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The USCA Nationals in Hanoverwere both a racer’s and a spectator’sfeast — from the Ledyard Boathouse,where the starts took place, down-stream beneath the road bridge,where crowds gathered to watch thejockeying for early position, to theupstream turnround where, perchedon rocks, race followers got a close-up view of paddlers testing their ownand each other’s technical skills andstrategies setting up for, and fightingtheir way around, the buoys.

Cover photo: Start of the 47-boat C1 Man Master class.

This page, above: View from the boathouse south to theHwy 4 road bridge, and the downstream island turnround.

Below: Spectators at the upstream turnround.

Photographs courtesy of and © 2002 by Doug Fraser.

USCA OfficersPresident Kelly Wypych338 Onondaga TerraceSyracuse, NY 13207(315) [email protected]

TreasurerBill GardnerPO Box 714, Ponte VedraBeach, FL 33525(904) [email protected]

Vice President Gustave (Tave) Lamperez24 Roosevelt StreetSt. Charles, IL 60174(630) [email protected]

Executive DirectorJohn Edwards1929 Arrowhead Drive,St Petersburg, FL 33703(727) [email protected]

Secretary Harold Theiss12802 Lake Jovita BlvdDade City, FL 33525(352) [email protected]

Committee ChairsAdaptive PaddlingJan Whitaker560 Shore DriveWest Henrietta, NY 14586(716) [email protected]

BylawsJoan Theiss12802 Lake Jovita BlvdDade City, FL 33525(352) [email protected]

Camaraderie Thor Ronemus5 E. Columbia St.Springfield, OH 45502(937) [email protected]

Camping/Cruising Chuck Weis2509 Kickapoo Dr.Lafayette, IN 47909(765) [email protected]

Competition Norm Ludwig2006 West Side RdJersey Shore, PA 17740(570) [email protected]

Competition / Awards Priscilla Reinertsen342 Stark HighwayDunbarton, NH 03045(603) [email protected]

Comp / Dragon BoatsDavid Hillman1630 19th St. NWCedar Rapids, IA 52405(319) 362-7506 [email protected]

Competiton / Orienteering Tom Gainer1373 Sholly AveLebanon, PA 17046(717) [email protected]

Competiton / OutriggerJohn Edwardssee address details aboveunder USCA Officers

Competition / Sprints Bill Corrigan5888 E. Kemper Rd.Cincinnati, OH 45241(513) [email protected]

Competition /Swan Boat Glen Green312 Duff AveWenonah, NJ 08090(609) [email protected]

Conservation Bob Spain1500 Northridge DrAustin, TX 78723(512) [email protected]

Public Relations Mike Ripple23 Billingham StSomerville, MA 02144(617) [email protected]

Historian Joan Theiss12802 Lake Jovita BlvdDade City, FL 33525(352) [email protected]

Instruction Certification Nationals CoordinatorNationals TimingTave Lamperezsee address details aboveunder USCA Officers

Insurance Tim MinklerPO Box 885Stockbridge, MA 01262(413) 298-4630

International Peter Heed18 River RdWestmoreland, NH 03467(603) [email protected]

MembershipPaula Thiel53 Ross RdPreston, CT 06365(860) [email protected] Oakley611 Central AveLafayette, IN [email protected]

Technical Inspection Jerry PattonRD2 Box 262Port Allegany, PA 16743(814) 642-9161

WebmasterJim Dipelesi4 Round Tree DriveKings Park, NY 11754(631) [email protected]

Women’s Interest Janet Perry24 Roosevelt St.St. Charles, IL 60174(630) [email protected]

Youth Activities Joe Kowsky629 E. Illinois Ave.Morris, IL 60450(815) [email protected]

ContentsPresident’s and Executive Director’s Messages . . . .2Ann Behling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Highlights of the Delegates’ Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . .3A Note from the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3USCA Nationals: Results and Photos . . . . . . . . . . .4-23

Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-7Orienteering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-93k Run/3k Paddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Thursday’s Results: Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11Friday’s Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-13Saturday’s Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-18

Aluminum Nationals Special Pull-Out Entry Form andInformation Section . . . . .between pages 16 and 17Sunday’s Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-23

South Bend PaddleFest Rich Hodgkins . . . . . . . .24-26Rookie Racer Monday Nights in Minnesota . . . . . . .26Canoe News Training Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Dam Removal: Book and Videotape Review . . . . . . . .27Mud, Trash, and Snakes Ginger Turner . . . . . . .28-29Race Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-31List of Delegates and Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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President’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Wypych

I arrived in Hanover Monday night, the daybefore sprints, and set up my tent in my shad-ed but steamy campsite at Storr’s Pond. I had

just spent three days with my nieces (four girls aged 3 through 7)and I was becoming aware of the fact that no amount of paddle-sports training really prepares one for that many cartwheels (letalone being a human jungle gym.) Blissful in the knowledge thatmy siblings need only breed once more to complete my dream of“Auntie Kelly’s Outrigger Team”, I unpacked my bedroll andcontemplated the week ahead.

Two weeks earlier I had started my New Job. My colleagues atwork found it a bit odd that I would be taking a vacation after justgetting through the door. I informed them that I had an obligationto attend a very important International Event - one that simplycouldn’t be missed.

Was I ever right! This year’s Marathon Nationals featured:

Record Breaking attendance. Personally speaking, it was athrill to sit on the start line of the C2 Women’s race knowing thatbetween the open and master’s class there were over 60 teamsparticipating. (The mixed and men’s C2 starts made theConnecticut River look like the ocean!)

More Youth Paddlers in one place than I’ve ever seen. Andthey didn’t just race amazingly well, they participated in USCA atthe highest level — developing ideas for the future of youth pad-dling and submitting a petition to the delegates that suggestedchanges to our competition rules. Miranda Robinson of NewYork found an ambiguity in our competition rules and filed aprotest that will force USCA to clarify its policy on PFD use.These examples of active participation on competitive and admin-istrative levels show a promising future for our organization.

World-class amenities to make the event a paddler’s dream-come-true. We had day care. We had fast computerized timingand results. We had Ben & Jerry’s. We had “free” world classsports massage (donation only!). We had a shady grove, a profes-sional boat house, hot showers, and delicious food available at thesite. We had a professional video tour of the course playinginside the boathouse, and detailed course maps on display. Wehad the best DJ’s and sound system! We had entertainingannouncers for all events. Despite record turn out, we had “on-time” events. We had more photo-finishes than I’ve ever seen atone event. We even had terrific weather!

A tasty pasta dinner, and a speedy semiannual meeting.Delicious food and terrific company made this year’s dinner a realtreat. The bonus for all the delegates was the speedy but effectivemeeting. Helped along by the fact that the caterers needed themeeting room back to set up for a wedding, USCA delegatesmoved swiftly through the agenda with a focus on sticking tobusiness, making decisions, and assigning work to be done priorto the January meeting. Pat your delegate on the back for work-ing well under pressure!

Being a part of this year’s marathon nationals were a challenge, apleasure, and a real treat. Those of you who were there know this.For the rest of you, you don’t know what you’re missing!

Executive Director’sMessage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Edwards

A paddler’s (and Executive Director’s) per-spective of the 2002 Nationals:

I don't think anyone can remember when there was such a throngof enthusiastic paddlers at our Nationals. The New England pad-dlers devoted their time to make this event come off without ahitch (minor things don't count!). My hat is off to Chris andMarc Wilson, Trish and Peter Heed and family, and to TomWarner and Tom Walton (who spent countless hours inputtingthe computer with results), Paula Thiel, Dede Herlihy and DickUlbrich to mention just a few that devoted weeks of their livesjust make sure things progressed as smoothly as possible whilethe rest of us just had to try and prepare for the events. Some ofthem even raced!!!

