The Team
THE ATHLETES
Emily Sheppard
SENIOR WOMEN'S QUAD SCULL SQUAD
DOB: 08/10/2001
HOMETOWN: SYDNEY
EDUCATION: BACHELOR OF PRIMARY EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
MOST MEMORABLE SPORTING MOMENT: HELPING POWER NSW TO A BREAKTHROUGH VICTORY IN THE QUEEN'S CUP IN THE INTERSTATE WOMEN'S EIGHT
UNDER 23 WORLD CHAMPION COXED FOUR 2023
WORLD CUP BRONZE MEDALIST
BEST ADVICE: IT'S NOT THAT DEEP
PRE-RACE PUMP UP SONG: COLD CHISEL - BOW RIVER
Hamish Danks
SENIOR MEN'S SINGLE
DOB: 27/10/2003
HOMETOWN: SYDNEY
2025 + 2026 ROWING NSW SPRINT ELIMINATOR CHAMPION
2023 WORLD U23 MEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Jackson Kench OLY
SENIOR MEN'S FOUR
DOB: 19/03/1999
HEIGHT: 191CM
HOMETOWN: SYDNEY
EDUCATION: BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS AND ADVANCED STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
PARIS 2024 OLYMPIAN
2X WORLD CUP SILVER MEDALIST
M8+ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 BRONZE MEDALLIST
"You definitely feel pretty proud to put your nation’s colours on and represent your country, your family and yourself"
Jaime Ford
SENIOR WOMEN'S EIGHT
DOB: 12/01/1999
HOMETOWN: CURL CURL
EDUCATION: MASTER’S OF GLOBAL HEALTH AT UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
COMPETED IN EVERY AUSTRALIAN BOAT RACE SINCE 2017
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT IN ROWING: HELPING NSW WIN THE QUEEN’S CUP IN 2025
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
1X WORLD CUP SILVER MEDALIST
2x WORLD CUP BRONZE MEDALIST
PRE-RACE PUMP UP SONG: NEW RADICALS - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
Marcus Della Marta
SENIOR MEN'S QUAD SCULL
DOB: 02/08/2000
HOMETOWN: SYDNEY
EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM UNSW IN ARTS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MEDIA
2022 WORLD ROWING UNDER 23 CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S QUAD
SIXTH IN THE SOLO AT THE 2023 WORLD ROWING BEACH SPRINT FINALS
PRE-RACE PUMP UP SONG: DJ SNAKE – FREQUENCY 75
BEST ROWING ADVICE: PUT THE OARS IN AT THE FRONT, HOLD IT IN THERE, THEN SQUEEZE AS HARD AS YOU CAN. IF YOU’RE A BIG GUY, DON’T MOVE YOUR BODY AROUND TOO MUCH
Taylor Caudle
SENIOR WOMEN'S SPARE
DOB: 12/06/1997
HOMETOWN: CANBERRA, ACT
EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON AND OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY
STAND OUT MOMENT IN ROWING: WINNING THE ISLAND CHALLENGE CUP AT HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA WITH OXFORD BROOKES
WORLD CUP BRONZE MEDALIST
2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S PAIR
BEST ROWING ADVICE? CATCH WITH YOUR HAMSTRINGS
PRE-RACE PUMP SONG? CHASE & STATUS AND STORMZY - BACKBONE
Zara Collisson
SENIOR WOMEN'S SPARE
DOB: 16/05/2002
HOMETOWN: SYDNEY
EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
2023 WORLD ROWING UNDER 23 CHAMPION WOMEN’S COXED FOUR
2024 WORLD ROWING UNDER 23 FOURTH PLACE WOMEN’S EIGHT
WORLD CUP BRONZE MEDALIST
BEST ADVICE: EVENT + RESPONSE = OUTCOME
PRE-RACE PUMP UP SONG: ICE CUBE – HELLO
BEST ROWING ADVICE: LESS IS MORE
Patricia Boland
JUNIOR WOMEN'S QUAD SCULL
DOB: 22/09/2008
HOMETOWN: SYDNEY
U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 WOMEN'S QUAD SCULL
SUMMER
Summer Philips
JUNIOR WOMEN'S QUAD SCULL
U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 WOMEN'S QUAD SCULL