Hello, Year of More Awesome

There is no arguing that our club had a Year of Awesome in 2012. Well, you could argue about it, but you’d sound a little crazy.

From success on the racecourse (the Henley crews, gold at Masters Nationals, a Champion Women’s double at the Charles, and of course, our Women’s Double that took us all the way to the 2012 Olympics) …

To a massive new dock installation at home, where folks from across the club – and their families, too! – came out in droves to be part of a club-historic effort …

To the diverse group of club members who showed up at the home of our dear friend and fellow club member Stephen D. Vermillion, III, to christen a hull in his name just before he passed …

To the countless little things fixed or improved upon all over the club by those who take no credit and want no glory …

Yep, PBC. We definitely had one of the most active years of club participation in recent history.

So, take a moment to reflect on 2012 and pat yourself on the back for an awesome year. Then take another moment to thank the club member who stood shoulder to shoulder with you as we moved ramps, floats and old sections of dock away to make way for the new.

Thank folks like our former club president Bob Price and our newly elected president Ed Ryan, who set in motion many of the people and mechanisms that helped us make last year the success that it was.

Join us in thanking everyone who was part of the solution, any solution, that made our club an even better place to be.  THANK YOU, NAMELESS FACELESS FELLOW CLUB MEMBER!

Finally, remember the passion that former House Committee chair Stephen D. Vermillion, III, had for PBC up until the very moment he passed. And when you do, grab hold of the positive change we saw in 2012 and with everything you have, pull it into 2013, the Year of More Awesome.

It doesn’t take a village.  It takes a club.  A club of champions … GO, PBC.

OS Stefanie Kozuszek reminds us what it’s really all about

Open Scullers launch for another morning of hard work on the water. (Photo by Igor Belakovskiy)

Tonight is the Rising Stars Dinner and Auction, an event to support the National Team and Olympic dreams of members of PBC’s Open Sculling Program.  Following the dinner, our Open Scullers will leave for California and the final leg of training for the regattas that will determine this year’s Olympic team.  Our shared hopes, dreams, and best wishes for success, go with them!

In this month’s look into the world of an Open Sculler, Stefanie Kozuszek reminds us that making the National Team is just the icing on the cake of being part of a hard working, close-knit team.

If you’d like to read more about Open Sculler Stefanie Kozuszek, please visit her bio page here (click).

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Happy 2012! I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season!

It’s a big year, an Olympic year, and the end of a four year cycle of hard work and effort by athletes from all over the world hoping to represent their nation in London. For the PBC Open Sculling Program, it means it’s time for us to kick it into overdrive. Following this weekend’s Rising Stars Dinner and Auction, a few of us will stay in DC and focus on building our fitness, targeting through to the next cycle. Others will head out to Long Beach, California, to prepare for the National Selection Regattas in Chula Vista in April. We all hope they will be greeted with flat water, warm weather, and a training environment that will lead them to a spot on the National Team.

It’s always interesting to see the reactions of people when you tell them that you are training to one day make the National Team or better yet, to make it to the Olympics. They usually hone in on the Olympic part and ask when the next Olympics are. The next time they see you they’ll ask something like, “So, make it to the Olympics, yet?”

Deep down, you know how much more work and how many more years you will have to put in to make that dream a reality. You’ll have to get up early, train twice a day, and throw in a little work on top of it all to help pay the bills. This and more run through your head when all the person waiting on the other side probably wants is the short answer. Still, you’re thinking that there is always more you can do, always something to improve on to give you that little extra edge … “No, not yet, but I’m working on it,” you say.

Sometimes it’s scary to share your ultimate goal with others. What if you never reach that goal? Will they think of you as a failure? Or will they respect that you had enough courage to chase those dreams? In the end I’ve realized that if you are doing what you what makes you happy, then who cares what someone else might thing.

The reality is that we won’t all make it to the Olympics or even to the National Team. But as long as we’ve tried our best and enjoyed the time that we’ve put in, each of us will be able to walk away with our heads held high knowing we were true to our dreams. The friendships built on this team alone are enough to make it all worth it, but we will have also bettered ourselves along the way.

But enough of that. It’s time to get fast!

The Open Sculling Report for May

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

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

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

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

Willy Cowles of PBC and Mike Sivigny of GMS Rowing Center (Connecticut) at NSR II

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

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

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

Happy Holidays from PBC’s Open Scullers! (Updated with pics!)

[Update: 12/30/10] Lucky us! Social Committee Co-Chair Camilla Durfee took a quick break from her busy holiday social schedule to send us the following photos taken by Louise Krumm at the 2010 PBC Holiday Party, on December 12. Just click play (forward arrow) to check them out. If you haven’t had a chance to read the original post from the Open Scullers, keep scrolling!

Thanks for sharing, Camilla and Louise! And Happy New Year, PBC!

Katie Stainken (foreground) and Maria Bokulich of PBC's Open Sculling team race the Women's Championship single event at the HOCR 2010.

Our hard charging PBC Open Scullers are taking on a new challenge … keeping you, their extended PBC team, up to date on all of the great things they’re doing!

This first installment comes from Open Sculler Katie Stainken. You’ll learn more about Katie and the rest of the team as soon as they get their bios posted! Look for them on the Star in the next few weeks!

