The following is corrected from the earlier posted release; also corrected again July 16.
The 2010 Under 23 National Team roster has been set, USRowing announced on Monday. Twenty-one crews will represent the United States at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships scheduled for July 22-25 in Brest, Belarus.
Under 23 world champions will be crowned in 21 events including the men's single sculls, women's single sculls, lightweight men's single sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, men's double sculls, women's double sculls, lightweight men's double sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, men's quadruple sculls, women's quadruple sculls, lightweight men's quadruple sculls, lightweight women's quadruple sculls, men's pair, women's pair, lightweight men's pair, men's four, women's four, lightweight men's four, men's four with coxswain, men's eight and women's eight.
Nineteen athletes return from the 2009 Under 23 National Team including 10 medalists. Summers Nelson and Devery Karz return to the lightweight women's quadruple sculls after winning silver medals in the event last year. Nareg Guregian and Michael Gennaro won silver in the men's four last year and will race in the men's eight this year.
Coxswain Ariel Frost, Taylor Ritzel, Ashley Kroll, Olivia Coffey, Grace Luczak and Mary Jeghers won silver in the women's eight last year. Kroll will join University of Michigan teammate Felice Mueller in the pair, while the other four will be back in the eight.
In addition to the returning 2009 Under 23 National Team members, the roster includes 2008 Olympian Lindsay Meyer. Now a junior at Stanford University, Meyer finished fifth in the women's quadruple sculls in Beijing and will race in the women's single sculls in Belarus.
The 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships will take place July 22-25. Racing begins on Thursday, July 22, with heats. Finals will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25.
Name Birthdate Ht. Wt. Hometown Club
Men’s Single Sculls (M1x)
Brendan McEwan 3/4/1988 6’2” 180 New Canaan, Conn. Potomac Boat Club
Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)
Lindsay Meyer 9/23/1988 5’11” 175 Seattle, Wash. Unaffiliated
Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls (LM1x)
John Graves 3/26/1988 6’0” 160 Cincinnati, Ohio Craftsbury Small Boat TC
Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls (LW1x)
Emily Boucher 11/8/1989 5’5” 125 Lee, N.H. Durham Boat Club
Men’s Double Sculls (M2x)
Erich Hanxleden (s) 3/10/1988 6’5” 192 Garden Grove, Calif. University of Wisconsin
Andrew Gallagher (b) 5/25/1989 6’6” 200 Phoenix, Ariz. University of Wisconsin
Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)
Elizabeth Donald (s) 11/4/1988 5’9” 160 Falmouth, Mass. Craftsbury Small Boat TC
Rebecca Donald (b) 11/4/1988 5’9” 165 Falmouth, Mass. Craftsbury Small Boat TC
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls (LM2x)
Alex Burjakowsky (s) 12/22/1990 6’2” 165 Irvine, Calif. Newport Aquatic Center
Nick Trojan (b) 1/18/1991 5’10” 148 Los Alamitos, Calif. Newport/Long Beach RA
Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x)
Elizabeth Bates (s) 7/7/1989 5’5” 125 Tenants Harbor, Maine Vesper Boat Club
Sarah Keller (b) 3/27/1989 5’6” 125 Perrysburg, Ohio Vesper Boat Club
Men’s Quadruple Sculls (M4x)
Mike Donohue (s) 6’4” Malvern, Pa. Columbia University
Henry Cole (3) 6/6/1988 6’5” 205 New Canaan, Conn. Maritime Rowing Club
Ian Silveira (2) 11/6/1990 6’3” 185 West Bloomfield, Mich. Princeton University
Hans Struzyna (b) 3/31/1989 6’3” 200 Kirkland, Wash. University of Washington
Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x)
Nicole Bielawski (s) 12/24/1991 6’0” 180 Old Westbury, N.Y. Princeton University
Desiree Burns (3) 5/30/1988 5’9” 170 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. University of Virginia
Emily Dreissigacker (2) 11/29/1988 5’9” 160 Morrisville, Vt. Unaffiliated
Helen Tompkins (b) 1/2/1988 5’10” 155 Friendswood, Texas Unaffiliated
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls (LM4x)
Steven Cutler (s) 9/27/1989 5’11” 154 Lutz, Fla. Princeton U./Vesper BC
Erich Schultze (3) 7/23/1991 6’2” 153 Foxboro, Mass. Vesper Boat Club
John Redos (2) 8/15/1990 5’11” 159 Mount Bethel, Pa. Vesper Boat Club
Tobin McGee (b) 7/22/1988 5’9” 152 Rye, N.Y. Vesper Boat Club
Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls (LW4x)
