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Alexandria City High School Hosts Country’s Largest Indoor Rowing Competition

1,400 participants filled the school's gymnasium for Erg Sports

This rower was one of 1,400 to participate. (Phoot: Mary Wadland/The Zebra Press)

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.

The ACHS gymnasium was full of erg machines. (Photo: Mary Wadland/The Zebra Press)

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)
Competition winners received these medals. (Photo: Mary Wadland/The Zebra Press)

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

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Kevin Dauray

Kevin is Publisher's Assistant and Senior Editor with The Zebra Press. He has been working for Alexandria's "Good News" newspaper since 2019. A graduate of George Mason University, he earned a bachelor's in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. He also studied at the Columbia School of Broadcasting and holds a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marymount University. He is an alumnus of T.C. Williams High School. Go Titans!

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