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Open Challenge
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This event is open to any Collegiate, Fitness and/or Club team. To qualify, a Team must pre-register with a minimum of ten competitors and compete in both the 2000m Individual and the 2500-meter Team Relay. If you are challenging for both titles, you must register ten men and ten women.
Minimum of Four Teams Required for Model D Grand
Prize.
Teams must preregister.
Teams must have a minimum of 10 competitors and meet the registration
deadline. Each Challenge Event has a men's division and
a women's division each requiring a minimum of 10 competitors. Teams can
compete in either or both divisions.
Challenge Event Prizes:
4 Teams per Challenge: Model D with PM4
3 Teams per Challenge: $500 Team Award
2 Teams per Challenge: $250 Team Award
1 Team per Challenge: $250 Team Award if Relay Record
is Broken
'Winner Takes All' Medals Awarded to Relay Competitors
Challenge Rules
Team entries require a minimum of 10 pre-registered participants. Challenge
Teams must compete in both the 2000m Individual and the 2500-meter Team
Relay. If you are challenging for both titles, the team must have a minimum
of ten men and ten women. The respective five best individual times are
averaged from the 2000-meter event to produce Score #1. This is then added
and averaged with the 2500m Relay time (Score #2) of each respective team.
The fastest Final Composite Score is the Men's and the Women's Challenge
winner.
About the Relay
Each competitor will row 500 meters, get off the Erg and pass the handle
to the next competitor until all 5 competitors have rowed for a total
of 2500 meters. One coach and two assistants are allowed in the competition
area to assist. A monitor judge is assigned to each team. It's all in
the transition!