Snap. SHOP results have gone multi-media. Sort of.

Until next year ... out.

[Correction: "Snap" should now read "Boom."]

From our regatta volunteers to the more than 400 participants who showed up at this year’s Charlie Butt Annual Scullers Head of the Potomac, thanks to everyone for making it such a huge success! 

Please visit the official results page linked here for all of the official results. 

Member Robert Shaffer took some great video of the races and posted them on Youtube here.

Finally, for a bunch of random photos from an afternoon at the finish line, please click here.

Too much to handle in one post? Click below to email it to yourself for later or post it on Facebook and share the madness with your grandparents.

See you in 2013!

Register now! 2012 Scullers Head of the Potomac

Charlie Butt established W-L Crew in 1949. W-L Crew first garnered national headlines for winning the Royal Henley Regatta in 1964 (first year a U.S. school participated) and again, in 1969. Between 1949 and 1987, W-L Crew won the National Scholastic title 12 times.

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Ms. Samantha Byrd, chair of Potomac Boat Club’s Regatta Committee, announces that registration is open for the 2012 Charlie Butt Annual Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP).

The SHOP, scheduled for Sunday, September 30, has been held every year for the last 32 years in honor of legendary rowing coach Charlie Butt.  Considered an important milestone on the fall racing calendar, the SHOP includes more than 40 sweep and sculling events with crews coming from all over North America and the world.

Last year, the PBC Regatta Committee has reworked the race schedule to better accommodate large entry events and provide more time between events for multi-entry participants.  Please check the registration page linked above for important registration deadlines.  SHOP Race Headquarters will be at Thompsons Boat Center. 

A new dedicated SHOP site with registration info, waivers and other information is also coming soon!

Questions regarding the SHOP should be emailed to the Regatta Committee’s new SHOP co-chair, Peter Clements, at headofthepotomac@gmail.com.  Volunteers, it’s never too early to make your availability known!

The Regatta Committee wishes you the best of luck as you finish up the summer racing season.

See you in September at the SHOP!

Previous SHOP Results

We’ve been lazy about consolidating some of our previous Charlie Butt Annual Scullers Head of the Potomac results but we’ve finally gotten off of our duffs to do it … three years worth at least.

And here they are for all of you PBC rowing statisticians out there:

2011 SHOP Results and Photos

2010 SHOP Results

2009 SHOP Results

USRowing’s Man of the Year fell in love with rowing at PBC

Bill and Nancy Engeman with members of the Iraq national team.

USRowing’s 2010 Man of the Year, William Engeman, took his very first strokes with coach Charlie Butt, as a member of Washington-Lee High School crew.  The crew’s home base has been Potomac Boat Club since its establishment in 1949.

Engeman showed up for the team in 1956, after a couple of classmates said he wasn’t tough enough for crew.  While his goal may have been simply to prove them wrong, he fell in love with the sensation of gliding on the Potomac, the camaraderie, the challenges and the rewards of the sport.

Engeman carried this new-found passion with him to Brown University, where he rowed from 1957-1961.  He was captain of the first Brown University varsity crew, and eventually, became the first oarsman inducted into Brown’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, Engeman moved to Cincinnati, where he spent three decades working in the employment and labor division of Taft Stettinius & Hollister.  In his spare time, he rowed, coached, and helped establish rowing clubs in the Cincinnati area. His work promoting the sport through 15 National Collegiate Rowing Championships was recognized in 1998, when he was admitted as a patron to the National Rowing Hall of Fame.

For the last couple of years, Engeman has been dedicated to helping the Iraqi Rowing Federation and its athletes.  He traveled to Iraq to lead training sessions and supported the Iraq team as they trained in several cities throughout the U.S., including at Princeton with our U.S. men’s team.

Engeman believes rowing provides athletes with a chance to test themselves physically and mentally, strive continually for improvement, and balance the technical aspects of the sport with the mind-clearing peace found only on the water.  He wants to ensure these Iraqi athletes have the chance to realize all of rowing’s benefits, and sees the team as another way for Iraq to unite over something beyond politics, ethnic infighting and war.

To read more about Bill Engeman’s work on behalf of the Iraq National Team, see From the Charles, Rowing with Iraq (Boston Globe, May 7, 2010).

To read more about the Iraqi team in Princeton, see Iraqi rowers persevere during war, train with U.S. team (Patrick Garrity, USAToday, October 2010).

To read the full text of the December 2, 2010, USRowing press release on Bill Engeman, scroll down.

To make a tax deductible donation online to the historic Washington-Lee High School Crew program, please visit their boosters’ site here, then click on “donate.” Arlington residents, support the crew by ordering mulch by February 26, to be delivered to your home.

Congratulations to Bill Engeman! Thanks for sharing your passion for our sport with so many others.

For the better part of this year, Bill Engeman has been focused on helping a handful of rowers from Iraq.

Along with Community Rowing’s Bruce Smith, Engeman traveled halfway around the world to work with them. And then, the duo helped a group of five rowers and one coach travel to the United States to train in Boston, in Princeton with the United States National Team, and then in Cincinnati to help them prepare to compete at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

So, it was no surprise that when asked about being named USRowing’s 2010 Man of the Year, he flipped the subject back to the Iraqis.