Summers Nelson (s) 3/4/1988 5’7” 130 Kansas City, Mo. GMS Rowing Center
Devery Karz (3) 2/18/1988 5’8” 126 Park City, Utah GMS RC/Oregon State
Kim Hopewell (2) 3/24/1991 5’6” 125 Ridgefield, Conn. GMS Rowing Center
Elizabeth Robinson (b) 4/12/1989 5’6” 123 Seattle, Wash. GMS Rowing Center
Men’s Pair (M2-)
Ben Johnson (s) 11/1/1988 6’1” 185 Northford, Conn. Craftsbury Small Boat TC
Henry Moore (b) 1/31/1989 6’5” 207 Jaffrey, N.H. Craftsbury Small Boat TC
Women’s Pair (W2-)
Ashley Kroll (s) 5/24/1988 6’1” 165 Edmonds, Wash. University of Michigan
Felice Mueller (b) 10/15/1989 6’1” 155 Cleveland, Ohio University of Michigan
Lightweight Men’s Pair (LM2-)
Christian Klein (s) 1/26/1989 6’1” 159 Herndon, Va. Princeton University
Michael Kerrigan (b) 5/18/1988 6’1” 160 Charlottesville, Va. Unaffiliated
Men’s Four (M4-)
Dane McFadden (s) 8/5/1988 6’7” 212 Fillmore, Calif. Stanford University
Evan Cassidy (3) 2/28/1988 6’1” 194 Westbury, N.Y. Columbia University
Alexander Syverson (2) 7/13/1989 6’6” 195 Minneapolis, Minn. Stanford University
Nick Jordan (b) 3/11/1990 6’4” 215 Princeton, N.J. Harvard University
Women’s Four (W4-)
Sara Hendershot (s) 4/27/1988 5’11” 160 West Simsbury, Conn. Unaffiliated
Michaela Strand (3) 12/1/1988 5’11” 160 Seattle, Wash. Princeton University
Hannah Malvin (2) 4/23/1988 6’1” 175 Pittsburgh, Pa. Brown University
Julie Smith (b) 11/7/1989 6’0” 175 Raleigh, N.C. Stanford University
Lightweight Men’s Four (LM4-)
William Newell (s) 10/5/1988 6’2” 155 Weston, Mass. Harvard University
Ed King (3) 6/14/1989 6’4” 160 Ironton, Mo. US Naval Academy
Robin Prendes (2) 12/13/1988 6’1” 155 Miami, Fla. Princeton University
Austin Meyer (b) 6/23/1990 5’11” 153 Cohoes, N.Y. Harvard University
Men’s Four with Coxswain (M4+)
Kereeti Pisapati (c) 3/5/1989 5’3” 115 Bethlehem, Pa. Penn Athletic Club
Benjamin Dann (s) 11/26/1990 5’10” 185 Pond Ridge, N.Y. Penn Athletic Club
Joe Ledvina (3) 2/18/1988 6’3” 200 Milwaukee, Wis. Potomac Boat Club
Patrick Kenny (2) 6/30/1989 6’6” 211 Malvern, Pa. Penn Athletic Club
Michael Grose (b) 9/5/1988 6’9” 225 Jacksonville, Fla. Penn AC/Univ. of Florida
Men’s Eight (M8+)
Zach Vlahos (c) 8/19/1988 5’9” 121 Piedmont, Calif. University of California
Nareg Guregian (s) 1/20/1989 6’5” 210 North Hills, Calif. University of California
Michael Gennaro (7) 3/11/1989 6’3” 185 Havertown, Pa. Syracuse University
Ty Otto (6) 3/1/1989 6’7” 195 Seattle, Wash. University of Washington
Tom Dethlefs (5) 5/6/1990 6’6” 205 Lawrenceville, N.J. Yale University
Rob Munn (4) 7/26/1990 6’4” 205 Redmond, Wash. University of Washington
Blaise Didier (3) 3/29/1988 6’7” 220 San Francisco, Calif. University of Washington
Sam Walker (2) 11/27/1988 6’3” 195 Seattle, Wash. University of California
Nick Lucey (b) 9/6/1988 6’1” 190 San Francisco, Calif. University of California
Women’s Eight (W8+)
Ariel Frost (c) 2/23/1988 5’3” 105 Walnut Creek, Calif. Princeton University
Taylor Ritzel (s) 9/4/1988 6’2” 185 Larkspur, Colo. Yale University
Emily Regan (7) 6/10/1988 6’2” 187 Buffalo, N.Y. Michigan State University
Grace Luczak (6) 5/24/1989 6’3” 160 Ann Arbor, Mich. Stanford University
Kara Kohler (5) 1/20/1991 6’2” 180 Clayton, Calif. University of California
Mary Jeghers (4) 10/28/1988 5’10” 165 San Diego, Calif. University of California
Kerry Simmonds (3) 4/3/1989 6’0” 185 San Diego, Calif. University of Washington
Jennifer Cromwell (2) 4/13/1988 5’10” 149 Bellevue, Wash. Unaffiliated
Olivia Coffey (b) 1/29/1989 6’2” 170 Watkins Glen, N.Y. Radcliffe Crew
Coaching and Managerial Staff
Name Affiliation Position
Luke Agnini University of California Coach, LM4-
Guenter Beutter GMS Rowing Center Coach, LW4x
Willie Black USRowing Team Manager
Eric Carson University of Virginia Team Physician
Reilly Dampeer Potomac Boat Club Coach, M1x
Hilary Gehman Cornell University Coach, W4x
Larry Gluckman Craftsbury Sculling Center Coach, LM1x, M2-, LM2x, W2x
Conal Groom Lake Union Boat Club Coach, W1x
Jeremy Ivey OKC High Performance Center Coach, LM2-
Brett Johnson USRowing Press Officer
Anne Kakela USRowing Coach, W2-, W4-, W8+
Andreas Maul Boatman
Linda Muri Harvard University Coach, W2-, W4-, W8+
Dave Reischman Syracuse University Coach, M4x
Khaled Sanad Colgate University Coach, M4+
Mike Teti University of California Coach, M4-, M8+
Scott Wisniewski Vesper Boat Club Coach, LW2x, LM4x
Christian Zangenberg Durham Boat Club Coach, LW1x