“GB has a target on its back from last summer’s dominant performances”
U23 Athletes Selected to Race at World Rowing U23 Championships in Poznan
Friday 11 July 2025 – A squad of forty-two athletes and fourteen support staff have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 U23 World Rowing U23 Championships, taking place 23-27 July in Poznan, Poland.
The group comprises a mixture of returning medal winning U23’s and new athletes into the programme and includes rowers who have been studying abroad at US universities and from across the UK. The athletes racing in Poznan will have the honour of being the first to wear Great Britain’s new World Championships Kukri all-in-ones.
Peter Sheppard, GB Rowing Team Head Coach for the Olympic Pathway said: “GB has selected an U23 team for the WRU23C in Poznan containing 22 returners from the successful 2024 campaign in Canada last summer. Of these 22 returners 14 have previously won U23 medals and some multiple medals.
“The team of athletes and experienced coaches are very excited, in what is the first year of the LA Olympiad, to lay down performances that could turn the heads of the senior Head Coaches who will be looking to strengthen their squads over the next few seasons in preparation for the 2028 LA Olympic Games.
“In what is expected to be a highly competitive championship the squad will have to be at their best for their first race as they navigate the new World Rowing racing progression format without repechages. The final preparation period will focus on developing cohesive units that are fully prepared and robust to race at the Poznan venue over 1980m, due to the low water levels, in less than 2 weeks time, knowing as a nation nothing will be taken for granted and that GB has a target on its back from last summer’s dominant performances.
“The team this season contains a higher than usual number of US university based athletes as they make up around 62% of the team. While 47.5 % of the team will earn their first U23 vest.”
Live race tracker, live video streaming and results will be available throughout the regatta on www.worldrowing.com, as well as daily updates on British Rowing Instagram. Live video streaming will be available on worldrowing.com for all days of racing.
U23 Women’s Squad
Women’s eight (BW8+)
Lily Wood (Leander Club / Rutgers University)
Ailish Harkin (Leander Club / Yale University)
Abigail Dawson (Leander Club / University of Texas at Austin)
Alice Baker (Leander Club / Stanford University)
Matilda Drewett (Molesey BC / Stanford University)
Anna Grace (Durham University BC / Wallingford RC)
Jess Weir (Molesey BC / University of Washington)
Olivia Hill (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Nikita Jacobs (cox) (Leander Club / University of Washington)
Coach: Brian Young (University of London BC)
Women’s four (BW4-)
Ellie-Kate Hutchinson (Bann RC / Leander Club / Syracuse University)
Jessica Martin (University of London BC)
Maddie Greenstock (Molesey BC / Stanford University)
Imogen Cabot (Leander Club / Yale University)
Coach: Helen Brown (GBRT)
Women’s pair (BW2-)
Rhiannon Luke (Leander Club / University of Texas at Austin)
Chloe Sheppard (Hartpury University & College BC / University of Washington)
Coach: Sam Tuck (Molesey BC)
Women’s quadruple sculls (BW4x)
Olivia Cheesmur (Molesey BC)
Poppy Baker (Nottingham RC)
Finn Stratton (Reading University BC)
Ellie Cooke (Reading University BC)
Coach: Chris Bartley (Reading University BC)
Women’s double sculls (BW2x)
Ellie Dash (Hartpury University & College BC / Greenbank Falmouth RC)
Megan Knight (Reading University BC)
Coach: Chris Bartley (Reading University BC)
U23 Men’s Squad
Men’s eight (BM8+)
Josh Brangan (Leander Club / Harvard University)
Richard Hawes (Oxford Brookes University BC / Walton RC)
Gabriel Obholzer (Tideway Scullers School / Harvard University)
Tristan Wenger (Thames RC / Princeton University)
Cameron Beyki (Leander Club / Harvard University)
Harry Geffen (Leander Club / Yale University)
Ben Mead (Leander Club / Cambridge 99 RC / Yale University)
Cameron Tasker (Leander Club / University of Washington)
Tom Bryce (cox) (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Coach: Kieran Clark (GBRT)
Men’s four (BM4-)
William Morgan-Jones (Durham University BC / Hereford RC)
Alex Perkins (Leander Club / Princeton University)
Isaac Thurnham (Thames RC / Brown University)
George Lauchlan (University of London BC)
Coach: Will Fletcher (Durham University BC)
Men’s pair (BM2-)
Marcus Chute (Windsorian RC / Princeton University)
Theo Bell (Leander Club / Princeton University)
Coach: Peter Sheppard (GBRT)
Men’s quadruple sculls (BM4x)
Harry Ruinet (Marlow RC)
Max Bird (Marlow RC / Windsorian RC)
Elliott Donovan-Davies (Leander Club / Hartpury University & College BC / Stanford University)
Matt Long (Reading University BC / Kingston RC)
Coach: Ben Jackson (Hartpury University & College BC)
Men’s Double sculls (BM2x)
Nat Gauden (Leander Club / University of California, Berkeley)
Jack Cadwallader (Windsorian RC / Hereford RC / Brown University)
Coach: Ben Wellburn (BR, East Midlands PDA)
Team Management, Coaching and Support staff
Peter Sheppard Head Coach – Olympic Pathway
Anna Liddell Team Manager
Becky Davison Physiotherapist
Ben Davis-Moore Physiotherapist
Clodagh Dugdale Doctor
Chris Bartley Coach
Ben Jackson Coach
Ben Wellburn Coach
Helen Brown Coach
Brian Young Coach
Sam Tuck Coach
Kieran Clark Coach
Will Fletcher Coach