“If I’m the man of the year, what the heck are they?” Engeman asked. And there was no stopping him. The former attorney from Cincinnati was brimming with pride. The Iraqi lightweight men’s four had finished just out of the medals, but single sculler Haeider Hamarasheid had brought home a bronze medal.

“I applaud him,” the 71-year-old Engeman said. “And because it gives me a chance to talk about these guys, I’m all for the award. So that’s what I’m going to do.”

While the award, given in recognition of outstanding contributions to men’s rowing or to an outstanding man in rowing, is largely about what Engeman has accomplished with this group of Iraqi athletes, it also recognizes his lifetime of accomplishments.

Engeman began his rowing career at Washington-Lee High School in 1956. He rowed at Brown University from 1957 to 1961 and captained the first Brown University varsity crew. He later became the first oarsman to be inducted into Brown’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

After settling down into a law career in Cincinnati, Engeman set out to bring rowing to his city after a rowable lake was developed at East Fork State Park in 1982.

With the help of rowing friends and supporters, Engeman developed rowing programs, boathouses and facilities. He helped organize and run 15 National Collegiate Rowing Championships and was recognized for his work in 1998 when he was admitted as a patron into the National Rowing Hall of Fame.

For nearly 30 years, Engeman has served as a trustee for the National Rowing Foundation.

Harvard University coach Harry Parker met Engeman in 1960 when both were competing at the Olympic trials, and their friendship grew over the years as Engeman tackled one project after another.

“His contributions to rowing have been pretty remarkable,” Parker said. “His first achievement was while he was an undergraduate at Brown. He revitalized that program and led the team to an extremely successful season, including participation in the Olympic trials when it was still a club program. (He) clearly established the momentum to make it a varsity program.”

Parker said that Engeman was the driving force behind the collegiate national championship and the development of youth rowing in Cincinnati. “It was his idea to put that regatta together, and it was a great success.”

While the Iraqi project took shape this past year, the work began nearly three years ago after Engeman saw a newspaper article about scullers training on the Tigris River in the middle of the war. Last spring, Smith and Engeman went to Iraq and ran a rowing camp. He then helped organize the athletes’ trip to the United States in September.

Asked what he thought about the Iraqi project, Parker laughed and called it “classic Bill, but on the far end of the spectrum.”

“I was just in awe that he would tackle that and pursue it as relentlessly as he did,” Parker said. “But I was not surprised. He’s sort of quiet for a while and then all of a sudden he reappears with some grand project.”

While Engeman wants to deflect attention away from his accomplishments, he still takes pride in the things he has done.

“I enjoyed the initial success of the national championship; that was pretty cool,” Engeman said. “I enjoyed watching the Yale crew, coached by Tony Johnson, win the first championship. I’ve enjoyed all the things that have happened thereafter. (Parker) laughingly told me in Boston as we were celebrating the 25th anniversary of CRI, he said ‘Bill, you just keep doing the same thing over and over.’

“I guess there is a sort of repetitive quality of these experiences. The Iraqis, Cincinnati rowing, the fun I had at Brown, all were very similar kinds of making something out of something else and enjoying watching it happen.”

Ed Moran

Official 2010 SHOP Results are in!!!

30th Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac - Official Results

Event # 1A  Men's Youth Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1      7  William Downing                 West Side Rowing Club          18:24.2
2      1  Vadim Medish                    St. Albans School              18:32.1
3      2  Giorgio Young                   Potomac Boat Club              19:19.3
4      3  Brian Giles                     Triangle Rowing Club           19:27.4
5      5  Alex Contreras-Grassi           Unaffiliated                   20:45.8
6      6  Nigel Baummer                   Annapolis Junior RA            21:06.6

Event # 1B  Women's Youth Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     12  Melissa Frazee                  TBC Racing                     21:06.6
2     13  Madelaina Keating               Annapolis Junior RA            21:29.3

Event # 1C  Men's Novice Single

   No entries in this event this year.

Event # 1D  Women's Novice Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     21  Veronica Leach                  Unaffiliated                   23:14.5
2     23  Emmy Johnson                    Washington Rowing School       24:04.1
3     22  Kathy Baummer                   Annapolis Rowing Club          27:48.2

Event # 2M  Men's Open Single

#    BOW  NAME                         CLUB                         ADJTIME  PEN
1     26  Brendan McEwan               Maritime Rowing Club         17:05.1
2     27  Taylor Frank                 Potomac Boat Club            17:16.8
3     25  Michael Malone               Potomac Boat Club            17:31.0
4     32  Joe Ledvina                  Potomac Boat Club            17:37.3
5     29  Jon Moncton                  Potomac Boat Club            17:43.8
6     31  Andrew Crabb                 Baltimore Rowing Club        18:57.3
7     33  Paul Conlin                  Unaffiliated                 19:12.4
8     28  Bryan McMahon                Baltimore Rowing Club        19:57.4   30

