CRASH-B Sprints
# CRASH-B Sprints

The CRASH-B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships (CRASH-B Sprints) was the world championship for indoor rowing, raced over a distance of 2,000m. The regatta is sponsored by Concept2, and raced on their C2 rowers. Originally held in Harvard's Newell Boathouse, the regatta moved in turn to the Malkin Athletic Center, the Radcliff Quadrangle Athletic Center, MIT's Rockwell Cage, Harvard's Indoor Track Facility, the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, Boston University's Agganis Arena, and in 2019, to the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. The regatta is held in late February each year.

Competitors are 12 years old and up, including adaptive categories. In 2019 there was an age group for 90–94 years old.

The race was started in 1980 by a group of US Olympic and World Team rowers. The CRASH-B Sprints are officially sponsored by Concept 2. Originally, the acronym for the race, C.R.A.S.H.-B., stood for the Charles River Association of Sculling Has-Beens. It was later changed to the Charles River All-Star Has-Beens. The racing format has evolved over the history of the event. Now, all athletes race a single distance of 2,000 meters. Previously, the regatta involved multiple heats, finals, and longer distances (2,500 meters, 5 miles, and 6 miles).

## Winners

| Open Men Year Athlete Time Distance 1982 Phil Stekl/Eric Stevens 7:49.0 5 mile 1983 Ridgely Johnson 7:44.0 5 mile 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 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 2018 Andrew Raitto 5:54.8 2000 m 2019 Wesley Vear 5:59.2 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 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 2018 Kelly Albanir 6:53.2 2000 m 2019 Caryn Davies 6:53.2 2000 m |
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*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.

