U.S. NAMES 2018 UNDER 19 NATIONAL TEAM
PRINCETON, N.J. – USRowing is pleased to announce the 59-person roster of the 2018 Under 19 National Team that will compete at the 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships August 8-12 in Racice, Czech Republic.
The U.S. will have 14 crews competing at the five-day regatta. Events include the men’s and women’s single sculls, double sculls, quadruple sculls, pair, four, four with coxswain, and eight.
The roster includes 13 athletes returning from the 2017 Under 19 National Team including Julia Abbruzzese, Julia Braz, Harrison Burke, Azja Czajkowski, Clark Dean, Owen King, Kaitlyn Knifton, Kelsey McGinley, Fran Raggi, Emory Sammons, Harrison Schofield, Kristopher Schumann, and James Wright.
The U.S. won three medals at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. Dean became the first U.S. men’s single sculler to win the gold medal in 50 years, while the men’s eight won silver and the women’s four won bronze.
The U.S. roster includes athletes from 19 states, plus Switzerland. California claims 14 athletes on the U19 roster, while Connecticut has 13.
Complete press coverage, athlete bios and links to event information will be available at www.usrowing.org andwww.worldrowing.com. Follow along with the U.S. Under 19 National Team as it prepares for the 2018 World Rowing Under 19 Championships by using the hashtags #WRJChamps and #WRJChamps18.
2018 U.S. Under 19 National Team Roster (Boat lineups are subject to change.)
Name (Hometown) – Affiliation
Men’s Single Sculls
Clark Dean (Sarasota, Fla.) – Sarasota Crew
Women’s Single Sculls
Cassandra Reed (Belmont, Mass.) – West Cambridge Rowing
Men’s Double Sculls
(s) Cooper Tuckerman (Bozeman, Mont.) – Vesper Boat Club
(b) Kristopher Fisher (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) – Vesper Boat Club
Women’s Double Sculls
(s) Camille VanderMeer (Elmira, N.Y.) – Narragansett Boat Club
(b) Sarah McErlean (Saint-Legier, Switzerland) – Club Aviron Vevey
Men’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Nathan Phelps (Ridgefield, Conn.) – Maritime Rowing Club
(3) Emory Sammons (Fort Plain, N.Y.) – Sarasota Crew
(2) James Wright (Philadelphia, Pa.) – Germantown Friends School Rowing
(b) Kristopher Schumann (Sarasota, Fla.) – Sarasota Crew
Women’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Bridget O’Callahan (Los Angeles, Calif.) – California Yacht Club
(3) Emmeline Laurence (Greenland, N.H.) – Great Bay Rowing
(2) Kathleen Dolan (Barrington, R.I.) – Narragansett Boat Club
(b) Delaney Evans (Bettendorf, Iowa) – Y Quad Cities
Men’s Pair
(s) Jack Gallagher (Newtown, Pa.) – Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
(b) Gregoire Le Meur (San Francisco, Calif.) – Pacific Rowing Club
Women’s Pair
(s) Lucy Koven (Greenwich, Conn.) – Greenwich Crew
(b) Caitlin Esse (Fairfield, Conn.) – Saugatuck Rowing Club
Men’s Four
(s) Grant Person (Newport Beach, Calif.) – Newport Aquatic Center
(3) Alexander DeGrado (Jacksonville, Fla.) – Sarasota Crew
(2) Zachary Vachal (San Francisco, Calif.) – Pacific Rowing Club
(b) Kai Hoite (Berkeley, Calif.) – Oakland Strokes
Women’s Four
(s) Catherine Garrett (Darien, Conn.) – Connecticut Boat Club
(3) Kelsey McGinley (Westport, Conn.) – Saugatuck Rowing Club
(2) Julia Braz (Sarasota, Fla.) – Sarasota Crew
(b) Margaret Hedeman (Concord, Mass.) – Community Rowing, Inc.
