Dartmouth Rowing Sending Five Student-Athletes, One Coach to World Under-23 Championships

HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth rowing will have six total representatives at the World Under-23 Championships in Poland later this month. Men's lightweight rowing is sending two athletes and a coach, men's heavyweight rowing is sending two athletes, with one athlete from women's rowing competing.

The Under-23 Championships are set for July 23-27 in Poznan, Poland. To learn more, please click here.

On the men's lightweight side, Cosmo Hondrogen will compete for the United States as the lightweight single sculler, with Valentin Wang-Norderud rowing for Norway in the lightweight double. Head coach Trevor Michelson will also be heading to Poland as a coach of Hondrogen, and the heavyweight quad.

Hondrogen and Wang-Norderud were both key members of Dartmouth's varsity eight that finished second in the varsity eight and in total team points at the IRA National Championship, marking the program's top team points standing in program history. It was also Dartmouth's first medal at nationals since 2012. The varsity eight finished with a time of 5:32.250 in the grand final, less than three seconds behind first-place Harvard and ahead of MIT, Penn, Princeton and Navy. Hondrogen sat in the six seat, with Wang-Norderud in bow.

For multiple years, Michelson has coached with the U.S. Under-23 team through selection camp and competition. Last year, he led the men's four to a gold medal at the world championships.

Meanwhile, James Frederikson of men's heavyweight rowing will compete for Australia in the eight, with Aron Kalmar a member of the coxless four for Hungary.

Frederikson was a member of the second varsity eight this past season that finished third at Eastern Sprints to earn a bronze medal. Kalmar rowed in the varsity eight, which came in second to earn silver at sprints, along with a third-place finish at the IRA National Championship — marking the Big Green varsity eight's best finish since 1994. The varsity eight had an undefeated dual season as well.

On the women's side, Áine Ley is a member of the United States Under-23 team and the eight for a second straight summer. Last year, she helped the Red, White and Blue place second in the World Championships. This past school year, Ley was a key member of the varsity eight, which finished in fourth place at the Ivy League Championship — the varsity's best finish at Ivies since 2014. Ley was a first team All-Ivy honoree as a junior. The Big Green advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2011.

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