Len Morris and his son, Jasper, of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island, were both medal winners at an international rowing competition hosted in the U.K. last month.
The pair were representing Team Canada as outrigging rowers at the International Va’a Federation IVF World Sprints Championships in mid-August.
"Both of us, to be walking away with a medal, is awesome," said Len, who says it was an emotional moment seeing his son race.The World Sprints Championships were held at Dorney Lake in Windsor, United Kingdom, and both of the Morris’s final races came to down to the wire. The worlds were a much larger family affair for the Morris’s as Len’s 16-year-old daughter, Sakora, also competed, saying she made it to the semi-finals.
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