PBC men fall in line for head race season

Yep. Fall is here. After an insanely successful summer, PBC’s Men’s Sweep Team is gearing up for this weekend’s Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP), as well as another successful head race season. This may be the best fall for the men in a long time … but they usually do pretty well, right, PBC?!

Below are a few photos taken during yesterday’s deary, drizzly morning practice.  Apologies for the fuzzy ones (photos, that is). We weren’t expecting it to be so dark for so long already!

See you at the SHOP on Sunday!

Viva la Shumway!

PBC race fans, standby for an exciting fall!

This week, five Olympians have earned the opportunity to represent the United States in rowing at the Pan American Games, October 15-19 in Guzman City, Mexico.  Among them is our very own Margot Shumway, who won her trial in the women’s single sculls event with a time of 7:41.09.  Reilly Dampeer will accompany Margot as U.S. National Team coach, W1x.

Congratulations to Margot and Coach Reilly!  And thanks to our entire Open Sculling Team for representing PBC so well this week.  We’re so proud of all of you!

To read the complete story on USRowing.org, click on 2011 Pan American Games Trials Complete.

To check out all of the great race performances by our Open Scullers at Pan Am Trials, click here and then go to “Complete Results.”

 

 

Gold never gets old for PBC at MatNats

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Not a crab during warm ups, not a broken clam before the start of a race, not a whipping wind or searing heat … nothing. Nothing Oklahoma threw at our guys would keep them from bringing back a boatload of medals and trophies from Master National Rowing Championships held last weekend in Oklahoma City.

Out of 18 events contested by PBC’s Men’s Sweep Team, it medaled in all but one, earning 14 Gold, one Silver, two Bronze, a hard fought fourth, and earning the overall Men’s Points Trophy. PBC president Bob Price pulled a “Camilla Durfee,” bringing home gold in all six events he raced.

As if that weren’t enough, the men set a couple of records to boot. They clocked the fastest time of the regatta with a 00:02:38 in the Men’s C8+. It was also the fastest time ever at a Masters Nationals, a record set previously set by our Men’s B8+ in 2005.

Speaking about the team’s incredible performance, Coach Marco Bovo said, “This success shows the depth we have on this team. Now, if we only had time to practice a little in the sculling boats, we’d be unstoppable!”

[Wait.  Read that, again, for us.  No "slow" or "fat" in that entire quote, right? Holy smokes, guys! You just got a compliment from Marco.  Another one for the trophy list!]

Other notable PBC performances include a gold in the W F1x (J. Gardner), silver in the M D1x (P. Pietra), gold in the M LWT D1x (J. Paduda), bronze in the M LWT G1x (B. Cox), and gold in the HWT G4x (Composite) … in all, our independent PBC racers added seven golds, one silver and a bronze to the medal count.

Congratulations on a great Masters Nationals, PBC!

And a special thanks to Nick Holland and Steve Vermillion for sending daily updates to the Star.  Much, much appreciated.

To see more photos from the medals stand, visit the USRowing Flickr set. For all the results, click here.

PBC seizes the day and the Dead Poets Trophy at 2011 DSR

Horace would be proud.

PBC’s Masters Rowing Program (MRP) and Men’s Sweep Team took Carpe Diem seriously last weekend, seizing the day and the Dead Poets Trophy for the most team points earned at the Howard M. Smith Diamond State Masters Regatta (DSR), Noxon Pond, Delaware.  The teams head into the final turn of the summer racing season with a new club trophy and a few more ticks in the gold medal column.

To see all the results, including wins in both the men’s and women’s B eights, visit the official DSR results page (click here).  To celebrate with the Dead Poets Trophy winners, please join them at PBC’s monthly Happy Hour on the House, Friday, August 5th, 2011, at 630 PM!  Members and their guests are welcome.

Next stop?  USRowing Masters National Championships in Oklahoma, where the OKC Boathouse Foundation and Oklahoma City will play host, August 11-14, 2011, on the Oklahoma River.

Two words for that … “Hot” and “Dust.”  That’s Latin for GOOD LUCK, PBC!

Below is a preview of the OKC venue. (Fine, it doesn’t look that dusty.)

PBC beats the heat at 2011 IDR

It’s the weekend of the 4th of July, so you know what that means … the annual battle through holiday traffic on 95 to race in the Independence Day Regatta (IDR).  But we must not mind too much.  This year,  PBC athletes ventured up to Philly from the club and even straight off the 2011 USRowing National Championship racecourse (some with medals still around their necks) to take part in this time-honored weekend of racing.

