Ethan Pirigyi ’26 will row for a world championship on Sunday. Pirigyi and the United States Under-19 National Team Men’s Eight earned a spot in Sunday’s final during Thursday’s heats at the World Rowing U19 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Sunday’s Men’s Eight A Final is at 3:05 a.m. (10:05 a.m. in Bulgaria). Pirigyi, a Buffalo native who will row at Brown University, is in the 7 seat for the U.S. Men’s Eight. He is at the far left in the team photo. Pirigyi was selected for the eight after being one of 26 athletes invited by USRowing to the United States Under-19 National Team Selection Camp this summer in Chula Vista, California. In Thursday’s semifinal, the U.S. was second behind power Great Britain in the opening 500 meters and stayed with them until a charge from Croatia, which finished second. The third-place finish in 5:48.07 was the fourth-fastest time among nine nations across the two heats and it qualified the U.S. as one of the six boats in Sunday’s final. Last yea...