World Championships in NZ!

Margot Shumway in the U.S. quad in 2008.

The U.S. National Team is headed to New Zealand … and we’re going with them!

World Rowing Championships will be held this year from October 31-November 7, on beautiful Lake Karapiro in the land of the Kiwis.  UniversalSports.com will stream all 22 “A” finals LIVE followed by highlights and full replays.

• Register here to watch!
• Click here to go to the results.

Okay.  So, it’s not exactly like being there, but think of it this way:  no jetlag and you won’t have to quit your job to follow the team.

The 80-person roster includes 70 returning National Team members and 20 Olympians.  Potomac Boat Club’s own Margot Shumway will compete in the women’s quad.

Forty-four members of the team, including Margot, competed last year at World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland. The U.S. brought home seven medals from Poznan including gold in the women’s eight, women’s pair and men’s pair with coxswain; silver in the women’s four, lightweight men’s eight and women’s quad; and bronze in the lightweight women’s quad. Erin Cafaro and Susan Francia are back to defend their title in the women’s pair, while three members of the women’s eight return from the Beijing Olympics gold-medal lineup.

Kiwi legend has it that Lake Karapiro was the stronghold of Maori chief O-Te-Ihingarangi.  Its name comes from “kara,” which means stone, and “piro,” which means evil-smelling.  We’re not sure what they’ve done about the smell, but today, New Zealanders claim Karapiro is one of the finest, most picturesque rowing venues in the world.  From what we’ve seen, it’s gorgeous … and we don’t care what it smells like as long as it means gold for our U.S. Team!

Below is the full U.S. National Team roster for the 2010 World Rowing Championships.  You’ll find Margot listed along with a few of our other hometown favorites.

GO TEAM USA!

2010 World Rowing Championships Roster
(Name, Hometown)

Men’s Single Sculls (M1x)
Ken Jurkowski (New Fairfield, Conn.)

Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)
Lindsay Meyer (Seattle, Wash.)

Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls (LM1x)
Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)
Kate Bertko (Oakland, Calif.)
Stesha Carle (Long Beach, Calif.)

Men’s Quadruple Sculls (M4x)
Scott Gault (Piedmont, Calif.)
Elliot Hovey (Manchester-By-The-Sea, Mass.)
Wes Piermarini (West Brookfield, Mass.)
Will Miller (Duxbury, Mass.)

Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x)
Megan Kalmoe (St. Croix Falls, Wis.)
Sarah Trowbridge (Guilford, Conn.)
Natalie Dell (Somerville, Mass.)
Margot Shumway (Westlake, Ohio)

Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls (LW4x)
Abby Broughton (Tetonia, Idaho)
Ursula Grobler (Pretoria, South Africa)
Kristin Hedstrom (Concord, Mass.)
Victoria Burke (Redding, Conn.)

Men’s Pair (M2-)
Ryan Monaghan (Rochester, N.Y.)
Deaglan McEachern (Portsmouth, N.H.)

Women’s Pair (W2-)
Erin Cafaro (Modesto, Calif.)
Susan Francia (Abington, Pa.)

Men’s Pair with Coxswain (M2+)
Stephen Young (Tampa, Fla.)
Nareg Guregian (North Hills, Calif.)
Justin Stangel (Madison, Wis.)

Lightweight Men’s Pair (LM2-)
Mike Nucci (Blue Bell, Pa.)
Evan Tsourtsoulas (Kastoria, Greece)

Men’s Four (M4-)
Silas Stafford (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Sam Stitt (McLean, Va.)
Henrik Rummel (Pittsford, N.Y.)
Giuseppe Lanzone (Annandale, Va.)

Women’s Four (W4-)
Ali Cox (Turlock, Calif.)
Adrienne Martelli (University Place, Wash.)
Grace Luczak (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Mara Allen (San Francisco, Calif.)

Lightweight Men’s Four (LM4-)
Will Daly (Vail, Colo.)
Ryan Fox (Edgerton, Wis.)
Nick LaCava (Weston, Conn.)
Anthony Fahden (Lafayette, Calif.)

Men’s Eight (M8+)
Ned DelGuercio (Media, Pa.)
Tom Peszek (Farmington Hills, Mich.)
Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.)
Charlie Cole (New Canaan, Conn.)
Jake Cornelius (Brooktondale, N.Y.)
Brett Newlin (Riverton, Wyo.)
Dan Walsh (Norwalk, Conn.)
Mark Murphy (Madison, Wis.)
David Banks (Potomac, Md.)

