PRINCETON, N.J. -- The 2006 Under 23 National Team roster has been set, USRowing announced on Monday. In total, nine crews will represent the United States at the 2006 FISA World Rowing Under 23 Championships scheduled to run July 20-23 in Hazewinkel, Belgium.
The U.S. will have crews competing in the men's single sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, women's pair, men's quadruple sculls, lightweight men's quadruple sculls, lightweight men's four, men's four with coxswain, women's eight, and men's eight.
The 41-person roster includes three members of the 2005 Under 23 National Team, with Stesha Carle being the lone returning medalist. Carle won a gold medal in the women's four last year and will race in the women's pair in Hazewinkel. Alex Hearne will race in the eight this year after competing in the four in 2005, while Max Litt will serve as an alternate after competing in the lightweight four last year. The U.S. won two medals, gold in the women's four and bronze in the women's double sculls, at last year's championships.
In addition, the squad includes two members of the 2005 Senior National Team. Patrick Sullivan won a silver medal in the men's four with coxswain and Chase Phillips coxed the men's pair with coxswain to a bronze medal at the 2005 FISA World Championships in Gifu, Japan.
2006 World Rowing Under 23 Championships Roster
Name Birthdate Height Weight Hometown Club
Women's Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1x)
Heather Johnson 2/21/1984 5'7" 130 Portland, Ore. Oregon Rowing Unlimited
Men's Single Sculls (M1x)
James Dietz II 11/28/1985 Amherst, Mass. Univ. of Massachusetts
Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LM4x)
Brian de Regt 7/8/1986 5'11" 155 Rowayton, Conn.
Saugatuck Rowing Club
Daniel Feldman 11/18/1985 6'1" 155 Miami, Fla. Miami Rowing Club
Jon Winter 2/29/1984 6'1" 154 New Haven, Conn. Saugatuck Rowing Club
Richard Klein 8/18/1986 5'9" 145 Westport, Conn. GMS Rowing Center
Men's Four with Coxswain (M4+)
Chase Phillips 2/12/1984 5'3" 120 Woodbridge, Va. University of Wisconsin
Kevin Baum 11/1/1984 6'4" 180 Potomac, Md. Stanford University
Max Vice-Reshel 12/16/1984 6'6" 222 Milwaukee, Wis. University of Wisconsin
Will Miller 6/13/1984 6'5" 205 Duxbury, Mass. Northeastern University
Vince McCall 3/16/1984 6'3" 205 Newton Square, Pa. Princeton Training Center
Women's Pair (W2-)
Stesha Carle 12/2/1984 5'10" 165 Long Beach, Calif. University of Michigan
Ellen Tomek 5/1/1984 5'10" 160 Flushing, Mich. University of Michigan
Men's Quadruple Sculls (M4x)
Ted Sobolewski 4/29/1986 6'3" 185 Williamsville, N.Y. Northeastern University
Patrick Sullivan 10/22/1985 6'7" 214 Hingham, Mass. Union Boat Club
Charlie Cole 6/21/1986 6'4" 195 New Canaan, Conn. Yale University
Peter Graves 10/25/1984 6'2" 175 Cincinnati, Ohio Trinity College
Men's Lightweight Four (LM4-)
Greg McKallagat 1/23/1985 5'11" 152 Andover, Mass. Princeton University
Patrick Ruby 7/9/1985 6'0" 165 Watertown, Conn. Northeastern University
Scott Wallen 8/24/1984 6'0" 160 Woodbridge, Va. University of Wisconsin
Andrew Diebold 2/28/1984 6'1" 156 North Wales, Pa. Cornell University
Women's Eight (W8+)
Katelin Snyder 8/16/1987 5'5" 115 Winter Park, Fla. University of Washington
Genevra Stone 7/11/1985 6'0" 157 Newton, Mass. Princeton University
Devan Darby 6/25/1984 6'0" 165 Virginia Beach, Va. Princeton University
Esther Lofgren 2/28/1985 6'2" 180 Long Beach, Calif. Radcliffe Crew
Megan Smith 4/9/1985 6'1" 195 Templeton, Calif. University of California
Katherine Davison 3/15/1985 5'11" 175 Bedford, N.H. Dartmouth College
Katherine Glessner 3/11/1986 6'0" 185 Seattle, Wash. Northeastern University
Kerry Birk 6/18/1986 5'10" 175 Scottsdale, Ariz. Stanford University
Anne Kennedy 2/20/1985 5'9" 172 Mt. Vision, N.Y. Dartmouth College
Men's Eight (M8+)
Jimmy Germano 1/5/1987 5'7" 121 Pomona, N.J. Cornell University
Benjamin Harrison 3/28/1985 6'8" 225 Dedham, Mass. Brown University
Alex Hearne 2/24/1984 6'4" 210 Princeton, N.J. Princeton University
Jacob Cornelius 10/2/1984 6'6" 208 Brooktondale, N.Y. Stanford University
Andrew Kaufman 11/8/1984 6'9" 215 Appleton, Wis. University of Wisconsin
William England 4/1/1985 6'3" 204 Marblehead, Mass. Princeton University
Andrew Boston 12/23/1984 6'8" 200 Signal Mountain, Tenn. Harvard University
Jesse Johnson 1/30/1987 6'3" 210 Mercer Island, Wash. University of Washington
Nathan Rooks 7/25/1985 6'4" 200 Bainbridge Island Wash. Stanford University
Spares
Max Litt 10/17/1985 6'2" 155 Ontario, N.Y. Cornell University
Ben Cooley 9/11/1984 5'10" 160 Lyme, Conn. Univ. of Pennsylvania
Coaching and Managerial Staff
Name Affiliation
Michael Callahan, Men's Eight/Four with Coxswain University of Washington
James Dietz, Men's Single Sculls University of Massachusetts
Greg Hughes, Men's Eight/Team Manager Princeton University
James Mangan, Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Saugatuck Rowing Club
Bill Manning, Men's Quadruple Sculls Harvard University
Linda Muri, Men's Lightweight Four Harvard University
David O'Neill, Women's Eight University of California at Berkeley
Melanie Onufrieff, Women's Eight Columbia University