ROWING COACHES

Emre Cikinci has earned more than 200 National and International awards in rowing including on the Turkish National Rowing Team for 10 seasons. As a young athlete, Emre won the Mediterranean Cup in 2005 and earned spots on Under-23 (U23) World Championship teams twice in 2007 and 2008. In 2008, he won the bronze medal from the World Military games in Poland. Emre joined NPBRC as a masters athlete in 2022 and now volunteers with our Youth Program. He is a US Rowing level 2 certified coach and his time supporting NPBRC’s youth team has been marked by a calm and steady demeanor with athletes of all ages and abilities. Emre creates a culture where young athletes can thrive and grow into confident, responsible teammates.

Justus Elliott is the head middle school coach at North Palm Beach Rowing Club. He’s spent his entire life around the sport of rowing and first started in a boat at the age of 8 in his hometown of Port Dalhousie in Ontario, Canada. He continued to row there through the end of his freshman year of high school. During that year, he rowed stroke seat in a 4+ that won the freshman provincial championships and went on to earn 4th place in the national championships later that year. He joined NPBRC in his junior year of high school when he moved to West Palm Beach. He continued to row until graduation and then worked as a volunteer coach during his 4 years at Palm Beach Atlantic University before joining as an assistant coach upon graduating.

Bennett Rossell is an assistant coach at North Palm Beach Rowing Club and an accomplished alumni of the club’s youth program. A lifelong rower, Bennett also competed with Sarasota Crew and was a standout athlete on the national and international stage. In 2019, he earned a silver medal at the USRowing Youth National Championships in the Men’s Youth 8+ and helped set a record at the CanAmMex Games. As a coxswain for the U.S. Rowing mixed quad during the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Portugal, Bennett led his crew to a thrilling bronze-medal finish, narrowly edging out Sweden by just 0.21 seconds. His experience spans both traditional and coastal rowing disciplines, showcasing his versatility and leadership under pressure. Bennett graduated from Stetson University in DeLand, FL with a degree in Investments Finance and a minor in Professional Sales. While at Stetson, he captained the Division I Men’s Rowing Team, earning accolades such as the 2022 “Iron Hatter” Award and a nomination for USRowing’s Athlete of the Year. He led his team to a first-place finish at the 2023 Head of the Charles.

Jacob Seymour is an assistant coach at North Palm Beach Rowing Club. He started rowing in 2023 at Penn State University. During his freshman season, he received a first place finish at Head of the Ohio and a part of the Men’s Novice 8 who placed third at the 2024 Dad Vail Regatta. Jacob is currently taking a year off from school in pursuit of his degree in Information Technology. He started coaching in the fall season of 2025 at NPBRC as a volunteer coach.