Racing at the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships Gets Underway Monday

Racing at the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships is scheduled to get underway Monday afternoon with racing in the men's and women's single sculls and lightweight single sculls.

The World Rowing Under 23 and Under 19 Championships will be running simultaneously this year on Lake Varese in Varese, Italy, with the U23 events taking place July 25-30 and the U19 events July 27-31.

The U23 regatta will offer racing in 22 boat classes including the men's and women's single sculls, lightweight single sculls, double sculls, lightweight double sculls, quadruple sculls, lightweight quadruple sculls, pair, lightweight pair, four, four with coxswain, and eight. The U.S. has entries in 21 of the 22 events. The lone event without a U.S. entry is the men's four. In the U19 regatta, the U.S. will have crews competing in all 14 events including the men's and women's single sculls, double sculls, quadruple sculls, pair, four, four with coxswain, and eight.

Four U.S. boats will hit the water on Monday afternoon starting at 5 p.m. local time as racing in the U23 events begins.

In the men's single sculls, Isaiah Harrison (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) is one of 27 single scullers scheduled to race. Harrison won the bronze medal at the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and is stepping up to the U23 level this season.

In the women's single sculls, Ella Barry (Oyster Bay, N.Y./Princeton University) is part of a 24-boat field. Barry, who just finished her freshman year at Princeton, is making her national team debut. She won the single sculls at the 2021 USRowing Youth National Regatta.

Nicholas Aronow (Laurel Hollow, N.Y./Princeton University) returns to race the lightweight men's single sculls. Aronow finished seventh in the event last year and will be looking to improve on that performance in Varese. There are 21 scullers entered in the event.

In the lightweight women's single sculls, Isabella Begley (Moorestown, N.J./University of Virginia) is one of 22 scullers scheduled to race. Begley was part of the lightweight women's quadruple sculls at last year's U23 championships.

The four scullers will not know their opponents until early Monday afternoon, with the lane draw scheduled to take place at 2 pm. local time.

Racing continues Tuesday starting at 9 a.m. local time with the remaining U23 heats and the repechages from Monday's events. Wednesday will feature U19 heats, as well as the remaining repechages and quarterfinals in the U23 events. Thursday's schedule includes semifinals in the U23 events, as well as the remaining U19 heats and repechages. Finals in the U23 events get underway on Friday. Saturday's racing includes the remaining U23 finals, as well as semifinals in the U19 events. Racing concludes Sunday with finals in the U19 events.

At the 2021 World Rowing Under 23 Championships held in Racice, Czech Republic, the U.S. won medals in seven events including gold in the women's eight, silver in the women's pair, women's four, and men's eight, and bronze in the lightweight women's pair, lightweight women's quadruple sculls, and men's four with coxswain. At the 2021 World Rowing Under 19 Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the U.S. won medals in four events including gold in the women's four with coxswain, men's eight, and women's eight and bronze in the men's single sculls. Eighteen athletes return from the 2021 U19 squad, while 20 return from the 2021 U23 team.

Complete press coverage, athlete bios and links to event information will be available at www.usrowing.org and www.worldrowing.com. Follow along with the U.S. U19 and U23 national teams as they prepare for the championships by using the hashtags #WRU23Champs and #WRU19Champs. The live race tracker and live audio will be available for ALL races on www.worldrowing.com. Live video streaming will be available on the World Rowing website from Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July 31. The video streaming will start five minutes before the first race of the day.

USRowing would like to thank Filippi Lido, the Official Boat Supplier for the U.S. Senior, Under 23, and Para-Rowing National Teams. Under the agreement, Filippi is providing USRowing a fleet of boats for international competitions including the World Rowing Cup regattas, World Rowing Under 23 Championships, World Rowing Championships, Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games, as well as a domestic training fleet for the USRowing Training Center.

USRowing also would like to thank HUDSON, the Official Boat Supplier for the U.S. Under 19 National Team. Through the partnership, HUDSON supplies racing shells for selection and training domestically, with matched shells provided internationally for racing.