ARIEL TOY

This hard-core indoor rowing team formed in 2007 when the Reichart Family hoped to keep CAPT Bob sane during his year in Baghdad. The team name, Ariel Toy, orginates from their parent's sailboat, and under CAPT Bob's leadership in that spirit we translated our indoor meters into nautical miles across the Seven Seas, one January at a time! Since CAPT Bob retired from captaining Ariel Toy after the 2020 competition, our subsequent captains Harry Graves transported us into space in 2021 and Dennis Brescoll took us to rock and roll concerts in 2022 and to the movies in 2023. In 16 January Virtual Challenges up through 2022, Ariel Toy has traveled over 238 million meters and enjoyed spirited competition.

Virtual Team Challenge Participants

Pos. Athlete Age Location Country Challenge
2 Dennis Brescoll 72 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI USA 1,022,614m
17 Harry Graves 29 CINCINNATI USA 871,828m
9 Anne Diggs 68 Steamboat Springs, CO USA 723,492m
1 Michael Thibault 69 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI USA 675,464m
6 Dixon Kirkland 66 Detroit, MI USA 650,242m
32 Deb Adams 69 Ontario, NY USA 612,753m
7 Bob Reichart 61 Steamboat Springs, CO USA 556,742m
3 Lynne Graves 67 Grand Isle, VT USA 555,242m
12 Danny Hagen 66 Clinton Township, MI USA 546,715m
45 Brison Ellinghaus 65 San Diego USA 501,655m
39 Elizabeth Sonshine 33 Craftsbury, VT USA 500,033m
16 dennis wojdyla 73 macomb, MI USA 456,340m
47 Gary Dean 62 Silver Spring, MD USA 450,000m
50 Andrei B. 70 USA 418,614m
38 Kyle Lafferty 36 Kennett Square, PA USA 416,451m
30 Jay Manson 60 Wellesley, MA USA 401,762m
25 Thomas Graves 41 Newport Beach, CA USA 390,162m
20 Patrick Arsenault 68 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI USA 371,111m
29 Michael Wattai 63 Troy, MI USA 365,952m
5 Raymond Jones Jr. 81 Beverly Hills, MI USA 364,769m
44 Dennis Sitek 71 Grosse Ile, MI USA 337,500m
19 John Graves 36 Quechee USA 336,513m
48 Keith Waddell 65 USA 327,601m
10 Peter Graves 39 South Glastonbury , CT USA 323,806m
33 Andrew Reed 32 Wayland, MA USA 318,795m
13 John de Regt 74 Rowayton, CT USA 307,150m
26 Rob Sattler 68 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI USA 303,776m
31 Charlie Poole 70 Yarmouth, ME USA 303,600m
36 Rob Seski 65 LaSalle, ON CAN 301,383m
34 Daniel Hass 62 Grosse Pointe Park, MI USA 300,633m
43 Owen Hughes 73 USA 300,333m
27 Deirdre Donahue 66 Arlington, VA USA 280,747m
11 Richard Klein 37 Greenwich, CT USA 270,937m
14 Stephen Tall 62 Lee, NH USA 269,783m
8 Mary Ann Rusch 66 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI USA 255,271m
18 Joan de Regt 68 Rowayton, CT USA 230,440m
49 James Childs 58 Poulsbo, WA USA 225,920m
28 Tim Garry Jr. 63 Cincinnati, OH USA 220,140m
42 Felice Mueller 34 USA 213,323m
40 Meghan Brundage 53 USA 210,683m
24 Jim Weitzmann 63 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI USA 208,310m
4 Chris Wick 79 Mystic, CT USA 168,000m
37 Jane Graves 37 Glastonbury, CT USA 160,927m
21 Daniel LeBlanc 55 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI USA 157,243m
23 Beth Reichart 48 Annapolis, MD USA 151,805m
35 Judy Childs 58 Poulsbo, WA USA 150,555m
22 John Faubion 59 Bethel, OH USA 150,330m
41 Eric Pedersen 49 Poulsbo, WA USA 150,003m
46 Mary Tarr 46 Fairfax, VA USA 150,000m
15 Macauley Nash 66 Orlando, FL USA 48,539m