Mark Gibbons, a 1996 graduate of Fordham College, paired with Mike Lemke, to form the most decorated pair of men's rowers in Fordham history. Gibbons and Lemke teamed to win national collegiate championships in varsity events all four years at Fordham. This feat is even more impressive when you take into account that there are fewer than 20 college rowers in the history of college rowing to win major national college championships all four years of college.
 
In their freshman and sophomore years, Gibbons and Lemke paired to win the ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta while in their junior year, they won the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship and qualified for the Henley Royal Regatta in Great Britain. Gibbons also won a Canadian Henley championship during the summer of his junior year. The pair capped their senior season with a win at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta.
 
Following graduation, Gibbons rowed for the NYAC.