Event # 2W  Women's Open Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     38  Maria Bokulich                  Potomac Boat Club              18:47.7
2     55  Nicole Dinion                   Potomac Boat Club              19:19.3
3     39  Katie Burke                     Duke University                19:42.1
4     36  Allix Wilde                     Potomac Boat Club              19:53.0
5     37  Alex Japhet                     Duke University                19:53.3
6     54  Brittany Robinson               Potomac Boat Club              19:54.0

Event # 3M  Men's Intermediate Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     43  Andrew Walters                  Occoquan Boat Club             17:30.6
2     47  Jesse Clark                     Occoquan Boat Club             18:22.3
3     45  Kurt Gibel                      Occoquan Boat Club             19:11.6
4     46  Parker Sheppard                 Potomac Boat Club              19:15.9
5     42  Joel Mitchell                   Alexandria Community Rowing    19:36.2
6     44  Grant Kraus                     Capital Rowing Club            20:55.2

Event # 3W  Women's Intermediate Single

   No entries in this event this year.

Event # 4M  Men's Lightweight Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     50  Andy Coniglio                   Quinsigamond RA                18:17.9
2     51  Oliver Ingram                   Unaffiliated                   18:45.6

Event # 4W  Women's Lightweight Single

   No entries in this event this year.

Event # 5   Men's Club Eight

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     57  Patrick Monahan                 Chaminade High School          14:01.0
2     60  Andrew Kelly                    University Barge Club          14:15.3
3     58  Apollo Nguyen                   Potomac Boat Club              14:24.5
4     66  Lia Simeone                     George Washington RA           14:43.2
5     64  Georgetown B                    Georgetown University          15:03.7
6     59  Luke Sidoti                     Chaminade High School          15:12.2
7     62  Georgetown A                    Georgetown University          15:14.0
8     61  Libby Stancik                   Capital Rowing Club            15:19.2
9     63  Anna Schultz                    St. Mary's College of Maryland 15:48.2
10    65  Eric Underhill                  D.C. Strokes Rowing Club       19:47.6

Event # 6M  Men's Master Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     72  Jim Freis                       Potomac Boat Club              22:50.2
      73  Chris Idler                     Alexandria Community Rowing    Scratch

Event # 6W  Women's Master Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     76  Olwen Huxley                    Potomac Boat Club              19:10.9
2     80  Becky Ralston                   Alexandria Community Rowing    20:09.0
3     82  Amanda Schreffler               Capital Rowing Club            20:34.7
4     77  Katherine Gonyea                Alexandria Community Rowing    20:49.2
5     81  Hilary Wentz                    Alexandria Community Rowing    21:21.4
6     78  Abigail Constantino             Capital Rowing Club            21:56.5

Event # 7M  Men's Senior Master Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     85  Richard Lewis                   Potomac Boat Club              18:15.2
2     86  Geoff Oxnam                     Unaffiliated                   19:20.9
3     89  Andrew Whelan                   Capital Rowing Club            20:49.9
4     87  Bruce Herring                   Susquehanna Rowing Association 20:56.9

Event # 7W  Women's Senior Master Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     93  Rebecca Hollins                 Capital Rowing Club            20:03.0
2     92  Carol Dinion                    Occoquan Boat Club             20:16.1
3     94  Lorea Wetten                    Unaffiliated                   21:08.2

Event # 8M  Men's Grand Master Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     98  Steve Schmitt                   Potomac Boat Club              18:17.0
2     99  Greg Love                       Potomac Boat Club              18:35.9
3    100  Chuck Selden                    Potomac Boat Club              19:22.9
4    106  Peter Folger                    Capital Rowing Club            19:47.2
5    102  Edward Gribbin                  Vesper Boat Club               19:55.9
6    103  Tom Riddle                      Occoquan Boat Club             20:07.0
7    104  Scott Collins                   Saugatuck Rowing Club          21:28.1
     105  George Wheeler                  Alexandria Community Rowing    Scratch
     108  Forrest Schuster                Potomac Boat Club              Scratch

Event # 8W  Women's Grand Master Single

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    111  Cindy Cole                      Potomac Boat Club              20:32.0
2    115  Pamela Roberts                  Potomac Boat Club              21:38.8
3    113  Jean Hopkins                    Potomac Boat Club              21:50.0
4    117  Elizabeth Kelleher              Potomac Boat Club              22:23.1
5    112  Patricia Williams               Prince William Rowing Club     22:43.4
6    116  Linda Porter                    Rock Creek Rowing              23:06.1
7    114  Caryl Salters                   Potomac Boat Club              24:49.8
8    110  Barbara Ryan                    Potomac Boat Club              25:11.4

Event # 9M  Men's Open Double

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    120  Taylor Frank/Kevin Baum         Potomac Boat Club              15:45.1
2    127  Max Bosse/Graham Anderson       Saugatuck Rowing Club          15:51.9
3    123  Griffin Traynor/Max Malec       Saugatuck Rowing Club          16:32.3
4    121  Jon Moncton/John Peterson       Potomac Boat Club              16:37.5
5    122  Mark Alloway/Saman Majd         Saugatuck Rowing Club          17:00.4
6    125  Alex Vogt/Remi Amadei           Saugatuck Rowing Club          17:17.3
7    124  Maxwell Fowle/Jose Carrasco     Capital Rowing Club            17:27.8
8    126  Ross Holcomb/Nick Holcomb       Walter Johnson                 18:53.0

