(July 14, 2004) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - USRowing announced the 39 athletes
who have made the 2004 Junior National Team on Wednesday.
The U.S. will have five junior men's crews and five junior women's crews
racing at the 2004 FISA Senior and Junior World Rowing Championships
July 27-August 1 in Banyoles, Spain. Junior crews competing at the
regatta include the junior men's single sculls, junior women's single
sculls, junior men's double sculls, junior women's double sculls, junior
women's pair, junior men's four, junior women's four, junior men's four
with coxswain, junior men's eight, and junior women's eight.
The pairs, fours, four with coxswain, and eights were selected by the
junior national team coaching staff at the men and women's selection
camps. The singles and doubles earned their right to compete at the
junior world championships by winning the 2004 Junior National Team
Selection Trials last month in West Windsor, N.J.
Of the 39 members, six are returning team members including Charlie
Cole, Cara Dermody, Mindy Fiesler, Emily Schofield, Solon
Wayne-Aposhian, and Max Wyatt. At last year's world championships on the
Olympic course in Schinias, Greece, the U.S. junior men and junior
women's eights won silver medals. Due to windy conditions, the race
distance was shortened to 1,000 meters from the traditional 2,000
meters.
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2004 World Championships Roster
Name Birthdate Hometown Club
Junior Men's Single Sculls
Joseph Medioli 2/4/86 Teaneck, N.J. Nereid Boat Club
Junior Men's Double Sculls
Pat Ryan (s) 12/21/86 Malvern, Pa. Malta Boat Club
Justin Teti (b) 5/30/87 West Chester, Pa. Malta Boat Club
Junior Men's Four
Solon Wayne-Aposhian, (s) 4/6/86 Watertown, Mass. Phillips Exeter
Academy
Chris Hearne (3) 11/22/86 Princeton, N.J. St. Paul's School
Chris Carey (2) 8/27/86 The Plains, Va. St. Andrew's School
Jack Vogelsang (b) 9/8/86 Buffalo, N.Y. West Side Rowing Club
Junior Men's Four with Coxswain
Dave Cleveland (c) 2/1/87 Marion, Mass. Tabor Academy
Brendon Luby (s) 1/2/1987 Wayland, Mass. Belmont Hill School
Ryan Taney (3) 1/29/1987 Boca Raton, Fla. Pine Crest School
Chris Pomer (2) 4/8/88 Sacramento, Calif. Capital Crew
Mark Crocker (b) 3/18/1987 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. St. Paul's School
Junior Men's Eight
Noah Polsky (c) 7/25/87 Larkspur, Calif. Marin Rowing Association
Joe McMullin (s) 3/28/86 Woodbridge, Va. Woodbridge Crew
Henrik Rummel (7) 9/26/87 Pittsford, N.Y. Pittsford Crew
Charlie Cole (6) 6/21/86 New Canaan, Conn. Yale University
Neil Stanga (5) 3/8/87 Arlington, Va. Washington-Lee High School
Jesse Johnson (4) 1/30/87 Mercer Island, Wash. Mt. Baker RC
Max Wyatt (3) 5/19/86 San Francisco, Calif. Shawnigan Lake School
Brian Ebke (2) 7/4/87 Corte Madera, Calif. Marin Rowing Association
Thad DuPrey (B) 1/5/86 Concord, N.H. Derryfield School
Junior Women's Single Sculls
Michelle King 9/3/87 Lyme, Conn. Blood Street Sculls/Old Lyme RA
Junior Women's Double Sculls
Cara Dermody (s) 3/29/87 Oakmont, Pa. Steel City Rowing Club
Emily Schofield (b) 10/10/86 Pittsburgh, Pa. Steel City Rowing Club
Junior Women's Pair
Mindy Fiesler 5/9/1986 Jacksonville, Fla. Stanton College Prep
Kari Stenbakken 6/29/1987 Sammammish, Wash. Sammammish Rowing
Association
Junior Women's Four
Desiree Burns 5/30/88 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Franklin D. Roosevelt High
School
Erin Knox 10/2/87 Snohomish, Wash. Everett Rowing Association
Emily Matykiewicz 12/30/87 Windermere, Fla. Orlando Area Rowing Society
Caitlin McGrath 5/22/87 Westport, Conn. Norwalk River Rowing Association
Junior Women's Eight
Kerry Birk 6/18/86 Scottsdale, Ariz. Choate Crew
Emily Downing 10/29/86 Bellevue, Wash. Sammammish Rowing Association
Nicole Falvo 12/9/86 Gansevoort, N.Y. Saratoga High School
Alie Fishman 2/3/87 Dallas, Texas Episcopal School of Dallas
Annie Gayman 7/14/87 Seattle, Wash. Green Lake Crew
Lori Gordon 1/27/88 Winchester, Mass. Community Rowing, Inc.
Lauren Hofmayer 6/9/87 Orinda, Calif. Oakland Strokes
Amanda Polk 8/2/86 Pittsburgh, Pa. Oakland Catholic High School
Vanessa Teff 9/23/87 Middleton, Wis. Mendota Rowing Club
Men's Spare
Peter Carlson 9/23/87 Orangevale, Calif. Capital Crew
Men's Coaches
Evans Liolin, Junior Men's Head Coach Junior Men's Eight
Jon Douglas Junior Men's Four
Lincoln LaRoe Junior Men's Four with Coxswain
Francis McClure Junior Men's Single Sculls
Bruce Smith Junior Men's Four with Coxswain
Ransom Weaver Junior Men's Double Sculls
Women's Coaches
Steve Hargis, Junior Women's Head Coach Junior Women's Eight
Kushlani DeSoyza Junior Women's Pair/Junior Women's Four/Junior Women's
Eight
John King Junior Women's Single Sculls
Linda Muri Junior Women's Pair/Junior Women's Four
Dori Tompa Junior Women's Double Sculls
Team Support
Bob Reinhardt Team Manager
Dr. Ted Walkley Team Physician