PBC’s results from the IDR finals are below, with the exception of the heat results from the Father/Daughter event, which we also included.  An honorary Potomac Star virtual gold medal goes to the daughter of Greg Love, who after sweeping the field with her dad in the Father/Daughter race, sacrificed what probably would’ve been a first place finish in the final so that Dad could race with Men’s Sweep team.  (Awfully sweet girl, you got there, Greg!)

For all of the results, please visit http://www.boathouserow.org/rega11/idr11.html.  And if you post photos from the IDR on Facebook, please tag PBC’s Abner Burnside and share them with the club!

Potomac Boat Club – 2011 Independence Day Regatta Results (* Finals only)

Race 5a: Father/daughter 2x (1000m) Heat 1 @ 08:00 AM

1st 4 Fairmount (R. Lippa)
03:55.00 03:55.00 00:03:55.00
2nd 1 Crescent (R. Hamilton)
03:58.81 1.6% 00:03.81 03:58.81 00:03:55.00 00:00:03.81
3rd 2 Blood Street (G. Hack) 04:02.07 3.0% 00:03.26 04:02.07 00:03:55.00 00:00:07.07
4th 5 Pittsburgh Rowing Club (J. Gilmour)
04:02.62 3.2% 00:00.55 04:02.62 00:03:55.00 00:00:07.62
5th 3 Athletes Without Limits (R. MacTurk)
04:43.88 20.8% 00:41.26 04:43.88 00:03:55.00 00:00:48.88

Race 5b: Father/daughter 2x (1000m) Heat 2 @ 08:05 AM

1st 3 Potomac BC (G. Love)
03:40.18 03:40.18 00:03:40.18
2nd 2 River Rowing (I. Rudolph-Shabinsky)
03:42.69 1.1% 00:02.51 03:42.69 00:03:40.18 00:00:02.51
3rd 1 Long Island (L. Gillman)
04:08.32 12.8% 00:25.63 04:08.32 00:03:40.18 00:00:28.14
4th 5 Nereid BC (J. Zolnowsky)

04:11.90 14.4% 00:03.58 04:11.90 00:03:40.18 00:00:31.72
5th 4 Crescent A (J. Lees)
04:41.78 28.0% 00:29.88 04:41.78 00:03:40.18 00:01:01.60

Race 3a: Mens Masters 8 Flight 1 @ 01:45 PM

1st 6 Palm Beach A (C. Morris)
02:56.62 03:05.22 00:08.60 00:03:02.00 00:00:03.22
2nd 5 Potomac BC (C. Jungbluth)
02:56.65 0.0% 00:00.03 03:02.55 00:05.90 00:03:02.00 00:00:00.55
3rd 0 Fairmount (C. Bracken)
03:01.00 2.5% 00:04.35 03:02.00 00:01.00 00:03:02.00
4th 4 Palm Beach B (E. Golding)
03:03.12 3.7% 00:02.12 03:10.82 00:07.70 00:03:02.00 00:00:08.82
5th 3 Capital (D. Barksdale)
03:05.97 5.3% 00:02.85 03:05.97 00:03:02.00 00:00:03.97
6th 1 Swan Creek (G. Dee)
03:15.17 10.5% 00:09.20 03:17.37 00:02.20 00:03:02.00 00:00:15.37
7th 2 Whitemarsh (S. McChesney)
03:17.81 12.0% 00:02.64 03:24.61 00:06.80 00:03:02.00 00:00:22.61

Race 9: Mens Novice 1x (1000m) Final @ 02:20 PM

1st 5 Undine (J. Quaid)
04:00.64 04:00.64 00:03:50.30 00:00:10.34
2nd 4 Cooper TC (M. Kueny)
04:10.43 4.1% 00:09.79 04:10.43 00:03:50.30 00:00:20.13
3rd 6 Swan Creek (C. Porter)
04:20.70 8.3% 00:10.27 04:20.70 00:03:50.30 00:00:30.40
4th 1 Monongahela (F. Castro)
04:32.75 13.3% 00:12.05 04:32.75 00:03:50.30 00:00:42.45
Exhib 3 Potomac BC (T. Babiec)
03:50.30 03:50.30 00:03:50.30

Race 11: Mens Senior 2x Final @ 02:30 PM

1st 1 Potomac BC/Penn AC [Composite] (W. Cowles)
06:33.14 06:33.14 00:06:33.14
2nd 6 Undine/Bachelors [Composite] (Q. Andy)
06:39.54 1.6% 00:06.40 06:39.54 00:06:33.14 00:00:06.40
3rd 5 GMS Rowing (M. Orzolek)
06:57.71 6.2% 00:18.17 06:57.71 00:06:33.14 00:00:24.57
4th 4 Potomac BC (A. Taaffe)
07:07.47 8.7% 00:09.76 07:07.47 00:06:33.14 00:00:34.33
5th 3 St. Catharines (D. Dodge)
07:18.67 11.6% 00:11.20 07:18.67 00:06:33.14 00:00:45.53
2 Potomac BC B (K. Baum) Language Excluded

