2026 Concept 2 January Virtual Team Challenge (VTC)

Location:   Global and Virtual
Date:   January 1-31, 2026
Host: Concept 2 Online Logbook
Distance:   As far as possible on Concept 2 rowing machines, BikeErgs or SkiErgs between January 1st and 31st!

 

  Rower Meters
1 Nathan Anderson 333,333
2 Katie Tolles 327,801
3 Daniel Bachmann 324,999
4 Sophie Scherer 289,726
5 Thomas Schwertner 289,167
6 Doug Rathburn 282,962
7 Eleanor Townsend 264,734
8 Samantha Hopper 259,561
9 William Fistek 255,149
10 Robert Tinsley 234,567
11 Wendy Lirgameris 220,166
12 Arya Srivastava 215,515
13 Name withheld 208,586
14 Hala Harik Hayes 203,710
15 Emma Joseph 202,247
16 Jacob Engelbrecht 202,177
17 Tim Marcovy 201,558
18 Spencer McClung 201,238
19 Kelli Anderson 201,048
20 Benjamin Cehelsky 200,956
21 Mike Krofcheck 200,933
22 Kayla Wells 200,693
23 Henry Vorosmarti 200,264
24 Name withheld 200,198
25 Sadie Belding 200,081
26 Thomas Hudak 200,070
27 Sean Mann 200,026
28 Anne-Marie Begola 199,515
29 Tuck Pescosolido 196,698
30 Miles Ehrbar 182,946
31 Colleen Kennedy 181,122
32 Noelle Dick 174,370
33 Sam Argeles 166,009
34 Martin Matsumura 143,598
35 Luke Fakult 137,441
36 Stephanie Collins 130,607
37 Colin Blair 127,021
38 Chloe Ng 122,343
39 Xavier Choe 121,268
40 Addie Laster 112,341
41 Erynn Rathburn 111,887
42 Kyle Zimmer 106,402
43 Evan Halprin 101,000
44 Ian Wise 100,649
45 David Kraus 64,471
46 Christopher Pfahl 60,013
47 Marko Enriquez 48,936
48 Sharon Romilly 46,275
49 Tanuja Pillai 44,770
50 Kaitlyn Bush 44,070
51 Nate Shoemaker 33,890
52 Caroline Kier 33,480
53 Ella Ungaretti-Levy 27,520
54 Katie Francissen 24,695
55 Shae Jenkins 19,766
56 Brian Chorney 16,824
57 Nina Ma 16,403
58 Jessica Van Horne 15,242
59 Nikki DiFilippo 11,035
60 Helen Sanderson 10,282
61 John Calhoun 7,596
62 Jim Aker 2,845
63 JB Rathburn 2,829
64 Greta Rathburn 1,093
Total Team Meters 9,268,717

February 2026: Sixty-four alumni, students & friends pitched in to row 9,268,717 meters in the annual C2 January Virtual Team Challenge (JVTC). For the challenge rowers had to row as many meters as possible between January 1 and January 31 then log their daily meters using the Concept 2 Logbook. The results were then ranked against other teams. The SARA team finished in 27th place out of 806 teams — slightly off last year's 24th place finish! The team's meter total was the 6th best to-date (2020 was the best)! Thank you to everyone that participated.

The combined Case/SARA team beat the combined UC student and alumni team from University of Chicago by over 3.5 million meters — a dominant result for yet another year! We also took top honors for the "education" category amongst all teams for another year in a row. Congratulations to everyone that completed the 200km challenge and got hats this year!

Leading the charge for SARA this year were Nathan Anderson (333,333m), Katie Tolles (327,801m), and Daniel Bachmann (324,999m). Twenty-seven rowers surpassed the 200km mark to earn a free Case Crew hat. Congratulations to everyone and a special thank you to the 27 athletes earning their 2026 hat.

Team Results: Team Total Meters # Rowers Avg. Meters/Rower
Case Crew - Spartan Alumni 9,268,717 64 144,823
University of Chicago Crew & Alumni 5,709,770 36 158,604
Northeastern University Rowing Alumni 1,837,335 14 131,238
Lehigh University Master Rowers 1,066,632 6 177,772
UMass Amherst - Aging Aggies 694,767 4 173,691
Ithaca College Alumni 437,866 2 218,933
Notre Dame Alumni and Friends 330,484 3 110,161
Grand Valley Rowing Alumni 298,688 3 99,563

JVTC

Past Year's JVTC Results:
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010


Free hat given to team members rowing more than 200,000 meters!

 

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