Event # 9W  Women's Open Double

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    134  L. Youngling/A. Zadravec        Saugatuck Rowing Club          17:39.6
2    130  B. Robinson/N. Dinion           Potomac Boat Club              17:53.4
3    132  M. Markovic/S. Greenberg        Saugatuck Rowing Club          18:09.1
4    133  Susan Lawrence/Megan McLaulin   Prince William Rowing Club     19:04.8
5    131  Sylvia Frayne/Christine Davies  Potomac Boat Club              19:17.4

Event #10M  Men's Veteran Single

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    138  Bob Spousta              Occoquan Boat Club      18:19.4  18:11.8   61
2    139  Larry Klecatsky          New York Athletic Club  20:14.9  18:58.9   69
3    144  David Woodard            Cascadilla Boat Club    20:43.3  19:07.9   71
4    143  Randle Edwards           Potomac Boat Club       21:44.4  19:16.6   76
5    137  Neal Young               Potomac Boat Club       19:59.4  19:36.1   63
6    142  Ben Bennett              Rivanna Rowing Club     21:31.2  19:55.8   71
7    149  Peter Lord               Potomac Boat Club       23:24.3  20:10.5   80
8    145  Walter Cesewski          Baltimore Rowing Club   21:14.0  20:16.4   67
9    140  Garret Rasmussen         Potomac Boat Club       20:37.9  20:37.9   60
10   146  David Bowyer             Potomac Boat Club       22:02.0  21:22.0   65
11   148  John Lavery              Potomac Boat Club       24:30.1  21:28.2   79
12   147  Sandy Gilmour            Potomac Boat Club       24:08.2  23:01.5   68

Event #10W  Women's Veteran Single

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    153  Dana Perrone             Potomac Boat Club       22:32.2  22:08.9   63
2    152  Phyllis Soller           Capital Rowing Club     24:53.0  24:29.7   63

Event #11M  Men's Open Eight

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1     67  Georgetown                      Georgetown University          14:00.3

Event #11W  Women's Open Eight

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    163  Justine Hong                    Duke University                15:18.2
2    167  Caroline Kiritsy                Duke University                15:49.8
3    166  Georgetown C                    Georgetown University          15:57.3
4    161  Meaghan Kearns                  George Washington University   16:06.0
5    162  Georgetown B                    Georgetown University          16:06.8
6    168  Georgetown D                    Georgetown University          16:07.3
7    164  TBC                             TBC Racing                     16:12.1
8    160  Georgetown A                    Georgetown University          16:24.4
9    170  Gabrielle Uzdin                 George Washington University   16:37.6
10   169  Sarah Baker                     Duke University                16:46.7
11   165  Juliana Pugliese                Georgetown Lightweight Alumni  17:54.3

Event #12M  Men's Masters Four-with

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    181  John Cholnoky            Palm Beach RA           16:45.3  15:11.9   59
2    178  Libby Stancik            Capital Rowing Club     16:29.7  15:57.0   47
3    177  Jess Ward                Potomac Boat Club       16:16.0  15:57.3   43
4    184  Bonnie Willis            Unaffiliated            18:01.0  16:01.1   63
5    179  Lydia Cleveland          Prince William RC       17:35.9  16:31.2   54
6    187  Matt Lukban              Alexandria Comm. Rowing 18:30.6  16:50.8   60
7    182  Irene Walsh              Alexandria Comm. Rowing 17:50.2  17:04.9   50
8    188  Teisha Sorensen          Prince William RC       17:46.7  17:14.0   47
9    183  Lindsay Superczynski     Annapolis Rowing Club   18:24.9  17:25.3   53
10   185  Dick Kuntz               Rock Creek Rowing       18:23.6  17:38.3   50
11   180  Rachel Freedman          D.C. Strokes RC         17:51.1  17:40.9   40
12   186  Stan Lau                 D.C. Strokes RC         19:07.8  19:02.2   38
13   190  Eric Underhill           D.C. Strokes RC         19:38.4  19:16.5   44
14   189  Nancy Faigen             Rock Creek Rowing       21:30.7  21:05.4   45

Event #12W  Women's Masters Four-with

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    195  Lee Roman                Annapolis Rowing Club   17:50.6  17:25.3   45
2    309  Cory Conzemius           Potomac Boat Club       18:13.5  17:40.8   47
3    193  Gretchen Abell           Capital Rowing Club     18:07.5  17:59.7   39
4    200  Dot Aldape               Prince William RC       18:50.5  18:00.7   51
5    196  Desiree Boucher          Rock Creek Rowing       18:33.7  18:28.1   38
6    199  Kris Connor              Capital Rowing Club     18:59.0  18:48.8   40
7    201  Michael Henry            Annapolis Rowing Club   20:10.2  19:20.4   51
8    202  Abigail Collazo          Rock Creek Rowing       20:23.3  19:23.7   53
9    194  Mae Naron                Prince William RC       20:17.7  19:41.0   48
10   204  Amy Luken                Annapolis Rowing Club   20:35.5  20:10.2   45
11   198  TBC                      TBC Racing              22:52.5  22:11.6   49
     203  Rebecca Burns            Annapolis Rowing Club   Scratch              

