Our 2010 Head of the Schuylkill Results

Last week, after the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, many of us packed up our gear, returned home, and declared an end to the head race season.

And some of us went back up the road to Philly for the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (HOSR).

Maybe you needed a masochistic way to spend your Halloween weekend. Maybe the Penn AC party is still really worth the trip. Maybe you’re just a race junkie. Whatever the case, we hope you are now home safe and sound with pictures to share with the Potomac Star.

Below, you’ll find results for all of the brave PBC souls who ventured up to Boathouse Row this weekend, and back through Georgetown traffic. To see all of the results, click here.

Above is a photo Abner Burnside shared with us from one of his scariest Halloweens ever. He wasn’t actually there to see the fireworks in person, but we heard he needed a change of clothing after seeing the video.  If you’re on Facebook, and you have photos or video to share with the Star, tag Abner!

2010 PBC Results – Head of the Schuylkill

03A. Men Heavy Singles

Final
1. Michael Sivigny [37] (GMS Rowing Center #00301)	00:15:26.05		00:15:26.05
2. Ben Churchill [29] (Vesper Boat Club #00303)	00:15:49.44		00:15:49.44
3. Stefano Whelpley [27] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00313)	00:15:49.46		00:15:49.46
4. Ross Anderson [27] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00305)	00:15:54.39		00:15:54.39
5. James Chapman [31] (Sydney Rowing Club #00311)	00:15:55.02		00:15:55.02
6. jamie koven [37] (New York Athletic Club #02906)	00:15:57.11		00:15:57.11
7. Charles Biddle [24] (Undine Barge Club #00304)	00:16:03.19		00:16:03.19
8. Ryan Strauss [28] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00306)	00:16:07.57		00:16:07.57
9. Yohann Rigogne [30] (Vesper Boat Club #00323)	00:16:15.18		00:16:15.18
10. Christopher De Felice [32] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00329)	00:16:16.15		00:16:16.15
11. Taylor Brown [23] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00324)	00:16:23.23		00:16:23.23
12. Christopher Metzger [27] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00326)	00:16:24.68		00:16:24.68
13. Vince Lepeltier [25] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00327)	00:16:24.82		00:16:24.82
14. Greg Myhr [40] (College Boat Club #00319)	00:16:32.42		00:16:32.42
15. Stephen Lambers [23] (Vesper Boat Club #00316)	00:16:38.54		00:16:38.54
16. Erik Woelber [23] (Vesper Boat Club #00325)	00:16:42.11		00:16:42.11
17. Pete Seymour [25] (University Barge Club #00307)	00:16:46.92		00:16:46.92
18. johan quie [25] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00315)	00:16:47.87		00:16:47.87
19. Adam Furlong [23] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00322)	00:16:50.78		00:16:50.78
20. Matthew Brown [27] (Vesper Boat Club #00308)	00:16:53.41		00:16:53.41
21. Jon Moncton [31] (Potomac Boat Club #00328)	00:16:55.09		00:16:55.09
22. John Tapia-Graci [26] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00320)	00:17:00.81		00:17:00.81
23. Tolsun Waddle [27] (Undine Barge Club #00318)	00:17:03.71		00:17:03.71
24. Nathan Carter [27] (Vesper Boat Club #00321)	00:17:44.91		00:17:44.91
25. Andrew Crabb [47] (Baltimore Rowing Club #00317)	00:18:11.1		00:18:11.1
26. Adam Sheppard [26] (Vesper Boat Club #00310)	00:19:03.58		0

03C Womens Heavy Singles

Final
1. Sarah Perkins [21] (Union Boat Club #00351)	00:17:13.29		00:17:13.29
2. Ann Holmes [32] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00350)	00:17:15.43		00:17:15.43
3. Morgan Wimberley [26] (Potomac Boat Club #00362)	00:17:39.5		00:17:39.5
4. Tess Gerrand [22] (Sydney Rowing Club #00356)	00:17:40.87		00:17:40.87
5. Bryn Crawford [25] (Vesper Boat Club #00353)	00:17:47.91		00:17:47.91
6. Staci Reynolds [24] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00358)	00:18:01.26		00:18:01.26
7. Sarah Stevenson [29] (Vesper Boat Club #00352)	00:18:05.89		00:18:05.89
8. Maria Bokulich [28] (Potomac Boat Club #00365)	00:18:15.64		00:18:15.64
9. Christina Meyer [30] (Vesper Boat Club #00360)	00:18:16.31		00:18:16.31
10. Dana Anders [32] (Vesper Boat Club #00366)	00:18:49.84		00:18:49.84
11. Shannon Gribbons [22] (West Virginia University #00355)	00:18:56.64		00:18:56.64
12. Danielle Reed-Hudson [24] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00364)	00:18:58.23		00:18:58.23
13. Rachel Viglianco [21] (West Virginia University #00363)	00:19:50.5		00:19:50.5
14. Catherine Black [22] (Washington College #00361)	00:22:19.2		00:22:19.2
15. Sarah Strickland [22] (Washington College #00354)	00:23:35.9		00:23:35.9

03D. Womens Light Singles

Final
1. Jeannette Daley [24] (Vesper Boat Club #00381)	00:17:38.76		00:17:38.76
2. Heather Johnson [26] (Undine Barge Club #00379)	00:17:48.36		00:17:48.36
3. Nicole Dinion [23] (Potomac Boat Club #00377)	00:18:18.29		00:18:18.29
4. Mary Jones [24] (Vesper Boat Club #00372)	00:18:23.8		00:18:23.8
5. Claire McConnell [24] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00371)	00:18:25.38		00:18:25.38
6. Michelle Hall [27] (Vesper Boat Club #00370)	00:18:42.52		00:18:42.52
7. Emily Schmieg [22] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00376)	00:19:11.93		00:19:11.93
8. Monica Ionescu [29] (Western Reserve Rowing Association #00373)	00:19:22.08		00:19:22.08
9. Stephanie Hedges [37] (Norwalk River Rowing Association #00378)	00:19:48.09		00:19:48.09
10. Jacquelyn Andrews [18] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00383)	00:20:05.82		00:20:05.82
11. Annie Bowler [22] (Haddon Township #00374)	00:20:20.04		00:20:20.04
12. margaret dugga [21] (New York Athletic Club #00375)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
13. Claire McConnell [24] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #00380)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
14. Nicole Wagner [22] (Undine Barge Club #00382)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
15. Heather Schofield [23] (Undine Barge Club #00384)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A

08G. Masters Women (50-59)