Race 30b: Mens Masters 4+ Flight 2 @ 04:10 PM

1st 5 Potomac BC (C. Jungbluth)
03:27.53 03:27.53 00:03:27.53
2nd 1 Palm Beach C (M. Charland)
03:31.67 2.0% 00:04.14 03:31.67 00:03:27.53 00:00:04.14
3rd 2 Pelham Community (C. Ippolito)
03:36.71 4.4% 00:05.04 03:36.71 00:03:27.53 00:00:09.18
4th 4 Hudson River (A. Mauer)
03:51.00 11.3% 00:14.29 03:51.00 00:03:27.53 00:00:23.47
5th 3 Whitemarsh (S. McChesney)
04:04.27 17.7% 00:13.27 04:04.27 00:03:27.53 00:00:36.74

Race 39: Womens Junior 2x Final @ 05:15 PM

1st 3 Fairmount (E. Johanson)
08:06.17 08:06.17 00:08:06.17
2nd 4 Club Lima (M. Garcia)
08:13.25 1.5% 00:07.08 08:13.25 00:08:06.17 00:00:07.08
3rd 5 GMS Rowing (C. Lott)
08:16.40 2.1% 00:03.15 08:16.40 00:08:06.17 00:00:10.23
4th 6 Potomac BC (O. Babiec)
08:18.16 2.5% 00:01.76 08:18.16 00:08:06.17 00:00:11.99
5th 2 Bachelors (S. Thomas)
08:28.14 4.5% 00:09.98 08:28.14 00:08:06.17 00:00:21.97
6th 1 Pittsburgh Rowing Club (M. Treser)
08:34.06 5.7% 00:05.92 08:34.06 00:08:06.17 00:00:27.89

Race 55: Womens 2x Final @ 11:06 AM

1st 3 Potomac BC/USRowing Training Center – OKC [Composite] A (H. Cumbest)
07:37.07 07:37.07 00:07:37.07
2nd 2 Vesper/Undine [Composite] (C. Reddick)
07:45.20 1.8% 00:08.13 07:45.20 00:07:37.07 00:00:08.13
3rd 1 Undine/Riverside [Composite] (M. Sarbanis)
07:54.64 3.8% 00:09.44 07:54.64 00:07:37.07 00:00:17.57
4th 4 Potomac BC A (N. Eisermann)
07:58.55 4.7% 00:03.91 07:58.55 00:07:37.07 00:00:21.48
5th 5 Vesper (C. Boyle)
08:13.63 8.0% 00:15.08 08:13.63 00:07:37.07 00:00:36.56
6th 6 New York AC (C. McClintock)
08:21.11 9.6% 00:07.48 08:21.11 00:07:37.07 00:00:44.04

Race 56: Womens 2- Final @ 11:11 AM

1st 3 Vesper (C. Meyer)
08:03.01 08:03.01 00:08:03.01
2nd 4 Saratoga (K. Wagner)
08:03.69 0.1% 00:00.68 08:03.69 00:08:03.01 00:00:00.68
3rd 2 Potomac BC (M. Bokulich)
08:07.58 0.9% 00:03.89 08:07.58 00:08:03.01 00:00:04.57
4th 5 US Junior Women (S. A)
08:12.20 1.9% 00:04.62 08:12.20 00:08:03.01 00:00:09.19
5th 6 US Junior Women (S. C)
08:25.06 4.6% 00:12.86 08:25.06 00:08:03.01 00:00:22.05
6th 1 St. Catharines (B. Ellis)
08:37.22 7.1% 00:12.16 08:37.22 00:08:03.01 00:00:34.21

Race 57: Mens 2x Final @ 11:16 AM

1st 1 Potomac BC (S. Gorman)
07:08.55 07:08.55 00:07:08.55
2nd 3 St. Catharines (I. Macleod)
07:12.90 1.0% 00:04.35 07:12.90 00:07:08.55 00:00:04.35
3rd 2 Cascadilla/Vesper [Composite] (E. Redos)
07:39.74 7.3% 00:26.84 07:39.74 00:07:08.55 00:00:31.19

