by
Ed Moran, ed@usrowing.org | Jul 28, 2014
With the final competition to determine the last four crews to compete at the 2014 World Rowing Championships set for next week, USRowing is pleased to announce the names of the athletes selected to the team from men’s and women’s training camps.

PRINCETON, N.J. – With the final competition to determine the last four crews to compete at the 2014 World Rowing Championships set for next week, USRowing is pleased to announce the names of the athletes selected to the team from the men’s and women’s training camps to compete in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
In addition to the boats named in camp, four crews have officially accepted their nominations to the team after top performances at the second world cup on Lake Aiguebelette, France, including the women’s single sculls, the women’s double sculls, the women’s pair and the lightweight men’s double sculls.
Accepting nominations to the team in the woman’s double after taking silver in France were
Ellen Tomek (Flushing, Mich.) and
Meghan O’Leary (Baton Rouge, La.). Accepting nominations to the team in the women’s pair after a silver medal performance at world cup II was
Kerry Simmonds (San Diego, Calif.) and
Megan Kalmoe (St. Croix Falls, Wis.).
Accepting nominations with a fourth place finish were
Josh Konieczny (Millbury, Ohio) and
Austin Meyer (Cohoes, N.Y.) and accepting her nomination in the women’s single after finishing fifth on Lake Aiguebelette was
Gevvie Stone (Newton, Mass.).
Among the 80 athletes named from the camps, through world cup competition or the 2014 Senior 1 World Championship Trials, 19 are former Olympians, Olympic spares or Paralympians, 30 have been on prior senior world championship teams, seven competed on U.S. under 23 teams and 24 are new to the U.S. national team.
Beginning Monday on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., the four remaining crews will be selected following racing in their respective events at the Senior World Championship Trials II. The featured events are the men’s single sculls, the men’s double sculls, the men’s pair and the lightweight women’s double sculls.
Eleven crews have already been named to the team following Senior 1 World Championship Trials, including the lightweight men’s and women’s single sculls, the men’s quadruple sculls, the lightweight men’s and women’s quadruple sculls, the men’s pair with coxswain, the lightweight men’s pair and the lightweight men’s eight.
In the para-rowing events, crews earned berths to the team during trials including the men’s and women’s arms and shoulders single sculls, the trunk and arms mixed double, and the legs, trunk and arms mixed double. In addition, the legs, trunk and arms four with coxswain was selected from the para-rowing camp.
Earning places on the squad at trials in the men’s and women’s lightweight single sculls were
Andrew Campbell, Jr. (New Canaan, Conn.) and
Kate Bertko (Oakland, Calif.).
Winning trials in the men’s quad was
Peter Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio),
Stephen Whelpley (Moquon, Wis.),
John Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio) and
Benjamin Dann (Pound Ridge, N.Y.). Named to the team in the lightweight men’s quadruple sculls were
Andrew Neils (Manhattan, Kansas),
Peter Schmidt (Providence, R.I.),
Jacob Georgeson (North Olmsted, Ohio) and
Kyle Lafferty (Hockessin, Del.).
Earning a place in the lightweight women’s quadruple sculls was the crew of
Hillary Saeger (Dedham, Mass.),
Helen Tompkins (Friendswood, Texas.),
Sarah Giancola (Buffalo, N.Y.) and
Mary Jones (Huntsville, Ala.).
Also named to the team in trials were
Jack Carlson (Weston, Mass.),
Taylor Brown (Winter Park, Fla.) and
Henry Hoffstot (Ligonier, Pa.) in the men’s pair with coxswain;
Michael Wales (Seattle, Wash.) and
Tyler Nase (Phoenixville, Pa.) in the lightweight men’s pair.
And in the lightweight men’s eight were
Stephen Young (Tampa, Fla.),
Kyle Traub (Eastham, Mass.),
Andrew Hakanson (Newtown Square, Pa.),
Josh Getz (Ann Arbor, Mich.),
Matthew O’Leary (Westwood, Mass.),
Joseph Hanlon (Washington D.C.),
Dan Kirrane (Rockville Centre, N.Y.),
Peter Gibson (Belmont, Mass.) and
Andrew Weiland (Upper Arlington, Ohio).
