2020 Concept 2 January Virtual Team Challenge (VTC)

Location:   Global and Virtual
Date:   January 1-31, 2020
Host: Concept 2 Online Logbook
Distance:   As far as possible on Concept 2 rowing machines or SkiErgs between January 1st and 31st!

 

  Rower Meters
1 Daniel Bachmann 501,623
2 Jacob Engelbrecht 367,334
3 Thomas Schwertner 367,106
4 Jerry Yang 306,774
5 Tom Hudak 301,517
6 Dani Pezzuto 301,405
7 Finn Hittson 297,784
8 Robert Tinsley 290,656
9 Doug Rathburn 278,846
10 Henry Vorosmarti 270,886
11 Mark Schoenenberger 266,286
12 Derick Casiano 265,396
13 Tim Nehila 252,786
14 Kelli Anderson 250,771
15 Lindsay Kluender 246,603
16 Jackson Smith 243,065
17 Eleanor Townsend 237,325
18 Kristen Elsner 228,018
19 Stephanie Collins 218,021
20 Katie Francissen 216,158
21 Isabella Bacon 212,901
22 Mike Krofcheck 210,467
23 Liam Ryan 208,211
24 Eric Krengel 205,000
25 Shelli Vodovozov 203,950
26 Ingrid Iversen 202,998
27 Benjamin Cehelsky 202,491
28 Rachel Stanley 202,374
29 Kevin Cronin 200,772
30 Kaitlyn Bush 200,233
31 Emily Schnittman 200,062
32 Spencer McClung 200,052
33 Ryan Norchi 200,021
34 Michael Young 200,009
35 Brady Stevens 200,000
36 Anthony Testa 182,398
37 Kristi Bushman 181,000
38 Sam Nutt 175,448
39 Sam Magliato 168,725
40 Tuck Pescosolido 167,000
41 Ian Wise 162,773
42 Sean Stewart 159,323
43 Elizabeth Waters 152,397
44 Jacob Moberg 143,342
45 David Patrick Ryan 132,533
46 Kate Caforio 130,613
47 Kayla Wells 129,259
48 Junhyung Park 125,970
49 Nathan Uber 122,130
50 Serena Lai 120,566
51 Brian McDonough 117,168
52 Evan Halprin 114,000
53 Ben Kennedy 110,093
54 Sarah Carlson 107,281
55 Madison Piccirillo 106,710
56 Kyle Kletschka 106,608
57 Emily Judge 103,422
58 Robert Hostoffer 103,136
59 Victoria Fan 102,067
60 Caitlin Chatten 100,333
61 David Mann 100,007
62 Sharan Mehta 100,000
63 Stephanie Merlino Barr 90,404
64 William Fistek 83,391
65 Catherine Culp 76,274
66 Samuel Jelley 76,174
67 Jason Kampmeyer 75,565
68 Regan Schroeder 75,212
69 Andrew Thomas 71,358
70 Colleen Kennedy 61,445
71 Brandt Adamson 60,391
72 Isabella Robert Llorens 58,848
73 Samantha Miller 55,604
74 Masato Miyagi 51,779
75 Eileen Gordon 49,367
76 Jacqueline Broz 47,459
77 Abigail Sevier 41,586
78 Katherine Allen 41,326
79 Helen Sanderson 40,064
80 Chris Nguyen 38,535
81 Amy Treat 37,438
82 Jennifer Mohler 31,625
83 Brian Chorney 27,500
84 Grace Yepez-Connors 18,012
85 Karla Rosenman 17,218
86 Emmeline Pearson 15,839
87 Erynn Rathburn 15,700
88 Anneliese Braunegg 15,255
89 Margaret Attenweiler 6,500
90 JB R 2,398
91 Nina Ma 1,553
92 Jim Aker 1,055
93 Greta R 507
Total Team Meters 13,567,585

February 10, 2020: Ninety-three alumni, students & friends pitched in to row 13,567,585 meters in the annual C2 January Virtual Team Challenge (JVTC). For the challenge rowers had to row as many meters as possible between January 1 and January 31 then log their daily meters using the Concept 2 Logbook. The results were then ranked against other teams. The SARA team finished in 15th place out of 589 teams -- our best-ever finish! Thank you to everyone that participated.

The combined Case/SARA team crushed the combined UC student and alumni team from University of Chicago by over 2.5 million meters. We also took top honors for the "education" category amongst all teams. Our alumni beat their alumni for the sixth year in a row, but our undergraduates fell their undergraduates. The undergraduate result particularly stung because the two teams were racing for their 200km hats this year. Therefore, the Case students that cleared the 200km hurdle did not receive hats this year (alumni still got their hats).

This was the first year the UC team combined their meter totals into one group. Both the UofC and SARA teams were far clear of any other education/alumni based teams. The UofC Student total was 8,153,502m vs. CWRU's 7,111,806m. Due to the "race" between the students, 22 UofC students will get custom JL hats due to the team win and that individual clearing 200km.

Leading the charge for SARA this year were alumni Dan Bachmann and Thomas Schwertner with Dan pulling 500km and Thomas clearing 360km! The top undergraduate finisher was Jacob Engelbrecht with 367,334m. Thirty-five people passed the 200km mark this year to earn a free hat, but since our undergrads lost to UC only 16 alumni garnered hats this year. Congratulations to everyone and a special thank you to the 16 alumni earning their 2020 hat.

Team Results: Team Total Meters # Rowers Avg. Meters/Rower
Case Crew - Spartan Alumni 13,567,585 93 145,888
University of Chicago Crew & Alumni 11,014,324 62 177,650
UMass Amherst - Aging Aggies 3,823,483 19 201,236
Ithaca College Alumni 2,893,277 22 131,512
Colby College - Snow Pond TC 2,350,364 19 123,703
Grand Valley Rowing Alumni 250,817 2 125,409

JVTC

Past Year's JVTC Results:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010


Free hat given to team members rowing more than 200,000 meters!

 

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