2025 IVF WORLD Distance Championship - Niteroi, Brazil

USA National V1 and V6 events in February qualified the individuals and crews to participate in August in Brazil.  Below are the V1 paddlers by division and the V6 Crews who qualified (Crews may change up to 3 of their teammates who qualified)

USA Athlete Women's Division
Poppy Nelson-Smith Junior 16
Charlotte Nurok Junior 19
Lynn Milosz Master 40
Suzy Strazzulla Master 50
Teresa Wilson Master 60
Dorothy Yeung Master 75
Kelly Truitt Open


USA Athlete Men's Division
Elijah Sleigh Junior 16
Lochlan Hughes Junior 19
Brent Campbell Master 40
Darian Hildreth Master 50
Scott Granger Master 60
Shaun Koos Master 70
Judson Grey Open 


Open Women:

Hineva Schmidt, Jessica Allen, Alexandra Demitrack , Kayla Davis, Serena Zhu, Michelle Wang

Master 40 Women:

Ashley Richardson, Suzy Strazzulla, Rhisa Gibbs, Heather Picquelle, Christy Smitheran, Cat Bell

Open Men:

Huy Do, Joseph Gapuz, Kaleo Leonhardt, Chauncey Cody, Justin Beutel, Ben McNeil

Master 40 Men:

Adrian Stoin, Thiago Giacomelli, Patrick Sharma, Alfredo Martin, Fender Carnine, Steven Cho

Master 50 Women:

Aimee Spector, Melissa Matherly, Jeane Barrett, Maria Cochran, Amy Dosier, Jill Schooler

Master 60 Women:

Leah Friedman, Colleen Kunz, Bettina Spretke, Nikki Ridley, Lisa Caputo, Carolyn Ryan

Master 50 Men:

Chuck Gemeiner, Jeff Stoner, Earl Almario, Jeff Kloss , Joe Bober, Lindsey Richman

Master 60 Men:

Vinny Rosato, Dave Spitzer, Jim Terrell, Barry Borm, Patrick Ayau, Brad Gill

Master 70 Women:

Wendy Dewitt, Debbie Green, Patti Tohl, Linda Dresbach, Laurie Armer, Kim Williamson

Junior 19 Women:


TBD March 22-23 Selections

Master 70 Men:

Jim Makuta, Bill Bauer, Christian Klump, Karl Fjoslien, Jerry Marcil, Ray Shipman

Junior 19 Men:

TBD March 22-23 Selections



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