Women’s Eight (W8+)
Mary Whipple (Sacramento, Calif.)
Eleanor Logan (Boothbay Harbor, Maine)
Esther Lofgren (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Taylor Ritzel (Larkspur, Colo.)
Meghan Musnicki (Ithaca. N.Y.)
Kady Glessner (Seattle, Wash.)
Jamie Redman (Spokane, Wash.)
Amanda Polk (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Anna Goodale (Camden, Maine)

Lightweight Men’s Eight (LM8+)
Stephen Young (Tampa, Fla.)
Jimmy Sopko (Mathews, Va.)
Matt Kochem (Burnt Hills, N.Y.)
Kenny McMahon (Ladysmith, Wis.)
Matt Muffelman (Mathews, Va.)
Michael Kerrigan (Charlottesville, Va.)
Julian Bowling (Shelby, N.C.)
Bob Duff (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.)
Skip Dise (Beverly Hills, Mich.)

Adaptive Men’s Single Sculls (ASM1x)
Ron Harvey (Downingtown, Pa.)

Adaptive Four with Coxswain (LTA4+)
Jenny Sichel (Clifton, N.J.)
Eric McDaniel (Weeki Wachee, Fla.)
Emma Preuschl (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Eleni Englert (Oceanside, Calif.)
Andrew Johnson (Riverside, Conn.)

Coaching Staff
(Name, Affiliation, Boat(s))

Michiel Bartman, Vesper Boat Club, LM1x, LW1x
Patrick Brown, University of Central Oklahoma, ASM1x, LTA4+
Guenter Beutter, GMS Rowing Center, LM2x, LM4x
Carlos Dinares, LW2x, LW4x
Conal Groom, Seattle Rowing Center, W1x
Will Jurkowski, M1x
Annie Kakela, USRowing Training Center, W4-
Laurel Korholz, USRowing Training Center, W2x, W4x
Kris Korzeniowski, USRowing Training Center, M8+
Karen Lewis, USRowing Training Center, AM1x, A4+
Tim McLaren, USRowing Training Center, M8+, M4-, M2x, M4x, M2-, M2+
John Parker, Oklahoma City High Performance Center, LM2-, M2-, M2+, LM8+
Tom Terhaar, USRowing Training Center, W8+, W4x, W2x, W2-
Bryan Volpenhein, Oklahoma City High Performance Center, LM2-, LM4-, LM8+

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Headed to the boathouse? Read this first!

Please check your email for a very important PBC Yahoo Group message from Jean Hopkins and the Security Committee regarding access to the club for this week only.

If you’re a PBC senior member or a competitive member and you haven’t subscribed to the PBC Yahoo Group, click here, then follow the directions to subscribe.  In the meantime, please get with your team captain, coach or best PBC friend (BPF?) regarding this announcement.

If you’re not going to the club this week, please ignore the access message and resume feelings of guilt.

Body of Julia Shew Recovered

Our thoughts and prayers are with Julia’s family, and with the many friends we shared with Julia at Occoquan Boat Club.

Following are links to updated reports:

• Body Recovered in Occoquan Reservoir
• Julia Shew’s Presence Missed at Sandy Run

-The Potomac Star

Potomac’s 2010 HOCR Photos

Below are a few random photos taken on Saturday at the Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) 2010. [Click on an image to expand.]

If you have HOCR photos to share, send them to us at editor@potomacstar.com and we’ll add them to the set. Or send us a link to your photos, and we’ll share the link!

Here is a link to the 2010 HOCR video archives (with commentary!):

• Nesports.tv

Here are the links we could find to PBC 2010 HOCR photos on Sportgraphics.com:

• Potomac Boat Club
• WeCanRowDC
• The Beltway Bandits
• Kathy Byington of PBC rowing 2-seat of Capital Rowing Club’s winning Adaptive 4+
  

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Your chintzy, hastily thrown together viewing guide to the 2010 HOCR

People.  You know it.  And we know it. The Head of the Charles Regatta deserves much better than this from the Potomac Star. After all, Potomac Boat Club won the Men’s Championship Eight event at the very first Head of the Charles Regatta back in 1965! We go way back. But like a lot of folks who’ve been together for a long time, you get comfy, and well, sometimes you just kind of let things slide. It’s cute. Like love-handles and leaving your wet trou on the bathroom doorknob. Right?

Oh.

Anyway, below you’ll find the list of the PBC’ers competing at the Charles this weekend. As usual, we’re not sure if it’s complete or not, but from Beltway Bandits to WeCanRow, it’s the folks we could dig up. Below the list, you’ll find the event schedule with links back to the official HOCR site so you’ll know when to look for your favorite rowers on the course. (Remember, text in red means a link.)

