Seventeen athletes will represent New Zealand at the 2026 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany, from 22 to 26 July.
Four crews have been named across the women's quad, men's coxless pair, men's quad, and men's eight. Madeline Cox of Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club/University of California, Berkeley travels as women's travelling reserve.
The women's quad brings together Madison Neale (Dunstan Arm Rowing Club), Emma Bagrie (Star Boating Club/Stanford University), Tegan O'Dwyer (Waikato Rowing Club), and Harriet Thompson (Otago University Rowing Club/Washington State University), with Mark Stallard as coach.
Tadhg Farac of North Shore Rowing Club and Charles Beale of Waikato Rowing Club form the men's coxless pair under coach Calvin Ferguson.
The men's quad of Clayton Potts (Clifton Rowing Club), Fynn Allison, Mathew King, and Jack Pearson features three athletes with Dunstan Arm Rowing Club ties, with Allison and Pearson also affiliated to Otago University Rowing Club. Nick Barton coaches the crew.
Ferguson also takes charge of the men's eight, a crew that draws heavily from Avon Rowing Club and includes several athletes competing at US university programmes. Oliver Leach (Auckland Rowing Club/University of Washington), Dylan McConnell (Waikato Rowing Club/University of Pennsylvania), Matthew Glen (Avon Rowing Club), Sam Woodgate (Avon Rowing Club/Harvard University), Nicholas Bryan (West End Rowing Club/Syracuse University), Joshua Syme (Avon Rowing Club), Ted Mayne (Avon Rowing Club/Otago University Rowing Club), and Luke Hickling (Avon Rowing Club/Northeastern University) make up the eight, with the coxswain position still to be confirmed.
Jared Cummings will manage the team in Duisburg.