Men’s Four with Coxswain
(c) George Doty (Corte Madera, Calif.) – Marin Rowing Association
(s) Michael Fairley (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) – Saratoga Rowing Association
(3) Chase Haskell (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) – The Bolles School
(2) Owen King (Montclair, N.J.) – Montclair High School
(b) Henry Bellew (Bethesda, Md.) – Harvard University
Women’s Four with Coxswain
(c) Caroline Ricksen (Orinda, Calif.) – Oakland Strokes
(s) Julia Abbruzzese (Ridgefield, Conn.) – Connecticut Boat Club
(3) Kaitlyn Knifton (Austin, Texas) – Texas Rowing Center
(2) Heidi Jacobson (Greenwich, Conn.) – Connecticut Boat Club
(b) Noelle Amlicke (Westport, Conn.) – Saugatuck Rowing Club
Men’s Eight
(c) Dylan White (Newport Beach, Calif.) – Newport Aquatic Center
(s) Harrison Schofield (Sarasota, Fla.) – Sarasota Crew
(7) Eli Kalfaian (Milford, Conn.) – Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
(6) John Mark Ozaeta (Moraga, Calif.) – Oakland Strokes
(5) Harrison Burke (Westport, Conn.) – Saugatuck Rowing Club
(4) Nicholas Fisher (West Hartford, Conn.) – Kent School Boat Club
(3) Charles Fargo (Winnetka, Ill.) – New Trier High School Rowing
(2) Henry Lowe (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) – Deerfield Academy Crew
(b) Ryan Beeler (Melrose, Mass.) – Boston College High School
Women’s Eight
(c) Alin Pasa (Westport, Conn.) – Saugatuck Rowing Club
(s) Hannah Schaenman (Rye Brook, N.Y.) – RowAmerica Rye
(7) Isabel Mezei (Brookfield, Conn.) – Saugatuck Rowing Club
(6) Francesca Raggi (Maitland, Fla.) – Winter Park Crew
(5) Azja Czajkowski (Imperial Beach, Calif.) – San Diego Rowing Club
(4) Gabrielle Graves (Vashon, Wash.) – Burton Beach Rowing Club
(3) Samantha Henriksen (Chicago, Ill.) – Chicago Rowing Foundation
(2) Larkin Brown (Chattanooga, Tenn.) – Girls Preparatory School
(b) Jessica Mixon (Brentwood, Tenn.) – Nashville Rowing/University of Pennsylvania
Alternates
Matthew Boranian (Oakland, Calif.) – Oakland Strokes
Sophia Hahn (Braselton, Ga.) – Henley Rowing Club
Travis Keating (Placerville Calif.) – Capital Crew
Jenna Macrae (Cincinnati, Ohio) – Connecticut Boat Club
Jeri Rhodes (St. Louis, Mo.) – St. Louis Rowing Club
Coaches
Chris Chase, Men’s Four with Coxswain
Nick D’Antoni, Men’s Four
Brian Ebke, Women’s Eight
Jesse Foglia, Men’s Eight
Casey Galvanek, Men’s Single Sculls/Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Mark Grinberg, Women’s Single Sculls
Bill Manning, Women’s Four with Coxswain
Stephen McCarthy, Men’s Pair
Trevor Michelson, Men’s Double Sculls
Catherine Starr, Women’s Pair
Marko Serafimovski, Women’s Spares
Liz Trond, Women’s Four
Jamie Whalen, Women’s Quadruple Sculls
Peter Wilhelm, Women’s Double Sculls
Support Staff
Dr. Kathryn Ackerman, Team Doctor
Will Daly, Team Leader
Liz Fusco, Team Dietician
Nicholas Haley, Team Leader
Steve Hargis, Director, U19 High Performance Programs
Kaitlin Jackson, Team Physical Therapist
Brett Johnson, Team Press Officer
Patrick McNerney, NGB Delegate
Gillian Perry Millsom, National Rowing Foundation
Laura Moretti, Team Dietician