Event #13M  Men's Masters Double

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    206  Mark Alloway/Saman Majd  Saugatuck Rowing Club   16:59.5  15:54.8   54
2    208  Nick Holland/Todd Nix    Potomac Boat Club       16:27.7  16:02.4   45
3    207  Edward Ryan/Bill Cox     Potomac Boat Club       18:01.5  16:15.2   61
4    209  Bill Dyott/Wick Keating  Annapolis Rowing Club   18:11.0  16:24.7   61
5    210  Patrick Lally/Tom Fox    Capital Rowing Club     18:18.2  17:49.3   46

Event #13W  Women's Masters Double

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    214  N. Faigen/K. Taylor      Alexandria Comm. Rowing 18:21.0  17:55.7   45
2    217  Gail Edie/Kathy Hughes   Potomac Boat Club (B)   20:02.1  18:28.7   59
3    213  M. Mabeus/R. Coughenour  Prince William RC       19:08.2  18:42.9   45
4    215  V. Bryant/C. Durfee      Potomac Boat Club       20:37.5  18:57.7   60

Event #14   Women's Club Eight

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    220  Georgetown University           Georgetown University          16:20.5
2    352  Audrey Shankles                 Alexandria Crew Boosters       17:01.0
3    224  John Curtin                     University Barge Club          17:04.7
4    226  Tomiko Mason                    St. Mary's College of Maryland 17:25.4
5    222  Jonathan Convery                St. Mary's College of Maryland 18:48.2
6    225  Elisabeth Morgan                D.C. Strokes Rowing Club       19:54.3
7    227  Doris Parker                    WeCanRow DC                    21:40.6

Event #15   Masters Mixed Double

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    229  C. Dinion/Bob Spousta    Occoquan Boat Club      17:38.6  16:39.0   53
2    232  T. Riddle/D. Ferguson    Unaffiliated            18:26.7  17:50.0   48
3    231  R. Schouten/K. Glasgow   Annapolis Rowing Club   18:41.7  17:51.9   51
4    230  N. Davies/C. Davies      Potomac Boat Club       18:03.7  18:03.7   34
5    235  S. Courtin/J. Courtin    West Side Rowing Club   20:55.1  19:27.8   58
6    234  Cindy Cole/Steve Shapiro Potomac Boat Club       21:23.3  19:49.9   59
7    236  D. Casey/S. Roberts      Alexandria Comm. Rowing 22:19.4  20:19.5   63
     233  H. Schley/D. Schley      Saugatuck Rowing Club   Scratch              

Event #16   Men's Four-with

#    BOW  NAME                         CLUB                         ADJTIME  PEN
1    240  Georgetown A                 Georgetown University        15:41.9
2    242  Georgetown B                 Georgetown University        15:44.0
3    248  Apollo Nguyen                Potomac Boat Club            16:26.2
4    245  CJ Mathieu                   Georgetown U. Alumni         17:24.3   30
5    247  Michelle Gatta               Catholic University          18:18.4
6    243  Kri Hughes                   Capital Rowing Club          18:30.3
7    249  TBC                          Thompson Boat Club           18:34.0
8    246  Sheila Sullivan              D.C. Strokes Rowing Club     19:08.0     

Event #17M  Men's Youth Eight

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    253  Brian Rini                      Chaminade High School          14:20.5
2    256  Alex Sax                        Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        14:45.3
3    254  Kieran Joyce                    Chaminade High School          14:49.1
4    266  TBC B                           TBC Racing                     14:52.2
5    255  TBC A                           TBC Racing                     14:53.7
6    263  Jack Carlson                    Saugatuck Rowing Club          15:08.7
7    252  Brian Comey                     Old Dominion Boat Club         15:40.6
8    269  Andrew Checca                   Chaminade High School          15:41.8
9    268  Lauren Hochman                  Saugatuck Rowing Club          15:56.6
10   270  TBC C                           TBC Racing                     16:01.0
11   260  Collin Brideau                  Bishop O'Connell High School   16:06.4
12   257  Caelan Collins                  Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        16:09.5
13   264  Joe Zagami                      Annapolis Junior RA            16:18.3
14   277  TBC D                           TBC Racing                     16:19.0
15   261  Joe Nowlan                      St. John's College High School 16:19.4
16   262  Christina Folkers               Walter Johnson                 16:20.1
17   259  Kate McCreary                   Woodrow Wilson High School     16:51.1
18   276  Matt Speck                      Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        16:54.9
19   265  Soren Watson                    Triangle Rowing Club           16:59.1
20   271  Rachel Goldberg                 Woodrow Wilson High School     17:13.6
21   267  Robert Pierce                   Bishop O'Connell High School   18:14.5
22   273  Sean Emerson                    DeMatha Catholic High School   18:18.0
23   258  Logan Garland                   DeMatha Catholic High School   19:15.8
24   274  Cam Davis                       Annapolis Junior RA            19:47.5

