INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. -- The 2005 National Team roster has been set, USRowing announced on Thursday. In total, 19 crews will represent the United States at the 2005 FISA World Rowing Championships scheduled to run August 28-September 4 in Gifu , Japan .

The U.S. will have crews competing in the men’s single sculls, women’s single sculls, lightweight women’s single sculls, men’s double sculls, women’s double sculls, lightweight men’s double sculls, lightweight women’s double sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, women’s quadruple sculls, lightweight men’s quadruple sculls, lightweight women’s quadruple sculls, men’s pair, women’s pair, men’s pair with coxswain, men’s four, lightweight men’s four, men’s four with coxswain, men’s eight and women’s eight.

The 63-person roster includes 32 past national team members and 14 members of the 2004 Olympic Team. Five members of the gold-medal winning Olympic men’s eight – Wyatt Allen, Dan Beery, Matt Deakin, Beau Hoopman and Bryan Volpenhein – return, as do five members of the silver-medal winning women’s eight including coxswain Mary Whipple, Caryn Davies, Megan Dirkmaat, Sam Magee and Anna Mickelson. Allen will be racing in the men’s single sculls, while the remaining four men will be doubling up in the men’s four and eight. On the women’s side, Whipple, Magee and Dirkmaat once again will be racing in the eight, while Davies and Mickelson will be rowing in the quadruple sculls. Two other members of the team – Caroline Lind and Lindsay Shoop – also will be racing in two events. The duo will race in both the women’s pair and eight.

USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States . USRowing’s Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; its Official Dock is Connect-A-Dock; its Official Suppliers are NIKE, Inc., Filippi Boat Manufacturer/Elite Rowing, Inc., WinTech Racing, and System Scale Corp.; and its Preferred Printer is Sport Graphics Printing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.

2005 World Championships Roster (Alphabetical Order within Boats)

Name, Birth, Ht., Wt., Hometown, Affiliation

Men’s Single Sculls (M1x)

Wyatt Allen, 1/11/79, 6’4”, 210, Portland , Maine, NYAC/Princeton TC

Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)

Michelle Guerette, 10/6/80, 5’11”, 175, Bristol , Conn., Unaffiliated

Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1x)

Marika Page, 7/26/75, 5’9”, 130, San Rafael , Calif., Riverside Boat Club

Men’s Double Sculls (M2x)

J. Sloan DuRoss, 10/23/76, 6’6”, 210, South Portland , Maine, Saugatuck Rowing Club

Sam Stitt, 9/28/81, 6’6”, 195, McLean , Va., Potomac BC /PTC

Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)

Megan Cooke, 5/5/80, 5’9”, 145, Los Gatos , Calif., Mercer Training Center

Lia Pernell, 8/16/81, 5’8”, 150, Seattle , Wash., Mercer Training Center

Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LM2x)

Mike Altman, 8/21/75, 6’0”, 160, Marin County, Calif., Princeton TC/Marin RA

Bjorn Larsen, 9/25/79, 6’1”, 158, Lake Stevens , Wash., Penn Athletic Club

Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x)

Renee Hykel, 5/31/79, 5’9”, 130, Haverford , Pa., Penn Athletic Club

Julie Nichols, 4/21/78, 5’8”, 130, Livermore, Calif., Pocock RC/Penn AC

Men’s Quadruple Sculls (M4x)

Jonathan Burns, 5/8/78, 6’5”, 200, Vancouver, Wash., Vesper Boat Club

Ken Jurkowski, 9/2/81, 6’2”, 208, New Fairfield , Conn., Unaffiliated

Shane O’Mara, 12/18/82, 6’4”, 195, Tampa , Fla., Northeastern U./PTC

Dan Walsh, 5/31/79, 6’7”, 215, Norwalk , Conn., Gentle Giant RC

Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x)

Caryn Davies, 4/14/82, 6’4”, 185, Ithaca , N.Y., Radcliffe/Mercer TC

Anna Mickelson, 3/21/80, 6’0”, 175, Bellevue , Wash., Pocock Rowing Center

Kelly Salchow, 10/5/73, 5’9”, 165, Cincinnati , Ohio, Mercer TC/Kansas City RC

Margot Shumway, 8/2/79, 5’11”, 175, Westlake , Ohio, Potomac Boat Club

Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LM4x)

Matt Muffelman, 11/22/80, 6’1”, 155, Mathews, Va., Riverside Boat Club

Greg Ruckman, 12/30/73, 6’1”, 155, Cincinnati , Ohio, Riverside Boat Club

Sean Wolf, 7/14/70, 6’2”, 152, New Haven , Ct., Riverside Boat Club

Rob Zechmann, 1/10/78, 6’0”, 152, Lincoln, Neb., Riverside Boat Club

Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (LW4x)

Wendy Campanella, 7/19/74, 5’9”, 130, Needham , Mass., Vesper Boat Club

Heather Moon, 11/17/78, 5’9”, 125, Windsor, Vt., Riverside Boat Club

Melissa Rice, 11/4/77, 5’8”, 125, Fairfax, Va., Occoquan Boat Club

Sarah Hirst Smith, 3/24/77, 5’7”, 128, Oak Ridge , Tenn., Pocock Rowing Center

Men’s Pair (M2-)

