cup
CSSRA 1x Champion and 2-time 2nd place, 2024 Junior Worlds 8+, Canadian Henley 2nd place finisher

ALEC DORWARD ~ TWO

3rd Year Forestry
Third Brown Cup
Campbell Dowd Cup Champion 2024, Roommates with Owen Bartel, Robert Walsh, and Ellington Peacock

MATTHIAS SHORTER ~ BOW

4th Year Geological Engineering
Second Brown Cup
Campbell Dowd Cup Champion 2024, Coxswain Cake Races 2024

COACHING STAFF

2025 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'S MEN'S CREWS

VARSITY CREW

OSCAR WOSTENHOLME ~ COXSWAIN

3rd Year Economics

Third Brown Cup​

4th Place U23 World Championships Canada M8+, Coxed Rowing Canada’s 8+ in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, 2 time CU Champion, Brown Cup Win 2024

ADRIAN BREEN ~ STROKE​

3rd Year Civil Engineering

Third Brown Cup

2023, 2024 CURC Mens eight gold, 2024 Brown Cup Champion, U23 World Championships Mens 8+

JOEL CULLEN ~ SEVEN

Masters of Management

Second Brown Cup

0.01 seconds from Olympic qualification, Canadian National Champion M 2-, 6-time Gold medalist at CURC Regatta​

LIAM SMIT~ THREE

Civil Engineering

Third Brown Cup

Junior South African Champion, Senior Canadian Champion 1x, Canadian University Champion, 2024 Henley Royal Regatta champion

HENRY SOWLE ~ TWO

2nd Year Arts

First Brown Cup

Second in the Men’s Pair at Western Canadian University Rowing Championships 2024

NIKO SCHRAMM ~ BOW​

RESERVE CREW

MAIJKEN MEINDERTSMA ~ SIX ​

OWEN BARTEL~ FIVE​

3rd Year Urban Studies

Third Brown Cup

2024 CURC champion, 2024 U23 National team 8+, 2024 Brown Cup Champion

SAM HARRIS ~ FOUR

5th Year Business

Fourth Brown Cup​

Gold in 2023 CURC men’s 8, Gold in 2024 CURC men’s 8, 2024 Campbell Dowd Cup winner, 2022 Campbell Dowd Cup winner

CHARLIE SAMSON ~ SIX

2nd Year Arts

First Brown Cup

Western Canadian University Champion in the Men’s JV pair, Ontario provincial champion in the Open Men’s double

CHARLIE HOVERMALE ~ FIVE

1st Year Sauder School of Business

First Brown Cup

Rowing Southwest regional youth championships 2024 2V8+ First, San Diego Crew Classic 2024 2V8+ First

ROBERT WALSH ~ FOUR

3rd Year Engineering

Second Brown Cup

U23 worlds in the men’s 8+ 2024, Royal Henley Grand Challenge Cup 2024

EDWARD LALONDE ~ COXSWAIN

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BENJAMIN BUCHHEIT ~ STROKE​

4th Year Environmental Engineering

Third Brown Cup

Brown Cup Champion - 2023, 2024, Canadian University Rowing Champion - 2023

ELLINGTON PEACOCK ~ SEVEN​

3rd Year Philosophy

Second Brown Cup

2022 U19 World Championships M4-, 2022 Canada Summer Games Team BC, 2024 Head of Charles

BRADEN DURCAK ~ THREE

​1st Year Engineering

First Brown Cup​

CSSRA 1x Champion and 2-time 2nd place, 2024 Junior Worlds 8+, Canadian Henley 2nd place finisher

ALEC DORWARD ~ TWO

3rd Year Forestry

Third Brown Cup​

Campbell Dowd Cup Champion 2024, Roommates with Owen Bartel, Robert Walsh, and Ellington Peacock

MATTHIAS SHORTER ~ BOW

4th Year Geological Engineering

Second Brown Cup

Campbell Dowd Cup Champion 2024, Coxswain Cake Races 2024

COACHING STAFF

MIKE PEARCE HEAD COACH

HARRIS SHELDON ASSISTANT COACH

Third Brown Cup

ADRIAN BREEN ~ STROKE

0.01 seconds from Olympic qualification, Canadian National Champion M 2-, 6-time Gold medalist at CURC Regatta

NIKO SCHRAMM ~ BOW

MAIJKEN MEINDERTSMA ~ SIX

OWEN BARTEL~ FIVE

Fourth Brown Cup

BENJAMIN BUCHHEIT ~ STROKE

ELLINGTON PEACOCK ~ SEVEN

1st Year Engineering

First Brown Cup

Third Brown Cup

MIKE PEARCE
HEAD COACH

HARRIS SHELDON
ASSISTANT COACH