Depending on his times, he could definitely make a JNT camp! Just for what it is worth, my son was just a novice when he was invited to attend the “high performance” camp, which is technically the mid-level camp. There were possibly several other novices at the Development Camp (not sure, since they did not camp at the same location.) And the summer before last, there was another novice at HP camp, so for the last 2 years at least, novices with potential have been invited to HP. Just be sure to check out the standards as posted online at USRowingjrs – they tend to be pretty open about their requirements (usually age, erg times, and often height.)