You know, when Nationals are run as well as this one was, it setsthe bar at an even higher level for the next hosts to attain. I thinkthat the USCA needs to find a better way to ensure that theNationals are run this well every time.

On another note, I had a lot of people thanking me for the$5000.00 donation but I would like to clear up the reasoning orrationale for the donation. As part of being elected to theExecutive Director position there was a salary to go along with it.Jim Mack had been the Executive Director since God was slainon the cross (maybe a slight exaggeration) but to my knowledgehe had never taken any salary for that position. He took expens-es but not salary.

The USCA was able to keep Jim’s salary for many years andsince there was a positive cash flow, the treasury has a significantamount in reserves. This may not always be possible. I remem-ber when I was president of the USCA we were always livinghand to mouth and didn't have the luxury of paying anybody. Weeven had to stop having a glossy cover on the Canoe Newsbecause of lack of funds.

At present we still have a good insurance program that is compet-itive (as long as we don't have any claims against us) and this iswhere the excess money has come from to be able to pay anExecutive Director if we wish.

I wasn't going to take the "salary" but then I thought that we need-ed to try and raise the level of competition at our Nationals to thatof any other Canoeing event being held. So, I "donated" theUSCA's money to try and help in this regard.

The results were fantastic and although no one can know for sure,I happen to think it worked. I plan on doing the same thing nextyear as long as the organization can afford the expenditure.

So please don't be thanking me for the donation. Its the USCA'smoney so thank yourselves for supporting our organization dur-ing the year by being a member, volunteer, recruiter, etc., and inusing the insurance program that we have in place as that's wherethe money came from in the first place.

(P.S. there was some dispute on how the money was elected to bedistributed but we can fix that at the next annual meeting so tellyour delegate what your thoughts are!).

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In Appreciation of Ann Behling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Mack

Upon hearing that Ann has retired from her position with CanoeNews it gives me a great deal of pleasure to congratulate her forher outstanding contributions and dedication she has made toUSCA. USCA has benefited from Ann’s expertise and creativi-ty. Her work ethics provided a role model for all committee mem-bers to follow. She worked endless hours in perfecting each issueof Canoe News magazine as her heart and soul was dedicated toprovide the best possible news for all of our members.

Among her other duties in USCA, her work both as NationalsTiming Chair and, with her husband, Jay (National’s SprintChair) was always professional, positive and efficient.

In her spare time at the Nationals you would find her helping outwith membership, awards, registration and being available to helpin any way she could. Ann also raced canoes, camped, wasextremely helpful in USCA’s Guinness World Record setting, andbest of all a terrific mother and wife to her family.

Her outstanding leadership abilities, technical skills, enthusiasm,positive attitude, high moral values, dedication to excellence, andconcern for others have definitely contributed to strengthen ourAssociation.

I have greatly missed working with a terrific friend — Ann, andher family.

A Note from the Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gareth Stevens

This issue has been put out at high speed in order to mail it in timefor the Alumimum Nationals. I have learned that I need to workfurther ahead for both USCA National Championships. JimDecker of Warren, PA: we have already talked! Ken Gerg ofEmprium, PA: you’ll hear from me soon!

This issue would not have been possible without the help of all thepeople who responded so quickly to my pleas for writing, photos,help with identifying racers, and so forth. Thank you all whoreceived my frantic e-mails and phone calls, and gave your time.

Doug Fraser took many excellent photographs and provided highquality scans, delaying, I suspect his weekend departure for moreenjoyable activities. Take a look at all his wonderful photos — incolor, natch — on his web site: http://thayer.dartmouth.edu/~marc/photos/dougs_thumbs.html

Jan Whitaker, Robert Altman, Larry Liquori and JimDipelesi, among others (forgive me for not naming you all) spenttheir valuable time to download photos and identify people I didnot recognize. And, thanks to all who wrote! Now read and enjoy.

