OTTAWA – As part of its 50th Anniversary Celebration, Canadian Interuniversity Sport presents the CIS 50th Anniversary Success Stories series. Each week throughout the 2011-12 season, CIS will profile two alumni from CIS member institutions who have made outstanding contributions in areas such as sports, business, politics or in the community.
ALISON KORN: CIS alumnus, Olympic rower and successful journalist
Alison Korn rowed in two Olympics and now shines the spotlight on other elite athletes trying to do the same
From Carleton graduate to Olympic medallist to Toronto Star columnist, CIS alumnus Alison Korn has used her experience as both a journalist and world-class athlete to achieve great success in doing what she loves most:rowing and journalism.
Korn, 41, began rowing at the age of 21 while in her final year of political science at McGill University after a friend convinced her to try it out. She soon found that rowing was not only a sport she loved, but had great talent for as well.
She went on to pursue a master’s degree in journalism at Carleton University, where she joined the Ravens rowing team and took part mainly in the single races. One of Korn’s favorite memories as a Raven was having competitions with the football players during her training sessions to prove who the stronger athletes were.
“While training for rowing, I remember always lifting weights with the football guys,” Korn recalls. “I knew I had huge endurance, but of course, they were much stronger than me.”
COMPLETE STORY AT:
http://english.cis-sic.ca/50th/success_stories/carleton/car_korn
MARK LEE: Carleton football veteran turned national sports reporter
Mark Lee once called plays for the Ravens, now he calls plays for Hockey Night in Canada
Carleton alumnus Mark Lee has come a long way since being a Ravens quarterback. Now a long-time national sports reporter for CBC, the CIS veteran has accomplished a lot, both on camera and on the field, and says he is one of many “Old Crows” looking forward to the return of football at the school.
Lee played quarterback for the Ravens football team for four years, graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1980.
“It was a great experience to develop camaraderie with teammates and build friendships that last to this day,” says Lee.
After a few rebuilding years at the beginning of Lee’s Carleton career, the Ravens were among the better teams inOntarioandQuebec. In his third season, he remembers losing a playoff game to eventual Vanier Cup winners, Queen’s University, in double overtime.
“We should have won that game in regulation time,” says Lee. “That loss still haunts most of us. [It’s] a reminder of how close we were.”
COMPLETE STORY AT:
http://english.cis-sic.ca/50th/success_stories/carleton/car_lee
(Michel Bélanger CIS Manager, Communications & Media Relations)