Here’s the latest from Katie:

It was awesome to see so many people attend the PBC Holiday Party this year! We really enjoyed decorating the ballroom, hosting the party, but most of all, chatting with fellow PBC’ers in a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, as opposed to the usual quick conversations on the dock.  Thanks to you, and some beautiful notecards produced by Susan Trice, we were able to raise about $1200 for the Potomac River Sports Foundation (PRSF) to help us with our training efforts throughout the year.  Many generous PBC members also brought gifts for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.  All in all, it was a great night for us and we hope you enjoyed yourselves, too.

We want to say something chipper here, but all we can think of is, "Yuck."

On the training side of things, we certainly have braved some unseasonably cold temperatures in the DC area this month. The ice continues to creep across the river, so we’ve already traded in our sculls and team boats for ergs.  Looks like all of those long rows out to Haines Point and up to Fletcher’s that were on the schedule will have to wait for now.  We don’t mind having to erg at the moment, though; it gives us a chance to rock out to tunes on our iPods while we workout, which is a nice change.  Our apologies in advance to those who come down to the boathouse in the morning for our music tastes!

Coming soon, look for a new Open Sculler website to be announced in the Star – complete with athlete bios!  We’re also planning an event for February, so as soon as the date is confirmed, we will let everyone know when to mark your calendars!

In the meantime, if you’re still in the gift-giving mood this holiday day season, please remember that your donations to the PRSF go to help PBC’s National Team athletes, and as always, are tax deductible!  To donate via check or PayPal, click here to go to the PRSF donation post on the Star.

Finally, for those of you who missed out on ordering your set of PBC notecards, they’re still available!  The Star will post all the information you need to get your very own set soon.

Thanks, again, for your support, PBC, and Happy Holidays from the Open Scullers!

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

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

Oh.

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

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

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

GO PBC!!!

Bonus information:

Real-time results!

Seven day extended weather for BOS

How are entries selected

2010 Rule Changes

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Grand-Master Singles 50+

Women – C. Cole

Senior-Master Singles 40+

Men – R. Lewis

Senior-Master Doubles 40+

Men – C. Selden rowing for Marin

Senior-Master Fours

Men – P. Knight rowing for Occoquan International

Women – S. O’Connor coxing for Avalon

Senior-Master Eights

Women – WeCanRowDC

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

Directors’ Challenge Doubles – Mixed

W. Cox and N. Faigen

Master Eights

Men – Potomac Boat Club

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

Club Eights

Men – Potomac Boat Club

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

Championship Doubles

Men – T. Frank and W. Cowles

Championship Singles

Men – J. Greer

Women – K. Stainken and M. Bokulich

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Veteran Singles 60+

Men – G. Rasmussen and J. Hatch

Women – D. Perrone

Master Singles

Women – O. Huxley

Women’s Directors’ Challenge Quad

Potomac Boat Club

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

Mixed Directors’ Challenge Quad

Potomac Boat Club as “The Beltway Bandits”

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

Lightweight Singles

Women – L. Krawczyk

Men – R. Rasmussen

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

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

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

The Search for OBC’s Shew Continues

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

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

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

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

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

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

PBC Men’s Sweep Practice Becomes Rescue Effort

Bovo coaches the Men's Sweep Team on a less eventful day; Roosevelt Bridge in the distance.

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.

Potomac’s HOCR 2010 1x Competitors

It's a tie: This pic makes us want to grab handfuls of them AND roll around in them.

The Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) has posted the Singles Draw!

Singles Entry Applications were due on August 1st.  Doubles, Fours and Eights Entry Applications must be received by September 1st.

To read all of the HOCR rules and entry acceptance guidelines, go here.

In the meantime, below is the list of single scullers who will continue to build on Potomac Boat Club’s rich history at the HOCR.

And don’t forget that from this list, the Board will choose the next two winners of the David Challinor award.  Stay tuned for the announcement!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

(Times are provisional.)

Grand-Master Singles 50+

Men (8:00)

Women (8:33) – Potomac Boat Club – C. Cole

Senior-Masters Singles 40+

Men (8:58) – Potomac Boat Club – R. Lewis

Women (9:13)

Club Singles

Men (11:29)

Women (11:49)

Championship Singles

Men (16:07) – Potomac Boat Club – J. Greer

Women (16:20) – Potomac Boat Club – K. Stainken and M. Boklich

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Senior-Veteran Singles 70+

Men (8:00)

Women (8:25)

Veteran Singles 60+

Men (8:45) – Potomac Boat Club – G. Rasmussen and J. Hatch

Women (9:12) – Potomac Boat Club – D. Perrone

Master Singles

Men (9:45)

Women (9:58) – Potomac Boat Club – O. Huxley

Lightweight Singles

Men (11:51) – Potomac Boat Club – R. Rasmussen

Women (12:03)

Excessive heat warning for DC metro!

Be smart in the heat, PBC!!!

An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued for the Washington Metropolitan area from noon until 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2010. The Heat Index may reach 110 degrees.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control web site for the warning signs of heat exhaustion and what you can do about it at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/faq.asp.

Those racing tomorrow up at Diamond State Masters regatta in DE, drink lots of water throughout the day.  Heed the early warning signs of heat exhaustion and dehydration.  Try to stay in the shade when you’re not racing, and GOOD LUCK!

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