Ann Behling Steps Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Wypych

After nearly a decade of taking care of USCA's Canoe News, AnnBehling is stepping down!

We are grateful to Ann for maintaining excellence in coordinat-ing and laying out each issue of Canoe News, often working sin-gle-handedly to painstakingly layout the magazine. Ann's dedi-cation has kept Canoe News alive and well, and has servedUSCA's communications needs. She has consistently gone out ofher way to provide the best possible service for USCA members.

So as USCA's Canoe News began to feel the tug of electronicpublishing and automated layout techniques (things that are out-side of Ann's immediate interests) I wondered, "How will wemake sure our dedicated volunteers are happy as we realign thiseffort." Always a professional, Ann said, "Kelly, let me make thiseasy for you." Ann's proactive willingness to "pass the baton"and support USCA's attempt to try new things is beyondadmirable. It shows us her professional, selfless, supportive spir-it that has made her USCA efforts so valuable.

Ann continues to support Canoe News with ideas for the future.As she sets aside printer, scissors, and tape she continues to pro-vide recommendations.

Ann's ideas to involve personal stories from members, to promoteawareness of issues relating to waterways and watercraft regul-tions, to include reviews of equipment, and to recommend sever-al "special series" that get our readers to look forward to the nextissue will be incorporated into future plans for Canoe News andwe hope she keeps coming up with more!

THANK YOU ANN!

Highlights of the USCA SemiannualMeeting, August 9, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Theiss

1. Delegates voted to accept the bid of Ken Gerg, Emporium,PA, for the Stock Aluminum Nationals for April 5, 2003.

2. Tave Lamperez, National Coordinator, announced that USCAis seeking bids for the 2004 Nationals. Aluminum and Marathon.

3. Nominating Committee consists of Paula Thiel and KathyEdwards. These two delegates will select a governing member toserve on the committee. They need to find candidates forPresident and Treasurer.

4. Auditing Committee consists of Larry Liquori, Joan Theiss,and Gareth Stevens.

5. It was voted to form a committee to explore a donation policywhich would include the issue of cash awards at the Nationals.The committee will explore several types of scenarios and includebenefits and risks. The committee is to recommend a USCA pol-icy. John Edwards, Tave Lamperez, Dwight Walker, and JimDipelesi expressed an interest to serve on the committee.

6. The Delegates accepted Tom Walton's proposal to hold aBiathlon. It would be a fun event for the next 5 years at theNationals. It will consist of a 3k run and a 3k paddle. Tom willrun the event and cover administrative costs. USCA will supportTom with publicity and allow him to use USCA insurance for thisaddition to the national races.

Items for the Annual Meeting Agenda

1. Youth want to upgrade out of their age group in the YouthSprints. PFD requirements for youth to be reviewed. These to goto the competition committee.

2. Further clarification of the Sea Kayak specs.

3. Update of the USCA Competition Rules and Specifications.

4. Review of USCA Rules and Regulations with proposedamendments to be presented for action.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter and Tricia Heed

The 2002 Nationals at DartmouthCollege in Hanover, NH marked amajor resurgence in participation atthe USCA premier event. It was arace organized by paddlers for pad-dlers. The response was overwhelm-ing. Having 600 plus paddlers in thesame place to compete and so manyfamilies making the trip to NH theirsummer vacation, was above andbeyond what we dreamed of in theplanning stages.

You only had to look above the start-ing line before the men's C1 events tobecome aware of the difference.More than 200 C1's milled aroundlike so many ants. Then somehowthey formed up to go off in organ-

ized waves of approximately fifty boats. It was another Kodakmoment - a sight not soon to be forgotten.

