World Rowing Coastal Championships Get Underway on Friday

The 2022 World Rowing Coastal Championships get underway on Friday in Saundersfoot, Great Britain.

With more than one entry allowed per country, the U.S. will have 10 boats racing across six boat classes in Wales. Seven rowers will stay on to compete for the U.S. at next week's 2022 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals, having earned Beach Sprint National Team spots back in August.

At the coastal championships, three women have entered the solo event, while two crews will be racing in both the men's quadruple sculls with coxswain and women's quadruple sculls with coxswain. The U.S. has one crew entered in the mixed double sculls, men's double sculls, and women's double sculls. The U.S. does not have any boats entered in the men's solo event.

Park City Rowing Academy's Dayna Deuter, Next Level Rowing's Elizabeth Hinley, and New Orleans Rowing Club's Hannah Huppi are entered in the women's solo event. Deuter reached the final in last year's event, finishing 16th overall, while Hinley and Huppi were part of the women's quadruple sculls with coxswain that finished ninth overall in Portugal. Hinley will be racing in the mixed double sculls next week at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. The women's solo field of 36 scullers includes last year's silver and bronze medalists, Azerbaijan's Diana Dymchenko and France's Jessica Berra.

In the men's quadruple sculls, the Next Level Rowing crew of Ben Booth, Marc Oria, Chris Bak, Kory Rogers, and Peter Choi includes three members of the 2022 U.S. Beach Sprint National Team. Bak will be racing in both the men's solo and mixed quadruple sculls with coxswain events next week, while Rogers will be rowing in the mixed quad and Choi will be coxing the mixed quad. The four rowers finished sixth in the event at last year's coastal championships with Bennett Rossell in the coxswain's seat. The New Orleans Rowing Club entry includes John Huppi, who won a bronze medal in the mixed quadruple sculls with coxswain at last year's World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. Huppi will be joined by William Meeker, Philip Hoyle, Alex Delsordo, and Whitney Powell. Twenty-eight crews are scheduled to race the event in Saundersfoot.

In the women's quadruple sculls with coxswain, the Next Level Rowing USA 1 entry includes two-time Paralympic silver medalist Dani Hansen and multiple-time national team member Christine Cavallo, who won bronze in the mixed quadruple sculls at last year's World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. Hansen and Cavallo will be joined by Brooke Wolford, Alexa McAuliffe, and Choi. The second Next Level Rowing entry includes two members of the 2022 Beach Sprint National Team, Morgan Hummel and Jeni Sorli, as well as Olivia Farrar, Jillian Zeiff, and Coral Kasden. Farrar is a four-time U.S. Under 23 National Team member, while Zeiff has raced on two senior national teams. Kasden coxed the men's eight at the 2019 Pan American Games. The two boats will face off against 21 other crews.

Next Level Rowing's Cameron Kumagai and Cassidy Norton are part of a 36-boat field in the mixed double sculls. Norton, who will race the women's solo event at next week's World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals, was part of the ninth-place women's quadruple sculls with coxswain at last year's coastal event in Portugal.

In the women's double sculls race, Bair Island Aquatic Center's Amanda Hawkins and Athena Bradley are part of a 28-boat field. Hawkins and Bradley raced as part of a women's quadruple sculls with coxswain crew at last year's coastal championships.

Next Level Rowing's Gary Rought and Malachi Anderson will row in the men's double sculls. The duo is one of 38 entries in the race. Rought and Anderson will be racing in the junior men's double sculls at the 2022 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals next week.

Heats will take place on Friday and Saturday, with the first set of B finals being held Saturday afternoon. The A finals and the remaining B finals will be held Sunday.

In total, more than 540 rowers in 235 boats from 23 countries are scheduled to compete in Wales. The schedule, start lists, results, and live event updates will be available on www.worldrowing.com. Live audio will be available for all races on www.worldrowing.com, but there will be no live video streaming for the event.