Open Challenge Champs
     

 


Women’s Division: Rowfit Chicago

Going into the challenge Relay, RowFit held the lead by 20.4 seconds over the University of ChicagoRowFit claimed the over-all victory with a composite time of 15:35.3 over the UC composite of 16:23.2.  The University of Chicago can take pride that their CIRC Open challenge record still holds at 16:11.2.


Rowfit Chicago
Name Time
Morgan Funke 07:01.2
Kelly Crossley 07:24.1
Ginny Pletzke 07:28.5
Rachelle Lamothe 07:28.8
Amy Wysocki 07:37.8
2000m Avg. 07:24.1
2500m Relay 08:11.2
Total Time 15:35.3
University of Chicago
Name Time
Chelsea Steffen 07:35.2
Rebecca Steinberg 07:42.0
Holly Zaharchuk 07:43.9
Ruth Anne Whitfield 07:50.0
Ariel Stevenson 07:51.2
2000m Avg. 07:44.5
2500m Relay
08:38.7
Total Time 16:23.2
Marquette
Name Time
Alexandra Smith 08:03.8
Kelly Corcoran 08:05.6
Sara Egel 08:09.5
Mary Kate Daniels 08:10.0
Melissa Lamberton 08:17.0
2000m Avg. 08:09.2
2500m Relay
08:55.1
Total Time 17:04.3
Crossfit Arlington Heights
Name Time
Heidi Walczak 08:07.8
Linda Kleiss 08:12.0
Ali Dhanani 08:17.1
Becky Rivard 08:17.6
Ashley Butaci 08:18.2
2000m Avg. 08:14.5
2500m Relay
09:01.3
Total Time 17:15.8
Crossfit Rise
Name Time
Amy Reichel 07:34.4
Kathy Slowinski 07:48.0
April Baranowski 07:56.1
Karah Weldy 08:03.5
Caryn Andrews 08:08.9
2000m Avg. 07:54.2
2500m Relay
09:22.9
Total Time 17:17.1
Windy City Dragons
Name Time
Cristine Kao 07:56.1
Wendy Schutzen 08:09.2
Erin Argyilan 08:11.2
Sue Chang 08:17.7
Denise Allan 08:24.4
2000m Avg. 08:11.7
2500m Relay
09:05.5
Total Time 17:17.2
Crossfit Chicago
Name Time
Erin O'Brein 07:33.3
Carrie Holberg 08:06.6
Rachel Fisher 08:15.5
Tina Tiliks 08:46.6
Teresa McQueen-Crawford 08:46.7
2000m Avg.
08:17.7
2500m Relay
09:07.0
Total Time
17:24.7

 

Men’s Division: Michigan State
Going into the challenge Relay, the MSU held a 15.4second advantage over the Chicago Training Center.  Pulling 7:00.0 in the relay sealed the victory as MSU opened their lead and claimed the Open challenge with a composite score of 13:21.7 over CTC with a 13:47.7 composite score.  MSU broke the current event record.

Michigan State
Name Time
Mike Slopsema 06:14.4
Josh Marok 06:20.3
John Glines 06:22.6
Pat Lyons 06:25.3
Kevin Vermeesch 06:25.7
2000m Avg. 6:21.7
2500m Relay 07:00.0
Total Time 13:21.7
Chicago Training Center
Name Time
Erik Winters 06:16.6
Joe Byrd 06:35.2
Montana Butsch 06:36.4
Newton Sears 06:42.2
Mike Niemczyk 06:54.9
2000m Avg. 06:37.1
2500m Relay
07:10.6
Total Time 13:47.7
Illini Rowing
Name Time
Nick Van Antwerp 06:35.3
Chris Marr 06:40.4
Ray Urban 06:43.9
Steve Smith 06:44.9
Cameron Skelding 06:49.2
2000m Avg.
06:42.7
2500m Relay
07:11.1
Total Time
13:53.8
 
Crossfit Chicago
Name Time
Matt Jones 06:36.7
Dana Fuller 06:43.8
Bruce Naber 06:45.5
Daniel Pische 06:56.9
Ryan Meester 06:58.7
2000m Avg.
06:48.3
2500m Relay
07:07.2
Total Time
13:55.5
University of Iowa
Name Time
Lee Przybylski 06:37.2
Jake Sievers 06:38.5
Jeremy Carlson 06:40.3
Brent Mattes 06:46.7
Kevin Tompkins 06:49.6
2000m Avg.
06:42.5
2500m Relay
07:29.7
Total Time
14:12.2
University of Chicago
Name Time
John Salem 06:30.6
Hans Glick 06:35.9
Sasha Ostapenko 06:43.8
John Kohler 06:47.9
John Fallon 07:06.9
2000m Avg.
06:45.0
2500m Relay
07:29.7
Total Time
14:14.7
Rowfit Chicago
Name Time
Ben Sholl 06:28.8
Bob Nierzwicki 06:56.5
Eric Smies 06:56.8
Arun Heer 07:07.4
Luc Durette 07:17.5
2000m Avg.
06:57.4
2500m Relay
07:33.1
Total Time
14:30.5
Windy City Dragons
Name Time
Waldek Kuleszynski 06:52.9
Chris Foltyn 06:53.9
Milan Kratka 06:57.5
Predrag Jovanovic 06:59.8
Leszek Wasilewski 07:05.0
2000m Avg.
06:57.8
2500m Relay
07:33.5
Total Time
14:31.3
Crossfit Arlington Heights
Name Time
Tony Cukierski 06:33.9
Austin Kennedy 06:58.2
Rick Tkaczyk 07:00.0
Kevin Tesch 07:11.3
Brian Surfrinko 07:31.8
2000m Avg.
07:03.0
2500m Relay
07:39.7
Total Time
14:42.7
 
Marquette University
Name Time
Eric Lang 06:42.3
John Albrecht 06:52.7
Daniel Otterson 06:57.0
Eric Lubar 06:57.3
Kyle Stanley 06:58.0
2000m Avg.
06:53.5
2500m Relay
07:49.6
Total Time
14:43.1
Crossfit Rise
Name Time
Mitch Stech 06:55.8
Brian Schulz 07:01.1
James Ellis 07:14.7
Marc Vigna 07:20.9
Kyle Stambler 07:30.1
2000m Avg.
07:12.5
2500m Relay
07:32.0
Total Time
14:44.5