INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – USRowing’s Junior Women’s National Team Head Coach Steve Hargis has invited 31 high school women to attend the junior national team selection camp this summer, the organization announced on Wednesday.

The invitation list includes six members of the 2005 Junior National Team: Desiree Burns, Jennifer Cromwell, Ariel Frost, Sarah Gribler, Adrienne Mecham, and Jordan Peek. Frost and Cromwell raced in the women’s eight that finished fourth at the 2005 Junior World Championships, while Burns finished fifth in the women’s pair. Peek, Mecham, and Gribler finished sixth in the women’s four.

This year’s selection camp will be based in New London, Conn. The athletes will compete for spots on the 2006 USRowing Junior National Team that will race at the 2006 FISA World Rowing Junior Championships August 2-5 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; its Official Dock is Connect-A-Dock; its Official Supplier is NIKE, Inc.; and its Preferred Printer is Sport Graphics Printing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.

Rowers, Affiliation(s)

Sonya Bishop, Friends Select

Alison Browning, Long Beach Junior Crew

Desiree Burns, F.D. Roosevelt High School

Susie Chalker, Mt. Baker Rowing Center

Margaret Cheek, Marin Rowing Association

Charlotte Chuter, Oakland Strokes

Olivia Coffey, Phillips (Andover) Academy

Maggie Cooper, Rose City Rowing Club

Jennifer Cromwell, Pocock Rowing Center

Meredith Dugoni, Rose City Rowing Club

Natalie Eiserman, Miami Rowing Club

Ariel Frost, Oakland Strokes

Nancy Graves, St. Andrew's School (Del.)

Sarah Gribler, Everett Rowing Association

Hayley Johnson, Lakeside School

Molly Junck, Ann Arbor Rowing Club

Katelin Kelly, Pocock Rowing Center

Ashley Kroll, Everett Rowing Association

Maren McCrea, Marin Rowing Association

Meredith Mead, Phillips Exeter Academy

Adrienne Mecham, Everett Rowing Association

Caroline Nash, Maritime Rowing Club

Taryn O’Connell, Oakland Strokes

Jordan Peek, Stanton College Prep

Taylor Ritzel, Unaffiliated

Ariel Shaker, Oakland Strokes

Michaela Strand, Green Lake Crew

Lauren Studer, F.D. Roosevelt Crew

Helen Tompkins, Bay Area Rowing Club of Houston

Hillary Trupp, H.B. Plant High School

Elise Wilson, St. Ignatius College Prep

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