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2017 World Erg Challenge Info Teams Individuals Statistics Winners

2017 World Erg Challenge Prize Winners

Congratulations to all our prize winners for the 2017 World Erg Challenge! The four clubs listed below are prize winners for their choice of a Model D or Model E Indoor Rower, or a SkiErg.

The individuals listed in the table below are prize winners for the 2017 assortment of WEC prizes:

  • Sports Bag
  • Water Bottle
  • Towel
  • Lip Balm
  • Seat Pad

Winners were selected from all non-virtual eligible clubs participating in the challenge.

Note: Virtual, long-distance, purely electronic groupings of rowers and people and/or individuals not affiliated with a club are not eligible for prizes. Prizes will be shipped within 4—6 weeks of the challenge end.

Category Winners
Club with the most meters Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.
Club with the greatest number of meters rowed per person
(minimum of five people per team to qualify for this prize)		 1000 Percent Fitness
Two randomly drawn clubs
(minimum of five people per team to qualify for this prize)
  1. Potomac Boat Club—120,408m meters/person
  2. ROWING CLUB MANTOVA—47,759m meters/person
Top Ten Men
  1. Gary DeYoung (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—2,301,175m
  2. Jay Brandt (Bend Rowing Club)—2,276,253m
  3. Henry Legarre (Titanium)—1,682,471m
  4. Tom Odle (Greenville Indoor Rowing)—1,297,553m
  5. Franco Molinaro (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—1,101,000m
  6. Lyle Theisen (Rockwell Collins Rec Center)—1,023,023m
  7. Tony Alessandri (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—1,021,361m
  8. Shailash Bhatt (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—1,001,014m
  9. John Neighbors (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—940,147m
  10. William Russell (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—900,369m
Top Ten Women
  1. Laura Matson (Final Results Fitness)—1,418,668m
  2. Billie Spence (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—1,300,460m
  3. Judy Abbott (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—1,234,567m
  4. Brenda Reinikka (Thunder Bay Rowing Club)—1,039,019m
  5. Annette Toro (Final Results Fitness)—1,011,917m
  6. Melissa Schul (Final Results Fitness)—821,608m
  7. Michele Beigle (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—800,000m
  8. Anna Konda (Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In.)—725,000m
  9. Jone Vaituleviciute (Academia Remigum)—638,000m
  10. Noelle Young (Greenville Indoor Rowing)—558,711m
Top Ten Adaptive Men
  1. Michael Rawlings (St. Cloud VA Crew)—751,236m
  2. Don Altrichter (St. Cloud VA Crew)—466,677m
  3. Mindaugas Jasas (Academia Remigum)—282,875m
  4. Ergo Mets (Estonian Defence Forces)—159,642m
  5. Jim Brooks (Holyoke Rows Gimps)—143,567m
  6. John Wills (Palmers Sports and Fitness Centre)—121,132m
  7. John Garrow (CTP)—37,391m
  8. Matt Anderson (CTP)—17,565m
  9. Sam Chama (Anytime Fitness Pflugerville)—16,500m
  10. Adam Figures (CTP)—10,282m
Top Ten Adaptive Women
  1. Johanna Beyer (Boston Rowing Federation)—106,125m
  2. Rona Sherman (Central Florida Indoor Rowing)—60,053m
  3. Aurora Opacak (CROATA)—43,697m
  4. Nancy Karabinus (Rocky River Rec Center)—38,870m
  5. Kathleen Tarr (CRUfit)—29,097m
  6. Kaylee Chapman (CTP)—23,956m
  7. Kayla DeMarois (CTP)—22,427m
  8. Kaitlyn Sikkema (CTP)—18,981m
  9. Pehri Faulkner (California Cycle Path)—13,996m
Top Ten Kids
  1. Anthony Stiles (London Rowing Club)—144,133m
  2. Hagan Ausmann (BCC Crew)—128,966m
  3. Jennifer Aswald (London Rowing Club)—109,839m
  4. Amitai Or-Shahar (Greater Lawrence Rowing)—98,285m
  5. Reuben Sumner (London Rowing Club)—93,509m
  6. Victor Malaiu (London Rowing Club)—93,146m
  7. Rachel Haines (London Rowing Club)—76,033m
  8. Marissa Lyon (London Rowing Club)—74,943m
  9. Robbie Cooper (BCC Crew)—73,750m
  10. Owen Loeb (Arlington-Belmont Crew Team 2017)—69,625m
Ten Randomly Selected Men
(from all those completing at least 100,000 meters during the challenge)
  1. Mitchell Meyer (YMCA-The Gateway Family)—152,923m
  2. Daniel Fuhrmann (UCanRow2)—201,287m
  3. Justin Knust (Live2RowStudios)—259,656m
  4. Michael Ives (EngineRm)—473,613m
  5. Timothy Foley (Lehigh University Master Rowers)—215,000m
  6. Joseph Cioffari (Team Nereid)—156,482m
  7. Randy Gratton (Stouffville Fitness Centre)—105,000m
  8. Michael Stafford (Upper Valley Rowing Foundation)—103,299m/li>
  9. Zoltán Bogár (Pénzügyőr SE)—157,479m
  10. Doug Gearing (GEZUMO)—358,387m
Ten Randomly Selected Women
(from all those completing at least 100,000 meters during the challenge)
  1. Paula Wynn (Greenville Indoor Rowing)—156,655m
  2. Lisa J. Lennon (Genesee Rowing Club)—217,685m
  3. Janet George (Rockwell Collins Rec Center)—153,200m
  4. Taryn OConnell (CRUfit)—139,000m
  5. Katie Broderick (Greenville Indoor Rowing)—195,462m
  6. Kim Basile (Final Results Fitness)—101,050m
  7. Kitty Caldwell (Greenville Indoor Rowing)—140,311m
  8. Laura Nunamacher (Greenville Indoor Rowing)—112,755m
  9. Rachel Vernon (CRUfit)—120,912m
  10. Maria Laskaris (Upper Valley Rowing Foundation)—136,048m