BOSTON – Rising sophomore Maximilian Brill (Germany) and senior Krystof Janac (Czechia) of the Northeastern men's rowing team will represent their countries at the upcoming U23 World Rowing Championships, which will be held July 22-26 in Duisburg, Germany.
 
Brill is slated to be the stroke seat in Germany's four, while Janac will sit in the two seat of Czechia's eight. Both student-athletes competed in Northeastern's first varsity during the 2026 campaign, with Janac finishing the season in the stroke seat and Brill in the two seat. 
 
The Northeastern 1V earned cup victories over No. 11 Penn, No. 6 Brown and No. 12 Boston University during the regular season before collecting the Huskies' first medal in the first varsity since 2015 with a bronze at the Eastern Sprints. Northeastern would go on to finish ninth in the nation at the IRA Championships.

The two Huskies will join teammate Luke Hickling at the championships, who is slated to compete in the bow seat of New Zealand's eight.