Open Challenge Champs
     

 


Women’s Division: Illini RC
The Illini held the lead by 2.4 seconds over RowFit Chicago Going into the challenge relay. The Illini extended their time in the relay by 4.5 second to take the Open Challenge with a composite score of 16:14.7 over RowFit Chicago’s composite score of 16.21.6. RowFit Chicago can take pride, however, that their Event Record for CIRC’s fasted relay time of 08:11.2 still holds.

University of Illinois
Name Time
Danielle Saubert 07:03.6
Meridith Kisting 07:43.0
Melissa Schick 07:51.5
Tessa Copple 07:53.1
Marissa Josupait 07:57.6
2000m Avg. 07:41.8
2500m Relay 08:32.9
Total Time 16:14.7
Rowfit Chicago
Name Time
Morgan Funke 06:57.3
Megan Richards 07:49.9
Becky Roberts 07:53.0
Niamh McGuigan 07:57.9
Maria Koostra 08:02.9
2000m Avg. 07:44.2
2500m Relay 08:37.4
Total Time 16:21.6
University of Chicago
Name Time
Sara Mohr 07:36.5
Nedum Aneimaka 07:40.1
Emily Anagnastos 07:46.0
Emily Chen 07:51.0
Annie Lee 07:53.0
2000m Avg. 07:45.3
2500m Relay 08:41.3
Total Time 16:26.6
 
Crossfit Rise
Name Time
Jessica Schulz 08:08.5
Lindsay Vigna 08:17.9
Val Ngai 08:20.1
Caryn Andrews 08:25.3
Sommer White 09:02.6
2000m Avg. 08:26.9
2500m Relay 08:57.0
Total Time 17:23.9
Marquette University
Name Time
Mary Claire Seeberg 07:55.1
Jen Varallo 07:58.9
Kelly Corcoran 08:00.0
Ali Smith 08:02.6
Rebecca L'Hote 08:07.6
2000m Avg. 08:00.8
2500m Relay 08:54.2
Total Time 16:55.0
 

 
Men’s Division: Purdue

Going into the challenge relay, Purdue held a 6.7 second advantage over the Michigan State. Although MSU beat Purdue in the relay by 0.1 second, it wasn’t enough to close the gap as Purdue won the Open Challenge with a composite score of 13:21.6 compared to MSU’s composite 13:28.6.

Worth noting is both teams broke established CIRC Event Records. Purdue broke the Lincoln Park Boat Club’s 2008 Open Challenge record by 12.9 seconds while MSU squeaked by to break its own relay record from last year by0.2 seconds.

Purdue University
Name Time
Michael Frick 06:12.5
Mark Tubergen 06:17.3
Jordan Gasaway 06:23.1
Stephen Pincetich 06:27.4
Robert Jones 06:28.1
2000m Avg. 06:21.7
2500m Relay 06:59.9
Total Time 13:21.6
Michigan State
Name Time
Josh Marok 06:19.8
Alex Vincent 06:27.7
Kyle Sherman 06:31.0
Jordan Champness 06:31.6
Steve Pyzik 06:31.7
2000m Avg. 06:28.4
2500m Relay 06:59.8
Total Time 13:28.2
Illini Rowing
Name Time
Nick Van Antwerp 06:27.6
Ben Wilson 06:28.4
Roeland Oosterloo 06:30.8
Steve Smith 06:36.5
Chris Marr 06:38.2
2000m Avg. 06:32.3
2500m Relay 07:16.7
Total Time 13:41.0
 
Marquette University
Name Time
Scott Baleskie 06:19.5
Fred Schmitt 06:39.2
Peter Fiorentino 06:40.1
Jake Sperka 06:40.5
Eric Lubar 06:53.1
2000m Avg. 06:38.5
2500m Relay 07:26.4
Total Time 14:04.9
LPBC
Name Time
Dennis James Whelen 06:31.7
Alexander Ostapenho 06:40.9
Kevin Chang 06:51.2
Miles Belfey 06:53.0
Josh Karney 06:54.6
2000m Avg. 06:46.3
2500m Relay 07:22.4
Total Time 14:08.7
University of Chicago
Name Time
Hans Glick 06:32.2
Mark Jazbik 06:40.4
Jimmy McDonough 06:41.5
Stefan Martinez 06:50.8
Alex Moritz 07:11.4
2000m Avg. 06:47.3
2500m Relay 07:31.6
Total Time 14:18.9
University of Iowa
Name Time
Lee Przybylski 06:40.1
Adam Buhck 06:49.2
Brendan Nielsen 06:49.9
Daniel Waller 06:59.7
Harley Klauke 07:01.6
2000m Avg. 06:52.1
2500m Relay 07:40.5
Total Time 14:32.6
Rowfit Chicago
Name Time
Ariel Litvin 06:43.6
Michael Coates 06:47.1
Luke Seeley 06:50.2
Matt Tanner 07:00.4
Joshuah Thurbee 07:03.3
2000m Avg. 06:52.9
2500m Relay 07:27.8
Total Time 14:20.7
DePaul University
Name Time
Kolton Kozlowski 06:41.7
Adam Weiss 06:51.6
Christian Talbot 06:52.3
Vito Presta 07:04.6
Nicholas Cannela 07:07.9
2000m Avg. 06:55.6
2500m Relay 07:37.3
Total Time 14:32.9
 
 
Crossfit Rise
Name Time
Sasha Kuzura 06:54.9
Mitch Stech 06:58.1
Justin Ehrhardt 07:11.6
Brian Schulz 07:11.7
Patrick Stark 07:15.3
2000m Avg. 07:06.3
2500m Relay 07:37.5
Total Time 14:43.8