INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. -- The 2005 National Team roster has been set, USRowing announced on Thursday. In total, 19 crews will represent the United States at the 2005 FISA World Rowing Championships scheduled to run August 28-September 4 in Gifu , Japan .
The U.S. will have crews competing in the men's single sculls, women'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, men's pair with coxswain, men's four, lightweight men's four, men's four with coxswain, men's eight and women's eight.
The 63-person roster includes 32 past national team members and 14 members of the 2004 Olympic Team. Five members of the gold-medal winning Olympic men's eight - Wyatt Allen, Dan Beery, Matt Deakin, Beau Hoopman and Bryan Volpenhein - return, as do five members of the silver-medal winning women's eight including coxswain Mary Whipple, Caryn Davies, Megan Dirkmaat, Sam Magee and Anna Mickelson. Allen will be racing in the men's single sculls, while the remaining four men will be doubling up in the men's four and eight. On the women's side, Whipple, Magee and Dirkmaat once again will be racing in the eight, while Davies and Mickelson will be rowing in the quadruple sculls. Two other members of the team - Caroline Lind and Lindsay Shoop - also will be racing in two events. The duo will race in both the women's pair and eight.
2005 World Championships Roster (Alphabetical Order within Boats)
Name, Birthdate, Ht., Wt., Hometown, Affiliation
Men's Single Sculls (M1x)
Wyatt Allen, 1/11/79, 6'4", 210, Portland , Maine, NYAC/Princeton TC
Women's Single Sculls (W1x)
Michelle Guerette, 10/6/80, 5'11", 175, Bristol , Conn., Unaffiliated
Women's Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1x)
Marika Page, 7/26/75, 5'9", 130, San Rafael , Calif., Riverside Boat Club
Men's Double Sculls (M2x)
J. Sloan DuRoss, 10/23/76, 6'6", 210, South Portland , Maine, Saugatuck Rowing Club
Sam Stitt, 9/28/81, 6'6", 195, McLean , Va., Potomac BC /PTC
Women's Double Sculls (W2x)
Megan Cooke, 5/5/80, 5'9", 145, Los Gatos , Calif., Mercer Training Center
Lia Pernell, 8/16/81, 5'8", 150, Seattle , Wash., Mercer Training Center
Men's Lightweight Double Sculls (LM2x)
Mike Altman, 8/21/75, 6'0", 160, Marin County, Calif., Princeton TC/Marin RA
Bjorn Larsen, 9/25/79, 6'1", 158, Lake Stevens , Wash., Penn Athletic Club
Women's Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x)
Renee Hykel, 5/31/79, 5'9", 130, Haverford , Pa., Penn Athletic Club
Julie Nichols, 4/21/78, 5'8", 130, Livermore, Calif., Pocock RC/Penn AC
Men's Quadruple Sculls (M4x)
Jonathan Burns, 5/8/78, 6'5", 200, Vancouver, Wash., Vesper Boat Club
Ken Jurkowski, 9/2/81, 6'2", 208, New Fairfield , Conn., Unaffiliated
Shane O'Mara, 12/18/82, 6'4", 195, Tampa , Fla., Northeastern U./PTC
Dan Walsh, 5/31/79, 6'7", 215, Norwalk , Conn., Gentle Giant RC
Women's Quadruple Sculls (W4x)
Caryn Davies, 4/14/82, 6'4", 185, Ithaca , N.Y., Radcliffe/Mercer TC
Anna Mickelson, 3/21/80, 6'0", 175, Bellevue , Wash., Pocock Rowing Center
Kelly Salchow, 10/5/73, 5'9", 165, Cincinnati , Ohio, Mercer TC/Kansas City RC
Margot Shumway, 8/2/79, 5'11", 175, Westlake , Ohio, Riverside Boat Club
Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LM4x)
Matt Muffelman, 11/22/80, 6'1", 155, Mathews, Va., Riverside Boat Club
Greg Ruckman, 12/30/73, 6'1", 155, Cincinnati , Ohio, Riverside Boat Club
Sean Wolf, 7/14/70, 6'2", 152, New Haven , Ct., Riverside Boat Club
Rob Zechmann, 1/10/78, 6'0", 152, Lincoln, Neb., Riverside Boat Club
Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LW4x)
Wendy Campanella, 7/19/74, 5'9", 130, Needham , Mass., Vesper Boat Club