Final
1. Kristy Dorsey [0] (Blood Street Sculls #00864)	00:16:53.91		00:16:53.91
2. Jenny Lee [0] (Vesper Boat Club #00860)	00:16:55.93		00:16:55.93
3. Alison Pollini [0] (Carnegie Lake Rowing Association #00865)	00:16:57.66		00:16:57.66
4. Christina Spino [0] (Unaffiliated #00866)	00:17:01.48		00:17:01.48
5. S. O’Connor [0] (Avalon Rowing Club #00863)	00:17:26.56		00:17:26.56
6. Savithri Handzel [0] (Syracuse Chargers #00861)	00:17:32.7		00:17:32.7
7. Kendal Wolf [0] (Potomac Boat Club #00862)	00:17:44.84		00:17:44.84
8. Mary Doherty [0] (Syracuse Chargers #00867)	00:18:25.96		00:18:25.96

1. Masters Womens Lightwieght 8+

Final
1. Cory Conzemius [58] (Potomac Boat Club #00870)

23A. Mens Open Quads

Final
1. Ross Anderson [0] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #02301)	00:13:54.78		00:13:54.78
2. Andy Quinn [0] (Undine Vesper PACRA GMS Composite #02307)	00:14:03.24		00:14:03.24
3. quad stroke [0] (New York Athletic Club #02302)	00:14:38.38		00:14:38.38
4. Charles Biddle [0] (Undine Barge Club #02303)	00:15:07.63		00:15:07.63
5. Chris Helminski [0] (Potomac Boat Club #216)	00:16:12.5		00:16:12.5
6. Max mclaughlin [0] (Loyola College #02305)	00:19:09.57		00:19:09.57

13A Mens High School Single (Under 19)

Final
1. Patrick Donohue [18] (Malvern Prep School #01343)	00:15:56.06		00:15:56.06
2. Walker Mills [18] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #01339)	00:16:08.09		00:16:08.09
3. Charles Campbell [17] (New Canaan High School #01301)	00:16:09.03		00:16:09.03
4. Travis Simon [18] (East End Rowing #01313)	00:16:11.07		00:16:11.07
5. Rob Rasmussen [17] (Potomac Boat Club #01324)	00:16:15.84		00:16:15.84
6. Daniel Schwarz [18] (Malvern Prep School #01309)	00:16:16.69		00:16:16.69
7. Andre Kleijn [19] (Pittsburgh Rowing Club #01322)	00:16:17.96		00:16:17.96
8. Jonathon Rosow [17] (New Canaan High School #01302)	00:16:23.96		00:16:23.96
9. Patrick DelBarba [18] (Three Rivers Rowing Association #01336)	00:16:25.5		00:16:25.5
10. Austin Moore [18] (Malvern Prep School #01307)	00:16:27.92		00:16:27.92
11. Craig Slater [17] (Navesink River Rowing Club #01318)	00:16:28.33		00:16:28.33
12. Graham Mink [16] (New Canaan High School #01355)	00:16:28.71		00:16:28.71
13. Ned Berman [16] (New Canaan High School #01327)	00:16:29.48		00:16:29.48
14. Scott Yanoff [18] (New Canaan High School #01329)	00:16:30.39		00:16:30.39
15. Alec Somers [18] (Malvern Prep School #01303)	00:16:32.85		00:16:32.85
16. Peter Tortora [17] (New Canaan High School #01346)	00:16:35.01		00:16:35.01
17. Jeremy Gonzalez [16] (Malvern Prep School #01317)	00:16:35.89		00:16:35.89
18. Austin Bury [17] (Malvern Prep School #01304)	00:16:36.57		00:16:36.57
19. Anthony Criscitiello [15] (Nereid Boat Club #01320)	00:16:38.67		00:16:38.67
20. Palmer Foote [18] (Greenwich Crew #01333)	00:16:40.78		00:16:40.78
21. Austin Velte [16] (Malvern Prep School #01326)	00:16:50.92		00:16:50.92
22. Matt Kuczmarski [16] (Unaffiliated #01340)	00:16:52.27		00:16:52.27
23. Michael Lewers [17] (Malvern Prep School #01306)	00:16:53.77		00:16:53.77
24. Ross Burnaman [16] (New Canaan High School #01321)	00:16:55.23		00:16:55.23
25. Alexander Buck [16] (Greenwich Crew #01315)	00:16:55.76		00:16:55.76
26. Henry Franco [17] (New Canaan High School #01351)	00:17:04.49		00:17:04.49
27. Erik Divan [15] (East End Rowing #01356)	00:17:08.53		00:17:08.53
28. Joseph McCloskey [16] (Crescent Boat Club #01311)	00:17:11.96		00:17:11.96
29. Collin Hill [17] (New Canaan High School #01349)	00:17:13.44		00:17:13.44
30. Laddy St. George [17] (University Barge Club #01347)	00:17:14.04		00:17:14.04
31. Danny O’Neil [15] (East End Rowing #01359)	00:17:14.21		00:17:14.21
32. Eddie Nilon [16] (New Canaan High School #01338)	00:17:15.76		00:17:15.76
33. Parker Lange [17] (New Canaan High School #01353)	00:17:18.1		00:17:18.1
34. Eric Blood [16] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #01348)	00:17:25.32		00:17:25.32
35. Josh Schoenbart [16] (Sagamore Rowing Association #01328)	00:17:35.00		00:17:35.00
36. Robbie smith [17] (Malvern Prep School #01337)	00:17:35.98		00:17:35.98
37. Julian Venonsky [17] (Malvern Prep School #01357)	00:17:46.99		00:17:46.99
38. Alexander Stoczko [16] (Malvern Prep School #01308)	00:17:47.4		00:17:47.4
39. Morgan Gaffey [17] (Blood Street Sculls #01312)	00:17:47.59		00:17:47.59
40. Tucker Klutey [15] (New Canaan High School #01325)	00:18:04.71		00:18:04.71
41. David Kircher [16] (New Canaan High School #01358)	00:18:13.56		00:18:13.56
42. Paul Clarke [16] (Crescent Boat Club #01344)	00:18:18.61		00:18:18.61
43. Trevor Frey [15] (Greenwich Crew #01342)	00:18:24.8		00:18:24.8
44. Ben Madara [18] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #01335)	00:18:38.21		00:18:38.21
45. Jonathan Brown [17] (Shiplake College Boat Club #01330)	00:18:41.34		00:18:41.34
46. Jackson Bennett [16] (Blood Street Sculls #01345)	00:19:03.45		00:19:03.45
47. Ross Carlson [16] (Baltimore Rowing Club #01360)	00:19:20.91		00:19:20.91
48. Matt Glace [17] (Haddon Township #01316)	00:19:11.1	00:00:15 BUOY VIOLATION	00:19:26.1
49. Aaron Moslow [15] (Friends Academy #01314)	00:19:21.75	00:00:15 BUOY VIOLATION	00:19:36.75
50. Nicholas Eckholm [17] (Greenwich Crew #01350)	00:19:53.51		00:19:53.51
51. James O’Connell [16] (Crescent Boat Club #01352)	00:21:48.43		00:21:48.43
52. Michael Squitieri [18] (New Canaan High School #01310)	N/A