Race 58f: Mens Masters 1x Flight 5 @ 11:41 AM

1st 0 Occoquan (B. Spousta)
03:55.88 04:05.48 00:09.60 00:04:05.48
2nd 6 Potomac BC (N. Young)
04:08.80 5.5% 00:12.92 04:22.00 00:13.20 00:04:05.48 00:00:16.52
3rd 1 University (A. Cook)
04:09.76 5.9% 00:00.96 04:09.76 00:04:05.48 00:00:04.28
4th 3 Nereid BC (J. Oliver)
04:24.24 12.0% 00:14.48 04:28.84 00:04.60 00:04:05.48 00:00:23.36
5th 5 Fairmount (J. Pokorny)
04:27.46 13.4% 00:03.22 04:40.66 00:13.20 00:04:05.48 00:00:35.18
6th 2 Nereid BC (P. Markovic)
04:57.56 26.1% 00:30.10 05:07.16 00:09.60 00:04:05.48 00:01:01.68
7th 4 Whitemarsh (R. Schwarz)
05:00.94 27.6% 00:03.38 05:07.14 00:06.20 00:04:05.48 00:01:01.66

Race 59b: Mens Masters Light 1x Flight 2 @ 11:56 AM

1st 3 Saugatuck (S. Gurney)
03:51.79 04:41.19 00:49.40 00:03:57.57 00:00:43.62
2nd 1 Potomac BC (S. Schmitt)
03:57.57 2.5% 00:05.78 03:57.57 00:03:57.57
3rd 2 Potomac BC (E. Ryan)
03:57.65 2.5% 00:00.08 04:06.05 00:08.40 00:03:57.57 00:00:08.48
4th 4 Minneapolis (M. Hurley)
04:22.13 13.1% 00:24.48 04:30.53 00:08.40 00:03:57.57 00:00:32.96

Race 67: Mens Intermediate 4x Final @ 01:20 PM

1st 1 New York AC (A. A)
06:45.73 06:45.73 00:06:45.73
2nd 2 Pittsburgh Rowing Club (S. Genise)
06:49.11 0.8% 00:03.38 06:49.11 00:06:45.73 00:00:03.38
3rd 6 USJRMNT Sel Camp (A. A)
06:51.47 1.4% 00:02.36 06:51.47 00:06:45.73 00:00:05.74
4th 5 Potomac BC (A. Taaffe)
06:54.98 2.3% 00:03.51 06:54.98 00:06:45.73 00:00:09.25
5th 3 St. Catharines (B. Cushnie)
07:18.90 8.2% 00:23.92 07:18.90 00:06:45.73 00:00:33.17
6th 4 Nereid BC (J. Fernandez)
07:24.24 9.5% 00:05.34 07:24.24 00:06:45.73 00:00:38.51

Race 72c: Mens Masters 2x Flight 2 @ 02:05 PM

1st 4 Malta (T. Trocky)
03:37.74 03:37.74 00:03:37.74
2nd 3 Palm Beach (F. Rowe)
03:37.96 0.1% 00:00.22 03:37.96 00:03:37.74 00:00:00.22
3rd 5 Potomac BC B (T. Nix)
03:44.80 3.2% 00:06.84 03:44.80 00:03:37.74 00:00:07.06
4th 2 Marietta College (J. Suter)
04:08.78 14.3% 00:23.98 04:08.78 00:03:37.74 00:00:31.04

Race 72e: Mens Masters 2x Flight 4 @ 02:15 PM

1st 3 Malta A (R. Stehlik)
03:44.17 03:56.87 00:12.70 00:03:45.83 00:00:11.04
2nd 0 GMS Rowing/Occoquan [Composite] (B. Spousta)
03:45.83 0.7% 00:01.66 03:45.83 00:03:45.83
3rd 4 Passaic River (A. Fiory)
03:45.86 0.8% 00:00.03 04:00.16 00:14.30 00:03:45.83 00:00:14.33
4th 2 Saugatuck (D. Schley)
03:55.00 4.8% 00:09.14 04:07.70 00:12.70 00:03:45.83 00:00:21.87
5th 6 Saugatuck (S. Bub)
03:59.43 6.8% 00:04.43 03:59.43 00:03:45.83 00:00:13.60
6th 5 Fairmount (W. Hudome)
04:07.37 10.3% 00:07.94 04:07.37 00:03:45.83 00:00:21.54
7th 1 Potomac BC/Minneapolis [Composite] (M. Hurley)
04:11.21 12.1% 00:03.84 04:15.11 00:03.90 00:03:45.83 00:00:29.28

Race 81: Octuple Sculls Final @ 03:15 PM

1st 4 Malta (S. Travers)
12:53.49 12:53.49 00:12:53.49
2nd 3 Pennsylvania/Navesink/Potomac BC [Composite] (C. Windeknecht)
13:11.19 2.3% 00:17.70 13:11.19 00:12:53.49 00:00:17.70

PBC’s Shumway and Cowles light up the course at Elite Nationals

Due to widespread power outages, the staff of the Star spent most of the Fourth of July holiday weekend in the dark, whining about having to drink warm Leinenkugel Summer Shandies and consume gallons upon gallons of half melted ice cream (yes, at the same time), all the while wondering what was happening out in the electricity-enabled world during a busy few days of PBC racing.

