Alexandria City High School Hosts Country’s Largest Indoor Rowing Competition
1,400 participants filled the school's gymnasium for Erg Sports

ALEXANDRIA, VA-This past weekend Alexandria City High School hosted Erg Sports, the annual rowing event known as the country’s largest indoor rowing competition. (Erg is short for ergometer.) Also the longest-running indoor event – in existence since 1986 – it brought together more than 1,400 registered athletes under one roof. They included high school and college students, amateur rowers, and their professional, elite counterparts.
Erg Sprints brings rowers together from up and down the East Coast for a world-class competition,” said Sharon Pearce, the event’s director. “More than 100 clubs and teams were here […], demonstrating the athleticism and dedication that make crew such an exceptional sport.”
Here are some fun facts from the competition:
- Total meters rowed: 3,363,055
- Total miles rowed: almost 2,090 (the approximate distance between Washington DC and Las Vegas)
- Total time rowed: 833063 seconds (that’s 9 days, 15 hours, 24 minutes and 23 seconds)

Alexandria Crew Boosters organizes the event.
The full list of participants follows (in alphabetical order:
Albemarle High School
Alexandria City HS
Alexandria Crew Boosters Club, Inc.
American University Crew Team
Annapolis Junior Rowing Association, Inc.
Annapolis Rowing Club, Inc.
B-CC High School Crew Boosters
Baldwin School Crew
Baltimore Rowing Club
Battlefield High School Athletic Boosters
Beaver Creek Sculling
Bishop Ireton High School Crew Club
Bishop Ireton HS
Bishop O’Connell Crew/Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School Crew Boosters Club
Blair Crew, Inc.
Briar Woods Crew Club
Briar Woods High School
Briny Deep Rowing Club
Broad Run Crew Inc
Capital Rowing Club
Catholic University of America
Chester River Rowing Club, Inc.
Coastal Virginia Community Rowing
Colgan High School – Colgan Crew Association, Inc.
Combined Cathedral Crews Rowing Club, Inc
National Cathedral School
VCU Crew Club
Crossfit Alepou
Crossfit Route 7
D.C. Strokes Rowing Club
Dayton Boat Club
DC National Rowing Club
DeMatha Catholic High School
Fairfax High School Crew
Fitness Matters
Freedom Rowers
Friends of Hickory Rowing, Inc
Hickory Crew
George Mason Crew Club and Alumni
Gonzaga College High School Crew
Gray Knights Rowing Club
Great Bridge Crew Club
Greater Lawrence Rowing
Greenville Indoor Rowing Club
Gunston School
Hampton Roads Rowing Club, Ltd.
Jackson-Reed High School Crew
James Madison Crew Boosters Organization, Inc.
La Salle University
Lake Braddock Crew Booster Club, Inc.
Langley Crew Booster Club
Liberty University
Loudoun County High School Crew Club
McLean High School Crew Club, Inc.
Mobjack Rowing Association
Mt. Vernon RECenter Rowing Rats
Mötley Crüe Rowing
Mötley Crüe
Navesink Indoor Rowing
Navesink River Rowing
North Carolina Rowing Center Inc.
Northern Virginia Rowing Club (NVRC)
Oakton High School
Occoquan Boat Club
Old Dominion Boat Club
Potomac Boat Club
Potomac Falls Crew Club, LLC
Prince William Rowing Club, Inc.
Resilient Rowing Club
Rivanna Rowing Club, Inc.
River City Crew
Riverside Crew
Robinson Crew Boosters Club, Inc.
Rock Creek Rowing, Inc.
Rock Creek
Rock Ridge Rowing
Row House
Row House Fairfax
Row House Old Town Alexandria
Sidwell Friends School Rowing
South County Crew Club
St. John’s College High School
Stone Bridge Rowing Club
SUB 7 Indoor Rowing Club
Susquehanna Rowing Association
T.E.A.M. FUJI
TBC Racing
The Diamonds
The Eight Oarsmen of The Apocalypse
Thomas Jefferson High School Crew Boosters, Inc.
University of Pennsylvania Alumni
Vesper Boat Club
Virginia Boat Club
Virginia Tech Crew
W-L Crew Boosters
W.T. Woodson Crew Boosters Association
Wakefield High School Crew Team and Crew Boosters
Walt Whitman Crew Boosters, Inc.
Walter Johnson Crew Club Inc
Washington Canoe Club
Washington Canoe
Washington Rowing School
West Potomac Crew Boosters
West Springfield Crew Boosters Club, Inc./ West Springfield High School
WKMR – Peloton
Woodbridge High School/Woodbridge Crew, Inc
Yorktown High School