INDIANAPOLIS – USRowing announced its 2003 Senior National Team roster on Monday. The team will compete at the 2003 FISA World Rowing Championships August 24-31 in Milan, Italy.
The roster includes 15 Olympians and 23 first-time senior national team members, while 41 team members have won a total of 80 medals at past world championships. The men’s eight brings the most experience. The crew of coxswain Pete Cipollone, Jon Watling, Bryan Volpenhein, Mike Wherley, Wolf Moser, Joey Hansen, Ryan Torgerson, Jeff Klepacki, and Jason Read includes five Olympians and 54 total senior national team appearances. The women's eight is coming off a gold medal at last year’s world championships. The crew of Mary Whipple, Megan Dirkmaat, Ali Cox, Jen Dore-Terhaar, Anna Mickelson, Maite Urtasun, Michelle Guerette, Sam Magee, and Kate Johnson returns five members of last year’s world champion boat.
Twenty-four events will be contested at this year’s world championships with the U.S. racing in every event. Last year, the U.S. won seven medals at the world championships including a gold medal in the women's eight, silver medals in the lightweight women's single sculls and men's pair with coxswain, and bronze medals in the men's eight, lightweight men's eight, lightweight men's single sculls, and lightweight women's quadruple sculls.
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2003 World Championships Roster
Name Birth Ht. Wt. Hometown Affiliation
Men’s Single Sculls (M1x)
Mike Perry 1/23/77 6’3” 205 Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor RC
Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)
Kristin Goodrich 1/3/76 6’0” 160 Portola Valley, Calif. Saugatuck RC
Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls (LM1x)
Andrew Liverman 12/5/79 6’0” 160 Oakton, Va. NYAC/Potomac BC
Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1x)
Julie Nichols 4/21/78 5’8” 130 Livermore, Calif. Pocock Rowing Center
Men’s Double Sculls (M2x)
Steve Gillespie 2/26/74 6’6” 220 Renton, Wash. Princeton TC
Brett Wilkinson 5/2/76 6’5” 190 Hyde Park, N.Y. Potomac BC
Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)
Laura Rauchfuss 7/7/75 5’9” 160 Riverside, Conn. Princeton TC
Kelly Salchow 10/5/73 5’9” 160 Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton TC
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LM2x)
Greg Ruckman 12/30/79 6’1” 155 Cincinnati, Ohio Union Boat Club
Steve Tucker 3/4/69 5’8” 153 Mooresville, Ind. Union Boat Club
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x)
Rachel Anderson 5/6/78 5’8” 130 Darien, Conn. Princeton TC
Lisa Schlenker 10/7/64 5’6” 130 Lake Oswego, Ore. New York AC
Men’s Quadruple Sculls (M4x)
Wyatt Allen 1/11/79 6’4” 210 Portland, Maine Princeton TC
Henry Nuzum 3/4/77 6’2” 210 Chapel Hill, N.C. Princeton TC
Erik Winters 11/15/79 6’3” 210 Lakeville, Conn. Princeton TC
Ben Holbrook 4/20/74 6’2” 195 Hartland, Wis. Princeton TC
Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x)
Danika Harris 9/15/72 5’8” 150 Durham, N.H. Princeton TC
Sarah Jones 8/26/73 5’9” 160 Stanwood, Wash. Princeton TC
Laurel Korholz 6/10/70 6’2” 170 La Jolla, Calif. Princeton TC
Hilary Gehman 8/15/71 5’8” 160 Wolfeboro, N.H. Princeton TC
Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LM4x)
Tim Larson 9/22/71 5’11” 153 North Augusta, S.C. Augusta TC
Michael Aller 7/3/77 6’3” 158 Santa Barbara, Calif. Potomac BC/Augusta TC