14C. Mens Masters Single (40 – 49)

Final
1. Michael Stolper [55] (Undine Barge Club #01432)	00:16:27.27		00:16:27.27
2. Steve Schmitt [51] (Potomac Boat Club #01433)	00:16:43.73		00:16:43.73
3. Robert Sengstaken [57] (Merrimac River Rowing Association, Inc. #01448)	00:16:51.14		00:16:51.14
4. bob eldridge [53] (Unaffiliated #01454)	00:16:58.89		00:16:58.89
5. Jim Divan [51] (East End Rowing #01464)	00:17:01.61		00:17:01.61
6. Mark Schofield [51] (New Haven Rowing Club #01449)	00:17:02.99		00:17:02.99
7. Daniel Schley [56] (Saugatuck Rowing Club #01445)	00:17:43.15		00:17:43.15
8. Chuck Selden [58] (Potomac Boat Club #01452)	00:17:52.11		00:17:52.11
9. daniel donovan [56] (Saugatuck Rowing Club #01466)	00:17:57.39		00:17:57.39
10. Jim Sonzogni [58] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01435)	00:17:57.82		00:17:57.82
11. Jack Rome [54] (Undine Barge Club #01467)	00:18:03.68		00:18:03.68
12. Mark Peters [52] (Wilmington Rowing Center #01439)	00:18:04.13		00:18:04.13
13. alex cook [55] (University Barge Club #01455)	00:18:05.01		00:18:05.01
14. Ed Ryan [57] (Potomac Boat Club #01461)	00:18:11.13		00:18:11.13
15. Brooks Reinhard [53] (Wilmington Rowing Center #01459)	00:18:16.43		00:18:16.43
16. David Greenspan [55] (Bachelors Barge Club #01444)	00:18:22.05		00:18:22.05
17. Brian Thorne [57] (Wildcat Rowing Association #01471)	00:18:24.67		00:18:24.67
18. ted pytlar [58] (Swan Creek Rowing Club #01453)	00:18:27.74		00:18:27.74
19. Joe McGuire [57] (Deep Water Rowing, U. of the Pacific #01447)	00:18:31.26		00:18:31.26
20. Keith Robinson [56] (Undine Barge Club #01441)	00:18:31.85		00:18:31.85
21. MARC NEMETH [59] (New Haven Rowing Club #01462)	00:18:37.75		00:18:37.75
22. Frank McAleer [52] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01446)	00:18:40.72		00:18:40.72
23. Tom Toland [55] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01463)	00:18:45.81		00:18:45.81
24. Steve Gould [56] (East End Rowing #01436)	00:18:54.97		00:18:54.97
25. Robert Lippa [54] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01469)	00:19:01.25		00:19:01.25
26. Jim Tapscott [55] (Maritime Rowing Club #01440)	00:19:06.23		00:19:06.23
27. Steve Platt [51] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01437)	00:19:11.87		00:19:11.87
28. Peter Van Allen [51] (Bachelors Barge Club #01465)	00:19:16.58		00:19:16.58
29. James Miros [51] (Monmouth Boat Club #01438)	00:19:17.2		00:19:17.2
30. jim hagan [53] (Saugatuck Rowing Club #01460)	00:19:22.8		00:19:22.8
31. Ned Drinker [56] (Upper Merion Boat Club #01456)	00:19:38.67		00:19:38.67
32. Ed Morris [55] (Vesper Boat Club #01457)	00:19:44.81		00:19:44.81
33. Henry Pass [59] (Vesper Boat Club #01442)	00:20:35.49	00:00:30 ARCH VIOLATION	00:21:05.49
34. John Curran [54] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #01468)	00:21:20.72		00:21:20.72
35. Gavin Kerr [54] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #01458)	00:21:21.53		00:21:21.53
36. terence smith [54] (Annapolis Rowing Club #01434)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
37. Bruce Fisher [57] (West Side Rowing Club #01443)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
38. giusseppe lund [59] (Ottawa New Edinburgh Club #01450)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
39. Rick Schwarz [59] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #01470)	N/A	00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A

14D. Mens Veterans Single (60 or over)

Final
1. Andrew Nelson [60] (Unaffiliated #01497)	00:17:07.14	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP	00:17:07.14
2. RED SARGENT [70] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01473)	00:18:34.39	00:01:16.00 HANDICAP	00:17:18.39
3. Edward Rehill [73] (Brigantine Rowing Club #01481)	00:19:24.9	00:01:42.7 HANDICAP	00:17:42.2
4. Willem Van der Linde [79] (University Barge Club #01472)	00:19:51.6	00:02:41.5 HANDICAP00:00:45 ARCH VIOLATION/BUOY VIOLATION	00:17:55.1
5. Tim Davies [64] (GMS Rowing Center #01484)	00:18:23.79	00:00:28 HANDICAP	00:17:55.79
6. Milton Schneider [61] (Vesper Boat Club #01474)	00:18:03.28	00:00:06.7 HANDICAP	00:17:56.58
7. Neal Young [63] (Potomac Boat Club #01492)	00:18:22.74	00:00:20.7 HANDICAP	00:18:02.04
8. Roger O’Donnell [65] (Newport Aquatic Center #01491)	00:18:49.91	00:00:35.5 HANDICAP	00:18:14.41
9. Hans Mueller [72] (Wilmington Rowing Center #02902)	00:19:50.55	00:01:33.6 HANDICAP	00:18:16.95
10. James Sweitzer [63] (Connecticut Boat Club #01483)	00:18:49.02	00:00:20.7 HANDICAP	00:18:28.32
11. Darrell Vreugdenhil [61] (Wildcat Rowing Association #01498)	00:18:39.22	00:00:06.7 HANDICAP	00:18:32.52
12. Sandy Killen [67] (Jack Sulger’s Sculling Circus #01485)	00:19:28.43	00:00:51.1 HANDICAP	00:18:37.33
13. John Cantrill [65] (Undine Barge Club #01476)	00:19:19.5	00:00:35.5 HANDICAP	00:18:44
14. John Gaughan [63] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01488)	00:19:06.54	00:00:20.7 HANDICAP	00:18:45.84
15. Jack Long [62] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01487)	00:19:03.7	00:00:13.6 HANDICAP	00:18:50.1
16. ken iscol [71] (Maritime Rowing Club #01475)	00:20:23.98	00:01:24.7 HANDICAP	00:18:59.28
17. Stephen Sepe [60] (Unaffiliated #01496)	00:19:12.34	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP	00:19:12.34
18. Garret Rasmussen [61] (Potomac Boat Club #01499)	00:19:24.07	00:00:06.7 HANDICAP00:00:15 BUOY VIOLATION	00:19:32.37
19. Joseph Harris [81] (Malta Boat Club #01489)	00:22:45.22	00:03:02.7 HANDICAP	00:19:42.52
20. Frederik R-L Osborne [84] (Unaffiliated #01495)	00:22:58.54	00:03:36.00 HANDICAP00:00:30 BUOY VIOLATION X2	00:19:52.54
21. Ed Zerdy [65] (Maritime Rowing Club #01490)	00:20:31.52	00:00:35.5 HANDICAP	00:19:56.02
22. Charles Fountain [60] (Cambridge Boat Club #01482)	00:20:20.66	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP	00:20:20.66
23. Peter Pansing [65] (The Hill School #01486)	00:21:11.87	00:00:35.5 HANDICAP	00:20:36.37
24. Stephen Dittmann [63] (Vesper Boat Club #01478)	00:20:59.81	00:00:20.7 HANDICAP	00:20:39.11
25. john lovett [67] (St. Catharines Rowing Club #01494)	00:22:48.23	00:00:51.1 HANDICAP00:00:15 BUOY VIOLATION	00:22:12.13
26. joe paradine [75] (Malta Boat Club #01479)	00:26:46.77	00:02:01.5 HANDICAP	00:24:45.27
27. Eli Avizov [71] (Hewlett Bay Rowing Club #01480)	N/A	00:01:24.7 HANDICAP00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A
28. Jack Long [62] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01477)	N/A	00:00:13.6 HANDICAP00:00:00.00 DNS	N/A

