2015 CIRC Summary

643,500 Meters Rowed
40 Events			51 Flights
411 Competitors
112 V/S/M/Open	178 Collegiate	95 Junior	22 Middle School	4 Adaptive

See Photos for all Medal Winners.

5 Record Challenge Winners

USA Record Broken

Paul Siebach: Veteran Lwt men (55/59) = 06:40.3

CIRC Records Broken

Louise Ann Miller: Veteran Women (60/64) = 08:07.5

Michael Robinson: Veteran M en (60/64) = 06:43.2

Sydney Taylor: Open Lwt Women (19/29) = 07:30.2

Fran Tuite: Veteran Lwt Women (55/59) = 07:50.6

3 Additional CIRC 2K Records Broken/Tied

Matt Doyle: 13-18 = 06:13.7

Hal Carlson: Veteran Lwt (60/64) = 07:16.3

Joshua Pfau: Open 500 = 01:20.2 (tied)

CIRC Adaptive Record Established

Adaptive 1000: Diana Helt: Trunk/Arms = 04:29.6

3 CIRC Event Records Broken

Junior 2K: Matt Doyle = 06:13.7

Collegiate Coxswain 1K: Josh Cohn = 03.29.7

Women’s Open Challenge: University of Illinois = 15:59.6

Illini Take Both Open Challenges

Women’s Division: Illini RC

New CIRC Event Record established

The Illini held the lead by 8.5 seconds over the University of Chicago going into the challenge relay. U of C battled back beating the Illini by 2.9 seconds in the relay but it was not enough to close the 8.5 second deficit. The Illini took the Open Challenge with a composite score of 15:59.6 over U of C’s composite score of 16.05.2 and in the process established a new Open Challenge Record and won the $250 Program Donation.

Men’s Division: Illini RC

The Illini held a 9.8 second advantage over DePaul University going into the challenge relay and extended their lead in the relay to win with a composite score of 13:32.4 over DePaul’s composite score of 14:01.6 and winning the Model D Erg with the new PM5 monitor.

North Suburban Crew & Chicago Training Center
Take Youth Challenge

Women’s Division: North Suburban Crew

Going into the Challenge Relay, NSC held a 24.7 second lead over CTC. CTC battled back beating the NSC by 12.5 seconds in the relay but it was not enough to close the deficit. The NSC took the Youth Challenge with a composite score of 18:24.5 over CTC’s composite score of 18.36.7 and won the $250 Program Donation.

Men’s Division: Chicago Training Center

Going into the Challenge Relay, CTC held a 45.0 second lead over Crystal Lake RC. CTC extended their lead to win the Youth Challenge with a composite score of 15:03.8 over CLRC composite score of 16:40.8 and won the $250 Program Donation

Fastest Relay

Although Y Quad Cities did not qualify for the Youth Challenge, they did field teams for the Relays. Their Women took medals for the fastest relay time of 08:48.8 and the Men did the same with a time of 07:27.0

48 Personal Bests Achieved
31 men	17 women

To Our Competitors / Coaches / Parents

CIRC continues to grow as a respected and anticipated annual event. This would not be possible without the enthusiastic support from the individual competitors, coaches, volunteers and parents. You made this a truly a pleasurable event to host.

CIRC Generates $15,135 in Support Givebacks

CIRC exists to support and encourage local indoor and on-water programs for all ages and levels of ability. Givebacks are part of the mission. These Givebacks support the Team CAP, CIRC Challenges and provide $8,000 toward programming.

Our heartfelt thanks to all our Volunteers

Allison Beringer	Montana Butsch/CTC	Mark Carroll	Linda Cushman
June Czerniawski	Rob DeCleene	Kevin Eatinger	Todd Glocken
Tom Hall	Brigid Leahy	Sean Lewis	Dr. Ed Melian
Jon Ramos	Craig Rojek	Peter Sharis	Ed Stover/Strata
Dr.Robert Syzman			Vince Zamora

A Special Thanks to Chicago State University

Especially to Dr. Robert J. Szyman and the CSU Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and their continuing efforts to involve students not only as volunteers but also exposing them to the world of adaptive athletics.

CIRC 2015 Summary