2023 Concept 2 January Virtual Team Challenge (VTC)

Location:   Global and Virtual
Date:   January 1-31, 2023
Host: Concept 2 Online Logbook
Distance:   As far as possible on Concept 2 rowing machines, BikeErgs or SkiErgs between January 1st and 31st!

 

  Rower Meters
1 Daniel Bachmann 324,600
2 Luke Fakult 300,293
3 Nick Lopez 244,432
4 Thomas Schwertner 242,586
5 Jacob Engelbrecht 226,188
6 Liam Hoye 222,222
7 David Kraus 220,318
8 Mike Krofcheck 216,024
9 Henry Vorosmarti 212,285
10 Sam Jelley 211,864
11 Robert Tinsley 206,911
12 Doug Rathburn 206,883
13 Samantha Hopper 204,528
14 Martin Matsumura 204,007
15 Ben Cehelsky 203,721
16 Laura Schwartz 203,017
17 Emma Joseph 201,293
18 Brian Chorney 201,208
19 Kelli Anderson 200,818
20 Kevin Cronin 200,585
21 Spencer McClung 200,405
22 Kaitlyn Bush 200,357
23 Eleanor Townsend 200,015
24 Liam Ryan 200,002
25 Doug Brubaker 200,001
25 Serena Lai 200,001
27 Tuck Pescosolido 197,287
28 Caroline Kier 162,427
29 Sam Magliato 130,107
30 Brady Stevens 123,283
31 Kyle Zimmer 121,046
32 Emmeline Pearson 110,470
33 Ian Wise 109,489
34 Marko Enriquez 108,187
35 Junhyung Park 100,694
36 John Calhoun 100,587
37 Helen Child 100,504
38 Erynn Rathburn 100,338
39 Madison McNamara 100,143
40 Sharon Romilly 98,804
41 Malcolm Pearson 92,337
42 Elena Thomas 83,401
43 Nick Magliato 75,892
44 Evan Halprin 75,000
45 Nikki DiFilippo 73,200
46 Samuel Diener 68,004
47 Brooke Mlecko 64,908
48 Stephanie Collins 59,709
49 Jenna Baldesare 50,205
50 Chris Pfahl 50,001
51 Mallory Miller 40,825
52 Colleen Kennedy 36,727
53 Ian Suddarth 35,869
54 Abigail Sevier 30,122
55 Madeline Vales 27,933
56 Katie Williams 27,596
57 Eileen Gordon 27,009
58 Tim Nehila 24,892
59 Masato Miyagi 24,020
60 Tyler Whalen 22,346
61 Jacob Moberg 18,699
62 Matt Holdren 17,155
63 Rachel Stanley 16,584
64 Ian Steiner 9,000
65 JB Rathburn 7,842
66 Catherine Culp 7,242
67 Jim Aker 4,032
68 Trisha Krofcheck 3,773
69 Greta Rathburn 1,264
Total Team Meters 8,393,517

February 16, 2023: Nearly seventy alumni, students & friends pitched in to row 8,393,517 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 33rd place out of 761 teams -- close to last year's 32nd place finish! Thank you to everyone that participated.

The combined Case/SARA team beat the combined UC student and alumni team from University of Chicago by over 1.3 million meters -- a crushing result! We also took top honors for the "education" category amongst all teams for another year in a row. Our alumni beat the UC alumni for the ninth year in a row. Due to lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic many students didn't have access to ergs so they again did not race against the UC students this year. The upshot is that everyone on the team - students and alumni - that completed the 200km got hats this year!

Leading the charge for SARA this year were alumni Dan Bachmann and Luke Fakult with both logging over 300km! The top undergraduate finisher was Nick "Loopin" Lopez in 3rd place overall and 244,432m. Twenty-six people passed the 200km mark this year to earn a free hat. Congratulations to everyone and a special thank you to the 19 alumni earning their 2023 hat.

Team Results: Team Total Meters # Rowers Avg. Meters/Rower
Case Crew - Spartan Alumni 8,393,517 69 121,645
University of Chicago Crew & Alumni 7,090,520 38 186,592
UMass Amherst - Aging Aggies 5,300,761 26 203,875
Northeastern University Alumni 1,608,624 14 114,901
Northwestern University Crew 1,538,524 8 190,315
Lehigh Uni Master Rowers 1,299,089 9 144,343
WPI Men's Rowing 1,194,939 5 238,988
Ithaca College Alumni 761,199 6 126,867
UC Davis Crew Alumni 609,389 3 203,130
Grand Valley Rowing Alumni 228,554 2 114,277

JVTC

Past Year's JVTC Results:
2022, 2021, 2020, 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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