17B. Mens Masters 4+ (40 – 49)

Final
1. John Moore [0] (Quouge FD Boat Club #01702)	00:14:28.19		00:14:28.19
2. Nolanne Chang [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01704)	00:14:32.14		00:14:32.14
3. Joseph Peter [0] (Syracuse Chargers #01703)	00:15:24.88		00:15:24.88

17F. Womens Masters 8 40 – 49

Final
1. Lee Roman [0] (Annapolis Rowing Club #01721)	00:16:51.86		00:16:51.86
2. Kendal Wolf [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01720)	00:18:15.16		00:18:15.16

17F. Womens Masters 4+ (50 – 59)

Final
1. Kristy Dorsey [0] (Blood Street Sculls #01731)	00:17:57.96		00:17:57.96
2. Liz Hook [0] (Blood Street Sculls #01732)	00:18:55.65		00:18:55.65
3. Cory Conzemius [0] (Potomac Boat Club #01730)	00:19:14.43		00:19:14.43

19E. Mixed Veterans Double (60 – 69)

Final
1. Fred Krupp [60] (Maritime Rowing Club #01953)	00:17:14.56	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP	00:17:14.56
2. Liz Turner [62] (GMS Rowing Center #01952)	00:18:01.4	00:00:11.8 HANDICAP	00:17:49.6
3. Nancy Faigen [60] (Potomac Boat Club #01954)	00:17:50.01	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP	00:17:50.01
4. Murray Glover [66] (Swan Creek Rowing Club #01955)	00:19:28.55	00:00:37.3 HANDICAP	00:18:51.25
5. Richard Burns [61] (Fairmount Rowing Association #01950)	00:18:57.12	00:00:05.8 HANDICAP	00:18:51.32
6. Annemie Deruytter [64] (Upper Merion Boat Club #01951)	00:19:54.83	00:00:24.2 HANDICAP	00:19:30.63

23E. Mens Veterans Quad

Final
1. Chuck Selden [63] (Potomac Boat Club #02343)	00:15:09.63	00:00:16.6 HANDICAP	00:14:53.03
2. Howard Greenberg [70] (University Barge Club #02340)	00:16:24.9	00:01:00.8 HANDICAP	00:15:24.1
3. RED SARGENT [62] (Fairmount Rowing Association #02342)	00:15:40.75	00:00:10.9 HANDICAP	00:15:29.85
4. Bill Stadel [61] (Maritime Rowing Club #02341)	00:15:41.69	00:00:05.4 HANDICAP	00:15:36.29
5. Paul Strzemienski [64] (Wilmington Rowing Center #02346)	00:17:13.13	00:00:22.4 HANDICAP	00:16:50.73
6. Joe Oberlies [60] (Fairmount Rowing Association #02345)	00:17:31.97	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP00:00:30 ARCH VIOLATION	00:18:01.97
7. John Cantrill [64] (Undine Barge Club #02344)	00:18:52.33	00:00:22.4 HANDICAP	00:18:29.93
8. jerry dudley [63] (Fairmount Rowing Association #02347)	00:19:52.84	00:00:16.6 HANDICAP	00:19:36.24

24D. Womens Masters Quad

Final
1. Alix James [0] (Vesper Boat Club #02420)	00:16:11.09		00:16:11.09
2. Gay Gasser [0] (Maritime Rowing Club #02415)	00:16:39.5		00:16:39.5
3. Karin Constant [0] (Unaffiliated #02419)	00:16:40.19		00:16:40.19
4. Nancy Lotz [0] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #02412)	00:16:40.34		00:16:40.34
5. Onie Rollins [0] (Wilmington Rowing Center #02411)	00:17:32.3		00:17:32.3
6. Nanette Dormans [0] (Bachelors Barge Club #02416)	00:17:38.91		00:17:38.91
7. Jeanne Fredericks [0] (Maritime Rowing Club #02410)	00:17:49.23		00:17:49.23
8. Elizabeth Kelleher [0] (Potomac Boat Club #02418)	00:17:50.51		00:17:50.51

24E. Womens Veterans Quad

Final
1. Leslie Freed [63] (Maritime Rowing Club #02430)	00:17:51.64	00:00:16.6 HANDICAP	00:17:35.04
2. Viviann Cosgrove [61] (Molesey Boat Club #02431)	00:18:58.74	00:00:05.4 HANDICAP	00:18:53.34
3. Carol Sost [0] (Brigantine Rowing Club #02521)	00:19:09.38	00:00:00.00 HANDICAP	00:19:09.38
4. Cheryl Capps [63] (Potomac Boat Club #02432)	00:19:40.52	00:00:16.6 HANDICAP	00:19:23.92

25D. Mixed Masters Quad

Final
1. bob miller [0] (University Barge Club #02533)	00:15:04.47		00:15:04.47
2. Katherine Taylor [0] (Potomac Boat Club #02530)	00:15:15.32		00:15:15.32
3. Bonnie Sharp [0] (Viking Rowing Club #02532)	00:15:20.2		00:15:20.2
4. Steve Perry [0] (Baltimore Rowing Club #02536)	00:15:30.38		00:15:30.38
5. Donna Gorman [0] (Maritime Rowing Club #02535)	00:15:33.62		00:15:33.62
6. David Kurland [0] (Pennsylvania Athletic Club #02534)	00:15:49.1		00:15:49.1
7. Steve Whalen [0] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #02531)	00:16:29.29		00:16:29.29
8. Ed McIIvaine [0] (Whitemarsh Boat Club #02537)	00:18:09.6		00:18:09.6

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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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

Order your PBC jacket now and get it before the Charles

The Potomac Boat Club (PBC) Boathouse Sports Team Store closes on Monday, October 4th!