Fortunately, we ran out of Hagen-Daz Ben and Jerry beer floats (sorry) and are back on the grid … with fireworks to report!

Big congratulations go to Coach Reilly Dampeer and Open Scullers Margot Shumway and Willy Cowles for gold medal finishes at the 2011 USRowing Elite National Championships (June 29 – July 1)!

Perennial Star fave Margot Shumway got it started for PBC on Mercer Lake, grabbing gold in the women’s single sculls.  Margot finished with a time of 7:49.49, 1.69 seconds ahead of Penn AC/Undine Boat Club’s Catherine Reddick.   A 2008 Olympian, she led her race early and was able to dictate the pace throughout.

Next up was our Willy Cowles.  Willy took first place in the men’s single sculls with a time of 7:01.75, defeating Craftsbury Sculling Center’s Ben Dann, who will represent the United States in the men’s single sculls at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships.

With one gold in the bag, Willy, rowing with Stephen Whelpley of Penn AC, then won gold in the men’s double sculls with a close come-from-behind victory over USRowing Training Center’s Greg Ansolabehere and Martin Etem.  Their times were 6:31.43 and 6:31.88 respectively.

In the men’s quad race, Willy just missed a chance to pull the elusive Elite Nationals hat trick, but added hard fought silver to his two gold after edging out Harvard (racing as Cambridge) for second in a tight four boat finish.  GMS got the gold after moving into the lead during the sprint.

See the PBC result detail below.  Not a bad weekend of racing, PBC.  (Holy.)  And we haven’t even started to comb through the Independence Day Regatta results!

For additional detail about these (a couple of strong finishes by Katie Stainken) and other races at Elite Nationals, check out Row2k’s coverage at http://www.row2k.com/events/features.cfm?ID=174.

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Race 1: Womens 1x Final @ 08:00 AM
1st 3 Potomac BC F (M. Shumway) 07:47.49 07:47.49 00:07:47.49
2nd 2 Penn AC/ Undine (C.Reddick) 07:51.18 0.8% 00:03.69 07:51.18 00:07:47.49 00:00:03.69
3rd 4 Unaffiliated (USA) B (J.Goldsack) 07:52.61 1.1% 00:01.43 07:52.61 00:07:47.49 00:00:05.12
4th 5 Unaffiliated (USA) K (M.Walsh) 07:53.84 1.4% 00:01.23 07:53.84 00:07:47.49 00:00:06.35
5th 6 Potomac BC A (K. Stainken) 07:54.25 1.4% 00:00.41 07:54.25 00:07:47.49 00:00:06.76
6th 1 USRowing Training Center – OKC A (M.Smith) 07:55.28 1.7% 00:01.03 07:55.28 00:07:47.49 00:00:07.79

Race 2: Mens 1x Final @ 08:10 AM
1st 4 Potomac BC A (W. Cowles) 07:01.75 07:01.75 00:07:01.75
2nd 3 Craftsbury (B.Dann) 07:03.30 0.4% 00:01.55 07:03.30 00:07:01.75 00:00:01.55
3rd 5 GMS Rowing (M.Sivigny) 07:09.17 1.8% 00:05.87 07:09.17 00:07:01.75 00:00:07.42
4th 2 Penn AC A (E.Schwirtz) 07:13.54 2.8% 00:04.37 07:13.54 00:07:01.75 00:00:11.79
5th 6 USRowing Training Ctr B (D.McEachern) 07:13.75 2.8% 00:00.21 07:13.75 00:07:01.75 00:00:12.00
6th 1 Y Quad Cities (D.Baustian) 07:14.04 2.9% 00:00.29 07:14.04 00:07:01.75 00:00:12.29

Maria Bokulich and Malyka Ianni in the Women's 2-. The boat was judged to be underweight, but whatever. Looking good should count for something. (Photo courtesy of Row2k.com)

Race 5: Womens 2- Final @ 08:50 AM
1st 4 Vesper (C.Meyer, S.Kaplan) 07:37.89 07:37.89 00:07:37.89
2nd 3 Saratoga (K.Wagner, L.Fitzhenry) 07:39.69 0.4% 00:01.80 07:39.69 00:07:37.89 00:00:01.80
3rd 6 Riverside (M.Foster, L.Maldonado) 08:00.66 5.0% 00:20.97 08:00.66 00:07:37.89 00:00:22.77
4th 5 All-American (K.Bennett, M.Streitfield) 08:15.66 8.2% 00:15.00 08:15.66 00:07:37.89 00:00:37.77
2 Potomac BC (M. Bokulich, M. Ianni)  boat underweight

