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 | 74 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 1,276,855 |
| 49 | Kyle Peabody | 32 | USA | 1,180,187 | |
| 16 | Harry H. Graves | 30 | CINCINNATI USA | USA | 1,014,880 |
| 23 | Thomas Graves | 44 | Long Beach, CA | USA | 1,008,345 |
| 18 | John Graves | 38 | Quechee | USA | 762,454 |
| 11 | Anne Diggs | 71 | Steamboat Springs, CO | USA | 751,751 |
| 25 | Michael Wattai | 65 | Troy, MI | USA | 630,014 |
| 7 | Dixon Kirkland | 68 | Detroit, MI | USA | 602,774 |
| 12 | Peter Graves | 41 | Glastonbury , CT | USA | 594,119 |
| 47 | Kristin Kaye | 38 | USA | 541,949 | |
| 9 | Dennis J. Sitek | 73 | Grosse Ile, MI | USA | 531,300 |
| 36 | Jack Davis | 57 | Millington, MD | USA | 517,747 |
| 46 | William Prioleau | 37 | Newport Beach | USA | 508,719 |
| 1 | Michael Thibault | 71 | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | USA | 508,681 |
| 40 | Alexander Stanovoy | 54 | Rochester Hills, MI | USA | 505,660 |
| 8 | Bob Reichart | 63 | Steamboat Springs, CO | USA | 501,369 |
| 48 | marcel stiffey | 39 | USA | 500,476 | |
| 4 | Lynne Graves | 69 | Grand Isle, VT | USA | 470,052 |
| 24 | Rob Sattler | 70 | Grosse Pointe Shores, MI | USA | 456,170 |
| 44 | Name withheld | 456,108 | |||
| 45 | Michael Lacina | 32 | USA | 454,500 | |
| 19 | Patrick Arsenault | 71 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 364,217 |
| 26 | Jay Manson | 62 | Wellesley, MA | USA | 357,920 |
| 30 | Rob Seski | 68 | LaSalle, ON | CAN | 354,939 |
| 29 | Daniel Hass | 64 | Grosse Pointe Park, MI | USA | 330,452 |
| 33 | Kyle Lafferty | 38 | Kennett Square, PA | USA | 319,759 |
| 14 | Danny Hagen | 68 | Clinton Township, MI | USA | 317,958 |
| 15 | John de Regt | 76 | Rowayton, CT | USA | 311,232 |
| 13 | Richard Klein | 39 | Greenwich, CT | USA | 307,490 |
| 10 | Mary Ann Rusch | 68 | Grosse Pointe Shores, MI | USA | 270,079 |
| 22 | Jim Weitzmann | 65 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 266,303 |
| 28 | Andrew Reed | 34 | Wayland, MA | USA | 254,971 |
| 42 | Keith Waddell | 68 | USA | 249,032 | |
| 39 | Benjamin T. Wright | 64 | Newtown, PA | USA | 241,778 |
| 17 | Joan de Regt | 70 | Rowayton, CT | USA | 238,544 |
| 32 | Jennifer Leilani | 47 | Schitt's Creek, WA | USA | 234,330 |
| 27 | Deb Adams | 71 | Ontario, NY | USA | 219,504 |
| 41 | Mary Tarr | 49 | Fairfax, VA | USA | 211,000 |
| 34 | Meghan Brundage | 55 | USA | 210,427 | |
| 6 | Raymond Jones Jr. | 83 | Beverly Hills, MI | USA | 201,129 |
| 37 | Owen Hughes | 75 | USA | 200,000 | |
| 38 | Brison Ellinghaus | 67 | San Diego | USA | 191,390 |
| 31 | Jane Graves | 39 | Glastonbury, CT | USA | 187,144 |
| 43 | James Childs | 60 | Poulsbo, WA | USA | 183,368 |
| 20 | Daniel LeBlanc | 57 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 180,477 |
| 5 | Chris Wick | 81 | Mystic, CT | USA | 180,000 |
| 3 | Richard Dak Malabre | 65 | Dorchester, MA | USA | 178,346 |
| 50 | Brittany Doyle | 33 | USA | 164,910 | |
| 21 | Beth Reichart | 50 | Annapolis, MD | USA | 157,646 |
| 35 | Eric Pedersen | 51 | Poulsbo, WA | USA | 154,057 |
