USRowing Announces 2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Roster

After winning five medals at the 2022 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Wales, the U.S. will be sending boats in all nine categories to the 2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals September 29-October 1 in Barletta, Italy.

The U.S. will have boats racing in the men's solo, women's solo, junior men's solo, junior women's solo, junior men's double sculls, junior women's double sculls, mixed double sculls, junior mixed double sculls, and mixed quadruple sculls with coxswain events.

Seven members of last year's squad return including Christopher Bak, who won gold in the men's solo event and bronze in the mixed quadruple sculls event, in Saundersfoot, United Kingdom. The U.S. also won silver in the junior men's double sculls and bronze in the junior women's double sculls and junior men's solo events.

Annalie Duncomb and Annelise Hahl return in the junior women's double, while Malachi Anderson, who won silver in the junior men's double last year, will race the junior men's solo and junior mixed double this year. In addition to Bak, Kory Rogers and Jeni Sorli return from the quad. Rogers will race both the quad and mixed double sculls this year. Britt Wotovich also returns from last year's team and will be racing with Anderson in the junior mixed double sculls.

In 2022, the U.S. tied Spain and Great Britain for the most medals with five.

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. National Team as it prepares for the 2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals by using the hashtags #WRBeachSprints, #WRBSF, and #BringOnTheWaves.

2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Roster

(Crews are listed in alphabetical order)

Open Women's Solo (CW1x)

Christine Cavallo (Windermere, Fla./Stanford University/Next Level Rowing)

Open Men's Solo (CM1x)

Christopher Bak (Cincinnati, Ohio/University of Cincinnati/Next Level Rowing)

Junior Women's Solo (CJW1x)

Annelise Hahl (Cary, N.C./Needham Broughton High School/Triangle Rowing Club/Next Level Rowing)

Junior Men's Solo (CJM1x)

Malachi Anderson (Hamilton, Ohio/Sinclair Community College/Great Miami Rowing/Next Level Rowing)

Open Mixed Double Sculls (CMix2x)

Christine Cavallo (Windermere, Fla./Stanford University/Next Level Rowing)

Kory Rogers (The Woodlands, Texas/University of Texas/Next Level Rowing/Texas Crew)

Junior Men's Double Sculls (CJM2x)

Luke Eward (Durham, N.C./Triangle Rowing Club/Next Level Rowing)

Aidan Humbert (Apex, N.C./Crossroads FLEX High School/Next Level Rowing/Triangle Rowing Club)

Junior Women's Double Sculls (CJW2x)

Annalie Duncomb (Mason, Ohio/William Mason High School/Great Miami Rowing)

Annelise Hahl (Cary, N.C./Needham Broughton High School/Triangle Rowing Club/Next Level Rowing)

Junior Mixed Double Sculls (CJMix2x)

Malachi Anderson (Hamilton, Ohio/Sinclair Community College/Great Miami Rowing/Next Level Rowing)

Britt Wotovich (Redington Beach, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School/Palm River Training Center)

Open Mixed Quadruple Sculls with Coxswain (CMix4x)

Christopher Bak (Cincinnati, Ohio/University of Cincinnati/Next Level Rowing)

Coral Kasden (San Diego, Calif./University of California, Santa Barbara/NYAC/Next Level Rowing)

Alexa McAuliffe (Boston, Mass./University of Texas/Next Level Rowing)

Kory Rogers (The Woodlands, Texas/University of Texas/Next Level Rowing/Texas Crew)

Jeni Sorli (Red Lodge, Mont./University of Colorado/Riverside Boat Club/Next Level Rowing)

Staff

Will Daly – Team Leader

Daniel Garbutt – Staff

Anne Hinley – Athletic Trainer

Brett Johnson – Press Officer

Charles "Chip" Norton II – Boat Handler

Marc Oria – Coach