BRF Athletes Have A Historic Week on the Bosbaan.

From top left: Gabby Bigler (bow), Sky Dahl (two seat), Max Allemeier (three seat), Alex Flynn (stroke seat), and coxswain Hannah Diaz celebrate their World Championship. Photo courtesy of USRowing/Row2k

August 30, 2026. The United States had a huge medal haul Amsterdam for the World Championships, and BRF athletes contributed across four different boatclasses, resulting the most successful Worlds in BRF history.

Alex Flynn, and the US PR3 Coxed Four, was up against the British juggernaut, which has not lost a major championship in the boat class since 2010. That is, until Thursday, August 27th, 2026, when the American crew, stroked by Flynn ended the streak, with a massive sprint, and a final winning margin of 1.27 seconds.

Regina Salmons and Mia Levy with their bronze in the women’s pair. Photo Courtesy of USRowing/Row2k

On Friday, it was Mia Levy’s turn to collect hardware, as she and partner Regina Salmons finished third behind France (2nd) and Romania, stroked by the legendary Simona Radis. Levy and Salmons clawed their way from being sixth at the 500 meter mark, overtaking Italy in the last quarter of the race to take the bronze medal.

Kristi Wagner, Evan Park, Sophia Vitas and Emily Kallfelz on the worlds podium. Photo courtesy of USRowing / Row2k

Super mom Kristi Wagner, along with BRF alum Emily Kallfelz, Evan Park and Sophia Vitas won a bronze medal in a very close race with the Dutch and British quads. While the US Women were only 2 seconds out of first place, fourth place Australia was nearly 8 seconds behind. The crew started fifth, but quickly moved into a podium position in the second five hundred meters of the race, where they remained for the remainder of the race. It’s been over 20 years since a mom had a won a medal for the US at a major championship. What a truly amazing come back year for Kristi.

Dahlia Levine and the US Womens Eight on the World Championship podium. Photo courtesy of USRowing/Row2k.

Not to be outdone by her teammates, Dahlia Levine added to the medal tally with the US Women’s Eight on Sunday. In pattern that may seem familiar, the eight moved into a medal winning position in the last five hundred meters of the race, rowing through the home team (Dutch) eight en route to a bronze medal. The women finished less than two seconds behind the Romanians (once again stroked by Radis), and posted an amazing 5:53.76, the fastest a US Women’s Eight has ever gone in international competition.

Finally, Andy Leroux was selected for the World Championships as a spare, competing in the spares single race before the start of the championships.

Congratulations to all of our amazing athletes on a spectacular World Championship, and we look forward to your next steps on the road to LA.