Race 9: Womens 2x Final @ 09:20 AM
1st 3 USRowing Training Ctr B (A.Martelli, S.Hendershot) 07:05.84 07:05.84 00:07:05.84
2nd 4 USRowing Training Ctr A (S.Zelenka, E.Regan) 07:08.56 0.6% 00:02.72 07:08.56 00:07:05.84 00:00:02.72
3rd 2 Potomac BC/USRowing Training Center – OKC [Composite] (K. Stainken, H. Cumbest) 07:11.77 1.4% 00:03.21 07:11.77 00:07:05.84 00:00:05.93
4th 5 USRowing Training Ctr C (A.Kroll, B.Teeley) 07:14.43 2.0% 00:02.66 07:14.43 00:07:05.84 00:00:08.59
5th 6 Vesper (N.Ritchie, S.Reynolds) 07:20.80 3.5% 00:06.37 07:20.80 00:07:05.84 00:00:14.96
6th 1 USRowing Training Center – OKC (S.Kozuszek, M.George) 07:21.02 3.6% 00:00.22 07:21.02 00:07:05.84 00:00:15.18

Race 17: Mens 4x Final @ 11:00 AM
1st 6 GMS Rowing A (B.DeRegt, J.Winter, T.Mickelson, R.Klein) 06:06.18 06:06.18 00:06:06.18
2nd 4 Potomac BC/Penn AC [Composite] (W.Cowles, S.Whelpley, K.Baum, T.Frank) 06:06.48 0.1% 00:00.30 06:06.48 00:06:06.18 00:00:00.30
3rd 2 Cambridge (M.O’Leary, E.Schultze, M.Wales, A.Newell) 06:07.36 0.3% 00:00.88 06:07.36 00:06:06.18 00:00:01.18
4th 3 Vesper (J.Kapetyn, D.Weber, M.Vuksich, D.Scholz) 06:08.24 0.6% 00:00.88 06:08.24 00:06:06.18 00:00:02.06
5th 5 GMS Rowing/GMS USTC Partner [Composite] B (B.B, C.C, D.D, E.E) 06:16.12 2.7% 00:07.88 06:16.12 00:06:06.18 00:00:09.94 6th 1 St. Catharines (M.Wortley, T.Schrijver, K.Drummond, M.Alm) 06:19.07 3.5% 00:02.95 06:19.07 00:06:06.18 00:00:12.89

 

 

The Open Sculling Report for May

To learn more about Willy Cowles, this month’s contributor to the Open Sculling Program Report, please click here and scroll down.  You’ll find bios for the rest of the current Open Sculling Program team there, as well!

In the meantime, we’re pulling for you back here at PBC, Willy!  Best of luck at the U.S. Training Center in Chula Vista!

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May was a very busy month for members of the PBC open sculling team, with invitations to the National Selection Regatta (NSR) II and potential National Team boat camp invitations up for grabs.  The prior month, we had marked the beginning of our summer racing season, taking our singles up to Princeton for NSR I.  We experienced some mixed weather conditions at NSR I and some mixed results, but in May, with only three weeks separating the two NSR’s, we had to move quickly to find 2x combinations.

NSR I and II, which happen every April and May, are the primary races through which National Team selection occurs. For scullers, NSR I means racing the single. The winner of this regatta earns the opportunity to go to a World Cup in Europe as the U.S. Single Sculler, and, provided he or she finish in the top 4, retains this spot as the U.S. Single Sculler going into World Championships at the end of the summer.  The same is true of NSR II, except that the second regatta also holds the opportunity to earn invitations to boat camps.  While the winner of the 2x at NSR II can also go to a World Cup, anywhere from one to three or four “runners up” can be invited to the Quad camp, a National Team selection camp where invitees try to earn a spot in the 4x.

After NSR II, nine Potomac athletes, along with three rowers from other clubs (USTC-OKC, Pocock Rowing Club, and GMS Rowing Center) ran both a men’s and a women’s doubles matrix that produced three men’s and three women’s doubles.  I paired up with Mike Sivigny, a rower from GMS in Connecticut, and split the weeks between NSRs between DC and Connecticut.  After three weeks of hard training, we arrived in Princeton ready to race.  After time trials, heats, and semis, my double ended up with a spot in the A Final.  We had our work cut out for us, with three current U.S. National Rowing team boats in the final, as well as strong entries from Penn AC and the 2009 U.S. National team double.

