USRowing Announces 2026 World Rowing Under 19 Championships Roster

USRowing has announced the athletes who will represent the United States at the 2026 World Rowing Under 19 Championships. The regatta will take place August 5-9 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, bringing together the world's top junior rowers to compete for world championship titles.

The U.S. will race in seven boat classes, including the men's single sculls, men's and women’s double sculls, fours, quadruple sculls, and eights.

At the 2025 World Rowing Under 19 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania, the United States earned gold in the women's four and silver in the women's eight. Seven athletes from last year's U19 roster return to represent the U.S. in 2026. Caitlin Cecere returns to the women's eight, while Clare Junius returns to the women's quadruple sculls and John Piersma returns to the men's four. Andrew Vizecky will compete in the men's double sculls after racing in the men's quadruple sculls in 2025. Parker Mansfield, Angela Johnson, and Porter Collins each move into racing lineups after serving as alternates last year, competing in the men's eight, women's four, and men's single sculls, respectively. 

Several members of the 2025 U19 National Team have also progressed to the U23 National Team and are competing this weekend at the 2026 World Rowing Under 23 Championships. The roster below is in alphabetical order:

Men’s Single Sculls

Porter Collins - Greater Houston Rowing Club

Men’s Double Sculls

Graham Matlock - Y Quad Cities Rowing

Andrew Vizecky - Lake Phalen Rowing

Women’s Double Sculls

Kathryn McClellan - Vancouver Lake Rowing Club

Addi Levensten - Black Sheep Racing

Men’s Four

Noah Arismendez - Marin Rowing Association

Howard Elliot Davis - Noble & Greenough School

Vrishank Nalla - Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer

John Piersma - Cincinnati Jr. Rowing Club, Inc.

Men’s Quadruple Sculls

Rowan Arendt - Conshohocken Rowing Center Inc.

Dean Burton - Phillips Academy Andover

Goose Faynsod - Marina Aquatic Center

Brogan Fernald - Great Bay Rowing 

Women’s Four 

Angela Johnson - St. Andrew Rowing Club

Olivia Lill - Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc.

Tessa Murphy - Greenwich Crew

Sophie Rostad - The Milwaukee Rowing Club

Women’s Quadruple Sculls

Clare Junius - RowAmerica Greenwich

Naomi Ronen - Rockland Rowing Association, Inc. 

Shay Triepel - Coastal Virginia Community Rowing

Sydney Vilhelm - South Orlando Rowing Association

Mens Eight 

Jacob Bobrow - Marin Rowing Association

Patrick Meredith Caldwell - McCallie School

Beckett Kallman - Gainesville Area Rowing, Inc.

Parker Mansfield - Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc.

Cole Martin - Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer

Ethan Pirigyi - Canisius High School 

Malcolm Stanton - Community Rowing, Inc.

Peter Ward - NorCal

Charles Winder - RowAmerica Rye

Women’s Eight

Maija Andert - Orlando Area Rowing

Camilla Calderwood - Connecticut Boat Club

Francine Carr - San Diego Rowing Club

Caitlin Cecere - Montclair High School

Lynn Gulli - Greenwich Crew

Evelyn Mace - Community Rowing, Inc.

Isabella Roberts - Capital Crew

Ava Smith - Mount Saint Joseph Academy

Ellah Taylor - Atomic Rowing 

Alternates

Harper Skey - Redwood Scullers

Connor Cross - Oakland Strokes

Brayden Collins - Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer

Suzanne Reardon - Waterford Crew

Charlotte Green - DC National Rowing Club

Olivia Peters - Noble & Greenough School

Coaches

Geordie Macleod - Men’s Four

Caitlin McClain - Women’s Four 

James Konopka - Men’s Quadruple Sculls

Carol Dinion - Women’s Quadruple Sculls

Jamie Phelps - Men’s and Women’s Double Sculls 

Nick Haley - Men’s Eight

Allison Foster - Women’s Eight

Porter Collins Sr. - Men’s Single Sculls