We LOVE the IDR.

Don't let the slight flutter of the flags fool you: It's hot as hizzell out there.

Funny. We used to dread the Independence Day Regatta (IDR) in Philadelphia. Nothing against the regatta itself, of course. It’s expertly run. It’s scenic and historic. And, yes, we admit it … we kind of dig the “old skool” style of some of the Philly refs. (We can’t help it.)

It’s really just everything else that bummed us out. Fighting the holiday weekend traffic on the way up there. The parking (or lack thereof) once we got there. Phillies Fans (just kidding; we’ll keep baseball out of this). Driving all the way back to DC with bellies full of meat (cheesesteaks) after a million races.

Anyway. You know what we’re talking about.

So, why would we love the IDR so much now?  Because darn if they (… and we’re guessing ”they” are the Schuylkill Navy’s Carole and Clete Graham) didn’t go make it SO easy for us to find every single Potomac Boat Club athlete signed up to race this weekend! All 45 or so of you!

Below is the list of the PBC folks you’ll want to root for – or watch out for – this weekend up in Philly.  See the numbers by each name?  Those are event numbers. Links to events and race schedules are below the list.

We just hope it’s as easy to get the big medal count next week after the regatta.  Row hard, PBC!

Potomac B.C. Competitors – IDR 2010

Al-Naji, Nader 13, 45
Bates, Philip 13, 17
Bryant, Virginia 29
Buffkin, Beverly 29
Calabro, Rosemarie 2
Capps, Cheryl 2, 29
Caraher, Hanne 29
Casey, Alex 13, 17
Chambers, Mary Beth 2, 29
Charles-Chisholm, Debbie 2, 29
Conzemius, Cory 2, 29
Desautels, Denise 29
Durfee, Camilla 31
Farber, Courtney 2, 29
Flanders, Joanna 2, 29
Fry, Kathy 2
Gellatly, Gordon 17, 27, 38
Hanlon, Joe 17, 27
Holland, Nick 58, 72
Kandell, Ellen 2, 8, 29
Kelleher, Elizabeth 29
Krawczyk, Lissa 44
Lacey, Patrick 17, 37
Landauer, Kathleen 2, 29
McCullough, Joani 2
Meade, Elliot 17, 27
Means, Marilyn 2, 29
Moncton, Jonathan 51
Myers, Tip 17, 27
O’Connor, S. A. 2, 29
O’Keefe, Catie 2, 29
Petrisko, Nancy 29
Pietra, Peter 59, 72
Rasmussen, Rob 13, 45
Richhart, Will 17, 38
Ryan, Ed 58, 72
Stainken, Katherine 44
Sternbach, Sally 2, 29
Sutliff, Cal 31, 58
Thom, Daniel 13, 38
Vihstadt, Ben 13, 38
Young, Giorgio 12
Young, Neal 58

Race schedules and other reports (yep, lifted right from the Boathouse Row IDR site at http://www.boathouserow.org/rega10/idr10.html):