Three Big Green Heavyweights Heading to World Rowing U23 Championships

HANOVER, N.H. — The off-season will have to wait a little longer for three members of the Dartmouth men's heavyweight rowing team, each of whom will compete at the 2021 World Rowing U23 Championships.

Liam Keane, who will return to Dartmouth this fall and row as a graduated student, was the first to be selected after competing on June 17 in Sarasota, Florida. The native of Victoria, British Columbia, will represent Canada in the Men's Four along with Adam Krol, Jack Walkey and Peter Lancashire.

This will be Keane's second time competing in the race having competed with the 2018 U23 team following two stints as a junior. Keene last rowed with the Dartmouth heavyweight varsity boat that placed third at the IRA Championship.

The Big Green have two members who will compete for the United States as well in rising junior Jacob Hudgins and rising sophomore William Bender, who hails from Norwich, Vermont, just across the Connecticut River from the college campus.

The duo will compete in the Men's Eight in a boat that is made up of six Ivy Leaguers, complementing rowers from Northeastern, Stanford and Navy. Bender, like Keene, was a member of the bronze medal boat at the IRA Championship.

Coach Wyatt Allen on the honor, "We are thrilled that Liam has been selected to represent Canada and Jacob and Billy have been selected to represent the US at the Under 23 World Championships. All three have been steadfast in their goal of racing internationally this summer, and to see their hard work and consistency through the ups and downs of the last 14 months is just awesome.

Having two athletes in the US eight and one in Canada's priority line-up reflects the depth and competitiveness of our current group. I know the entire Dartmouth Rowing family will be tracking the racing and cheering Liam, Jacob and Billy on from afar, and we are looking forward to all three returning to Hanover next fall better for the experience.

The World Rowing U23 Championships will be held in Račice, Czech Republic, from July 7 to 11.

2021 World Rowing Under 23 Championships Camp-Selected Boats

Name (Boat Position) (Hometown/University)
(Lineups subject to change)

Men's Quadruple Sculls
Owen Maier (s) (Newtown Square, Pa/Williams College)
Keelan Good (3) (Alameda, Calif./Princeton University)
Pablo Matan (2) (San Jose, Calif./University of Washington)
Nate Phelps (b) (Ridgefield, Conn./Princeton University)

Women's Quadruple Sculls
Clare Naughton (s) (Burlington, Mass./Yale University)
Susan Cook (3) (Portland, Ore./Boston University)
Margaret Hedeman (2) (Concord, Mass./Yale University)
Sammie Henriksen (b) (Chicago, Ill./University of California)

Women's Four
Francesca Raggi (s) (Maitland, Fla./University of Texas)
Alexandria Vallencey-Martinson (3) (Corvallis, Ore./United States Naval Academy)
Teal Cohen (2) (Dallas, Texas/University of Washington)
Kelsey McGinley (b) (Westport, Conn./Stanford University)

Men's Four with Coxswain
Jimmy Catalano (c) (Greenwich, Conn./University of Wisconsin)
Erik Spinka (s) (Southport, Conn./Princeton University)
Christian Tabash (3) (Alexandria, Va./Harvard University)
Will Geib (Portland, Ore./United States Naval Academy)
Liam Galloway (b) (Ridgefield, Conn./Yale University)

Women's Four with Coxswain
Hannah Broadland (c) (Sacramento, Calif./San Diego State University)
Elena Collier-Hezel (s) (Buffalo, N.Y./University of Michigan)
Holly Drapp (3) (Tampa, Fla./University of Washington)
Anna Scott (2) (Denver, Colo./Yale University)
Sarah Brunsberg (b) (London, England/University of Pennsylvania)

Men's Eight
Sydney Edwards (c) (Sarastoa, Fla./Princeton University)
Gus Rodriguez (s) (Rye, N.Y./Brown University)
Rhett Burns (7) (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Northeastern University)
Griffin Dunne (6) (Northfield, Ill./United States Naval Academy)
Peter Chatain (5) (Winnetka, Ill./Stanford University)
Kenny Coplan (4) (Montclair, N.J./Harvard University)
Jacob Hudgins (3) (Andover, Mass./Dartmouth College)
Nick Rusher (2) (West Bend, Wis./Yale University)
William Bender (b) (Norwich, Vt./Dartmouth College)

Women's Eight
Izzy Aronin (c) (Larchmont, N.Y./Brown University)
Francesca Raggi (s) (Maitland, Fla./University of Texas)
Alexandria Vallencey-Martinson (7) (Corvallis, Ore./United States Naval Academy)
Teal Cohen (6) (Dallas, Texas/University of Washington)
Kelsey McGinley (5) (Westport, Conn./Stanford University)
Sierra Bishop (4) (Wilsonville, Ore./Oregon State University)
Anna Jensen (3) (Midland, Mich./University of Texas)
Sophia Hahn (2) (Braselton, Ga./Yale University)
McKenna Bryant (b) (Kent, Wash./University of Washington

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