Three talents from overseas have beefed up the composition of the already-stacked Philippine rowing team.

They will join the squad handled by Belarusian Aliaksandra Tsekhanovich, who formally introduced the recruits from New Zealand, United States and Canada during Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) media room.

They are Kiwi Ross Llaneta, 15, American Enzo Santos, 17, and Canadian Jesu Matteo Manalo, also 17. They have been training in the country for three weeks.

“We have our targets and we’re working hard. They are improving every day, every row. We all dream big together — one dream,” said the Belarusian coach.

They are being groomed for the Asian Under-19 Championships to be held in India in early December and underwent rigid training at the La Mesa Dam and were quartered at Philsports in Pasig. They will leave on 16 August return to their home base.

“But we will track their performances through GPS,” said national team coach Maricon Fornea, referring to the satellite-based technology for on-water performance monitoring.

“We have yet to determine the other members of the team to the Asian Championships,” added Fornea in the forum presented by San Miguel Corporation, the PSC, Philippine Olympic Committee, MILO and the country’s 24/7sports app ArenaPlus.

PSC chairman Patrick Gregorio aired high hopes on the latest additions to the national team, referring to them as “future Olympians and part of the future of Philippine rowing.”

Manalo vowed to “give my best” for the Philippines, a sentiment that was echoed by Santos and Llaneta who promised to “make the country proud.”

“Our search for rowing talents continues,” added Gregorio, who last June celebrated the country’s impressive showing (three golds and one silver) in the Asian Rowing Beach Sprint Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.