Stephen Arthur-Wong 7/28/76 5’10” 150 Orlando, Fla. Augusta TC/Rollins RA
Shawn Stephenson 8/10/70 5’11” 153 Raleigh, N.C. Augusta TC/Raleigh RC
Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LW4x)
Stacey Borgman 4/23/75 5’9” 130 Homer, Alaska Princeton TC
Mary Obidinski 11/8/75 5’9” 130 Oneonta, N.Y. Princeton TC
Michelle Whitcomb Borkhuis 12/20/72 5’8” 128 Walworth, N.Y. PTC/Potomac BC
Maria Picone 11/20/73 5’5” 123 Pownal, Maine Princeton TC
Men’s Pair (M2-)
Artour Samsonov 9/9/80 6’2” 185 Stoneham, Mass. Princeton TC
Luke Walton 5/29/79 6’3” 180 Poway, Calif. Harvard Univ. BC
Women’s Pair (W2-)
Lianne Nelson 6/15/72 5’10” 155 Seattle, Wash. Princeton TC
Katie Hammes 12/5/78 5’8” 150 LaCrosse, Wis. Princeton TC
Men’s Pair with Coxswain (M2+)
Andy Kelly 4/4/82 5’7” 115 Philadelphia, Pa. Univ. of Pennsylvania/PTC
Matt Rich 4/30/75 6’4” 200 Duluth, Minn. Penn AC/PTC
Dan Beery 1/4/75 6’7” 215 Oaktown, Ind. Penn AC
Men’s Lightweight Pair (LM2-)
Michael Altman 8/21/75 6’0” 165 Marin County, Calif. Princeton TC/Marin RA
Simon Carcagno 3/22/76 6’1” 160 Pennington, N.J. New York AC
Women’s Lightweight Pair (LW2-)
Renee Hykel 5/31/79 5’9” 121 Haverford, Pa. Undine Barge Club
Meghan Sarbanis 5/14/77 5’7” 129 Hampstead, N.H. Undine Barge Club
Men’s Four (M4-)
Daniel Walsh 5/31/79 6’7” 215 Norwalk, Conn. Princeton TC
Jason Flickinger 5/9/77 6’7” 220 Big Flats, N.Y. Princeton TC
Matt Deakin 5/20/80 6’4” 190 San Francisco, Calif. Univ. of Washington
Jamie Schroeder 9/9/81 6’8” 229 Wilmette, Ill. Stanford Univ./PTC
Women’s Four (W4-)
Wendy Wilbur 4/4/72 6’0” 175 East Bridgewater, Mass. Princeton TC
Caryn Davies 4/14/82 6’4” 185 Ithaca, N.Y. Radcliffe Crew
Whitney Webber 2/23/78 6’1” 170 Sacramento, Calif. Princeton TC
Liane Malcos 3/25/78 5’11” 155 Carlisle, Mass. Princeton TC
Men’s Four with Coxswain (M4+)
Marcus McElhenney 7/27/81 5’4” 119 Lansdowne, Pa. Princeton TC
Brian McDonough 1/1/79 6’6” 195 Spring, Texas Princeton TC
Mark Flickinger 2/27/79 6’6” 220 Big Flats, N.Y. Princeton TC
Garrett Klugh 11/18/74 6’3” 205 Los Angeles, Calif. Princeton TC
Luke McGee 3/28/79 6’6” 215 Madison, Conn. Princeton TC
Name Birth Ht. Wt. Hometown Affiliation
Men’s Lightweight Four (LM4-)
Paul Teti 2/5/77 6’0” 160 Upper Darby, Pa. Princeton TC
Steve Warner 5/24/78 6’3” 160 Livonia, Mich. Princeton TC
Matt Smith 12/20/77 6’0” 160 Woodbridge, Va. US Army
Erik Miller 3/6/74 6’4” 160 Renton, Wash. Pocock/PTC
Men’s Eight (M8+)
Pete Cipollone 2/5/71 5’1” 118 Ardmore, Pa. Princeton TC/NYAC
Jason Read 12/24/77 6’1” 180 Ringoes, N.J. Princeton TC
Bryan Volpenhein 8/18/76 6’3” 205 Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton TC
Jeff Klepacki 12/17/68 6’5” 212 Kearny, N.J. Princeton TC
Mike Wherley 3/15/72 6’7” 215 Sun Prairie, Wis. Princeton TC
Wolf Moser 12/3/74 6’6” 210 Moultonboro, N.H. Princeton TC
Joey Hansen 8/13/79 6’6” 210 Bakersfield, Calif. Princeton TC
Jon Watling 2/29/76 6’3” 200 Greenwich, Conn. Princeton TC/NYAC
Ryan Torgerson 9/20/72 6’4” 200 Cleveland Heights, Ohio Princeton TC
Women’s Eight (W8+)
Mary Whipple 5/10/80 5’4” 105 Orangevale, Calif. Princeton TC
Anna Mickelson 3/21/80 6’0” 178 Bellevue, Wash. Univ. of Washington
Maite Urtasun 1/16/77 6’0” 180 Riverside, N.J. Princeton TC
Jen Dore-Terhaar 12/19/71 6’2” 170 Kearny, N.J. Princeton TC
Michelle Guerette 10/6/80 5’11” 175 Bristol, Conn. Princeton TC
Megan Dirkmaat 5/3/76 6’1” 176 San Jose, Calif. Princeton TC
Sam Magee 7/10/83 6’0” 182 Simsbury, Conn. Stanford Univ.