If you’re rowing at the Charles and we left you off of the list, please send your name to Penelope at penelope@potomacstar.com, so we can make you famous.

And, Charlie, baby?  Please don’t let the stolen content and poorly formatted tables make you think we don’t care anymore.  We still feel that spark … even after 46 years.

GO PBC!!!

Bonus information:

Real-time results!

Seven day extended weather for BOS

How are entries selected

2010 Rule Changes

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Grand-Master Singles 50+

Women – C. Cole

Senior-Master Singles 40+

Men – R. Lewis

Senior-Master Doubles 40+

Men – C. Selden rowing for Marin

Senior-Master Fours

Men – P. Knight rowing for Occoquan International

Women – S. O’Connor coxing for Avalon

Senior-Master Eights

Women – WeCanRowDC

Seat 1: E. Gordon
Seat 2: N. Kellner
Seat 3: M. Chambers
Seat 4: M. Means
Seat 5: K. Landauer
Seat 6: J. Rone
Seat 7: B. Buffkin
Seat 8: D. Charles-Chisholm
Seat 9: C. Ortwein

Directors’ Challenge Doubles – Mixed

W. Cox and N. Faigen

Master Eights

Men – Potomac Boat Club

Seat 1: N. Holland
Seat 2: T. Nix
Seat 3: G. LeSage
Seat 4: D. Huntington
Seat 5: P. Holland
Seat 6: R. Price
Seat 7: N. Davies
Seat 8: C. Jungbluth
Seat 9: A. Nguyen

Club Eights

Men – Potomac Boat Club

Seat 1: J. Hacker
Seat 2: A. Guzman
Seat 3: C. Walsh
Seat 4: J. Ryan
Seat 5: G. Zettler
Seat 6: R. Shaffer
Seat 7: L. Hergenroeder
Seat 8: N. Brugman
Seat 9: J. Ward

Championship Doubles

Men – T. Frank and W. Cowles

Championship Singles

Men – J. Greer

Women – K. Stainken and M. Bokulich

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Veteran Singles 60+

Men – G. Rasmussen and J. Hatch

Women – D. Perrone

Master Singles

Women – O. Huxley

Women’s Directors’ Challenge Quad

Potomac Boat Club

Seat 1: G. Edie
Seat 2: K. Hughes
Seat 3: K. Landauer
Seat 4: J. Hopkins

Mixed Directors’ Challenge Quad

Potomac Boat Club as “The Beltway Bandits”

Seat 1: B. Cox
Seat 2: N. Faigen
Seat 3: E. Ryan
Seat 4: C. Cole

Lightweight Singles

Women – L. Krawczyk

Men – R. Rasmussen

	Saturday, October 23, 2010
		Practice Saturday morning prior to racing: Singles, Doubles, and quads ONLY – All boats must be off the water prior to racing.
	1 2	Grand-Master Singles 50+ Men Women	8:00 8:32
	3 4	Senior-Master Singles 40+ Men Women	8:57 9:11
	5 6	Senior-Master Eights 50+ Men Women	9:28 9:44
	7 8	Senior-Master Fours 50+ Men Women	9:59 10:14
	9 10	Senior-Master Doubles Men Women	50+ 10:30 10:46
	11 12	Alumni Eights Men Women	11:08 11:27
	13 14	Club Singles Men Women	11:41 12:00
	15 16	Club Fours Men Women	12:19 12:46
	17 18	Club Eights Men Women	13:14 13:30
	19 20	Master Doubles Men Women	13:48 14:00
	21 22	Master Fours Men Women	14:17 14:30
	23 24	Master Eights Men Women	14:49 15:02
	25 26	Championship Doubles Men Women	15:16 15:26
	27 28	Collegiate Fours Men Women	15:41 15:56
	29 30	Championship Singles Men Women	16:13 16:24
		Directors’ Challenge Doubles Parent/Child Mixed	16:34 16:51
		No Saturday PM Practice

	Sunday, October 24, 2010
		Ernestine Bayer Race	TBA
	31	Legs/Trunk/Arms 4+ Mixed Gender	8:00
	32 33	Senior-Veteran Singles* Men Women	70+ 8:14 8:37
	34 35	Veteran Singles** 60+ Men Women	8:58 9:22
	QWom	Directors’ Challenge Women	Quads 9:40
	36 37	Master Singles Men Women	9:53 10:05
	38 39	Youth Fours Men Women	10:25 10:53
	40 41	Youth Doubles Men Women	11:22 11:42
	42 43	Lightweight Singles Men Women	12:08 12:20
	44 45	Youth Eights Men Women	12:39 13:04
	QMix	Directors’ Challenge Mixed	Quads 13:40
	46 47	Collegiate Eights Men Women	13:57 14:15
	48 49	Championship Fours Men Women	14:33 14:40
	50 51	Championship Eights Men Women	14:55 15:09
	QMen	Directors’ Challenge Men	Quads 15:24
	52 53	Lightweight Fours Men Women	15:38 15:46
	54 55	Lightweight Eights Men Women	16:02 16:11