Event #17W  Women's Youth Eight

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    284  TBC B                           TBC Racing                     16:47.5
2    285  Johanna Alaya                   TBC Racing                     16:48.4
3    282  Rebecca Burns                   Annapolis Junior RA            17:14.3
4    281  TBC A                           TBC Racing                     17:17.3
5    280  Rachel Blumenstein              Old Dominion Boat Club         17:25.9
6    288  Claire Schwimmer                Saugatuck Rowing Club          17:43.7
7    283  Zeena Wolf                      Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        17:50.0
8    292  TBC C                           TBC Racing                     18:02.1
9    298  Lilly Powers                    Saugatuck Rowing Club          18:05.7
10   291  Sydney Evans                    Triangle Rowing Club           18:14.2
11   294  Coxie Seven                     TBC Racing                     18:20.9
12   297  Lexi Rosenfeld                  TBC Racing                     18:24.4
13   293  Nancy Htay                      Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        18:43.5
14   296  Cox Six                         TBC Racing                     18:51.7
15   287  Sophie Minges                   Woodrow Wilson High School     19:07.7
16   286  Cassie Houy                     St. John's College High School 19:14.3
17   290  Caiti Hall                      Knights Rowing                 19:25.9
18   300  Jane Doe                        Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        19:30.2
19   301  TBC D                           TBC Racing                     19:36.8
20   302  ODBC                            Old Dominion Boat Club         19:56.9
21   303  TBC E                           TBC Racing                     20:30.6
22   289  Natalie Smith                   Walter Johnson                 20:31.7
23   295  Marta Ulbricht                  Annapolis Junior RA            21:11.9
     299  Cox Thisisannoying              TBC Racing                     Scratch

Event #18M  Men's Open Quad

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    305  Peter Pietra             Potomac Boat Club       16:34.7  16:34.7    0
2    306  Mack Moore               Alexandria Comm. Rowing 17:10.3  17:10.3    0

Event #18W  Women's Open Quad

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    310  Duke A                   Duke University         17:42.2  17:42.2    0
2    311  Duke B                   Duke University         18:11.4  18:11.4    0
3    197  Kathleen Hughes          Potomac Boat Club       20:06.9  19:11.7   53
4    312  Maia Browning            Potomac Boat Club       22:42.6  22:42.6    0

Event #19   Women's Four-with

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    331  Emi Marchetti                   Duke University                17:34.9
2    325  Caroline Kiritsy                Duke University                18:36.6
3    322  Place Holder                    TBC Racing                     18:38.3
4    316  Meghen Kearns                   George Washington University   18:40.9
5    328  Sarah Baker                     Duke University                18:59.4
6    332  Katherine Quijano               George Washington University   19:03.2
7    315  Cathy Hott                      Alexandria Crew Boosters       19:06.4
8      8  ACB                             Alexandria Crew Boosters       19:09.7
9    326  TBC A                           TBC Racing                     19:13.0
10   324  Gabrielle Uzdin                 George Washington University   19:20.5
11   329  Hayley Dannehower               George Washington University   19:23.9
12   318  Justine Hong                    Duke University                19:32.9
13   321  Michelle Gatta                  Catholic University of America 19:47.0
14   317  Kris Connor                     Capital Rowing Club            20:05.5
15   330  Ashleigh McKinney               Duke University                21:19.1
16   319  Michalina Janik                 University of Maryland         22:15.1
17   327  Madhu Unnikrishnan              Capital Rowing Club            24:41.0
     320  Karen Snyder                    Alexandria Community Rowing    Scratch
     323  ACR                             Alexandria Community Rowing    Scratch
     333  Kriese                          DC Strokes Rowing Club         Scratch

Event #20   Open Mixed Double

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    334  Nancy Petrisko/Don Petrisko     Potomac Boat Club              21:34.8
     335  Charlotte Myers/Tip Myers       Potomac Boat Club              Scratch

Event #21M  Men's Masters Eight

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    338  Apollo Nguyen            Potomac Boat Club       15:25.1  15:07.8   43
2    339  Marj Nelson              Hoya Boat Club          16:14.8  15:09.9   55
3    341  Dick Kuntz               Rock Creek Rowing       16:26.3  15:31.1   53
4    345  Bonnie Willis            Unaffiliated            17:25.6  15:53.2   60
5    343  Libby Stancik            Capital Rowing Club     16:12.5  16:03.0   40
6    340  Lydia Cleveland          Prince William RC       17:08.3  16:26.4   50
7    342  Wendy Zalles             University Miami Alumni 16:59.0  16:51.8   39
8    344  Patrick Johnson          D.C. Strokes RC         19:23.8  19:03.5   44
     346  Nancy Faigen             Rock Creek Rowing       Scratch              

Event #21W  Women's Masters Eight

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    351  Gretchen Abell           Capital Rowing Club     17:10.7  17:01.2   40
2    350  Kim Uccellini            Prince William RC       17:55.0  17:08.9   51
3    353  Kendal Wolf              Potomac Boat Club       18:14.1  17:28.0   51
4    223  Karen Snyder             Alexandria Comm. Rowing 18:53.4  18:07.3   51
5    357  Cory Conzemius           Potomac Boat Club       19:48.1  18:15.7   60
6    356  Abigail Collazo          Rock Creek Rowing       19:37.1  18:27.1   56
7    355  Michael Henry            Annapolis Rowing Club   19:52.5  19:29.1   45
     354  Desiree Boucher          Rock Creek Rowing       DNF                  