Kate Johnson 12/18/78 5’10” 165 Portland, Ore. Princeton TC
Alison Cox 6/5/79 6’0” 185 Tulock, Calif. Princeton TC
Men’s Lightweight Eight (LM8+)
Joe Finelli 8/6/80 5’8” 125 Boston, Mass. New York AC
Eric Feins 4/4/81 5’11” 160 Rochester, N.Y. Yale Univ./PTC/NYAC
Andrew Bolton 11/24/80 6’0” 160 Old Lyme, Conn. NYAC/Vesper BC
Gus Maclaurin 6/26/78 6’2” 160 Peterborough, N.H. NYAC
Patrick Todd 11/14/79 5’11” 154 Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton TC
Tom Paradiso 12/7/79 6’1” 150 Blue Bell, Penn. U. Pennsylvania/NYAC
Bill Fedyna 10/13/78 6’2” 158 Maple Glen, Pa. NYAC
John Wall 8/14/79 6’1” 155 North Wales, Pa. Columbia U./PTC/NYAC
John Wachter 10/9/81 6’0” 160 Mt. Laurel, N.J. Princeton Univ./NYAC
Name Birth Ht. Wt. Hometown Affiliation
Spares
Aquil Abdullah 6/20/73 6’1” 185 Washington, D.C. Princeton TC
Kara Nykreim 3/1/80 6’1” 180 Kirkland, Wash. Princeton TC
Dana Peirce 6/8/79 5’10” 165 Richmond, Va. Princeton TC
USRowing National Team Coaches
Name Hometown Residence
Tom Terhaar, Women’s Head Coach Buffalo, N.Y. New York, N.Y.
Mike Teti, Men’s Head Coach Upper Darby, Pa. Princeton, N.J.
USRowing National Team Assistant Coaches
Matt Imes, Assistant Coach LaCrosse, Wis. Princeton, N.J.
Kris Korzeniowski, National Coach Wilno, Poland Princeton, N.J.
Chris Nilsson, Men’s Assistant Coach Te Awanga, N. Zealand Princeton N.J.
Chris Wilson, Women’s Assistant Coach St. Catharines, Ontario Princeton, N.J.
2003 World Championships Coaching Staff
Name Employer
Lyons Bradley Undine Barge Club
Charley Butt Harvard University
Bill Carlucci Princeton Training Center
Heather Cullen Princeton Training Center
Lori Dauphiny Princeton University
Jim Dietz University of Massachusetts
Ken Dreyfuss Potomac Boat Club
Igor Grinko Augusta Training Center
Gregg Hartsuff University of Michigan
Curtis Jordan Princeton University
Cameron Kiosoglous Potomac Boat Club
Emil Kossev Pocock Elite
James Mangan Saugatuck Rowing Club
Bill Manning Harvard University
Ted Nash Penn AC
Steve Peterson George Washington University
Gavin White Temple University
Mike Zimmer Columbia University/New York Athletic Club
2003 World Championships Team Support
Name Position
Willie Black Team Manager
Vinny Comiskey Medical Support
John H. Dane USRowing Executive Director
Lisa Hass Medical Support
Dr. Tim Hosea Team Physician
Brett Johnson USRowing Communications Director
Dr. Kristine Karlson Team Physician
Mike Irwin Boatman
Glenn Merry USRowing Programs Director
Lawrence “Monk” Terry USRowing President
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