* Handicap: 12 seconds/ year over 70
** Handicap: 8 seconds/ year over 60

The Search for OBC’s Shew Continues

The Occoquan Chase is usually a fun little tune up before our big Head of the Charles weekend, but spirits were definitely dampened by the news that Julia Shew, member of Occoquan Boat Club, had gone missing on Saturday afternoon. The course was changed a bit on Sunday so as not to disrupt the search that continued throughout the day for the fit 64 year old experienced rower.

Shew started rowing as an undergraduate at University of California at Berkeley. As a founding member of Cal Women’s crew, she raced in the first women’s national regatta sponsored by the National Women’s Rowing Association held at Green Lake, Washington, in 1966.

In 2007, after having been away from the sport for 40 years, Shew was encouraged to row again by her instructor at Gold’s Gym in Lorton, also a member of Occoquan Boat Club. She attended a sculling camp on the Occoquan Reservoir in 2008, and was well on her way to completing a goal of rowing 3,000 miles by her birthday this month.  She planned on racing at the Chase on Sunday.

Winds were high on the day Julia Shew disappeared. There is still no word on her whereabouts. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, her husband Karl, and her family and friends.

Below are Potomac Boat Club’s results from the 2010 Occoquan Chase.  For all of the day’s results, please visit Ronin by clicking here.

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Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 01a. Open Mens 1x
1. Andrew Walters [23] (Occoquan Boat Club #01501)	00:17:31.68		00:17:31.68
2. Richard Lewis [50] (Potomac Boat Club #01502)	00:18:13.13		00:18:13.13
3. Kemp Savage [110] (Eastern Michigan University #01503)	00:18:20.86		00:18:20.86
4. JON BARRETT [29] (Occoquan Boat Club #01505)	00:18:27.73		00:18:27.73
5. Bill Weirich [23] (Æ’Virginia Commonwealth University #01504)	00:19:31.42		00:19:31.42
6. Morew add #1902	00:21:19.53

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 01e. Masters 50+ Mens 1x
1. Steve Schmitt [51] (Potomac Boat Club #01526)	00:18:15.66		00:18:15.66
2. Jaime Rubini [60] (Alexandria Community Rowing #01521)	00:19:19.49		00:19:19.49
3. Nick Holland [50] (Potomac Boat Club #01524)	00:19:35.02		00:19:35.02
4. Peter Folger [50] (Capital Rowing Club #01525)	00:19:37.71		00:19:37.71
5. Tom Riddle [50] (Occoquan Boat Club #01522)	00:19:39.25		00:19:39.25
6. George Wheeler [56] (Alexandria Community Rowing #01519)	00:20:05.96		00:20:05.96
7. Lund add #1684	00:20:35.06		00:20:35.06
8. Ted Mathias [50] (Worcester Rowing Club #01527)	00:20:48.53		00:20:48.53
9. Michael Malinick [55] (Capital Rowing Club #01520)	00:22:14.7		00:22:14.7
10. Hierholzer #1903	00:28:03.00		00:28:03.00

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final Masters 70+ Mens 1x
1. Ben Bennett [71] (Rivanna Rowing Club #01531)	00:22:25.31		00:22:25.31
2. John Lavery [79] (Potomac Boat Club #01532)	00:26:11.21		00:26:11.21

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 02b. Open Lightweight Womens 1x
1. Nicole Dinion [23] (Potomac Boat Club #01542)	00:19:37.94		00:19:37.94
2. Hilary Wentz [38] (Alexandria Community Rowing #01543)	00:21:06.85		00:21:06.85
3. Katherine Gonyea [38] (Alexandria Community Rowing #01545)	00:21:22.98		00:21:22.98
4. Abigail Constantino [34] (Capital Rowing Club #01544)	00:22:39.67		00:22:39.67
5. Unaffiliated #01523	00:22:40.42		00:22:40.42
6. Unaffiliated #01560	00:27:11.98		00:27:11.98

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 05e. Masters 40+ Mens 2x
1. Todd Nix [45] (Potomac Boat Club #01581)	00:17:17.07		00:17:17.07
2. John Suter [45] (Marietta College #01580)	00:18:55.62		00:18:55.62
3. Tom Fox [46] (Capital Rowing Club #01583)	00:19:11.2		00:19:11.2

