STANFORD, Calif. -- Three Stanford men were invited to the USRowing under 23 national team selection camp.
Stanford sophomore Peter Chatain, junior Nikita Lilichenko, and sophomore James Wright were among 24 men's selections.
The camp selections are ceremonial because the 2020 World Rowing U-23 Championships scheduled for August in Bled, Slovenia, were canceled. Spearheaded by Harvard men's assistant coach Jesse Foglia, the open men's U23 camp was scheduled to take place in Boston.
"While understandably the pandemic has put a halt to the 2020 international racing schedule, USRowing wants to recognize those athletes who have earned invitations to our 2020 Under-23 National Team selection camps," said Matt Imes, USRowing High Performance Director. "While these athletes won't get the opportunity to represent the U.S. this summer, they make up an incredibly important part of our national team development program. We congratulate each of them on being selected for the camps and look forward to many of them representing Team USA in the future."
Wright rowed in the singles sculls at the 2019 World U23 Championships in Sarasota, Florida, placing 17th. Chatain competed in the 2017 World Junior (Under-19) Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. Wright, Chatain, and Lilichenko raced on the Varsity Eight that placed 10th at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships last year.
Photo (from l. to r.): Nikita Lilichenko, James Wright, Peter Chatain.
