PBC Golden at the 2009 MAES

Le Sage, Nix, Ryan, and Davies heat things up for PBC at the MAES.

There was a time when rowers would curse that darkest of winter days when the last ramp would be pulled from the river before being enveloped by ice.  It was our lifeline to the water.  Once it was gone, so was the hope that maybe, just maybe, we were actually going to get to row instead of erg.  These days, the hope of getting into a boat still disappears with the last ramp, but based on our results at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints (MAES), it looks like some of us have learned to embrace the harsh realities of winter erging.

Thirteen competitors from PBC earned first place bragging rights in their respective categories at the MAES, with a few repeat performances including another gold from Greg Le Sage in the Men’s 30-39 2000m.  Greg was joined this year by son Joey, who cranked his way to an impressive third place finish in the Junior Men’s Age 13 1000m.  This was Joey’s first 1000m erg sprint, and this summer, he will attend the 16th Annual Navy Crew Camp for Boys in Annapolis with plans on also following Dad into a sweep boat.

Congratulations to Greg, Joey, and all of you who represented PBC so well at the MAES!  For a list of our top finishers, please take a look below.  To see all the MAES results, please click here.

PBC’s Top Finishers at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints
(Much thanks to Cal Sutliff for putting this list together!)

Men 40-49 30 min. row
1st Bob Price - 8110 m
2nd Nick Holland - 7922 m

Women 60+ 30 min. row
1st E. Gordon - 5898

Men 70-74 2000 m
1st Paul Pearlstein - 9:04

Women 70-74 2000 m
1st Camilla Durfee - 9:11

Women Vets. Ltwt 2000 m
1st R. Blum - 9:28

Women 60-64 2000 m
2nd Susan Trice - 9:13

Men 55-29 2000 m
1st Bob Spousta (Cal says we can still claim you!) - 6:37

Women 55-59 2000 m
1st Kathleen Landauer - 7:58
2nd Catie O’Keefe - 8:31

Women 50-54 2000 m
1st/1st Lwt. Cindy Cole - 8:01

Men 40-49 2000 m
1st Chad Jungbluth - 6:26
4th/1st LtWt. S. Schmitt - 6:52

Men 30-39 2000 m
1st Greg Le Sage - 6:11
2nd Todd Nix - 6:26
3rd John Ryan - 6.28

Junior Men Age 13 1000 m
3rd Joey Le Sage - 3:58

Open Men 2000 m
1st Bill Greer - 6:09

Open Women 2000 m
1st M. Schumway - 6:58
2nd K. Stainken - 7:09
3rd M. Wemberley - 7:10
4th E. Mygatt - 7:26

Men Masters 500 m Sprint
1st Nick Davies - 1:21

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