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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Eri Li | 35 | San Francisco, CA | USA | 1,100,111 |
| 2 | Dennis Brescoll | 74 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 1,081,160 |
| 5 | Dixon Kirkland | 68 | Detroit, MI | USA | 1,001,081 |
| 9 | Harry H. Graves | 30 | CINCINNATI USA | USA | 848,837 |
| 13 | Jim Weitzmann | 65 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 659,256 |
| 33 | Tek Li | 35 | San Francisco, CA | USA | 612,117 |
| 1 | Michael Thibault | 71 | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | USA | 600,176 |
| 6 | Dennis J. Sitek | 73 | Grosse Ile, MI | USA | 554,208 |
| 34 | Fred Kelley | 70 | Middletown, MD | USA | 534,500 |
| 41 | Louisa Wright | 62 | Skytop, PA | USA | 520,224 |
| 8 | Danny Hagen | 67 | Clinton Township, MI | USA | 516,440 |
| 25 | Jack Impronto | 24 | Glastonbury, CT | USA | 500,000 |
| 43 | Nate Bogoian | 19 | USA | 444,444 | |
| 16 | Cheryl Koch | 61 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | USA | 410,757 |
| 19 | Edward Muhlhauser | 43 | Cincinnati, OH | USA | 405,659 |
| 21 | Rob Seski | 67 | LaSalle, ON | CAN | 354,576 |
| 40 | Alexander Kosior | 18 | Glastonbury , CT | USA | 349,097 |
| 18 | Daniel Hass | 64 | Grosse Pointe Park, MI | USA | 327,383 |
| 3 | Lynne Graves | 69 | Grand Isle, VT | USA | 321,175 |
| 50 | Nate Caron | 19 | Glastonbury , CT | USA | 320,854 |
| 39 | Chad Obrey | 24 | Stonington, CT | USA | 313,583 |
| 42 | Erik Mens | 48 | Conshohocken, PA | USA | 313,385 |
| 15 | Rob Sattler | 70 | Grosse Pointe Shores, MI | USA | 301,679 |
| 29 | Alexander Stanovoy | 53 | Rochester Hills, MI | USA | 300,063 |
| 46 | Nathan Bechard | 20 | USA | 300,001 | |
| 26 | Owen Hughes | 74 | USA | 300,000 | |
| 38 | Andrew Prior | 48 | DC | USA | 260,963 |
| 49 | Nicholas Ryan | 21 | USA | 239,073 | |
| 24 | Jeffrey Montanari | 51 | Interlaken, NJ | USA | 236,541 |
| 28 | Benjamin "EGFISH2" Wright | 63 | Lawrenceville, NJ | USA | 221,689 |
| 44 | Rahul Jayachandran | 20 | USA | 206,706 | |
| 12 | Beth Reichart | 49 | Annapolis, MD | USA | 203,771 |
| 27 | Brison Ellinghaus | 66 | San Diego | USA | 179,644 |
| 48 | Maximillian Ryan | 21 | USA | 167,416 | |
| 23 | Kyle Lafferty | 37 | Kennett Square, PA | USA | 164,433 |
| 35 | Lauren Reichart | 46 | Woodbridge, CT | USA | 156,418 |
| 10 | Chris Reichart | 45 | Woodbridge, CT | USA | 150,359 |
| 7 | Peter Graves | 41 | Glastonbury , CT | USA | 128,974 |
| 31 | Jessica Frost | 49 | St. Albans, VT | USA | 128,905 |
| 47 | Alexa Rose Ryan-Shirley | 17 | USA | 128,014 | |
| 11 | John Graves | 37 | Quechee | USA | 125,000 |
| 30 | Andrius Vegelevicius | 51 | Milton, GA | USA | 120,882 |
| 20 | Bruce Moore | 44 | Woodstock, GA | USA | 119,437 |
| 37 | Alex Spaulding | 32 | USA | 113,874 | |
| 17 | Tim Garry Jr. | 65 | Cincinnati, OH | USA | 111,373 |
| 14 | Thomas Graves | 43 | Newport Beach, CA | USA | 101,334 |
| 45 | Paul Guertin | 75 | USA | 88,139 | |
| 22 | Jane Graves | 39 | Glastonbury, CT | USA | 80,112 |
| 4 | Raymond Jones Jr. | 82 | Beverly Hills, MI | USA | 15,431 |
| 36 | Taylor Goetzinger | 35 | USA | 8,833 |
