CRASH-B Sprints

The C.R.A.S.H-B Sprints is the world championship for indoor rowing raced over a distance of 2,000 m on Concept2 indoor rowers. It is held every February in Boston, Massachusetts, recently at Boston University's Agganis Arena. Previous venues have included the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center and Harvard's Newell Boathouse. The race began in 1980 by several former US Olympic rowers. The CRASH-B sprint are officially sponsored by Concept 2. CRASH-B initially stood for Charles River All Star Has-Beens. This is the name the group of originators gave to themselves, and are still the official governing body of indoor rowing. The racing format has evolved over the history of the event. Now, all athletes race over 2000 meters only once. Previously, there were heats and finals and other distances (2500m, 5 and 6 miles) were raced.

There are, as of the 2008 competition, 58 different categories. These include lightweight and heavyweight, juniors and masters.

The current record holder for fastest 2000 m time is New Zealand's Rob Waddell with a time of 5:36.6, set in 2008, but not at CRASH-B.

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Winners

Heavyweight Men

Year Athlete Time Distance
1982 Phil Stekl/Eric Stevens 7:49.0 2500 m
1983 Ridgely Johnson 7:44.0 2500 m
1984 Ridgely Johnson 7:41.9 2500 m
1985 Andrew Sudduth 7:56.3 2500 m
1986 Ridgely Johnson 7:35.0 2500 m
1987 Andrew Sudduth 7:38.8 2500 m
1988 Andrew Sudduth 7:27.2 2500 m
1989 Matthias Siejkowski 7:15.5 2500 m
1990 Tom Bohrer 7:22.4 2500 m
1991 Steve Redgrave 7:27.1 2500 m
1992 Matthias Siejkowski 7:19.2 2500 m
1993 Matthias Siejkowski 7:24.0 2500 m
1994 Matthias Siejkowski 7:23.1 2500 m
1995 Matthias Siejkowski 7:24.3 2500 m
1996 Klaus Geiger 5:50.6 2000 m
1997 Matthias Siejkowski 5:39.7 2000 m
1998 Rob Waddell 5:39.5 2000 m
1999 Rob Waddell 5:40.4 2000 m
2000 Rob Waddell 5:39.5 2000 m
2001 Matthias Siejkowski 5:42.2 2000 m
2002 Jamie Schroeder 5:50.3 2000 m
2003 Jamie Schroeder 5:46.7 2000 m
2004 Pavel Shurmei 5:39.6 2000 m
2005 Pavel Shurmei 5:43.2 2000 m
2006 Graham Benton 5:46.4 2000 m
2007 Mark Flickinger 5.46.6 2000 m
2008 Paolo Loriato 5:52.4 2000 m
2009 Cedric Berrest 5:48.9 2000 m
2010 Tim Grohmann [1] 5:48.7 2000 m
2011 Conlin McCabe 5:48.0 2000 m
 

Heavyweight Women

Year Athlete Time Distance
1982 Carie Graves 8:52.5 2500 m
1983 Carie Graves 8:53.2 2500 m
1984 Carie Graves 8:55.4 2500 m
1985 Jeannie Flanagan 9:01.1 2500 m
1986 Barb Kirch 8:52.2 2500 m
1987 Barb Kirch 8:43.6 2500 m
1988 S. Carlson 8:36.8 2500 m
1989 Amy Fuller 8:15.5 2500 m
1990 Kathrin Boron 8:27.2 2500 m
1991 Amy Fuller 8:31.0 2500 m
1992 Amy Fuller 8:26.3 2500 m
1993 Helen Cortin 8:32.4 2500 m
1994 Maria Brandin 8:13.6 2500 m
1995 Maria Brandin 8:12.5 2500 m
1996 Sara Field 6:54.8 2000 m
1997 Sarah Lauritzen 6:36.8 2000 m
1998 Ivelina Boteva 6:37.9 2000 m
1999 Catherine Bishop 6:37.4 2000 m
2000 Amy Fuller 6:32.3 2000 m
2001 Hurnet Dekkers 6:35.4 2000 m
2002 Georgina Evers-Swindell 6:30.8 2000 m
2003 Irja Ven 6:43.2 2000 m
2004 Maria Stevens 6:40.9 2000 m
2005 Georgina Evers-Swindell 6:33.2 2000 m
2006 Rika Geyser 6:40.2 2000 m
2007 Anna-Marie DeZwager 6:43.3 2000 m
2008 Tess Gerrand 6:43.2 2000 m
2009 Kaisa Pajusalu 6:49.0 2000 m
2010 Carolyn Ganes [2] 6:40.4 2000 m
2011 Kaisa Pajusalu 6:41.3 2000 m

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