Seven U.S. Crews Racing at 2026 World Rowing Under 19 Championships

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, hosts the World Rowing Under 19 Championships for the third time, Aug. 6-9.

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A field of 660 athletes—367 men and 293 women—from 55 nations will race for medals across 14 boat classes in the 59th edition of the championships.

Seven U.S. crews will race in nine events: the men’s single sculls; men’s and women’s double sculls, fours, quadruple sculls, and eights—plus mixed double sculls and eights.

Seven athletes from the 2025 U.S. U19 roster return. Caitlin Cecere returns to the women’s eight, Clare Junius to the women’s quadruple sculls, and John Piersma to the men’s four. Andrew Vizecky moves from the men’s quadruple sculls to the double.

Parker Mansfield, Angela Johnson, and Porter Collins move into racing lineups after serving as alternates in 2025. Mansfield will race in the men’s eight, Johnson in the women’s four and Collins in the men’s single sculls.

Collins earned his place at the U19 trials at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla., winning the single in 7:08.41 after a close race with Dean Burton through the first 1,500 meters.

At the 2025 championships in Trakai, Lithuania, the United States won gold in the women’s four and silver in the women’s eight. Great Britain topped the medal table with four gold, two silver and one bronze. Greece and Germany won two gold medals apiece, while the United States, Romania, Ireland and Poland also claimed world titles.

The men’s double sculls is the largest event in Plovdiv, with 33 entries. Nine nations entered the men’s eight, while only five—Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Romania, and the United States—have entered the women’s eight.

Plovdiv’s 2,300-meter artificial course is oriented east to west, parallel to the prevailing winds, and surrounded by natural forest. The championships will be the ninth World Rowing event held in Plovdiv. The city previously hosted the U19 championships in 1999 and 2021.

First held in Ratzeburg, Germany, in 1967, the World Rowing Under 19 Championships are open to rowers through Dec. 31 of the year in which they turn 18.

Live racing, results, and race reports will be available through World Rowing.

Porter Collins — Greater Houston Rowing Club

Graham Matlock — Y Quad Cities Rowing Andrew Vizecky — Little Canada Rowing Club

Kathryn McClellan — Vancouver Lake Rowing Club Addi Levensten — Black Sheep Racing

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.

Angela Johnson — St. Andrew Rowing Club Olivia Lill — Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc. Tessa Murphy — Greenwich Crew Sophie Rostad — The Milwaukee Rowing Club

Rowan Arendt — Conshohocken Rowing Center Inc. Dean Burton — Phillips Academy Andover Goose Faynsod — Marina Aquatic Center Brogan Fernald — Great Bay Rowing

Clare Junius — RowAmerica Greenwich Naomi Ronen — Rockland Rowing Association, Inc. Shay Triepel — Coastal Virginia Community Rowing Sydney Vilhelm — South Orlando Rowing Association

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

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

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

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