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 YearAthleteTimeDistance1982 Phil Stekl/Eric Stevens7:49.02500 m1983 Ridgely Johnson7:44.02500 m1984 Ridgely Johnson7:41.92500 m1985 Andrew Sudduth7:56.32500 m1986 Ridgely Johnson7:35.02500 m1987 Andrew Sudduth7:38.82500 m1988 Andrew Sudduth7:27.22500 m1989 Matthias Siejkowski7:15.52500 m1990 Tom Bohrer7:22.42500 m1991 Steve Redgrave7:27.12500 m1992 Matthias Siejkowski7:19.22500 m1993 Matthias Siejkowski7:24.02500 m1994 Matthias Siejkowski7:23.12500 m1995 Matthias Siejkowski7:24.32500 m1996 Klaus Geiger5:50.62000 m1997 Matthias Siejkowski5:39.72000 m1998 Rob Waddell5:39.52000 m1999 Rob Waddell5:40.42000 m2000 Rob Waddell5:39.52000 m2001 Matthias Siejkowski5:42.22000 m2002 Jamie Schroeder5:50.32000 m2003 Jamie Schroeder5:46.72000 m2004 Pavel Shurmei5:39.62000 m2005 Pavel Shurmei5:43.22000 m2006 Graham Benton5:46.42000 m2007 Mark Flickinger5.46.62000 m2008 Paolo Loriato5:52.42000 m2009 Cedric Berrest5:48.92000 m2010 Tim Grohmann5:48.72000 m2011 Conlin McCabe5:48.02000 m2012 Juan Carlos Cabrera5:55.12000 m2013 Christian Kader5:52.12000 m2014 Andrew Stewart-Jones (rower)5:47.72000 m2015 Ángel Fournier5:45.92000 m2016 James Letten (rower)5:49.4*2000 m2017 Bartosz Zablocki5:45.82000 m2018 Andrew Raitto5:54.82000 m2019 Wesley Vear5:59.22000 m2020 Marqus Brown6:00.22000 m2021 Isaiah Harrison5:48.92000 m2022 Isaiah Harrison5:53.22000 m2023 Willem Drescher6:08.52000 m Open Women YearAthleteTimeDistance1982 Carie Graves8:52.52500 m1983 Carie Graves8:53.22500 m1984 Carie Graves8:55.42500 m1985 Jeannie Flanagan9:01.12500 m1986 Barb Kirch8:52.22500 m1987 Barb Kirch8:43.62500 m1988 S. Carlson8:36.82500 m1989 Amy Fuller8:15.52500 m1990 Kathrin Boron8:27.22500 m1991 Amy Fuller8:31.02500 m1992 Amy Fuller8:26.32500 m1993 Helen Cortin8:32.42500 m1994 Maria Brandin8:13.62500 m1995 Maria Brandin8:12.52500 m1996 Sara Field6:54.82000 m1997 Sarah Lauritzen6:36.82000 m1998 Ivelina Boteva6:37.92000 m1999 Catherine Bishop6:37.42000 m2000 Amy Fuller6:32.32000 m2001 Hurnet Dekkers6:35.42000 m2002 Georgina Evers-Swindell6:30.82000 m2003 Irja Ven6:43.22000 m2004 Maria Stevens6:40.92000 m2005 Georgina Evers-Swindell6:33.22000 m2006 Rika Geyser6:40.22000 m2007 Anna-Marie DeZwager6:43.32000 m2008 Tess Gerrand6:43.22000 m2009 Kaisa Pajusalu6:49.02000 m2010 Carolyn Ganes6:40.42000 m2011 Kaisa Pajusalu6:41.32000 m2012 Kaisa Pajusalu6:37.32000 m2013 Olena Buryak6:31.62000 m2014 Madeline Turbes6:41.82000 m2015 Kaisa Pajusalu6:43.62000 m2016 Michelle Lazorchak6:43.12000 m2017 Olena Buryak6:33.02000 m2018 Kelly Albanir6:53.22000 m2019 Caryn Davies6:53.22000 m2020 Gabriela Thomas6:55.92000 m2021 Bianca Piloseno6:51.62000 m2022 Maddy Focht6:58.52000 m2023 Elizabeth Gilmore (rower)6:53.32000 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.
References
External links
Concept2 CRASH-Bs page