May 8, 2008

CREW: Four PLU Rowers Invited to Participate in Select Summer Camps

Four Pacific Lutheran rowers have been invited to attend select summer rowing camps that are held to help identify potential rowers for the U.S. national rowing team.

Juniors Amber Iverson and Kat Jenkins and freshman Audra Stafford have been invited to attend the six-week Austin Rowing Camp - Royal Canadian Henley '08, in Austin, Tex. The three Lute rowers will be competing for seats on U.S. boats that will compete in the Royal Canadian Henley ’08 Regatta later this summer. Information on the camp’s web site states, “The target audience is men and women with collegiate rowing experience in the upper levels of their programs.”

Senior Justin Hull has been invited to Riverside Boat Club in Boston to compete for selection for the men’s national team lightweight 8. The camp invites only 20 rowers every summer to compete for these coveted spots. Hull will join a list of several past PLU rowers invited to the same camp. That list includes Eric Hansen in 1988, current PLU head coach Tone Lawver from 1995-98, coxswain Sami Berube in 1995 and coxswain Lindsay Taylor in 2007.

“The camp system is there to provide an opportunity for athletes to really see what their true potential is when put into a situation where they’re no longer the fastest individual or the biggest girl or guy on a team,” said coach Lawver. “Hopefully they will learn some valuable training work habits that will carry over into next year’s team.”

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