USRowing's Junior Lightweight Compliance Program for the 2020 spring racing season is now underway. This protocol is designed to ensure that participating athletes are "true" lightweights and do not lose weight in order to meet weight standards, focusing on the health and safety of our youth rowers.Registration runs through March 29 (updated 3/11/20). Athletes participating in all USRowing Youth National Championships' qualification regattas, the USRowing Youth National Championships and any USRowing registered regatta with junior lightweights held between March 29 and June 30 (during the time period of the pilot program) must comply with this process to meet liability insurance requirements. Registered regattas with junior lightweights that occur prior to March 29 are encouraged to adopt the protocol (updated 3/11/20)."When USRowing released its new Junior Lightweight Compliance Program, I was glad to hear that the NGB was establishing guidelines surrounding the protocol for screening lightweight juniors," said Erika McCormick, Regatta Director for the Stotesbury Cup. "After receiving input from the Stotesbury Coaches Committee, Stotesbury will be adopting this new policy for our 2020 regatta, as we continue to promote competitive racing with health, safety, and fairness in mind."USRowing will review the program following the 2020 USRowing Youth National Championships and submit recommendations for 2021 to the Board of Directors during the September 2020 meeting.Questions? Please contact Chris Chase, USRowing Director of Youth Rowing, at chris.chase@usrowing.org or 609-786-9031.