Patrick O’Dunne, 7/11/81, 6’6”, 220, Nazareth , Pa., Penn Athletic Club

Matt Schnobrich, 11/12/78, 6’5”, 205, St. Paul , Minn., Penn Athletic Club

Women’s Pair (W2-)

Caroline Lind, 10/11/82, 6’0”, 185, Greensboro , N.C., Mercer Training Center

Lindsay Shoop, 9/25/81, 6’0”, 175, Charlottesville , Va., Mercer Training Center

Men’s Pair with Coxswain (M2+)

Micah Boyd, 4/6/82, 6’3”, 210, St. Paul , Minn., Penn Athletic Club

Chase Phillips, 12/1/84, 5’3”, 120, Woodbridge , Va., Penn Athletic Club

Jordan Smith, 8/31/77, 6’7”, 215, Forestville , Calif., Penn Athletic Club

Men’s Four (M4-)

Dan Beery, 1/4/75, 6’7”, 215, Oaktown , Ind., Penn AC/Princeton TC

Matt Deakin, 5/20/80, 6’4”, 200, San Francisco , Calif., Princeton Training Center

Beau Hoopman, 10/1/80, 6’4”, 185, Plymouth , Wis., Princeton Training Center

Bryan Volpenhein, 8/18/76, 6’3”, 205, Cincinnati , Ohio, Princeton TC/NYAC

Men’s Four with Coxswain (M4+)

Matt Hughes, 10/02/81, 6’0”, 200, Ludington , Mich., Princeton Training Center

Troy Kepper, 2/22/82, 6’3”, 180, Tallahassee , Fla., Princeton Training Center

Marcus McElhenney, 7/27/81, 5’4”, 119, Lansdowne , Pa., Princeton Training Center

Brett Newlin, 3/24/82, 6’9”, 225, Riverton , Wyo., Princeton Training Center

Pat Sullivan, 10/22/85, 6’7”, 213, St. Paul , Minn., Union BC /Northeastern Univ.

Men’s Lightweight Four (LM4-)

Simon Carcagno, 3/22/76, 6’1”, 160, Pennington , N.J., Princeton TC/NYAC

Rich Montgomery, 9/15/77, 5’11”, 160, Batavia , Ill., Union BC/Princeton TC

Tom Paradiso, 12/7/79, 6’1”, 150, Blue Bell , Pa., PTC/NYAC/MLARC

John Wachter, 10/9/81, 6’0”, 160, Mt. Laurel , N.J., Princeton Training Center/NYAC

Men’s Eight (M8+)

Dan Beery, 1/4/75, 6’7”, 215, Oaktown , Ind., Penn AC/Princeton TC

Michael Blomquist, 8/14/81, 6’5”, 210, Greensboro , N.C., Princeton Training Center

Steven Coppola, 5/22/84, 6’8”, 210, Buffalo , N.Y., Vesper BC/Princeton TC

Paul Daniels, 6/4/81, 6’2”, 200, Burlington , Wis., Princeton Training Center

Matt Deakin, 5/20/80, 6’4”, 200, San Francisco , Calif., Princeton Training Center

Beau Hoopman, 10/1/80, 6’4”, 185, Plymouth , Wis., Princeton Training Center

Josh Inman, 3/13/80, 6’8”, 205, Hillsboro , Ore., Vesper BC/Princeton TC

Marcus McElhenney, 7/27/81, 5’4”, 119, Lansdowne , Pa., Princeton Training Center

Bryan Volpenhein, 8/18/76, 6’3”, 205, Cincinnati , Ohio, Princeton TC/NYAC

Women’s Eight (W8+)

Megan Dirkmaat, 5/3/76, 6’1”, 175, San Jose , Calif., Mercer Training Center

Susan Francia, 11/8/82, 6’2”, 180, Abington , Pa., Mercer Training Center

Anna Goodale, 3/18/83, 6’0”, 180, Camden , Maine, Mercer Training Center

Sharon Kriz, 2/13/76, 5’9”, 160, Somerset , N.J., Mercer TC/Saugatuck RC

Caroline Lind, 10/11/82, 6’0”, 185, Greensboro , N.C., Mercer Training Center

Sam Magee, 7/10/83, 6’0”, 181, Simsbury , Conn., Mercer TC/Stanford Univ.

Liane Malcos, 3/25/78, 5’11”, 155, Carlisle , Mass., Mercer TC/Riverside BC

Lindsay Shoop, 9/25/81, 6’0”, 175, Charlottesville , Va., Mercer Training Center

Mary Whipple, 5/10/80, 5’4”, 95, Orangevale , Calif., Mercer Training Center

Spares

Sam Burns, 2/24/82, 6’5”, 205, Seattle , Wash., Princeton Training Center

Alex Hearne, 2/24/84, 6’4”, 210, Princeton , N.J., Princeton University

Jen Kaido, 3/14/81, 6’0”, 184, West Leyden , N.Y., Mercer Training Center

Nicole Sylvester, 7/2/81, 6’1”, 177, New Durham , N.H., Mercer Training Center

-30-