It was also a year when new young talent stepped up to take aplace in the highly competitive limelight. Friday's dramatic C2open men's finish came right down to the wire, and the youngteam of Steve Corlew and Jacob DuBois showed their elders alittle something about sprinting. Like a breath of fresh air, the twoyoung men from Michigan impressed everyone with their enthu-siasm and obvious love for the sport.

A real highlight was the return of so manypaddlers who have not participated inNationals in years as personified by CindyLynch and Court McDermott. A recordnumber of young paddlers turned out to racein the youth sprints, demonstrating that theUSCA is developing up and coming talent totake the place of us older racers.

Nationals was the way it should be andhopefully will continue to be in the future.None of the success would have been possi-ble without the dedicated work of the coregroup and countless volunteers. Thank youeveryone who attended and made all of theefforts worth while.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Wypych

It was heart warming to hear the kind words and compli-ments at the close of this year’s Marathon Nationals.Paddlers from Nova Scotia to Texas appreciated theintense competition resulting from record-breakingattendance. As we looked around at the well-run com-petition, the beautiful Connecticut River and picture per-fect Hanover, it was clear that this was a first rate eventin every way. What was not always apparent was theseamless way in which the event hosts and volunteersprepared each day, and handled every problem so that wecould just show up and paddle!

A tremendous amount of behind the scenes work wasdone to make this event happen. Volunteers worked tire-lessly to get those boat numbers on a table every morn-ing, to track the times, classes and the multitude ofdetails needed to follow each paddler from start throughawards. Conducting this event without a hitch was backbreaking work. It’s the willingness of individuals to do

this work that makes our sport a success. Please join me in thank-ing those who made it all work. NECRA’s efforts made the day.

Their Nationals Committee made sure that the administrativetrench work held up to record crowds and all their enthusiasm. Thepeople "behind the green curtain" deserve sincere and copiousthanks. Many NECRA members sacrificed their own competitiveinterests to “be there” for the rest of us. These are the individualswho did not leave race headquarters until the next day was squared

away. From the amount of work done, Iwould have bet that Trish Heed, KarenLevitt, Tom Walton and Tom Warner sleptthere. Chris Wilson and Marc Lessard like-ly tucked them in. Enough cannot be saidabout the competent, dedicated, reliable, jobdone by Chris and Marc. They are truly“Paddlers of the Year.” I think all would agreethat Peter Heed’s professional announcingthroughout the event is on par with the bestfrom Monday night football. Dede Herlihy'spasta dinner came off even better than prom-ised and yet again, Priscilla Reinertsenorganized a wonderful awards ceremony. Somany people contributed to this event.

I am only naming a few! So many peoplecontributed to all the corners of this greatweek of paddling that I fear my list will notbe complete! Thanks Abby, Bill, Dick, Sean,

Paula, Ray - and to all the folks who volunteered to fetch lunch-es, help with timing and registration - you all know who you are!

And thanks to Robert Altman for donating his remarkable mas-sage services.

Thanks to the businesses and individuals who contributed cashand goods in support of this event!

Thanks also go to all of you who came out to compete. I enjoyedseeing the happy faces of people who were as busy connectingwith each other on land as they were competing on the water.What a great time!

The 35th USCA National Canoe and Kayak Championship, 2002, Hanover, NH

Camera Found at Nationals.Is it yours?

Tricia Heed has an expensive-looking camera and case found inthe boathouse at Dartmouth. She is currently developing thefilm looking for clues! If you are the owner please call me or e-mail Tricia with a description as soon as possible. (603) 3997266 [email protected].

Hey, and if you got any good photos, will you let Canoe Newshave copies?

Priscilla Reinertsen congratulates Chris Wilsonand Marc Lessard on their well-earned andwell-deserved award for “Paddlers of the Year.”

Peter Heed keepingan eye on things.

Tricia Heed callingstart after start.

Dede Herlihy: alwayshappy to see you.

