University of Victoria Athletics

Over the span of two years in 1981 and 1982, the University of Victoria fielded one of the most successful groups of women's rowers in the program's history. Eleven key rowers spanned this time frame that saw the Vikes win the Championship Eights titles at the 1981 and 1982 Royal Canadian Henley regatta and the 1981 inaugural and 1982 Canadian University Rowing Championships. They were named Victoria's Team of the Year in 1981. The 1982 women's eight crew went on to win the San Diego Crew Classic, with a breathtaking victory over the University of Washington,  the 1982 Pac 12 champions and the 1981-82 USA national champions, by two tenths of a second.
 
This group of incredible women combined seasoned competitors with new talent. The crew of Lisa Roy, Janice Mason, Katie Burke, Shelley Donald and Andrea Schreiner Stapff, all 1980 Olympians, along with Canadian junior and national team members Carla Pace and Lorna Schultz Nicholson, joined forces with newcomers Joanell Storm, Lisa Robertson, Marilyn Brain Campbell, and Carolyn Trono. Trono, Roy, Mason, Schreiner Stapff, Brain Campbell, Storm and Robertson were also members of Canada's 1984 Olympic team.
 
1981-82 Women’s Rowing Crew
Carolyn Trono
Lisa Roy
Janice Mason
Joanell Storm
Katie Burke
Carla Pace
Shelley Donald
Lisa Robertson
Andrea Schreiner Stapff
Marilyn Brain Campbell
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Al Morrow (Coach)