Meet the members of the U.S. team for the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Benderson Park
With less than a month to go before the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park, the team that will represent the United States is complete.
Of the 78 athletes named to represent Team USA through selection camps, World Rowing Cup competition or the Senior World Championship Trials, 19 have competed in the Olympics or Paralympics. Moreover, 60 of the 78 have competed in past world championships.
And here we go, folks! Team USA is set. https://t.co/bHyPblbZf8
— 2017 World Rowing (@WRCH2017) August 29, 2017
The 2017 championships mark one of the first building blocks on the road to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
“There will be a good mix of returning athletes and new talent across the board and in multiple events,” U.S. Rowing director of high performance Matt Imes said. “Everyone looks forward to establishing the foundation here in 2017 to build off of as we prepare for 2020.”
In 2016, the U.S. won one medal at the World Championships and three Olympic and Paralympic medals.
Multiple @FilippiBoats1 containers arriving on-site today fro overseas. pic.twitter.com/KxyYKmPO6E
— 2017 World Rowing (@WRCH2017) August 29, 2017
The championships are scheduled for Sept. 24-Oct. 1, the first time the event will be held in the U.S. since 1994 in Indianapolis.
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U.S. roster
Men’s Single Sculls: Michael Clougher
Women’s Single Sculls: Felice Mueller
Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls: Nicholas Trojan
Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls: Mary Jones
Men’s Double Sculls: Ben Davison, John Graves
Women’s Double Sculls: Ellen Tomek, Meghan O’Leary
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls: Christopher Lambert-Rodgers, Peter Schmidt
Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls: Emily Schmieg, Michelle Sechser
Men’s Pair: Anders Weiss, Michael Colella
Women’s Pair: Megan Kalmoe, Tracy Eisser
Men’s Four: Ben Delaney, Alex Richards, Bobby Moffitt, Ben Ruble
Women’s Four: Kendall Chase, Kristine O’Brien, Molly Bruggeman, Erin Reelick
Lightweight Men’s Four: David O. Smith, Thomas Foster, Nicholas Dawe, Andrew Neils
Men’s Quadruple Sculls: Leonard Futterman, Jonathan Kirkegaard, Erik Frid, Lucas Wilhelm
Women’s Quadruple Sculls: Kara Kohler, Maureen McCauliffe, Emily Huelskamp, Elizabeth Sonshine
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls: Jack Ruske, Will Young, Jacob Georgeson, Brendan Harrington
Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls: Jillian Zieff, Kathryn Schiro, Cara Stawicki, Jen Sager
Men’s Eight: Julian Venonsky, Patrick Eble, Andrew Reed, Nick Mead, Tom Peszek, Jordan Vanderstoep, Alex Karwoski, Yohann Rigogne, Dariush “Tim” Aghai
Women’s Eight: Kaitlin Guregian, Sarah Dougherty, Grace Latz, Corrine Schoeller, Sophia Vitas, Lauren Schmetterling, Kelly Pierce, Emily Regan, Meghan Wheeler
Men’s Lightweight Pair: Alex Twist, Jack Devlin
PR1 Men’s Single Sculls: Blake Haxton
PR1 Women’s Single Sculls: Hallie Smith
PR2 Mixed Double Sculls: Isaac French, Laura Goodkind
PR3 Mixed Double Sculls: Russell Gernaat, Natalie McCarthy
PR3 Mixed Four with Coxswain: Jenny Sichel, Danielle Hansen, Zachary Burns, Mike Varro, Jaclyn Smith
Spares: Gia Doonan, Erin Boxberger, Kara Soucek
This story was originally published August 29, 2017 at 10:48 AM with the headline "Meet the members of the U.S. team for the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Benderson Park."