Tom Warner, cam-era at the ready.

Photo of Dede Herlihy by Lucy H. Moore Stevens. Other smallphotos above courtesy of and © 2002 by Doug Fraser Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

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C2 Adult/Fledgling I1 Nathan Roadman(PA) / Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:022 R. Robertson(ME) / R. Robertson(ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:983 John Mathieu (ME) / L. Mathieu (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:51:844 Stan Machacek (ON) / Robert Simpson(ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:06:455 Fritz Senftleber (VT) / Norah Senftleber (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . .3:43:54

K-1 Man Downriver1 Ryan Stephens (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:502 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:343 Guy Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:524 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:485 Tim Frantz (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:326 Bruce Generaux (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:03:97

C2 Adult/Fledgling II1 R. Robertson(ME) / R. Robertson(ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:502 George Roudebush (OH) / Kelton Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . .3:01:223 Joe Johnson (MI) / Alison Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:04:054 Fritz Senftleber (VT) / Hannah Senttleber (VT) . . . . . . . . . . .3:08:54

C1 Man Senior1 John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:332 Stan Machacek (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:803 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:39:344 Larry Frederick (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:40:825 John Aufmuth (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:446 Alan Linck (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:00

C1 Man Senior1 Stan Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:222 Charlie Bruno (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:293 Jim Roberts (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:734 Pete McAllister (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:595 Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:716 John Ponticorvo (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:45:417 Paul Vangagnon (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:57:27

C1 Man Senior1 Dennis Campbell (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:342 Michael Fairchild (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:203 Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:864 Gareth Stevens (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:105 Bruce Duquette (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:706 Bob Mandli (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:40:627 Dale Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:428 Terry Pontius (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:189 Robert Miller (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:58:2510 Mike Ripple (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:58:25

C2 Veteran Man (Trial)1 Michael Johnson (MT) / Richard Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:452 Dick Ulbrich (MA) / Frank Stasz (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:503 Alec Davis (NY) / Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:774 Laverne Young (FL) / Dale Newton (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:705 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) / Ralph Childers (NY) . . . . . . . . . .2:28:436 Laszlo Botos (NY) / Al Camp (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:347 Philip Cole (NH) / D. Wescott (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:448 D. Meyers (NC) / J. Roudebush (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:49:50

C2 Women1 Joanna Faloon (ON) / Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:322 Nannette Krapf (PA) / Susan Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:403 Tammy Cox (IL) / L. Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:16:734 Cathy Boody (MI) / Nicole Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:25:23

The USCA Nationals 2002 in Hanover, Tuesday: Sprints ResultsC1 Man1 Marc Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:902 Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:693 Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:164 Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:215 Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:776 Tom Page (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:147 Ralph Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:958 Matt Wright (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:39:469 Sean Rogers (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:39

C1 Man1 Jacob DuBois (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:402 Steve Corlew (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:713 Neal Sand (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:194 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:695 Steve McAleer (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:116 Mark McDaniel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:287 Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:46:038 Ben Zabar (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:50:38

C2 Women Master (trial)1 Gloria Wesley (MA) / Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:502 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Cathy Grimes (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:243 Beth Schluter (WI) / Jan Whitaker (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:404 Patricia Oakley (IN) / Colleen Luba (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:575 Joan Henry (NY) / Dede Herlihy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:39:566 Elizabeth MacBride (NH) / Kathleen Zaffino (NH) . . . . . . . .2:52:17

C1 Man Master1 John Kazimierczyk (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:552 John Mathieu (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:233 R. Zuber (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:334 Roger Dempster (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:885 Austin Conrad (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:606 John Finnen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:60

C1 Man Master1 Brian Boatman (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:642 Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:753 Alex Sabo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:454 Steve McAleer (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:095 Doug Pennington (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:39:726 Larry Douglas (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:83

