USRowing Announces 2026 World Rowing Under 23 Championships Roster

USRowing is pleased to announce the roster for the 2026 Under 23 National Team, which will represent the United States at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Duisburg, Germany, from July 23-26.

The U.S. will compete in 14 events, including the men's and women's single sculls, pairs, quadruple sculls, fours, and eights, as well as the lightweight men's and women's single sculls and the lightweight men's double sculls. 

At the 2025 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Poznań, Poland, the United States won three medals—one gold and two silver. Eleven athletes from last year's squad return to the U23 National Team, including Ella Wheeler and Joely Cherniss from the silver medal-winning women's eight, Timothy Parsons from last year's men's quadruple sculls, and five-time national team member Kian Aminian. Cillian Mullen returns to the international stage in the women's single sculls after placing ninth in the event at the 2024 World Rowing Under 23 Championships. Five athletes from the 2025 Under 19 National Team moved up to the U23 squad this year, including 2025 U19 Athletes of the Year Tony Madigan and Claire Van Praagh.

Men’s Single Sculls

Levi Munster - Middlebury College

Women’s Single Sculls

Cillian Mullen - University of Washington

Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls

Simeon John - Community Rowing, Inc. 

Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls

Ela Ersan - Boston University

Men’s Pair

Francis McGrath - Dartmouth College

Jack Kastner - Dartmouth College 

Women’s Pair

Gracelyn Theobald - Northeastern University

Carly Brown - Stanford University 

Men’s Double Sculls

Tony Madigan - Wakefield High School Crew and Potomac Boat Club

Daniel Malecki - Boston University

Women’s Double Sculls

Cate Sauer - Princeton University

Savanna Jerome - University of Texas

Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls

Fielding Staelin - Yale University 

Ry Natterson - Yale University 

Men’s Four

Kian Aminian - Princeton University

Jordan Dykema - Harvard University

Tobias Finn - Gonzaga University

Timothy Parsons - Yale University

Women’s Four

Annika Jeffery - Stanford University

Claire Van Praagh - Stanford University

Ella Wheeler- University of California-Berkeley

Phoebe Wise - University of Texas

Men’s Quadruple Sculls

George Dolce - Princeton University

Cyrus Rosenberg - Princeton University

Michael Ruschmann - Georgetown University

Thomas Segrera - Georgetown University

Women’s Quadruple Sculls

Lila Henn - University of Virginia

Sumner Kerr - Stanford University

Madison Kieft - Michigan State University

Kathryn Serra - Harvard University 

Men’s Eight

Marcus Chung - Harvard University

Louis Gagnon - University of California-Berkeley

Sam Gallaudet - Harvard University 

Gabriel George - Stanford University

Michael Kain - University of California-Berkeley

Taeden Landa - Princeton University

Travis O'Neil - Oxford Brookes University 

Sandro Scalfi - Stanford University

Andrew Wilkinson - Princeton University

Women’s Eight

Olivia Bachert - Syracuse University

Amelia Boes - Ohio State University

Joely Cherniss - Princeton University

Lauren Dubois - Princeton University

Elsa Hartman - University of Virginia

Katherine Nordheim - University of Texas

Hannah Smith - University of Tennessee 

Quincy Stone - Stanford University

Amy Werner - University of Texas

Alternates

Nathaniel Duffy - US Naval Academy

Davis Kelly - Brown University

Cecily Shaber - Duke University

Emily Tierney - Stanford University

Benjamin Vogel - US Naval Academy