Wednesday, July 12, 2006

The 29 athletes will make up the camp selected boats that will compete at the 2006 FISA World Rowing Junior Championships August 2-5 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Those boats include the women’s pair, women’s four, men’s four with coxswain, women’s eight, and men’s eight. Final lineups will be announced later in July.

The men were selected from a group of 44 rowers that attended the junior men’s national team selection camp, while the women were selected from a group of 31 rowers that attended the junior women’s national team selection camp. The women’s roster includes six returning team members, while the men’s roster includes two.

Six boats – the men’s and women’s single sculls, men’s and women’s double sculls, and men’s and women’s quadruple sculls – had already earned 2006 Junior National Team berths at the 2006 Junior National Team Trials in late June.

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2006 Men’s Junior National Team Camp Selections

Rowers, Affiliation

Vince Berry, Monsignor Bonner High School

Cole Bonner, Lincoln Park Juniors

Noah Bruegmann, Oakland Strokes

Chris Courtin, Phillips Exeter Academy

Karl Hirt, Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass.)

Tom Kicinski, Vashon Island Rowing Club

Jack Lindeman, St. Augustine Prep

Mike Lombardi, St. Joseph’s Prep

Nick Lucey, Saint Ignatius College Prep (Calif.)

Joel Peterson, Thomas Jefferson High School

Kerry Quinn, St. Joseph’s Prep

Lucas Spielfogel, Pine Crest Prep

Carl Thunman, Gonzaga College High School

Zach Vlahos, Oakland Strokes

2006 Women’s Junior National Team Camp Selections

Rowers, Affiliation

Desiree Burns, F.D. Roosevelt High School

Charlotte Chuter, Oakland Strokes

Jennifer Cromwell, Pocock Rowing Center

Ariel Frost, Oakland Strokes

Nancy Graves, St. Andrew's School (Del.)

Sarah Gribler, Everett Rowing Association

Hayley Johnson, Lakeside School 

Katelin Kelly, Pocock Rowing Center

Maren McCrea, Marin Rowing Association

Adrienne Mecham, Everett Rowing Association

Caroline Nash, Maritime Rowing Club

Taryn O’Connell, Oakland Strokes

Ariel Shaker, Oakland Strokes

Michaela Strand, Green Lake Crew

Elise Wilson, St. Ignatius College Prep

Athletes Who Qualified Through Junior National Team Trials

Rowers, Affiliation

Women’s Single Sculls

Lindsay Meyer, Pocock Elite Sculling

Men’s Single Sculls

Robin Prendes Rodriguez, Miami Rowing Club

Women’s Double Sculls

Lori Gordon, Union Boat Club

Emily Dreissigacker, Union Boat Club

Men’s Double Sculls

Daniel Kenefick, Maritime Rowing Club

Brendan McEwan, Maritime Rowing Club

Women’s Quadruple Sculls

Brittney Kelly, North Allegheny High School

Erin Dauson, North Allegheny High School

Suzanne Maddamma, Steel City Rowing Club

Briana Pittman, North Allegheny High School

Men’s Quadruple Sculls

Sebastian Kirwan, Maritime Rowing Club

Carter Lindborg, Malta Boat Club

A.J. DiValerio, Malta Boat Club

William Kelly, Maritime Rowing Club