C1 Man Master1 Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:562 Bruce Lee (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:693 Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:964 Tony Bond (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:285 Kirk Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:286 Guy Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:947 Bill Byrd (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:40:148 Tim McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:05

C1 Woman1 Joanna Faloon (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:082 Danielle Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:423 Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:984 Susan Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:58:17

C2 Men1 Dana Henry (VT) / John Kazimierczyk (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:942 Matt Wright (IL) / Ryan Stephens (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:693 Dale Krapf (PA) / R. Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:004 Don Browning (IL) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:315 Ron Kaiser (PA) / Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:63

C2 Men1 Jacob DuBois (MI) / Steve Corlew (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:10:492 Marc Gillespie (NY) / Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:11:483 Neal Sand (NY) / Guy Choiniere (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:864 Mark McDaniel (NY) / Roger Dempster (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:35

Hanover whipped us up strong, erratic, gusty winds for the sprintson Tuesday. One minute a strong tail wind, the next, calm. Thena head wind out of hell followed suddenly by a three-quarter tailwind. It was hard enough on some of the heavier paddlers!

Regardless, the huge turnout for sprints was a sign of the recordnumbers to follow for the marathon events later in the week.

C2 Men Master1 Steve McAleer (NB) / Peter Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:18:102 Larry Frederick (FL) / Kirk Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:773 Earl Brimeyer (IA) / Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:104 Audie Conrad (ME) / Paul Vangagnon (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:445 Tim McElroy (MA) / Ray Thiel (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:51

C2 Men Master1 Jim Mallory (NY) / Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12:812 Bruce Lee (NY) / Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:673 Robert Zuber (MA) / Alex Sabo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:14:224 Don Browning (IL) / Doug Pennington (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:22

K1 Sea Kayak1 Gary Ballina (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:012 Ron Kaiser (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:743 Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:504 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:785 Tim Frantz (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:426 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:51:387 Guy Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:53

K1 Sea Kayak1 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:992 Earl Baldwin, Jr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:643 Joe Klejna (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:134 Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:50:955 Jude Richardson (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:52:47

C1 Man Veteran1 Richard Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:772 Ralph Childers (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:633 Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:054 Alec Davis (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:775 Jim Dami (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:756 Laszlo Botos (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:40:50

C1 Man Veteran1 Dick Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:552 Phil Soule (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:573 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:434 Don Wescott (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:045 Don Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:436 Chuck Baker (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:92

C1 Man Veteran1 Laverne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:892 Frank Stasz (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:903 Mike Johnson (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:364 Ken Gerg (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:305 Robert Pierson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:48:876 Philip Cole (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:50:09C2 Adult/Bantam1 Mallory Roadman (PA) / Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:512 Jim Mallory (NY) / Nicole Mallory (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:383 Joe Johnson (MI) / Alison Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:784 Gail Kowsky (IL) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:45:035 George Roudebush (OH) / Cody Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . .3:09:516 Nicole Boody (MI) / Randy Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:15:447 Leslie Ripton (NY) / Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . .3:16:00

K-1 Man Open Sea Kayak (trial)1 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:662 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:633 Tom Page (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:894 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:77

C2 Adult/Juvenile1 Joanna Faloon (ON) / Ethan Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:292 Ted Cramer (IA) / Tracey Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:973 Ben Josefik (IL) / Joel Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:944 R. Broody (MI) / Max Rimer (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:45:82

5 Ben Hahn(OH) / George Roudebush (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:336 D. Meyers (NC) / Herbrock () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:11:72

C1 Woman Master1 Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:112 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:433 Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:46:614 Elizabeth MacBride (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:045 Tricia Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:02:616 Joan Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:08:24

C1 Woman Master1 Colleen Luba (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:46:372 Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:253 Kathy Manizza (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:154 Debbie Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:02:305 Cathy Grimes (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:04:466 Dede Herlihy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:08:977 Pat Oakley (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:04:63