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 06a. Open Womens 2x
1. Christine Davies [41] (Potomac Boat Club #01588)	00:19:50.23		00:19:50.23
2. Steph Lefferts [21] (University of Mary Washington #01590)	00:21:06.67		00:21:06.67
3. Toni Birdsong [18] (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy #01592)	00:21:12.46		00:21:12.46
4. Emily Uperti [18] (Old Dominion University Rowing Club #01594)	00:23:18.36	00:00:30 Buoy Violation	00:23:48.36
5. Brittany Walsh [20] (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill #01589)	N/A		N/A
6. Sefe Emokpae [20] (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill #01591)	N/A		N/A
7. Alex McClelland [20] (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill #01595)	N/A		N/A

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 06e. Masters 40+ Womens 2x
1. Anne Cann [48] (Alexandria Community Rowing #01608)	00:18:31.04		00:18:31.04
2. Robin Quinn [48] (Occoquan Boat Club #01607)	00:19:16.31		00:19:16.31
3. Elizabeth Kelleher [48] (Potomac Boat Club #01606)	00:20:20.74		00:20:20.74

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 07g. Masters 50+ 2x
1. Trina Santry [51] (Rivanna Rowing Club #01612)	00:19:06.59		00:19:06.59
2. Cyndy Dailey [53] (Occoquan Boat Club #01610)	00:20:31.08		00:20:31.08
3. Gail Edie [60] (Potomac Boat Club #01611)	00:21:39.5	00:00:00.1 60 Winner!!!	00:21:39.4

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 08f. Masters 40+ Mens 4+
1. Libby Stancik [0] (Capital Rowing Club #01732)	00:16:56.15		00:16:56.15
2. Gretchen Abell [0] (Capital Rowing Club #01735)	00:17:45.35		00:17:45.35
3. Nolanne Chang [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01730)	00:17:47.64		00:17:47.64
4. Matt Lukban [0] (Alexandria Community Rowing #01734)	00:18:11.55		00:18:11.55
5. Rachel Freedman [0] (D.C. Strokes Rowing Club #01731)	00:18:14.92		00:18:14.92
6. Teisha Sorensen [0] (Prince William Rowing Club Inc. #01733)	00:18:36.38		00:18:36.38

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 09d. Masters 50+ Mixed 4+
1. Cindy Cole [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01746)	00:17:16.89	00:00:30 Buoy Violation	00:17:46.89
2. TBD TBD [0] (Northern Virginia Rowing Club #01748)	00:21:41.1		00:21:41.1

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 11a. Open Mens 8+
1. Margaret Barone [0] (George Washington University #01828)	00:14:19.6		00:14:19.6
2. Larisa Piezer [0] (George Washington University #01830)	00:14:50.49		00:14:50.49
3. Apollo Nguyen [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01829)	00:14:56.87		00:14:56.87
4. Avery Lee [0] (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill #01831)	00:15:00.18		00:15:00.18
5. Valerie Roth [0] (University of Virginia #01833)	00:14:50.06	00:00:20 Late to start	00:15:10.06
6. Jessica Chau [0] (Virginia Tech Crew #01838)	00:15:17.49		00:15:17.49
7. Danny Lewis [0] (George Mason University #01832)	00:15:17.81		00:15:17.81
8. Dan Zimmerman [0] (University of Mary Washington #01839)	00:15:25.48		00:15:25.48
9. Bryan Jackson [0] (Virginia Tech Crew #01840)	00:15:48.74		00:15:48.74
10. Sarah Mansur [0] (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill #01834)	00:15:49.45		00:15:49.45
11. Corinne Guard [0] (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill #01835)	00:15:53.83	00:00:30 Buoy Violation	00:16:23.83
12. Hannah Smith [0] (American University #01836)	00:16:31.05		00:16:31.05
13. Bethany Haskell [0] (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy #01837)	00:17:59.9		00:17:59.9

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final 11e. Masters 30+ Mens 8+
1. Jess Ward [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01889)	00:14:51.79		00:14:51.79
2. Patrick Johnson [0] (D.C. Strokes Rowing Club #01886)	00:16:45.5		00:16:45.5
3. Ihave noidea [0] (TBC Racing #01890)	00:17:28.97		00:17:28.97
4. Leslie Lehnert, [0] (Capital Rowing Club #01887)	00:18:45.84		00:18:45.84
5. Eric Underhill [0] (D.C. Strokes Rowing Club #01888)	00:19:53.1		00:19:53.1