Earning places in para-rowing trials were
Blake Haxton (Columbus, Ohio) in the arms and shoulder men’s single sculls;
Katelynn Steinke (Yarmouth Port, Mass.) in the women’s arms and shoulders single sculls;
Jaden Thoennes (Bloomington, Ill.) and
Callum Borchers (Franklin, Mass.) in the trunks and arms mixed double sculls and
Andrew Johnson (Riverside, Conn.) and
Stephanie Cox (Raleigh, N.C.) in the legs, trunks and arms mixed double sculls.
Named to the para-rowing team from camp was the legs, trunk and arms four with coxswain crew of coxswain
Jenny Sichel (Clifton, N.J.),
Ricky Vandegrift (Cincinnati, Ohio),
Zachary Burns (Ann Arbor, Mich.),
Danielle Hansen (Paterson, Calif.) and
Jaclyn Smith (Williston Park, N.Y.).
All of the athletes named to the team, and those that win at trials next week, will compete at the
World Rowing Championships, August 24-September 1, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Current 2014 Senior National Team Roster Name Birthdate Ht. Wt. Hometown Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)
Gevvie Stone 7/11/85 6’0” 157 Newton, Mass.
Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls (LM1x)
Andrew Campbell, Jr. 2/2/1992 5’10” 155 New Canaan, Conn.
Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)
Kate Bertko 11/8/83 5’9” 128 Oakland, Calif.
Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)
Ellen Tomek (s) 5/1/84 5’10” 160 Flushing, Mich.
Meghan O’Leary (b) 8/24/84 6’0” 165 Baton Rouge, La.
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls (LM2x)
Josh Konieczny (s) 5/26/91 5’10” 155 Millbury, Ohio.
Austin Meyer (b) 6/23/90 5’11” 152 Cohoes, N.Y.
Women’s Pair (W2-) Kerry Simmonds (s) 4/3/89 6’0” 189 San Diego, Calif.
Megan Kalmoe (b) 8/21/83 5’10” 160 St. Croix Falls, Wis.
Men’s Pair With Coxswain (M2+)
Jack Carlson (c) 5/22/87 5’8” 121 Weston, Mass.
Taylor Brown (s) 6/23/87 6’4” 205 Winter Park, Fla.
Henry Hoffstot (b) 9/23/90 6’4” 190 Ligonier, Pa.
Lightweight Men’s Pair (LM2-)
Michael Wales (s) 7/18/91 6’1” 150 Seattle, Wash.
Tyler Nase (b) 8/30/90 6’0” 155 Phoenixville, Pa.
Men’s Quadruple Sculls (M4x) Benjamin Dann (s) 11/26/90 5’10” 185 Pound Ridge, N.Y.
John Graves (3) 3/26/88 6’0” 180 Cincinnati, Ohio.
Stephen Whelpley (2) 3/23/83 6’4” 205 Mequon, Wis.
Peter Graves (b) 10/25/84 6’2” 175 Cincinnati, Ohio.
Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x) Felice Mueller (s) 10/15/89 6’1” 155 Cleveland, Ohio
Tracy Eisser (3) 11/20/89 6’1” 185 Fair Lawn, N.J.
Grace Latz (2) 2/21/88 6’0” 172 Jackson, Mich.
Olivia Coffey (b) 1/29/89 6’1” 170 Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls (LM4x)
Kyle Lafferty (s) 12/24/87 6’0” 160 Hockessin, Del.
Jacob Georgeson (3) 3/20/87 5’11” 154 North Olmsted, Ohio.
Peter Schmidt (2) 2/20/89 6’0” 155 Providence, R.I.
Andrew Neils (b) 6/27/85 5’11” 153 Manhattan, Kansas.
Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls (LW4x)
Mary Jones (s) 8/25/86 5’7” 128 Huntsville, Ala.
Sarah Giancola (3) 8/15/90 5’5” 126 Buffalo, N.Y.
Helen Tompkins (2) 1/2/88 5’10” 130 Friendswood, Texas.
Hillary Saeger (b) 9/25/84 5’5” 125 Dedham, Mass.
Lightweight Men’s Four (LM4-) Robin Prendes (s) 12/13/88 6’1” 155 Miami, Fla.
Edward King (3) 6/14/89 6’4” 160 Ironton, Mo.
William Daly (2) 8/2/83 6’3” 160 Vail, Colo.