Heather Moon, 11/17/78, 5'9", 125, Windsor, Vt., Riverside Boat Club
Melissa Rice, 11/4/77, 5'8", 125, Fairfax, Va., Occoquan Boat Club
Sarah Hirst Smith, 3/24/77, 5'7", 128, Oak Ridge , Tenn., Pocock Rowing Center
Men's Pair (M2-)
Patrick O'Dunne, 7/11/81, 6'6", 220, Nazareth , Pa., Penn Athletic Club
Matt Schnobrich, 11/12/78, 6'5", 205, St. Paul , Minn., Penn Athletic Club
Women's Pair (W2-)
Caroline Lind, 10/11/82, 6'0", 185, Greensboro , N.C., Mercer Training Center
Lindsay Shoop, 9/25/81, 6'0", 175, Charlottesville , Va., Mercer Training Center
Men's Pair with Coxswain (M2+)
Micah Boyd, 4/6/82, 6'3", 210, St. Paul , Minn., Penn Athletic Club
Chase Phillips, 12/1/84, 5'3", 120, Woodbridge , Va., Penn Athletic Club
Jordan Smith, 8/31/77, 6'7", 215, Forestville , Calif., Penn Athletic Club
Men's Four (M4-)
Dan Beery, 1/4/75, 6'7", 215, Oaktown , Ind., Penn AC/Princeton TC
Matt Deakin, 5/20/80, 6'4", 200, San Francisco , Calif., Princeton Training Center
Beau Hoopman, 10/1/80, 6'4", 185, Plymouth , Wis., Princeton Training Center
Bryan Volpenhein, 8/18/76, 6'3", 205, Cincinnati , Ohio, Princeton TC/NYAC
Men's Four with Coxswain (M4+)
Matt Hughes, 10/02/81, 6'0", 200, Ludington , Mich., Princeton Training Center
Troy Kepper, 2/22/82, 6'3", 180, Tallahassee , Fla., Princeton Training Center
Marcus McElhenney, 7/27/81, 5'4", 119, Lansdowne , Pa., Princeton Training Center
Brett Newlin, 3/24/82, 6'9", 225, Riverton , Wyo., Princeton Training Center
Pat Sullivan, 10/22/85, 6'7", 213, St. Paul , Minn., Union BC /Northeastern Univ.
Men's Lightweight Four (LM4-)
Simon Carcagno, 3/22/76, 6'1", 160, Pennington , N.J., Princeton TC/NYAC
Rich Montgomery, 9/15/77, 5'11", 160, Batavia , Ill., Union BC/Princeton TC
Tom Paradiso, 12/7/79, 6'1", 150, Blue Bell , Pa., PTC/NYAC/MLARC
John Wachter, 10/9/81, 6'0", 160, Mt. Laurel , N.J., Princeton Training Center/NYAC
Men's Eight (M8+)
Dan Beery, 1/4/75, 6'7", 215, Oaktown , Ind., Penn AC/Princeton TC
Michael Blomquist, 8/14/81, 6'5", 210, Greensboro , N.C., Princeton Training Center
Steven Coppola, 5/22/84, 6'8", 210, Buffalo , N.Y., Vesper BC/Princeton TC
Paul Daniels, 6/4/81, 6'2", 200, Burlington , Wis., Princeton Training Center
Matt Deakin, 5/20/80, 6'4", 200, San Francisco , Calif., Princeton Training Center
Beau Hoopman, 10/1/80, 6'4", 185, Plymouth , Wis., Princeton Training Center
Josh Inman, 3/13/80, 6'8", 205, Hillsboro , Ore., Vesper BC/Princeton TC
Marcus McElhenney, 7/27/81, 5'4", 119, Lansdowne , Pa., Princeton Training Center
Bryan Volpenhein, 8/18/76, 6'3", 205, Cincinnati , Ohio, Princeton TC/NYAC
Women's Eight (W8+)
Megan Dirkmaat, 5/3/76, 6'1", 175, San Jose , Calif., Mercer Training Center
Susan Francia, 11/8/82, 6'2", 180, Abington , Pa., Mercer Training Center
Anna Goodale, 3/18/83, 6'0", 180, Camden , Maine, Mercer Training Center
Sharon Kriz, 2/13/76, 5'9", 160, Somerset , N.J., Mercer TC/Saugatuck RC
Caroline Lind, 10/11/82, 6'0", 185, Greensboro , N.C., Mercer Training Center
Sam Magee, 7/10/83, 6'0", 181, Simsbury , Conn., Mercer TC/Stanford Univ.
Liane Malcos, 3/25/78, 5'11", 155, Carlisle , Mass., Mercer TC/Riverside BC
Lindsay Shoop, 9/25/81, 6'0", 175, Charlottesville , Va., Mercer Training Center
Mary Whipple, 5/10/80, 5'4", 95, Orangevale , Calif., Mercer Training Center
Spares
Sam Burns, 2/24/82, 6'5", 205, Seattle , Wash., Princeton Training Center
Alex Hearne, 2/24/84, 6'4", 210, Princeton , N.J., Princeton University
Jen Kaido, 3/14/81, 6'0", 184, West Leyden , N.Y., Mercer Training Center
Nicole Sylvester, 7/2/81, 6'1", 177, New Durham , N.H., Mercer Training Center