[Wait.  Didn't it just open?]  That’s right!  The Team Store opened today, and it closes on Monday!

It’s a special “preview” store with just one item – a PBC Facet Gore-tex rowing jacket.  It’s like the jacket made for the National Team, but we think the red and the white star make it much more fashion forward.

And, hey, if you order now, you’ll get it delivered to your house before the Charles!

Yep.  Ignore the standard “shipped by” date on the page.  They’re going to rush produce this puppy for us.  Why?  Because Boathouse cares.  No, but really, because we want you to look good at the Charles.  Not cold.  Good.

So, click on the image below and order away, PBC!  And get ready for the full PBC Boathouse Sports Team Store, featuring a hot new star logo, opening next month!  (Much longer ship date, so don’t wait!)

Register to race … only 6 days left! And volunteers still needed!

• Click here to register! Final registration closes this Saturday, Sept. 18!
• Looking to volunteer?  We love you! Read Ed Ryan’s note below. (Instructions included!)

The 30th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP) will be held this year on Sunday, September 26.   Regular registration closed on Saturday, September 11, 2010, but you can still register until this Saturday, September 18, by going to Ronin, registering, and by paying a small late fee, in addition to your registration fee.

After Saturday, not even your saddest puppy-dog eyes, most emphatic “pretty pleases,” or largest offers of cash to the Potomac Star at largeoffersofcash@potomacstar.com (now accepting PayPal) will get you racing at the SHOP.  No Race Day registration anymore, either.  So, go ahead.  Register already.

And don’t forget, PBC, we need you to help make the 2010 another success!  Volunteer today! Here is the how-to from our SHOP volunteer coordinator, Ed Ryan.

Yes, PBC members, spouses and friends, WE NEED YOU to help run the ONE SINGLE REGATTA that Potomac Boat Club sponsors each year. It takes a village to run this show, about 75 volunteers in total, and if you’ve been racing for Potomac, using Potomac equipment, have pride in your Club or just want something good and fun to do on a nice autumn Sunday, this is your chance.

I’m particularly interested in getting our competitive teams to respond as groups, and we’ll find fun and exciting group activities. For example, last year, the Masters Rowing Program (MRP) handled all of the launch preparation, and it was great. One big job and they independently figured out who could do it and when.

Here’s the background. The Regatta is on SUNDAY, September 26th. We need volunteers who can work (i) morning shift – 7:30 a.m. – noon, (ii) afternoon shift – noon – 4:00 p.m., or (iii) all day. Good intentions aside, please don’t say you can work in that 45 minute gap between the masters 4 and your spa appointment – you get no good conscience points and it doesn’t help us. AM, PM or all day.

So, if you can take us up on this Call to Arms, PLEASE DO THIS (and read carefully): send an email to headofthepotomac@gmail.com, and state whether you can work morning, afternoon or all day, whether you can drive a launch, and include your cell phone number and email address. Then save the date on your calendar, and you’ll hear back from us.

 Finally, our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of the great and good-natured volunteers from last year.  It was a terrific day that went ultra smooth — it was wonderful for Potomac Boat Club to host such an event.

Many thanks,
Ed Ryan, on behalf of the Regatta Committee

Potomac Masters make a run for gold at the border

From Camden to Canada, Potomac Boat Club’s most experienced this week head north again to St. Catherines, Ontario, for the 2010 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta.  The four days of racing starts tomorrow, September 2nd, and culminates on September 5th, with a usually rowdy party. (And we’ve seen pictures of our MRP at this party from years past, fully enjoying their time away from home waters. Let’s just say that one year, they got the cops on the dance floor … to dance!)

But with over 2,700 entries and 300 clubs participating, the racing does get serious, folks. See for yourself!

Draws are now available here.  Click here to visit Regatta Central for a list of PBC entered events and the names of those competing for the club.  For real time results throughout the event, make sure you click here. (Refresh your browser often to ensure the latest results are visible.)

Not enough schedules and results for you?  Visit a link below to find results for each day of the regatta:

• Thursday’s Results
• Friday’s Results
• Saturday’s Results
• Sunday’s Results

And maybe we’ll get lucky again and have more guest reporting from the event.  Check back over the next few days for updates!  [Update: Folks are writing us! (Squeal) See who below!]

Good luck to everyone and … GO, PBC!

Making weekend plans? Let’s go to MatNats!

[This is a retread of sorts.  What can we say? It's Masters Nationals in Camden, again!  We have members saving people during practice. Juniors winning medals in Eastern Europe. The postcard is what we could do for now. Next year, MatNats will be in Oklahoma City. Maybe we'll stick a cowboy hat up there or something.]

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Hey!  With most folks headed down to the Carolina beaches this time of year, why not head up the road instead?  This weekend, a short 2-3 hour drive north on 95 will land you smack dab in the middle of some hot race action. Where? Why, in always-lovely, ever-effervescent (drum roll) … Camden, New Jersey!

From Thursday, August 12, 2010 to Sunday, August 15, 2010, PBC’s Masters rowers will join almost 1800 others out on the Cooper River for Masters National Championships 2010.  We’re pretty confident our folks will be leading the pack in more than a few events, so go cheer them on!

[We even put together a little map for you and directions to the venue. Scroll down to see it. We wouldn't want you to end up in Philly.]

To find out who will be wearing the white star, and in which of 200 events, visit the PBC Masters Nationals lineups page on Regatta Central here.  Click here for live race results.

And fine. For those of you who would rather watch from the air conditioned comfort of your own homes, USRowing will stream live video of the finals at http://rowing.teamusa.org/live. (We were planning to tell you eventually!)

2010 USRowing Masters National Championships Finals Live Feed Schedule

Thursday, August 12, 2:45 p.m. – 6:09 p.m.
Friday, August 13, 2 p.m. – 5:32 p.m.
Saturday, August 14, 1 p.m. – 4:28 p.m.
Sunday, August 15, 1 p.m. – 4:32 p.m.

