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John Rybczyk
04/26/15 #17300

Thanks to all for a great turn out on a great day for saltwater racing (although a bit more wind would have made it perfect). I was thinking, after the race, how lucky we all are to have such a great community of paddlers. But then I realized that it doesn't really have much to do with luck, rather, you all made it that way (wonderful) through your volunteerism, joyful participation, encouragement, willingness to help new paddlers, enthusiasm and dedication to a healthy and athletic life on and about the water. Great too that we can share all of this with our equally fine neighbors to the north.

So, what made this race stand out? It was good to see the return of tribal canoes, historic participants in this race but absent for the last several years due to a their busy racing season. Baharav's juniors are becoming frequent participants now and it won't be long before they take the baton from the likes of Don K., Eric W., Kirk, DJ, the Nelsons and all of the other top dogs. It is the natural order of things. The race was so heated that two experienced racers were swimming even before the race started (I shall not name names). Steve Scoggins is moving rapidly up the field, finishing in the top 10, with only a few surf skiers left to pick off. I dropped the ball with 60+ division and, honestly, I don't even know who is 60+ anymore, the ranks swell. I actually tried to buy a stuffed murrelet to create a traveling Ancient Murrelet trophy, but it's surprisingly difficult to find one on Ebay, or anywhere else. Good times, good times. Thanks to all of the volunteers, and our sponsor WECU. Also great to be partnered with the Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center.

I've posted the results below, although this web page messes up the format. A cleaner version will be posted to the Dan Harris web page shortly. Sean Stimac and Vanessa Haycock received 3 minute bonus deduction for stopping to help a paddler in minor distress. Let me know if their are errors. Thanks.

johnr

Long Course

Place Time Name Class Place in Class

1 1:06:41 Rikkole Cree CC WC 1

2 1:06:52 Rikkole Cree CC ?3 WC 2

3 1:09:48 E. Ecker/Wermis HPK2(MX) 1

4 1:10:45 B. Nelson/J. Ecker HPK(Jr) 1

5 1:12:41 Kielsing HPK 1

6 1:12:46 Christensen HPK 2

7 1:13:06 Klein HPK 3

8 1:13:27 Cryder HPK 4

9 1:14:14 Scoggins HPK 5

10 1:14:18 Woodman HPK 6

11 1:14:26 Olney HPK 7

12 1:14:46 Lee/Boatman OC2 1

13 1:15:05 Hansen/Jones HPK2M 1

14 1:15:17 Dobrovolny HPK 8

15 1:15:30 Marcus HPK 9

16 1:15:35 Lipp/Gerstl OC2 2

17 1:15:45 Love HPK 10

18 1:15:49 Wells/Starbuck OC2 3

19 1:15:52 Jordan HPK 11

20 1:16:34 Bruce HPK 12

21 1:16:36 Remmler HPK 13

22 1:17:13 Wonham/Hope HPK2MX 2

23 1:17:17 H. Nelson HPKW 1

24 1:17:22 Putnam HPK 14

25 1:18:22 Landboe HPKW 2

26 1:18:35 George HPK 15

27 1:18:28 Schulz HPK 16

28 1:19:02 Swetish/Swetish HPK2MXJr 1

29 1:19:04 Bussinger HPK 17

30 1:19:22 Whitlock HPK 18

31 1:19:46 Scherrer HPK 19

32 1:20:05 Cooksey HPK 20

33 1:21:29 Conroy 1X-R11 1

34 1:21:39 Howat HPK 21

35 1:22:04 Goolsby HPK 22

36 1:22:30 Hammer OC1 1

37 1:23:08 S. Stimac HPK 23

38 1:24:42 V. Haycock HPKW 3

39 1:26:04 Prichard HPK 24

40 1:26:28 Tollefson HPK 25

41 1:27:21 Nelson/Stacey OC2 4

42 1:28:50 House/Wyatt HPK2MX 3

43 1:30:44 Gregory HPK 26

44 1:31:58 McBeath OC1 2

45 1:32:02 Cantrell OC1 3

46 1:33:54 Lamb HPK 27

47 1:34:54 Morane HPK 28

48 1:35:02 Ronayhan HPK 29

49 1:59:34 Bednark Paddleboard 1

50 2:03:22 Perkins Paddleboard 2

Short Course

1 31:18 Katz HPK 1

2 33:08 Reeves/Anderson OC2W 1

3 33:17 Brown FSK 1

4 33:29 Wright HPK 2

5 34:36 Bunn HPK 3

6 36:01 D. Stimac HPK 4

7 36:33 BBOP OC6 1

8 38:20 Froula HPK 5

9 38:47 S. Scoggins HPKW 1

10 40:14 Gilliard FSKW 1

11 41:51 Smart SUP14 1

Reivers Dustin
04/26/15 #17301

This is just all wrong. The pecking order is suppossed to stay the same until I get back into it. You've got people finishing way faster than they should be. There are upsets all over the place. Change is nOt good.

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Re: Dan Harris Challenge Results
dnjacobson79
04/27/15 #17304

Watch out, I hear those youngsters are getting fast! Steve even says they're learning how to jump the starting gun, something about Duncan doing some secret sessions with them…dj

Think International Scoring after Leg 1: Dan Harris Challenge
John Rybczyk
05/01/15 #17327

As usual, the home team dominated. USA took the top seven places and was helped immensely by having five women and two juniors participate. Score USA 74, Canada 190 (low score is better). The second leg of the Challenge, the Tour de Indian Arm (May 9th), the home team is Canada, so expect to see a reversal of scores. It should be close. To win, bring three doubles and a lot of women and children to the race!