PRINCETON, N.J. - USRowing has invited 29 collegiate rowers to attend its 2009 Women's Under 23 National Team Selection Camp this summer, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The camp will select the women's eight and quadruple sculls crews that will compete at the 2009 FISA World Rowing Under 23 Championships July 23-26 in Racice, Czech Republic. In addition, coaches will select boats in the women's pair, four and double sculls that will compete at the 2009 USRowing Under 23 World Championships Trials scheduled for July 6-10 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. The winners of these trials will also earn the right compete in Racice.
This year's camp invitation list includes several past junior national team members and two members of the 2008 Under 23 National Team, Teresa Shields and Jessica Leidecker. Shields won a gold medal in the women's eight at the 2008 FISA World Under 23 Championships, while Leidecker finished fourth in the women's four.
Full details of the camp will be released next week.
Invitation Roster
Kelsey Arnold - Grand Valley State University Alison Browning - University of Washington Amanda Chase - University of Virginia Olivia Coffey - Harvard University Emily Dreissigacker - Dartmouth College Elise Etem - University of California Ariel Frost - Princeton University Monica George - University of Texas Sarah Gribler - University of Michigan Elena Humphreys - University of California Anna Kendrick - Harvard University Mary Jeghers - University of California Ashley Kroll - University of Michigan Jessica Leidecker - Clemson University Grace Luczak - Stanford University Adrienne Martelli - University of Washington Meredith Mead - Columbia University Lauren Mensch - University of Louisville Maura Moran - Stanford University Felice Mueller - University of Michigan Caroline Nash - Yale University Taryn O'Connell - University of California Jennifer Park - University of Washington Erika Roddy - Stanford University Taylor Ritzel -Yale University Theresa Shields - University of Wisconsin Ariana Tanimoto - University of Washington Lindsay Welch - Purdue University Sarah Zelenka - Grand Valley State University Wait List
lison Fishman - Princeton University Michelle Nance - Clemson University Laura Nicholson - Harvard University Carey Sloane - University of Pennsylvania Elise Wilson - University of California at Los Angeles