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Map to the venue (directions are below):

View Larger Map

Directions to the venue:

From the Ben Franklin Bridge:
Merge onto Route 30 East
Merge onto Route 30 – 70 East
Bear right after overpass onto Route 70 East
Turn right @ first light (McClellan Avenue)
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From the Walt Whitman Bridge:
Take the Route 130 North exit towards Route 168 North
Keep right @ the fork in the ramp
Bear right onto Route 130 North
Follow route 130 North to N. Park Drive
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From 295 South & North:
From 295 South take exit 34A (Route 70 West)
From 295 North take exit 34B (Route 70 West)
Take Cuthbert Boulevard (South) exit
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From NJ Turnpike North:
Take exit 4, Berlin – Philadelphia
Take Route 73 North to Route 38 West
Take Cuthbert Boulevard (South) exit
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

From NJ Turnpike South:
Take exit 3, Bellmawr
Merge onto Route 168 North
Bear right onto Route 130 North
Turn right onto N. Park Drive
End @ Boathouse: 7050 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ

PBC Men’s Sweep Practice Becomes Rescue Effort

At 6:30 am, there was already too much traffic upstream and Potomac Boat Club’s Men’s Sweep Team wanted to get in a decent technical row before leaving for Masters National Rowing Championships this week.  So, Marco Bovo, coach of the team, decided to do something different and started practice downstream instead.

Marco followed the PBC men’s eight and four as they warmed up close to the Virginia shoreline and rounded Theodore Roosevelt Island. About 150 meters from Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, Marco stopped the crews so they could hydrate before doing a few race starts.

Marta Ulbricht, cox of the four, and Tiffany Dao, cox of the eight, pointed their boats through an arch and awaited direction.  But when Marco signaled for the crews to start up again, Marta seemed uncharacteristically distracted.  Marco rushed over to see what was wrong.  As he approached, he saw two men on the bridge yelling and pointing to the water, so he rushed to the spot instead.  Suddenly, it was clear … someone had jumped.

Once Marco got there, he saw a woman just beneath the surface and tried to pull her limp body out of the  water.  Marta and Tiffany moved their boats closer to the spot, and Leo Hergenroeder, bow of the four, and Tim Baxter, bow of the eight, jumped in and swam over to help.

At the same time, the guys in the eight and four yelled up to the men on the bridge to call 911 and advise emergency personnel to meet them at the Thompson Boat Center.  Marco, Leo and Tim had managed to get the woman onto the launch, and Leo and Tim climbed aboard to keep her from rolling back into the river.

The eight and four headed to Thompson’s to meet Marco, Leo, and Tim on the dock and help get the woman out of the launch safely.  Once on the dock, Leo stayed next to the woman and spoke to her to keep her awake until paramedics arrived.

Bob Price, PBC president, who rowed stroke seat of the eight this morning, said, “I can’t tell you how proud I am of everyone. Marta is young, still in high school, but she showed a tremendous amount of maturity and common sense by not starting her crew and in getting Marco’s attention.  Marco went into instant rescue mode, and was trying to pull the woman out before we even knew what was going on.  Leo and Tim didn’t hesitate to jump in to help Marco get the woman into the launch.  And Leo’s actions on the dock probably made another critical difference in saving her life.”

Well, a pretty impressive way to spend your morning, guys! Congratulations on a job well-done to our PBC heroes, Marco, Marta, Leo and Tim, and the rest of the Men’s Sweep Team, who acted swiftly and courageously to save a life.

To the woman in the water, we wish you strength in your recovery, and to your family, the best of all things in the future.

Finally, that life ring in our logo makes sense.

You’re invited: USRowing Town Hall Meeting on Mandatory Membership

In a tough economy and with many rowers and rowing programs operating on the slimmest of budgets, participants in our sport have started to question the cost of a USRowing membership and its value. In his August 2010 letter to the rowing community, chief executive officer of USRowing, Glenn Merry, outlined several of the issues associated with a proposed mandatory membership in USRowing. Thus far, formal and informal discussions on the subject have been heated.

This fall, USRowing will hold a series of town hall meetings to gather input from the community on the subject of mandatory membership and other related issues. The first one scheduled for the Mid-Atlantic Region is on Tuesday, August 17, at Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria.

More meeting details are below, followed by a reprint of Glen Merry’s letter. Whatever your opinion might be, this is your moment to be heard and to influence the direction of our sport. Please consider attending. (Not mandatory.)

Tuesday, August 17
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson High School
6560 Braddock Road
Alexandria, VA 22312-2297

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A Letter from the CEO, USRowing (August 2010)

Recently, there have been animated discussions taking place in the rowing community about USRowing membership, its value and its cost. The debate should elicit many thoughts.

As I reviewed how other sports handle their membership, I found that most provide the same general benefits: insurance, newsletters, discounts, information, competitions, rules, safety programs and perhaps a magazine. The major national governing bodies (sports like triathlon, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball) have mandatory requirements for individual membership. If you participate in the sport, you pay to do so. USRowing does not currently require individual membership for the sport of rowing.

Why do most [National Governing Bodies] (NGBs) mandate membership? In many cases, it has been driven by risk and insurance. Frankly, anyone participating in a sport, from the novice to the Olympian, adds to the perceived liability risk, and it is more economical for everyone when an NGB shops a policy that covers all of the exposure rather than have each team, club or person to do so on their own. In conjunction with this, the NGB then provides the infrastructure to safely run the sport, things like rules, referees, coaching education and safety regulations.

For two decades, USRowing has not mandated individual membership. This was not always the case. When I rowed in college in the late 1980s, everyone was a member of USRowing. The change took place in 1990, kind of. USRowing dropped individual requirements, but the requirement shifted to organizations. If a club participated in registered regattas, then it had to be part of the structure.

Fast-forward 20 years. The sport has grown to five times the size. We had three major accidents in the mid-2000s where rowers died, changing our perceived risk. Insurance premiums quadrupled. Organizational dues reformed into tiered insurance categories. The sport survived, and five years later, we are out the other side. But, we need to think about our structure moving forward.

During the past decade, the sport has grown by a factor of three. We are now pushing up against constraints of an aged system from an era that supported the 30,000 who rowed in 1989, not the 150,000 active participants of today. Much of the recent growth in our sport has been driven by the NCAA and its addition of women’s rowing to its program. This, in turn, has pushed the growth of high school rowing. High school rowing has exploded into thousands of participants and hundreds of regattas annually.

As this growth occurred outside the control and stewardship of USRowing, some of these growth areas have not paid proportionally into the infrastructure of the sport. We also face other issues of rapid growth such as the deficit of experienced quality coaches. Programs are faced with hiring “coaches,” many of whom have only the experience of being an interested parent or having rowed for three or four years. Do these issues seem like a sustainable model for a safe and professional sport?

I would argue that the answer is no.

Currently, 16,500 individuals pay into the system that supports the entire rowing population. It’s true that the 1,050 organizational members also pay dues of $350, but we are not seeing the scalable support required to take rowing to the next level. In addition, we have no idea the exact scope of the sport, and we need to know this in order to assess our combined risk, attract and activate new sponsors and appropriately program services.

It has been rumored that USRowing is planning to take over the sport, to mandate individual membership. In some regard, we aren’t taking it over – we are the sport. Love us or hate us, we provide the backdrop for the sport to exist (albeit we could do a better job in many areas). Where would we row without liability insurance, referees, rules, safety standards, or basic coaching education? The better rumor that I am starting is that USRowing seeks to become a better NGB. We want every rower to support a system and organization that fulfills his or her needs as a member.

