CRASH-B Sprints

The CRASH-B Sprints is the world championship for indoor rowing, raced over a distance of 2,000 m on Concept2 indoor rowers. It continues to be held every February in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently it has been held 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 Sprints are officially sponsored by Concept 2. Originally the name of the race, C.R.A.S.H.-B., stood for the Charles River Association of Sculling Has-Beens. It has been amended to Charles River All-Star Has-Beens. The racing format has evolved over the history of the event. Now, all athletes race over 2,000 meters only once. Previously, there were heats and finals and other distances (2,500 m, 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 2,000 m time is Australia's Josh Dunkley-Smith with a time of 5:35.8, set in 2018, but not at CRASH-B.

Winners

Open 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
2012	Juan Carlos Cabrera	5:55.1	2000 m
2013	Christian Kader	5:52.1	2000 m
2014	Andrew Stewart-Jones (rower)	5:47.7	2000 m
2015	Ángel Fournier	5:45.9	2000 m
2016	James Letten (rower)	5:49.4*	2000 m
2017	Bartosz Zablocki	5:45.8	2000 m

Open 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
2012	Kaisa Pajusalu	6:37.3	2000 m
2013	Olena Buryak	6:31.6	2000 m
2014	Madeline Turbes	6:41.8	2000 m
2015	Kaisa Pajusalu	6:43.6	2000 m
2016	Michelle Lazorchak	6:43.1	2000 m
2017	Olena Buryak	6:33.0	2000 m

*The fastest time of the day occurred in the Men's Heavyweight ages 40-49 category, in which Graham Benton won in a world record (for that category) time of 5:48.3.

External links

References

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[1] ttp://www.crash-b.org/web/wp-content/uploads/results/2010/event-01.html

[2] ttp://www.crash-b.org/web/wp-content/uploads/results/2010/event-02.html

[3] ttp://www.crash-b.org/about/c-r-a-s-h-b-history/

[4] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/20/sports/on-your-own-rowers-going-nowhere-in-lighthearted-competition.html

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