Mike and I knew that our strength lay in our endurance, and we were able, according to our race plan, to walk from 6^th to 4^th in the second thousand of the race.  Although we were disappointed to lose to the third place crew by only seven tenths of a second, we still felt we raced well.  Other Potomac crews raced well, too.  Kevin Baum and Taylor Frank pushed a strong last 500 to a 4^th place finish in the B Final.  Joe Ledvina and Austin Nichols came in second in the C Final.  On the women’s side, Stephanie Kuzsocek and Meghan George placed 6^th in the A final,  Morgan Wimberley and Katie Stainken third in the B Final, and Maria Bokulich and Malyka Iyanni third in the C Final.

Based on a combination of NSR I and NSR II performances, as well as erg scores, I was lucky enough to be invited to Quad camp at the ARCO U.S. Training Center in Chula Vista, California.   I have been here for almost two weeks so far, and have already pulled seven all-out 2ks (one on the erg).  It has been quite a learning experience.  The camp includes selection for the 4x, as well as for the 8+ and 4- on the sweep side, so as you can imagine, racing has been fierce.  The National team coaches use camps like these to seat race athletes against one another, trying to find the fastest combinations in all boats.  They will test whatever combinations come out first at the third World Cup in Lucerne, and later at World Championships in Bled, Slovenia.  This year, the pre-Olympic year, placement at Worlds is particularly important because a finish in the top 11 means qualification for the 2012 Olympics in London.  Racing promises to continue to be intense and I hope to be able to continue to work hard and try to earn a spot on this year’s team, with an eye towards London in 2012.

Congrats to PBC’s Giorgio Young, Virginia Scholastic Rowing Champ!

Next time you see Giorgio Young, son of proud papa and longtime Potomac Boat Club senior member Neal Young, remember to say, Congratulations!

On Saturday, May 14, 2011, Giorgio won the 2011 Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championship in the Men’s Single.

Giorgio went undefeated on the Occoquan this season, sometimes clocking better results in his single than the doubles.

(No wonder.  Check out the arms on that kid!)

Final results for Giorgio’s event are below.  To see all of the results from the regatta, click here.

Great job, Giorgio!  We’ll be looking for more great things from you for years to come!

Name	Raw	Adjustments	Final
Final
1. Giorgio Young [18] (Sidwell Friends #3)	00:05:53.3		00:05:53.3
2. Zach Danker Feldman [17] (JEB Stuart #1)	00:05:57.48		00:05:57.48
3. Brandon Patzer [18] (Cox High School #5)	00:06:07.96		00:06:07.96
4. Christopher smith [13] (Gloucester #6)	00:06:16.23		00:06:16.23
5. Cole Bowser [18] (Western Albemarle #2)	00:06:29.43		00:06:29.43

Hammer time for del Castillo at C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints

Mantle or tool box? Lynda del Castillo with her first place hammer at the 2011 CRASH-B Sprints. (Photo sent in by Sally O'Connor.)

Congratulations to our Lynda del Castillo (8:14.0) on her first place finish in the Veteran Women B (55-59) Lightweight division at C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints!

Congratulations also go to Greg Le Sage (6:15.0) for third place and Todd Nix (6.28.8) for eleventh place in a heavily contested Senior Men (40 – 49) Heavyweight division.

Our results are below. For all of the results, please visit the official results page here.

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Veteran Women B (55-59), Lightweight

Place	Last_name	First_name	Affiliation	Final_time	Age
1	del Castillo	Lynda	Potomac Boat Club	08:14.0	56
2	Doucett	Lisa	Greater Lawrence Rowing	08:22.1	55
3	Grossman	Mary Fran	Duxbury Bay Maritime School	08:32.9	56
4	Munroe	Donna	Unaffiliated	08:59.0	56
5	Rice	Emily	Unaffiliated	09:09.5	55
6	Ishihara	Margaret	New Bedford Community Rowing	09:29.7	56
7	Ehrich	Bev	Narragansett Boat Club	09:35.0	58
8	O’Brien	Nancy	Taft School	09:42.1	57

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Senior Men (40-49), Heavyweight