So that takes us to mandatory membership. It has to happen to survive and to meet the growth of our community. What mandatory membership will look like is still up for debate. What we offer to our members needs to be redesigned. But, we are at the beginning of this conversation, with the target of January 2013 to roll out a finished product.

Let’s open the conversation about mandatory membership by describing some common models for consideration. Set aside the issue of how much dues cost right now; we will address that in relation to the value of services rendered to the members. There are two primary models commonly used to implement mandatory membership by NGBs. The first is a direct model where every individual joins and pays his or her dues directly to the NGB. This is close to what we do now with our full-privileged members. The NGB then provides regattas and clubs a roster of eligible members that can participate and compete. USA Swimming uses such a model, with about 400,000 members. The second model is indirect, where an individual is a member via his or her organization. Each athlete pays dues to the organization, and the organization then submits its roster to the NGB with funds to balance its account. USA Curling uses such a model and has about 15,000 members.

The current system used by USRowing is a hybrid of the two models. We have non-privileged members who sign waivers and are part of USRowing through their clubs, but without paying dues and without USRowing gaining access to their information. Our full-privileged membership is used by the 16,000 who have typically raced at one of the USRowing-owned regattas such as a national championship, or by those who want to receive the yearbook and newsletters.

There are some pros and cons to both systems and perhaps a hybrid is necessary for USRowing to meet all of the needs of our community. However, the current hybrid needs to be revised, so that we more actively engage those members coming indirectly through their organizations.

Now turn your attention to the issue of value and cost. Let’s assume for the purpose of this example that the status quo is sufficient for the service and programs provided by USRowing. If it is an accurate assumption that there are 150,000 active rowers and we keep USRowing’s expenses relatively the same as they are now (no new programs, some build-out costs for automated member systems, add someone to answer the increased calls and e-mail, etc.), then one could project a drop in individual dues by a significant amount. Five times as many people paying into the current system could result in half the dues per person.

But let’s take this to another level. What if we said that USRowing should be better (and it really should be.) We should offer new programs, say for example … a recruiting clearing house for youth members and college coaches, advanced coaching education systems, masters rowing camps and real marketing tools for clubs to recruit and engage their local communities. What would that look like? What would that cost with 150,000 rowers paying into that system? Could we do those things and others while reducing the per-person cost of dues?

I believe this is a conversation that we must have. We must address the question, “Is USRowing good enough.” This is the conversation USRowing is beginning with focus groups like the newly formed youth task force. We also will bring this conversation to the people in the rowing community through town hall meetings this fall at local boathouses nationwide.

When the board hired me in 2005 as the new CEO, USRowing was precipitously perched at the edge of collapse. We had run year after year of overspending. Our cash reserves were spent, and our balance sheet was a disaster. Our governance was out of date. We lacked revenue diversity. We were an unstable organization. I have spent the last four years rebuilding the internal structures and stabilizing the association with the help of the board and key stakeholders such as the NRF. We are no longer in triage mode, attempting to keep the association alive. It is time to move forward to not only assure that our sport has a future, but to create a robust future.

I have taken some criticism recently for again asking for input from the members and the community on these issues. It has been said that people have already screamed about what is wrong with USRowing, and how could I not know by now. It’s true that I have heard complaints about USRowing from some key individuals year after year. I guess what I wonder is if the people who have been screaming the loudest really represent what’s best for the masses of rowers or if they are just the loudest one-issue complainers?

I have to admit that after 24 years in the sport and five years in this role, I am more interested in hearing from, and working with, people who want to make USRowing better, stronger and fresher than those who revel in pointing out our missteps.

As I wrote earlier, we are about to embark on a series of town hall membership meetings nationally. If you would like to host a meeting at your boathouse, contact me and let me know. You can reach me at 609-751-0701 or glenn@usrowing.org.

Congratulations to Christina and the U.S. Junior Women!

Congratulations to Potomac Boat Club’s Christina Bax and the U.S. women’s eight on their silver at Junior World Championships!

From USRowing, August 7, 2010:

The second silver medal for the United States came in the last race of the day. In the final of the women’s eight, coxswain Christine Devlin (Harvard, Mass.), Rosemary Grinalds (Southport, Conn.), Louise Breen (Northampton, N.H.), Madison Lips (Parker, Colo.), Christina Bax (Bethesda, Md.), Marianne Hoeft (New Canaan, Conn.), Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska), Faith Richardson (Wellesley, Mass.) and Carli Goldberg (Sarasota, Fla.) went into the race having advanced directly from Thursday’s heat with an 18-second win.

Great Britain was first off the start, and continued to lead through the middle thousand. Less than a second separated the United States, Germany and Romania at the halfway mark, with the U.S. crew leading the challenge on Great Britain. Despite a strong push from the U.S. in the sprint, the defending world-champions couldn’t quite close the gap on the British. Great Britain crossed the line 3.05 seconds ahead for the gold medal in a 6:24.97.

“We were down at the 500, which we expected,” said coxswain Christine Devlin. “We just found some serious power. There was one point in the second 500 where we had a move for ‘pain barriers.’ We went from five seats down to three seats. That was exciting, and it was a big move for us.”

The U.S. took the silver medal in a 6:28.02. Germany came up with a bronze-medal performance, edging out Romania by 0.66 seconds in a 6:30.21.

Want to see more photos of the women’s eight final?  Dr. Ted Walkley, U.S. Team Physician, took the photos we used in this post and more during the entire event.  Click here to go to Dr. Walkley’s album.

A full reprint of the USRowing report is below.

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Women’s Four and Eight Win Silver at 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships

RACICE, Czech Republic – Steady rain persisted throughout the day, but it didn’t stop the U.S. from reaching the podium on two occasions the first day of finals at the 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships. The women’s four and women’s eight crews won silver, the first time in history that the United States has won double medals in sweep events at the World Rowing Junior Championships.
In the final of the women’s four, New Zealand shot ahead off the starting line, gaining half a boat length lead on the field in the first few strokes of the race. Crossing the halfway mark, New Zealand continued to lead the pack, with Australia and Spain close behind. The crew of Chandler Lally (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), Jessica Eiffert (Honeoye Falls, N.J.), Agatha Nowinski (Sacramento, Calif.) and Lucy Grinalds (Southport, Conn.) sat in fourth place at the 1,000-meter mark before making its move. In a dead-on sprint, the U.S. crew overtook Australia with 150 meters to go, finishing less than a second behind New Zealand for the silver medal.

“It was an amazing race,” said three-time junior national team member Lucy Grinalds. “We had a little bit of a rough start, but we stuck to our race plan and really moved through the second 1,000 [meters]. Our goal was to make a huge move and a huge comeback. It was an awesome sprint through the finish.”
New Zealand held on to its lead to win the gold medal in a 6:49.48. The U.S. recorded a time of 6:50.38 at the line, with Australia holding off Germany by a mere 0.36 seconds for the bronze medal.

