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Six Princeton Rowers Earn Spots at the Upcoming U-23 World Championships
July 03, 2015 | Women's Rowing - Open, Men's Rowing - Lightweight
Four members of the Princeton open crew and two members of the men's lightweight teams will be representing their respective home nations next month at the U-23 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The open women, bronze medalists at the Ivy League Championships last season, will be represented by Erin Reelick, Meghan Wheeler, Mary Ann McNulty and Georgie Howe, each of whom rowed in the varsity eight for the Tigers at the Ivy League and NCAA Championships.
The lightweight men, who also captured bronze at the Eastern Sprints, will send rising sophomores James Sincavage and James Goble to the U-23 Worlds.
Reelick, Wheeler, McNulty and Sincavage will each compete for the U.S.A. when the U-23 World Championships begin July 22. Reelick will return to the W8+, which topped New Zealand by more than two seconds to win the gold medal last year. She will be seeking her second straight U-23 gold to pair with her gold medals from the 2013 and 2014 Ivy League Championships.
Wheeler is also returning to the same boat on the American team, as she will go back to the 4x, which finished in the Top 10 last year but missed out on the A final. McNulty earned her spot by winning the single sculls event at the U-23 National Team Trials on Mercer Lake.
Howe will make her second straight trip to the U-23 World Championships as a member of the Australian team. She will compete in the four.
"We are extremely pleased and proud of the four women on our team who will be representing the USA and Australia at the U23 Worlds," head coach Lori Dauphiny said. "Georgie Howe is a positive force and a spirited competitor. Mary Ann McNulty won the single trials In a highly competitive event. She is a fierce and gutsy racer. Both Meghan Wheeler and Erin Reelick went through the camp system and fought hard with a strong field of competitive athletes all striving to make the top boats fast."
Like McNulty, Sincavage earned his way to the U-23 World Championships at the National Team Trials. He and teammate Austin Velte won the lightweight double sculls final, and they followed that up by winning the US Elite Nationals lightweight double sculls title.
Goble, the lone freshman in the varsity eight that competed at both Sprints and IRAs this past season, will row in the LM2- for Great Britain.
"I'm thrilled for both Jim and James that they will experience this level of competition this summer," head coach Marty Crotty said. "They worked hard to earn their place in Bulgaria, and I'm excited to see what they do against some of the world's best rowers. They are both a big part of the future of our program."
The Princeton heavyweights have annually been well-represented at the U-23 World Championships, but with three boats competing at the Henley Royal Regatta, none were able to compete for spots in their respective home countries.