Complete entry list with heat and erg assignments posted at Heat/Erg Assignments.

REGISTRATION and Entry Deadline

Registration for 2010 has closed. If you missed the entry deadline, you may have the possibility of registering day-of at the regatta for the Bullpen.  Please see further details by clicking on Bullpen.

Online registration is available at this link. Entry confirmation and a list of entrants is located at this link (where you can click on a particular event).  Qualification times are NOT required to compete in the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints. The event is open to all competitors regardless of experience levels.

The deadline to enter the 2010 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints is midnight (EST) Monday, February 1, 2010.

General Information

The 2010 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints will be held on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Boston University’s Agganis Arena.

Doors open at 7:00am. The C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints is a one-day event with racing scheduled from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints offers Adaptive events for FES and in the Paralympic rowing categories for Open Men and Women (no age restriction). Paralympic events are also offered to Junior Men and Women.  Adaptive athletes will race 1000m.  Able-bodied athletes will race 2000m.  The Coxswain event (which is open only to coxswains, not flyweight rowers) is also 2000m.

Hammers awarded to overall winners in all events, medals for 2nd and 3rd places.  New for 2010:  special recognition medals for the top US collegiate finisher in each of the Open and Lightweight categories for the Men’s and Women’s events.

Competitors row against the clock on Concept2 Model D Ergometers.

Admission is free for spectators.

REGISTRATION and Entry Deadline

Online registration is available at this link.  Entry confirmation and a list of entrants is located at this link where you can click on a particular event.

The deadline to enter the 2010 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints is midnight (EST) Monday, February 1, 2010.

Schedule of Events

Saturday, February 13, 2010

2:00pm-4:00pm            Early Athlete Check-in, Royal Sonesta Boston

Sunday, February 14, 2010

(Tentative Program as of January 31, 2010)

The schedule will continue to be updated until the morning of the regatta.  Please note that some events are run at multiple times.  It is the responsibility of the competitors to know the final race schedule and specific erg/heat assignment as posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010, at Athlete Check in.

7:00      Doors open

9:00      Veteran Men 60+ (heavy & lightweight)*

9:20      Veteran Women 70+ (heavy & lightweight)* AND Coxswains

9:40      Veteran Women 50-69 (heavy & lightweight)*

10:00    Veteran Men 50-59

10:15    Lightweight Veteran Men 50-59 AND Junior Women AND Bullpen

10:30    Junior Women

10:45    Junior Women

11:00    Junior Women AND Junior Men

11:30    Junior Men

11:45    Junior Men

12:00    Junior Men AND Junior Lightweight Women

12:15    Junior Lightweight Women

12:30    Junior Lightweight Women AND Junior Lightweight Men

12:45    Junior Lightweight Men

13:00    Junior Lightweight Men

13:30    Adaptive Warm up

13:45    Adaptive

14:15    Masters Men, Lightweight Masters Men, Lightweight Senior Men, Senior Men

14:30    Senior Men, Senior Women, Masters Women

14:45    Senior Women, Masters Women, Lightweight Senior Women, Lightweight

Masters Women

15:00    Lightweight Women

15:15    Lightweight Women AND Lightweight Men

15:30    Lightweight Men

16:00    Men

16:15    Men

16:30    Men AND Women

16:45    Women

17:00    Women

17:15    Women

(* Heavyweight and Lightweight events run concurrently within these events)

Location

The Agganis Arena is located at 925 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Visit the Agganis Arena web site for complete details of the facility. For driving directions, parking and public transportation information please visit this link. Agganis Arena has the following amenities available for use by C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints participants: bathrooms, locker rooms with showers, water fountains, and elevators. There are several food vendors on the upper concourse as well as a number of food options outside the arena.

Competitors and spectators are not allowed to bring food into the arena.

Food consumption is NOT allowed on the arena floor.

Event Maps

Maps of the Race Floor and Upper Level Floor at Agganis Arena available as .pdf files.

Erg Sales

The Concept2 Model D ergometers used at the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints each year are available for purchase at the conclusion of the event at a discounted price. For further information, click here: Concept2 Offer.

If you plan on purchasing an Erg from Concept2, please park inside the Agganis Arena Parking Garage (Lot A) on the East Side of the garage, closest to the Freight Elevator. This will provide the most direct route to get your purchase to your vehicle.

Hotel Affiliations

C.R.A.S.H.-B. and Concept2 have partnered with the Royal Sonesta Boston for all pre-event activities, including early check-in on Saturday, February 13, 2010. For further information, availability, and special room rates, please visit this Sonesta Special offer.  Special room rates are also available at the Hotel Marlowe by using the Marlowe Special offer.  )As of January 27, 2010, these special offer room rates are not available for the entire weekend.)

Update:  February 2, 2010.  A new block of rooms at special rates has been made available at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (hotel from 2008).  Please use Group name: CRASH-B’s.  Telephone: 800-223-1234. The price is $109.00 / night for single, double, triple or quad.  N.B. There will be 2 ergs at the Hyatt for practice.

Indoor Race Schedule and Satellite Regattas

The indoor race schedule for the United States and Canada may be found by clicking here.

Concept2 provides the airfare for up to four competitors from each of the twenty-one official satellite regattas leading to C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints. In the event that a given regatta has more than four qualifiers, the satellite regatta organizers decide who is selected for the trip. Concept2 has no role in that decision process. Click this link for more information.