Siblings Callie and Will gave the family two medals in consecutive finals at Lake Karipiro yesterday.
They contributed to two of the three medals won by Otago crews.
Callie Turner was part of the Columba College girls under-17 coxed four that got the day off to a strong start for the region’s crews.
Also consisting of Milly Nesbit, Abby Anderson, Millie Wright and cox Megan Maslin, the crew claimed a bronze medal in 7min 40.40.
It was very nearly a silver, with St Peter’s College pipping them by 21-hundredths of a second.
Twenty minutes later, younger brother Will was at it in the under-15 double sculls.
He combined with Will Edwards to win silver for John McGlashan College.
Having been one of the dominant crews throughout the regatta, the duo found themselves in a tight scrap for positions.
St Paul’s Collegiate claimed first in 7min 29.91 sec, but John McGlashan finished in 7min 31.26sec to pip John Paul College for second.
Otago Boys’ High School won a bronze in the boys under-16 quadruple sculls in dramatic fashion.
In the same race, John McGlashan College finished eighth.
Taieri College’s Haylee Budd just missed out on a bronze. She finished the under-17 girls single sculls final in 8min 23.79sec, behind Andrea Flick, of Westlake Girls’ High School, in 8min 23.62sec.
Dunstan High School managed a fourth in the girls under-15 coxed quadruple sculls. Its crew finished in 7min 46.16sec, although was a way back from third-placed Villa Maria College, which clocked in at 7min 42.99sec.
In the final event of the day, Columba College finished fourth in the girls under-18 coxed four.
It finished in 7min 24.44sec, just over four seconds behind the third-placed Diocesan School for Girls crew.
Otago has several more crews in medal contention as the finals continue tomorrow.
The regatta concludes tomorrow evening.
