Wentworth pair make it into semis
Wentworth College’s double scullers are bidding for the finals.
Wentworth College students Mia Cunningham-South and Shena Donald, aka Black-Thunder and White-Lightning, were riding high after their first place in the U16 double sculls heat on Tuesday.
They made it to the semifinals with a narrow win.
“At the 1k mark we were coming fifth and then we kept pulling and somehow we got first,” Donald said.
For the girls it’s their second season racing together, but they say they don’t practise as a double.
“Last season we didn’t practise together at all. We did fours. This season Mia mainly goes on her single and me and Rebecca [Faletanoai] go on doubles,” Donald said.
Cunningham-South raced her U15 single on Monday and came fourth while Donald raced the U15 quad, placing third.
Both girls hope to continue rowing throughout high school and joke that they’ll go to the Olympics.
“We’re going to go buy a boat and name it Black-Thunder and White-Lightning,” Cunningham-South joked.
Their goal for this season is not to come last, to get their names out there and to represent their school.
Their semifinal race is this Thursday.
