Virtual Spring Convocation<\/a> on Friday, June 18.<\/p>\nHer master\u2019s research focused on the relationship dynamics between coach and athlete in high-performance sport.<\/p>\n
The work has led her to pursue a PhD in Kinesiology at the University of Victoria in September.<\/p>\n
Corkery rowed five seasons for Brock and qualified for the Canadian University Rowing Championships each year. The element of teamwork left a lasting impression on Corkery during her final rowing season as a Badger in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned that it is so important to invest in your teammates and to build each other up,\u201d she said. \u201cWe embodied the mentality that we were a family, where we gave each other unconditional support, which served us well during some difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coach Ron \u2018Swede\u2019 Burak said Corkery was a difference-maker for her crew.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u200bErin has been a great contributor for the Badgers rowing team,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pleasure to be her coach. Her leadership and motivation helped the lightweight women to the best results we\u2019ve had in our last OUA racing season.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was a member of the women\u2019s lightweight four, and each season they would get closer to winning an Ontario University Athletics gold medal.<\/p>\n
The supportive team environment put the Brock women\u2019s lightweight four crew over the top in 2019.<\/p>\n
The crew jokingly dubbed themselves \u2018The Lads\u2019 as they banded together before that final season and made a commitment to put everything they had into that upcoming season. They had a goal of winning OUA gold.<\/p>\n
The Badgers capitalized on home-water advantage as they went head-to-head with the powerhouse Western Mustangs during the OUA Rowing Championships at Henley Island in Port Dalhousie.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just like a movie. I get chills just thinking about it,\u201d Corkery recalled. \u201cThe whole race was a dog fight, and even when we heard the two beeps at the finish line, none of us in the boat knew if we finished first or second \u2014 that\u2019s how close it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corkery and the women\u2019s lightweight four outpaced the Mustangs by less than a second (7:38.29).<\/p>\n
When the team discovered they won, they broke into tears. The squad consisted of Corkery, Carly Zanatta, Jennifer Beaudette, Alicia Piazza and coxie Brooke Kew.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have never experienced anything like it,\u201d she said. \u201cI was so proud of \u2018The Lads\u2019 and all the challenges we pushed through together.\u201d<\/p>\n
That season, Corkery was named Oarswoman of the Year by Brock and the St. Catharines Rowing Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was truly an honour to be given these awards after such a successful year of racing,\u201d said Corkery. \u201cI\u2019m so blessed to have been part of such a distinguished program and community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corkery grew up in Peterborough and was raised in a rowing family where her parents competed, including her two sisters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up on the water and riding in my dad\u2019s coach boat, so I had the best seat on the course to watch races,\u201d she said. \u201cThe sport came naturally to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her first race came at the age of seven, where she competed at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships, and started racing on the water in Grade 9 for her high school and Peterborough Rowing Club in the summers.<\/p>\n
She drifted away from the sport for a few years before coming to Brock when an old friend from high school convinced her to go to a Badgers training camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helped that I spent lots of time here at Henley Island when I was a child,\u201d Corkery said. \u201cThe Niagara region is a beautiful place with so many hidden gems. Brock University is underrated and has given me so many unforgettable experiences both in academics and sports.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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