Anthony Fahden (b) 2/2/86 5’11” 155 Lafayette, Calif.
Men’s Four (M4-) Seth Weil (s) 3/9/87 6’6” 215 Menlo Park, Calif.
Henrik Rummel (3) 9/26/87 6’5” 208 Pittsford, N.Y.
Michael Gennaro (2) 3/11/89 6’3” 185 Havertown, Penn.
Grant James (b) 8/17/87 6’5” 195 DeKalb, Ill.
Women’s Four (W4-)
Adrienne Martelli 12/3/87 6’1” 175 University Place, Wash.
Tessa Gobbo 12/8/90 6’1” 180 Chesterfield, N.H.
Susan Francia 11/8/82 6’2” 175 Abington, Pa.
Emily Regan 6/10/88 6’2” 185 Buffalo, N.Y
Men’s Eight (M8+)
Zach Vlahos (c) 8/19/88 5’9” 121 Piedmont, Calif.
Thomas Dethlefs (8) 5/6/90 6’6” 200 Lawrenceville, N.J.
Nareg Guregian (7) 1/20/89 6’5” 213 North Hills, Calif.
Matthew Miller (6) 1/13/89 6’6” 210 Fairfax, Va.
Rob Munn (5) 7/26/90 6’4” 210 Redmond, Wash.
Austin Hack (4) 5/17/92 6’8” 210 Old Lyme, Conn.
Steven Kasprzyk (3) 2/14/82 6’7” 215 Cinnaminson, N.J.
David Banks (2) 8/30/83 6’2” 192 Potomac, Md.
Sam Dommer (b) 9/4/91 6’3” 196 Folsom, Calif.
Women’s Eight (W8+)
Katelin Snyder (c) 6/16/87 5’4” 120 Detroit, Mich.
Heidi Robbins (s) 7/3/91 6’2” 178 Hanover, N.H.
Eleanor Logan (7) 12/27/87 6’2” 175 Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Caroline Lind (6) 10/11/82 6’0” 175 Greensboro, N.C.
Grace Luczak (5) 5/24/89 6’3” 165 Ann Arbor, Mich
Lauren Schmetterling (4) 8/3/88 5’11” 170 Moorestown, N.J.
Vicky Opitz (3) 6/5/88 5’11” 157 Middleton, Wis.
Meghan Musnicki (2) 2/5/83 5’11” 175 Naples, N.Y.
Amanda Polk (b) 8/2/86 5’11” 175 Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lightweight Men’s Eight (LM8+) Stephen Young (c) 1/8/87 5’8” 119 Tampa, Fla.
Andrew Weiland (s) 10/23/90 5’11” 155 Upper Arlington, Ohio.
Peter Gibson (7) 4/20/91 6’3” 160 Belmont, Mass.
Dan Kirrane (6) 2/7/90 6’2” 155 Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Joseph Hanlon (5) 12/20/91 5’11” 154 Washington D.C.
Matthew O’Leary (4) 9/19/90 5’11” 155 Westwood, Mass.
Josh Getz (3) 7/3/90 5’11” 154 Ann Arbor, Mich.
Andrew Hakanson (2) 2/4/89 6’1” 160 Newtown Square, Pa.
Kyle Traub (b) 7/7/89 5’10” 155 Eastham, Mass.
Men’s Arms and Shoulders Single Sculls
Blake Haxton 12/17/1990 3’2” 150 Columbus, Ohio.
Women’s Arms and Shoulders Single Sculls
Katelynn Steinke 1/21/87 5’10” 150 East Falmouth, Mass.
Trunk and Arms Mixed Double Sculls
Jaden Thoennes (s) 9/6/85 5’1” Cambridge, Mass.
Callum Borchers (b) 3/10/87 5’8” 135 Franklin, Mass.
Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Double Sculls
Andrew Johnson (s) 3/18/90 5’10” 150 Riverside, Conn..
Stephanie Cox (b) 11/22/84 5’7” 135 Raleigh, N.C.
Legs, Trunk and Arms Four with Coxswain Jenny Sichel (c) Clifton, N.J.
Ricky Vandegrift (s) Cincinnati, Ohio
Zachary Burns (3) Ann Arbor. Mich.
Danielle Hansen (2) Paterson, Calif.
Jaclyn Smith (b) Williston Park, N.Y.
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