A field of 660 athletes—367 men and 293 women—from 55 nations will race for medals across 14 boat classes in the 59th edition of the championships.

Seven U.S. crews will race in nine events: the men’s single sculls; men’s and women’s double sculls, fours, quadruple sculls, and eights—plus mixed double sculls and eights.

Seven athletes from the 2025 U.S. U19 roster return. Caitlin Cecere returns to the women’s eight, Clare Junius to the women’s quadruple sculls, and John Piersma to the men’s four. Andrew Vizecky moves from the men’s quadruple sculls to the double.

Parker Mansfield, Angela Johnson, and Porter Collins move into racing lineups after serving as alternates in 2025. Mansfield will race in the men’s eight, Johnson in the women’s four and Collins in the men’s single sculls.

Collins earned his place at the U19 trials at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla., winning the single in 7:08.41 after a close race with Dean Burton through the first 1,500 meters.

At the 2025 championships in Trakai, Lithuania, the United States won gold in the women’s four and silver in the women’s eight. Great Britain topped the medal table with four gold, two silver and one bronze. Greece and Germany won two gold medals apiece, while the United States, Romania, Ireland and Poland also claimed world titles.

The men’s double sculls is the largest event in Plovdiv, with 33 entries. Nine nations entered the men’s eight, while only five—Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Romania, and the United States—have entered the women’s eight.

Plovdiv’s 2,300-meter artificial course is oriented east to west, parallel to the prevailing winds, and surrounded by natural forest. The championships will be the ninth World Rowing event held in Plovdiv. The city previously hosted the U19 championships in 1999 and 2021.

First held in Ratzeburg, Germany, in 1967, the World Rowing Under 19 Championships are open to rowers through Dec. 31 of the year in which they turn 18.

Live racing, results, and race reports will be available through World Rowing.

U.S. Roster

Men’s Single Sculls

Porter Collins — Greater Houston Rowing Club

Men’s Double Sculls

Graham Matlock — Y Quad Cities Rowing
Andrew Vizecky — Little Canada Rowing Club

Women’s Double Sculls

Kathryn McClellan — Vancouver Lake Rowing Club
Addi Levensten — Black Sheep Racing

Men’s Four

Noah Arismendez — Marin Rowing Association
Howard Elliot Davis — Noble & Greenough School
Vrishank Nalla — Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
John Piersma — Cincinnati Jr. Rowing Club, Inc.

Women’s Four

Angela Johnson — St. Andrew Rowing Club
Olivia Lill — Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc.
Tessa Murphy — Greenwich Crew
Sophie Rostad — The Milwaukee Rowing Club

Men’s Quadruple Sculls

Rowan Arendt — Conshohocken Rowing Center Inc.
Dean Burton — Phillips Academy Andover
Goose Faynsod — Marina Aquatic Center
Brogan Fernald — Great Bay Rowing

Women’s Quadruple Sculls

Clare Junius — RowAmerica Greenwich
Naomi Ronen — Rockland Rowing Association, Inc.
Shay Triepel — Coastal Virginia Community Rowing
Sydney Vilhelm — South Orlando Rowing Association

Men’s Eight

Jacob Bobrow — Marin Rowing Association
Patrick Meredith Caldwell — McCallie School
Beckett Kallman — Gainesville Area Rowing, Inc.
Parker Mansfield — Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc.
Cole Martin — Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
Ethan Pirigyi — Canisius High School
Malcolm Stanton — Community Rowing, Inc.
Peter Ward — NorCal
Charles Winder — RowAmerica Rye

Women’s Eight

Maija Andert — Orlando Area Rowing
Camilla Calderwood — Connecticut Boat Club
Francine Carr — San Diego Rowing Club
Caitlin Cecere — Montclair High School
Lynn Gulli — Greenwich Crew
Evelyn Mace — Community Rowing, Inc.
Isabella Roberts — Capital Crew
Ava Smith — Mount Saint Joseph Academy
Ellah Taylor — Atomic Rowing

Alternates

Harper Skey — Redwood Scullers
Connor Cross — Oakland Strokes
Brayden Collins — Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
Suzanne Reardon — Waterford Crew
Charlotte Green — DC National Rowing Club
Olivia Peters — Noble & Greenough School

Coaches

Geordie Macleod — Men’s Four
Caitlin McClain — Women’s Four
James Konopka — Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Carol Dinion — Women’s Quadruple Sculls
Jamie Phelps — Men’s and Women’s Double Sculls
Nick Haley — Men’s Eight
Allison Foster — Women’s Eight
Porter Collins Sr. — Men’s Single Sculls