Place	Last_name	First_name	Affiliation	Final_time
1	Benko	Andrew	Unaffiliated	06:00.4
2	Blanda	Roberto	C.C. Aniene	06:12.3
3	Le Sage	Gregory	Potomac Boat Club	06:15.0
4	Axelson	Thomas	Skullerud Sport Senter	06:17.0
5	Marx	Johannes	BSA Akademie	06:22.3
6	Petterson	Kent Lennart	Skullerud Sport Senter	06:22.5
7	Castro	Juan	Unaffiliated	06:25.6
8	Hickson	Shaun	Royal Navy IRC (RM)	06:27.5
9	Brock	Jeff	Narragansett Boat Club	06:28.5
10	McDonald	Emeric	Dartmouth Alumnae	06:28.7
11	Nix	Todd	Potomac Boat Club	06:28.8
12	Jackson	Andrew	New Haven Rowing Club	06:31.1
13	Preston	John	Passaic River Rowing Association	06:31.6
14	Stevenson	Julian	Royal Navy IRC	06:32.6
15	Gormley	Doug	Unaffiliated	06:38.7
16	Potter	Daniel	Sledgehammer Rowing Club	06:38.8
17	Leiba	Collin	Royal Navy IRC	06:38.9
18	West	Rory	Royal Navy IRC	06:41.8
19	Hagedorn	Charles	Cambridge Boat Club	06:42.5
20	Plimack	Michael	Olympic Club	06:43.0
21	Smith	Gregory	Unaffiliated	06:43.6
22	Brown	Joel	Unaffiliated	06:44.6
23	Atkins	Ben	New Haven Rowing Club	06:45.5
24	Lohman	Joe	Free Spirits	06:46.9
25	Barnshaw	Bob	Westford Area Community Crew	06:47.4
26	Bers	Josh	Riverside Boat Club	06:49.8
26	Luck	Eric	Wide Load Boat Club	06:49.8
28	Rice	Todd	Unaffiliated	06:50.4
29	Hart	Chris	Unaffiliated	06:50.5
30	Flower	Paul	Royal Navy IRC	06:50.7
31	Anderson	Kevin	Royal Navy and Royal Marines ARA	06:51.8
32	Sheppard	Spencer	Royal Navy IRC	06:51.9
33	Klok	Jacques	Concept2	06:54.9
34	Crilly	John	Navesink Indoor Rowing	06:55.2
35	Louvet	Thierry	Team C2 France	06:55.4
36	Connolly	Patrick	Unaffiliated	06:58.0
37	Monaghan III	John	Whitemarsh Boat Club	07:00.1
38	Taddei	Simone	Italia	07:00.7
39	Watts	Nolan	Community Rowing	07:01.5
40	Goss	Chad	Sledgehammer Rowing Club	07:02.6
41	Snow	Steve	Hingham High School	07:03.7
42	Pompa	Christian	Unaffiliated	07:05.2
43	Foran	Ken	Cooper Rowing Club	07:05.7
44	Creamer	Michael	New York University	07:06.0
45	Freud	Paul	Westford Area Community Crew	07:07.4
46	Karlsen	Dan	Skullerud Sport Senter	07:10.4
47	McKinney	William	Unaffiliated	07:10.7
48	Pena	Alvaro	CrossFit Long Island City	07:14.3
49	Edwards	David	Unaffiliated	07:15.1
50	Beretich	Thomas	Yarmouth Rowing Club	07:16.9
51	Ryan	Christopher	Unaffiliated	07:17.4
52	Link	Doug	Unaffiliated	07:17.5
53	Stevenson	Daniel	Community Rowing Inc.	07:18.6
54	Bishop	Hugh	Greater Lawrence Rowing	07:19.0
55	Corbellini	Gabriel	Cygnet Rowing Club	07:19.1
56	Babitsky	Victor	SF Rowing	07:21.8
57	Willens	Jeremy	Upper Valley Rowing Foundation	07:23.4
58	Rogers	Charmel	CrossFit South Brooklyn	07:24.9
59	Gonnerman	Michael	Unaffiliated	07:26.8
60	Parker	Edgar	Unaffiliated	07:28.2
61	Hartshorne	Prescott	Unaffiliated	07:29.4
62	Carew	Joe	Unaffiliated	07:30.4
63	D’Avignon	Francois	Montreal Rowing Club	07:39.2
64	Dorner	Joe	Unaffiliated	07:40.3
65	Cajolet	Marc	Washburn AC Craftsbury SC	07:47.7
66	Riggin	John	Narragansett Boat Club	08:09.0

Morning Pics 2011 Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints

Update 01/31/11: The results are in (click here) … but you have to click on each category to see them! If someone puts together the PBC tally before we do, let us know!

We took a few fuzzy photos on Saturday morning, at the 2011 Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints, held at TC Williams High School (Alexandria, Va.). Check them out below. To visit the set on Flickr, click here.

We’ll be adding results as soon as we can. With 40 of us racing, we’re sure we came home with more than a few medals!

If you have photos from the afternoon to share, please send them to editor@potomacstar.com or tag Abner Burnside on Facebook.