The Montclair Crew: MHS Rowers Will Represent USA In Netherlands Competition

MONTCLAIR, NJ — They will soon be row, row, rowing their boats in the Netherlands.

Three Montclair High School alumni will be representing the USA at the 2016 World Rowing Championships to be held from August 21 to 28 at the Willem-Alexanderbaan Rowing Regatta Venue in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

On Monday, USRowing announced the 84-person roster for the 2016 Under 23 and Senior National Teams, which include athletes from 21 states, England and France. The eight-day competition will feature U.S. crews partaking in 20, under-23 events.

Montclair will be represented by Nate Goodman and Justin Murphy in the Men's 8+, and Reid Cucci in the Lightweight Men's 4X, according to a Montclair High School Crew social media post.

According to the U.S. Rowing website, additional selected athletes include:

Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls
Mary Jones (Huntsville, Ala.) – Vesper Boat Club

Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls
Colin Ethridge (Laytonsville, Md.) – Malta Boat Club

Men’s Pair with Coxswain
(c) Lou Lombardi (Huntingdon, Pa.) – Vesper Boat Club*
(s) Tom Peszek (Farmington Hills, Mich) – Vesper Boat Club
(b) Yohann Rigogne (Besançon, France ) – Vesper Boat Club

Lightweight Men’s Pair
(s) Peter Gibson (Belmont, Mass.) – Community Rowing, Inc.
(b) Andy Weiland (Upper Arlington, Ohio) – Community Rowing, Inc.

Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Christopher Lambert-Rogers (Ithaca, N.Y.) – Riverside Boat Club
(3) Peter Schmidt (Providence, R.I.) – Riverside Boat Club*
(2) Jacob Georgeson (North Olmsted, Ohio) – Riverside Boat Club
(b) Tobin McGee (Rye, N.Y.) – Riverside Boat Club*

Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Emily Schmieg (Philadelphia, Pa.) – Potomac Boat Club
(3) Morgan McGovern (San Francisco, Calif.) – Potomac Boat Club
(2) Ashley Amos (Bennington, Vt.) – Riverside Boat Club
(b) Monica Whitehouse (Muskego, Wis.) – Sarasota Crew

Women’s Four
(s) Kristine O’Brien (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) – USRowing Training Center*
(3) Corinne Schoeller (Miami, Fla.) – USRowing Training Center
(2) Emily Huelskamp (Sainte Genevieve, Mo.) – USRowing Training Center
(b) Molly Bruggeman (Dayton, Ohio) – USRowing Training Center

2016 U.S. Under 23 National Team Roster
Event, Name, Hometown, Affiliation
*indicates 2015 junior, under 23 and senior world championship medalist

Women’s Single Sculls
Cicely Madden (Weston, Mass.) – Cambridge Boat Club
Men’s Single Sculls
Benjamin Davison (Inverness, Fla.) – Seattle Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls
Emma Betuel (East Hampton, N.Y.) – Brown University

Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls
Walter Banfield (Wake, Va.) – Georgetown University
Women’s Double Sculls
(s) Emily Kallfelz (Jamestown, R.I.) – Princeton University*
(b) Eliza Kallfelz (Jamestown, R.I.) – Narragansett Boat Club

Men’s Double Sculls
(s) Michael Gaude (Lakeland, Fla..) – Conshohocken Rowing Center
(b) Michael Yaron (Wynnewood, Pa.) – University of Pittsburgh

Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls
(s) Olivia Farrar (Pittsford, N.Y.) – Pittsford Crew
(b) Emma Hopkins (Stillwater, N.Y.) – Princeton University
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls
(s) Nick Montalvo (Miami, Fla.) – Craftsbury Sculling Center
(b) Samuel O’Brien (Tampa, Fla.) – Craftsbury Sculling Center
Women’s Pair
(s) Kendall Chase (Evergreen, Colo.) – University of California*
(b) Georgia Ratcliff (Falls Church, Va.) – University of Virginia*
Men’s Pair
(s) Brennan Wertz (Marin, Calif.) – Stanford University
(b) Jovanni Stefani (San Francisco, Calif.) – Stanford University
Lightweight Men’s Pair
(s) Kyle James (Princeton, N.J.) – Princeton National Rowing Association
(b) John Gleim (West Windsor, N.J.) – Princeton National Rowing Association