Event #22M  Men's Youth Four-with

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    368  K Dorigan                       Unaffiliated                   16:19.6
2    367  Greg Zales                      Saugatuck Rowing Club          16:55.7
3    361  Arthur Perpall                  DeMatha Catholic High School   18:14.5
4    362  Mark Comey                      Old Dominion Boat Club         18:14.8
5    360  Cam Davis                       Annapolis Junior RA            18:15.5
6    365  Kyle Carruthers                 DeMatha Catholic High School   18:19.9
7    366  Sebastien Tavares               Triangle Rowing Club           18:20.1
8    370  Christian Neal                  DeMatha Catholic High School   19:34.9
9    363  Kate McCreary                   Woodrow Wilson High School     19:52.4
     364  Will Smith                      Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        Scratch
     369  Matt Speck                      Bethesda Chevy Chase HS        Scratch

Event #22W  Women's Youth Four-with

#    BOW  NAME                         CLUB                         ADJTIME  PEN
1    375  Isabel Feldman               Saugatuck Rowing Club        19:00.2
2    373  Rebecca Burns                Annapolis Junior RA          19:32.7
3    381  TBC C                        TBC Racing                   19:33.6   30
4    378  TBC B                        TBC Racing                   20:09.6   30
5    372  TBC A                        TBC Racing                   21:01.3   30
6    376  Trisha Lal                   Walter Johnson               21:03.9
7    383  TBC D                        TBC Racing                   21:10.1   30
8    380  Marta Ulbricht               Annapolis Junior RA          22:48.8
9    379  Thalia Falcon                Knights Rowing               26:26.6   30
     374  Janet Doe                    Bethesda Chevy Chase HS      Scratch     

Event #23M  Men's Club Double

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    387  Brian Giles/Will Thompson       Triangle Rowing Club           18:11.3

Event #23W  Women's Club Double

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    392  Sarah Sikes/Becky Ralston       Alexandria Community Rowing    19:21.3
2    390  Heidi Avery/Jennifer Stork      Potomac Boat Club              21:08.5
3    391  Taylor Hayes/Claire Prevost     Triangle Rowing Club           23:14.5

Event #23PC  Parent-Child Double

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    395  S. Downing/W. Downing           West Side Rowing Club          18:27.1

Event #23MP  Men's Open Pair

#    BOW  NAME                            CLUB                           TIME
1    398  Tim Carey                       Georgetown University Alumni   18:14.5
2    399  DelSordo                        Bishop O'Connell HS            21:23.0

Event #23WP  Women's Open Pair

   No entries in this event this year.

Event #24   Mixed Eight

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
1    406  Marta Olbricht           Annapolis Rowing Club   16:34.1  16:34.1    0
2    403  Patrick Johnson          D.C. Strokes RC         18:29.4  18:29.4    0
3    405  Sealth Womack            Triangle Rowing Club    19:06.8  19:06.8    0
4    404  Watch Out                TBC Racing              19:56.1  19:56.1    0
5    407  Sydney Evans             Triangle Rowing Club    19:56.8  19:56.8    0
6    408  Darby Wiggins            Capital Rowing Club     21:14.6  21:14.6    0
7    402  Eric Wolff               Capital Rowing Club     21:33.0  21:33.0    0

Event #25   Grand Challenge Octuple

#    BOW  NAME                     CLUB                    TIME     ADJTIME  AGE
     410  Cory Conzemius           Potomac Boat Club       Scratch

30th Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac – Register now!

Men's Eights jockey for position as they approach Key Bridge during the 2008 SHOP.

• Click here to register!

Ms. Samantha Byrd, chair of Potomac Boat Club’s Regatta Committee, is proud to announce that the 30th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP) will be held this year on Sunday, September 26.

The regatta is held in memory and honor of legendary rowing coach, Charlie Butt.

Once considered a tune up for the Head of the Charles held in mid-October, the SHOP includes more than 40 sweep and sculling events, and today is considered its own milestone on the fall racing calendar.

To register, please visit the Scullers Head of the Potomac online registration area on Ronin Racing. Entries must be received by Saturday, September 11, 2010, to avoid the late fee. Please note that once registration closes on Saturday, September 18, 2010, it’s closed. There will be no race day registration this year.

Still have a question about the SHOP? Please send it to our Regatta Committee at headofthepotomac@gmail.com.   And if you can volunteer to help out on race day, make sure you let them know at this address, too!

The Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac is a true test of physical endurance and mental toughness for sweep crews and scullers alike. Don’t miss a chance to race down one of the Nation’s most historic rivers!

PBC Men go for a cuptastic Henley 2010

A few of the guys from PBC's 2007 Henley Men's Club 8+ above return to the 2010 crew to make another run at it.

From June 30 to July 4, Potomac Boat Club Men’s Sweep Team will compete for the Thames Challenge Cup, the prize awarded to the winner of the Men’s Club Eight event at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.

