USA U23 Men's Lightweight 4x - World Championship

We have just qualified to represent the United States at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy from July 26 to 30, 2022.

 

We are scheduled to leave on July 19th for Italy. For U23 trials in Florida and the U23 World Championships in Italy between equipment, travel, hotels, food, entry fees, and mandatory covid testing, the cost is $33,500. We are looking to fundraise as much as possible to help offset the cost of the trip and we need your help!

 

Please consider donating to the Conshohocken Rowing Center to support us on our trip to Italy to represent the USA at the U23 World Rowing Championships. All donations are tax-deductible. We will add periodic updates for all our supporters to keep up to date with our progress between now and July 30.

 

Rower Bios:

 

Simon is a rower from Seattle, Washington. Simon’s rowing career started in 2014 at Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center and he is now a University of Pennsylvania Lightweight rower and spent the year in the Varsity 8. Simon placed 11th at the U23 World Championships with Eli and seeking to return to the World Championships this year in Italy and put down a top performance.

 

Eli is a rower from Rye, New York. Eli’s rowing career started at RowAmerica Rye in 2013 and he is now a Georgetown Lightweight Rower. Recently elected to co-captain the Georgetown Lights for the 2022-2023 season Eli sat 7 of the Georgetown Lightweight Varsity this year, taking home a program record Bronze medal at both Eastern Sprints and IRAs. Having rowed at the 2021 U23 World Championships with Simon in the LW 2x Eli is seeking to take the experiences he had last year and capitalize on them to improve the crew’s performance this summer in Italy.

 

Justin is a rower from Westport, Connecticut. Justin started rowing in 2014 at Saugatuck Rowing Club. Justin is now president of the University of Delaware’s men’s rowing program. Justin placed 1st in the U23 lightweight single last summer at the USRowing Summer National Championship.

 

Troy is a rower for Sarasota Florida where he rowed for Sarasota Crew from 2017-2021. He rowed in the varsity 8 for multiple years and served as the Varsity boys captain his senior year. His high school rowing career culminated with a 9th place finish in the Junior Men's 4- at the Junior World Championship in Bulgaria last summer. Now he is a lightweight rower at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a solid member of the Varsity 8 and stroked at the IRA championship.

 

 

Conshohocken Rowing Center:

We would like to thank The Conshohocken Rowing Center for providing us with equipment, funding, and a supportive community for our training. Craig Hoffman, Lyons Bradley, and all of CRC’s coaches for giving up countless hours of their time to coach and support us through the winter and spring. 

 

Thank You:

Although in addition to the Conshohocken Rowing Center and coaches we both have hundreds of people to thank for helping us get to this point, we would like to mention a few key groups and individuals.

 

We would like to thank our university coaches. From the University of Pennsylvania Lightweight Rowing team, we would like to thank Colin Farrell and Tyler Nase for coaching Simon and Troy. From the Georgetown University Lightweight Rowing team, we would like to thank Lee Rumpf, Matt Madigan, Joe Federici, Justin DeGatano, and Artym Hayda for coaching Eli during the 2021-2022 season. From the University of Delaware Lightweight Rowing team, we would like to thank Chuck Crawford, Tristan Snow, and John Williams for coaching Justin since 2019.

 

In addition to our university coaches, we all want to thank our other rowing programs and coaches that enabled us to get to where we are today. Simon would like to thank all Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center’s coaches for their support from 2014 to 2019. RowAmerica Rye’s men’s coaches for coaching Eli from 2013 to 2019. Sarasota Crew for coaching Troy during his high school career. Justin would like to thank the coaches from Saugatuck Rowing Club for supporting him throughout his high school rowing career.