Men’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Travis Taaffe (Sarasota, Fla.) – Sarasota Crew
(3) Isaac Mocarski (Bristol, R.I.) – Narragansett Boat Club
(2) Spencer Haas (Milwaukee, Wis.) – Boston University
(b) John Kelley (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) – Jacksonville Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Emma Betuel (East Hampton, N.Y.) – Riverside Boat Club
(3) Molly Pierce (Wayland, Mass.) – Cambridge Boat Club
(2) Helena Randle (Brookline, Mass.) – Cambridge Boat Club
(b) Brigid Kennedy (East Greenwich, R.I.) – Narragansett Boat Club

Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls
(s) Andrew Seski (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) – Undine Barge Club
(3) Landis Walsh (Winchester, Mass.) – Undine Barge Club
(2) Casey Howshall (Philadelphia, Pa.) – Undine Barge Club
(b) Reid Cucci (Montclair, N.J.) – Undine Barge Club
Women’s Four
(s) Madeleine Wanamaker (Neenah, Wis.) – University of Wisconsin
(3) Alison Nordell (Gates Mills, Ohio) – Yale University
(2) Julia Sesler (Gates Mills, Ohio) – Yale University
(b) Marlee Blue (Seattle, Wash.) – University of Washington*
Men’s Four
(s) Avery Reavill (Culver, Ind) – Brown University
(3) Brooks Reavill (Culver, Ind.) – Brown University
(2) Cuyler Hamilton (Wayne, Pa.) – Cornell University
(b) Michael Colella (Kensington, Md.) – Cornell University
Lightweight Men’s Four
(s) William Van Fossen (New Haven, Conn.) – Yale University
(3) David Mottola (Vienna, Va.) – Columbia University
(2) Samuel Ward (Winter Park, Fla.) – University of Pennsylvania
(b) Austin Velte (West Chester, Pa.) – Yale University
Men’s Four with Coxswain
(c) Rielly Milne (Seattle, Wash.) – University of Washington
(s) Sean Kelly (Princeton, N.J.) – University of Washington
(3) Samuel Pettet (Seattle, Wash.) – University of Washington
(2) Arne Landboe (Shoreline, Wash.) – University of Washington
(b) Ezra Carlson (Eureka, Calif.) – University of Washington

Women’s Eight
(c) Colette Lucas-Conwell (Palo Alto, Calif.) – University of Virginia*
(s) Erin Briggs (Orono, Minn.) – University of Virginia
(7) Kendall Brewer (Austin, Texas) – University of Michigan
(6) Regina Salmons (Methuen, Mass.) – University of Pennsylvania
(5) Georgia Ratcliff (Fall Church, Va.) – University of Virginia
(4) Kendall Chase (Evergreen, Colo.) – University of California*
(3) Gia Doonan (Rochester, Mass.) – University of Texas
(2) Cassandra Johnson (Greenwich, Conn.) – The Ohio State University
(b) Sarah Dougherty (Kent, Wash.) – University of Washington*

Men’s Eight
(c) Jake Mendelson (Jacksonville, Fla.) – University of Pennsylvania
(s) Nate Goodman (Montclair, N.J.) – Yale University
(7) Alex Wallis (Cupertino, Calif.) – University of California
(6) Kyle Flagg (Newport Beach, Calif.) – University of California
(5) Justin Murphy (Montclair, N.J.) – University of California*
(4) Nick Mead (Strafford, Pa.) – Princeton University
(3) Trey Francis (St. Louis, Mo.) – Princeton University
(2) Bobby Moffitt (Greenwich, Conn.) – Dartmouth College
(b) Greg Davis (Daly City, Calif.) – Cornell University*

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