The regatta, first held in 1839, takes place annually on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. More than 500 crews from 20 nations will compete this year, including our own.

PBC men last competed at Henley in 2007. They were the only U.S. crew to make it to the Thames Challenge Cup quarterfinals. A few of the guys from 2007 are returning this year and hope to better their result. We think they will.

The 2010 crew includes Apollo Nguyen (cox), Chad Jungbluth, Paul Holland, John Forrest, Mike McCarthy, Bob Price (PBC President), Brian Wood, Nick Davies, and Tom Brock.

PBC's 2010 Henley team prepares last month at home

Each event at Henley is a single-elimination competition; in other words, you could be one and done, or get to play all week.  Boats race two at a time down a 2,112 meter-long course so narrow, there are only a few meters to spare when side-by-side. Adding to the potential drama (and undoubtedly, the regatta”s popularity with spectators), the course is lined by floating, unforgiving wooden bars or booms. Steering into the boom is known by onlookers as a “Henley Royal F[oul]-up,” and offending coxswains must wear crowns emblazoned with the same for the remainder of the regatta. (Just kidding about that last part. Maybe.)

On Saturday, June 26th, if all the guys make it into town on time, PBC will tune up and shake off the jet lag at the Reading Town Regatta.  Once racing starts at Henley, you can follow the guys as they battle through the competition by signing up for Twitter, Facebook or any of the other Henley results services offered at http://hrr.co.uk/pdisp.php?pid=316.  In the meantime, below we’ve included an alphabetical list of the clubs PBC will have to beat to advance, followed by a list of past PBC winners at Henley.

Safe travels and best of luck to Apollo and our crew. Row hard, guys!

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The Thames Challenge Cup
Current holders: Molesey Boat Club A

1829 Boat Club
Abingdon Rowing Club
Agecroft Rowing Club
Broxbourne Rowing Club
Carlow Rowing Club, Ireland
Combined Services Rowing Club
Curlew Rowing Club
Durham Amateur Rowing Club
Galway Rowing Club, Ireland
Henley Rowing Club
HSBC Rowing Club
Kingston Rowing Club
Lea Rowing Club
London Rowing Club ‘A’
London Rowing Club ‘B’
Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club
Molesey Boat Club ‘A’
Molesey Boat Club ‘B’
Potomac Boat Club, U.S.A.
Putney Town Rowing Club
Reading Rowing Club
Runcorn Rowing Club
St. Michael’s Rowing Club, Ireland
Sons of the Thames Rowing Club
Staines Boat Club
Star Club
Thames Rowing Club ‘A’
Thames Rowing Club ‘B’
Thames Rowing Club ‘C’
Thames Tradesmen’s Rowing Club
Twickenham Rowing Club
Upper Thames Rowing Club
Vesta Rowing Club
West End Rowing Club, New Zealand
York City Rowing Club

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Past Winners of the Henley Royal Regatta – PBC and Washington & Lee High School

1973 Henley 2- Champs, PBC's Terry Adams and Mark Borchelt

1964

Washington-Lee High School
 

Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup

1969

Washington-Lee High School

Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup

1973

Potomac Boat Club
 

Silver Goblets & Nickalls Challenge Cup

1975

Potomac Boat Club

Stewards’ Challenge Cup

1980

Potomac Boat Club

Silver Goblets & Nickalls Challenge Cup

1996

Potomac Boat Club & National Training Ctr.

Double Sculls Challenge Cup

Results from 29th Annual Scullers Head of the Potomac

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 29th Charlie Butt Annual Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP)!

For official 2009 results, visit the Potomac Boat Club website at http://potomacboatclub.org/result09.php.

Looking for photos of your race?

For Sportgraphics pics of Potomac Boat Club at the SHOP, go here.  To search for other teams, visit the Sportgraphics search page here.

Thanks to the many tireless volunteers who made this the best SHOP to date!

See you all next year!

Register for the 29th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers’ Head of the Potomac

Men's 8s jockey for position at Key Bridge during the Scullers' Head of the Potomac (M. Jantzen '08)

Registration is now open!

Potomac Boat Club’s Regatta Committee is proud to announce the 29th annual Charlie Butt Scullers’ Head of the Potomac (SHOP) will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2009.

Once considered a tune up regatta for the Head of the Charles in mid-October, the SHOP today is a milestone on the fall racing calendar and includes more than 40 sweep and sculling events.

Registration for the SHOP is open from now until Saturday, September 19, 2009.  Visit the Scullers’ Head of the Potomac online registration area on Ronin Racing to sign up.  Once there, you will also find a schedule of events, directions, a link to the waiver, athlete check-in information, and the most up to date list of competitors.

Please note, entries must be received by Saturday, September 12, 2009, to avoid the late fee.  And once registration closes on Saturday, September 19, 2009, it’s closed.  There is no race day registration this year.

Still have a question about the SHOP?  Please send it to PBC’s Regatta Committee chair, Samantha Byrd, at headofthepotomac@gmail.com.

Raced through one of the Nation’s most historic corridors, the Scullers’ Head of the Potomac is a true test of physical endurance and mental toughness for sweep crews and scullers alike.  Don’t miss it!