2009 USRowing U23 Lightweight National Team Camp Invitations

USRowing is pleased to announce that the following athletes have been invited to the following U23 Lightweight National Team Camps.

Please RSVP your intention to attend the camps no later than May 17, 2009, to John Parker, USRowing Lightweight Head Coach, at john@usrowing.org. If you are waitlisted, please RSVP as well, and you will be notified of your status after the May 17 deadline. More information about the camps will be provided at that time.

U23 Lightweight Men's Four Selection Camp

This camp will select a BLM4- to compete at the 2009 Under 23 World Championships from July 23-26 in Racice, Czech Republic. This camp may also select a BLM2x to participate in the 2009 Under 23 World Championships Trials from July 6-10 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., for the opportunity to compete at the U23 World Championships. 

Invited athletes will report to Oklahoma City on Friday, June 12, 2009.

Invitations
Cepand Alizadeh – University of Virginia
Chad Healy – United States Naval Academy
Daniel Kennefick – Williams College
Ed King – United States Naval Academy
Ryan Kirlin – Fordham University
Chris Medford – United States Naval Academy
Austin Meyer – Harvard University
Robin Prendes – Princeton University

Wait List
Julian Bowling - United States Naval Academy
Christian Klein – Princeton University

U23 Lightweight Women's Sculling Camps

These camps will select a BLW2x, BLW4x and BLW1x to participate at the U23 World Championships Trials from July 6-10 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., for the opportunity to compete from July 23-26 in Racice, Czech Republic.

Invited athletes will report to their respective locations at GMS Rowing Center and Vesper Boat Club at a date soon to be determined. These camps will be working in conjunction with each other.

GMS Rowing Center
Victoria Burke – University of Virginia
Devery Karz – Oregon State University
Summers Nelson – University of Virginia
Katherine Robinson – Williams College
Gretchen Stumhofer – Stanford University

Vesper Boat Club
Jenne Daley – Boston University
Madeline Davis – Princeton University
Katie Lynch – Syracuse University
Lindsay McAlpine – Brown University
Brittany Robinson – Clemson University
Kristen Youngs – Oklahoma City University
Whitney Engle – Gonzaga University

U23 Lightweight Men's Small Boat Camps

These camps will select a BLM2x, BLM2- and BLM1x to participate at the U23 World Championships Trials for the opportunity to compete from July 23-26 in Racice, Czech Republic.

Invited athletes will report to their respective locations at Riverside Boat Club and Vesper Boat Club at a date soon to be determined. These camps will be working in conjunction with each other.

Riverside Boat Club
Anders Corbett – University of Wisconsin
Kit Culbert – University of Washington
Justin Gordon – University of California San Diego
Kyle Lafferty – Bucknell University
Matt MacKinnon – University of Washington
Ben Montague – Yale University
Michael Nucci – Columbia University
Andrew Ward – Williams College

Vesper Boat Club
Colin Ethridge – University of Delaware
Sean Gibel – Georgia Tech
Nathanael Kielt – Rutgers University
Carl Nunziato – Yale University
Sean Rader – University of Delaware
Peter Smith – Trinity College

U23 Lightweight Men's Sculling Development Camp

This camp will select a BLM4x to participate at the U23 World Championships Trials for the opportunity to compete from July 23-26 in Racice, Czech Republic.

Invited athletes will report to their respective locations at GMS Rowing Center at a date soon to be determined.

Invitations
Robert Duff – Columbia University
Will Kelly – Trinity College
Matthew McManus – Cornell University
Thomas Nesel – Harvard University
Peter Orlando – Ithaca College
Michael Orzolek – Mercyhurst College

Lightweight Men's and Women's Pre-Elite Sculling Camp

This camp for men and women is open to collegiate athletes with elite-level potential who wish to have specific sculling instruction in order to prepare for rowing after college as a lightweight. This highly competitive sculling camp requires no previous sculling experience and will expose athletes to technical basics, as well as ample summer race experience in sculling while living in New York City. More specific information is available from the contact below.

Please send applications, including the information listed above, to:

New York Rowing Association Camp Head Coach Ted Bonanno at tbonanno@fordham.edu