“They rowed it exactly as we talked about racing it,” said coach Justin Moore. “We knew that Australia was going to have a lot of early speed. It was possible, if we stayed close enough to use our efficiency to our advantage in the last 500. We knew that Spain was going to be fast; we knew that Australia was going to be fast. I was just so impressed because the girls really worked on rowing a very steady first 1,000 meters before committing to change momentum at the 1,100-meter mark. I couldn’t be happier.”

The second silver medal for the United States came in the last race of the day. In the final of the women’s eight, coxswain Christine Devlin (Harvard, Mass.), Rosemary Grinalds (Southport, Conn.), Louise Breen (Northampton, N.H.), Madison Lips (Parker, Colo.), Christina Bax (Bethesda, Md.), Marianne Hoeft (New Canaan, Conn.), Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska), Faith Richardson (Wellesley, Mass.) and Carli Goldberg (Sarasota, Fla.) went into the race having advanced directly from Thursday’s heat with an 18-second win.

Great Britain was first off the start, and continued to lead through the middle thousand. Less than a second separated the United States, Germany and Romania at the halfway mark, with the U.S. crew leading the challenge on Great Britain. Despite a strong push from the U.S. in the sprint, the defending world-champions couldn’t quite close the gap on the British. Great Britain crossed the line 3.05 seconds ahead for the gold medal in a 6:24.97.

“We were down at the 500, which we expected,” said coxswain Christine Devlin. “We just found some serious power. There was one point in the second 500 where we had a move for ‘pain barriers.’ We went from five seats down to three seats. That was exciting, and it was a big move for us.”

The U.S. took the silver medal in a 6:28.02. Germany came up with a bronze-medal performance, edging out Romania by 0.66 seconds in a 6:30.21.

“Our goal this summer was to prioritize the four and to win two medals in sweep, which the U.S. has never done before,” said coach Liz Trond. “Of course we were going for the gold, but we are definitely not disappointed with silver. Winning 13 medals today is pretty awesome.”

In the final of the women’s quadruple sculls, Hannah Solis-Cohen (Northfield, Mass.), Margaret Bertasi (London, England), Alexandria Chrumka (Grosse Point, Mich.) and Sophie Heywood (Tempe, Ariz.) finished sixth. Although it did not reach the podium, the crew recorded the highest finish for the U.S. in the event at the World Rowing Junior Championships. Germany, the bronze medalists at last year’s championships, won the gold medal in a 6:35.65. Ukraine took silver in a 6:39.42, while Belarus crossed third for the bronze medal in a 6:45.28. The U.S. crew was in fifth place through the first 1,000 meters of the course, before dropping back and crossing the line in a 6:55.86.

In semifinals action, the men’s four with coxswain and men’s single sculls qualified for the medal round on Sunday. The crew of Patrick O’Hara (Wilmette, Ill.), John McGrorty (Ambler, Pa.), Jacob Merrell (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Patrick Eble (Fort Washington, Pa.) and Michael Cox (Centerville, Va.) finished second in its semifinal, securing a spot in the final. The U.S. was in sixth place off the start and gradually worked its way through the field by the third quarter of the race. Italy took the lead at 500 meters, and held on to cross first in a 6:24.49. The U.S. posted a time of 6:27.31 in second, while Ukraine edged out Germany by 0.09 seconds for the third qualifying spot. Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand qualified from the second semifinal.

Andrew Campbell, Jr. (New Canaan, Conn.) qualified for the final of the men’s single sculls with a dramatic third-place finish in his semifinal. Germany’s Felix Bach, the defending world champion took an early lead on the field, gaining three boat lengths by the 700-meter mark. Campbell, who competed in the event at the 2009 World Rowing Under 23 Championships, was in third place off the start and rowed nearly even with Czech Republic’s Jakub Podrazil through the body of the race. Vying for second, both scullers brought up the rating to 36 strokes per minute in the sprint, but it was Podrazil who crossed in front by 0.42 seconds in a 7:46.36, with Campbell third in a 7:46.78. Bach won the race in a 7:42.56. The three scullers will meet again in tomorrow’s final, along with Greece, Italy and Slovakia from the first semifinal.

Alycia Daloia-Moore (Bronx, N.Y.) finished sixth in her semifinal of the women’s single sculls. Romania’s Laura Oprea won the race in a 7:54.75, with Latvia, Azerbaijan and Hungary less than two seconds back. Daloia-Moore clocked an 8:14.41 and will now race Hungary, Norway, Switzerland, Lithuania and Slovenia in Sunday’s B final for places 7-12.

Elizabeth Youngling (Westport, Conn.) and Hemmingway Benton (Glencoe, Ill.) won the B final of the women’s pair for a seventh-place finish overall. The U.S. duo was second off the start and pushed past France in the third 500 meters for the lead. Youngling and Benton crossed first in a 7:48.00, with France second in a 7:50.31. Czech Republic followed in an 8:12.72 for third.

In the men’s four, Thacher Dodge (South Salem, N.Y.), Parker Lange (Darien, Conn.), Thomas Stolarski (Weston, Conn.) and Charles Campbell (Darien, Conn.) finished sixth in the B final for 12th place overall. Czech Republic took an early lead, winning the race in a 6:14.84. The U.S. crew crossed the line in a 6:42.43.

The women’s double sculls and men’s quadruple sculls advanced to the C finals following each crews’ respective second-place finish in the C/D semifinals. Susan Greenberg (Westport, Conn.) and Alexandra Zadravec (Fairfield, Conn.) were second off the line and held off Estonia to cross second in a 7:52.34. Croatia won the race in a 7:36.86. In the men’s quad, Graham Anderson (Weston, Conn.), Patrick Donohue (Malvern, Pa.), Max Meyer-Bosse (Westport, Conn.) and Alex Johnson (Seattle, Wash.) led a dynamic sprint, nearly catching the French crew at the line. France won in a 6:09.06, with the U.S. just 0.49 seconds back in a 6:09.55.

Nader Al-Naji (Fairfax, Va.) and Robert Rasmussen (Washington D.C.) finished fourth in the C/D semifinal of the men’s double sculls, and will now race in the D final for places 19-24. Al-Naji and Rasmussen crossed the halfway point in sixth place, but were able to move past Estonia and Croatia in the third quarter of the race. Lithuania won in a 6:39.04, with the U.S. fourth in a 6:47.27.
In total, 679 athletes in 216 crews from 50 nations are represented at this year’s championships. Sunday’s schedule features finals in the men’s and women’s single sculls, men’s and women’s double sculls, men’s pair, men’s quadruple sculls, men’s four with coxswain and men’s eight. For more information, roster and athlete bios, visit www.usrowing.org.

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