C2 Men Senior1 Pete McAllister (ME) / Stan Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:172 Michael Fairchild (VT) / John Aufmuth (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:503 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) / Neil LeBlanc (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:574 Tom Walton (NH) / Tom Warner (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:975 Alan Linck (NY) / Bill Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:606 Phil Soule (ME) / Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:607 Ken Gerg (PA) / Terry Pontius (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:46:57

C2 Men Senior1 Dennis Campbell (CA) / John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:242 Jim Dipelesi (NY) / Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:793 Joe Johnson (MI) / Everett Crozier (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:604 Joe Kowsky (IL) / J. Baum (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:15:65

C2 Mixed1 Danielle Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:18:962 Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:353 Susan Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:084 Tammy Cox (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:035 Cathy Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:49:05

C2 Mixed Master (first 50+)1 John Kazimierczyk (NH) / Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:392 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Bruce Lee (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:583 Peter Heed (NH) / Peter Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:394 Joan Henry (NY) / Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:695 Dale Krapf (PA) / N. Krapf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:546 Earl Brimeyer (IA) / Kathy Brimeyer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:167 Larry Frederick (FL) / G Frederick (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:56

C2 Mixed Master (first 50+)1= Joanna Faloon (ON) / Jim Mallory (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:341= Jan Whitaker (NY) / John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:343 Alex Sabo (MA) / Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:324 Stan Machacek (ON) / Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . .2:29:215 Debbie Kissell (NH) / Stan Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:786 Dick Ulbrich (MA) / Dede Herlihy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:18

C2 Mixed Master (first 50+)1 J Mathieu (ME) / Kathy Manizza (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:782 Cathy Grimes (NY) / Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:263 Everett Crozier (WI) / Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:124 Pat Oakley (IN) / Terry Pontius (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:115 Joe Kowsky (IL) / L. Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:19:17

C2 Adult/Junior1 G. Santor (NY) / Jon Santor (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:262 D. Bruno (PA) / Charlie Bruno (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:933 Peter Heed (NH) / Travis Heed(NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:814 Tim McElroy (MA) / Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:025 Cathy Boody (MI) / Randy Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:04:37

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The USCA Nationals 2002 in Hanover, Tuesday: Sprint Results

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The USCA Nationals 2002 in Hanover, Tuesday: Sprint Results

Above: Final of the Man Senior Sprints: Charlie Bruno crosses theline in 7th place, followed by Larry Liquori, Gareth Stevens, and PeteMcAllister. Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Jim Dipelesi.

C1 Man Senior FINAL1 John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:702 Dennis Campbell (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:153 Stan Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:044 Stan Machacek (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:725 Michael Fairchild (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:666 Jim Roberts (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:957 Charlie Bruno (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:258 Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:219 Gareth Stevens (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:0010 Pete McAllister (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:5511 Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:41

C1 Man FINAL1 Marc Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:492 Steve Corlew (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:643 Jacob DuBois (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:374 Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:445 Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:35:006 Steve McAleer (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:437 Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:008 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:309 Ralph Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:50:5810 Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:06:74

Neal Sand (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNF

C1 Man Master FINAL1 Brian Boatman (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:082 Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:133 John Kazimierczyk (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:914 John Mathieu (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:875 Robert Zuber (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:306 Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:047 Kirk Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:568 Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:949 Bruce Lee (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:7610 Tony Bond (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:3611 Alex Sabo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:40:81

C2 Man FINAL1 Jacob DuBois (MI) / Steve Corlew (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:202 Marc Gillespie (NY) / Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:103 Dana Henry (VT) / John Kazimierczyk (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12:174 Neal Sand (NY) / Guy Choiniere (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:18:745 Matt Wright (IL) / Ryan Stephens (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:876 Mark McDaniel (NY) / Roger Dempster (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:577 Dale Krapf (PA) / Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:938 Don Browning (IL) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:93

C2 Men Masters FINAL1 Bruce Lee (NY) / Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:632 Jim Mallory (NY) / Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:343 Steve McAleer (NB) / Peter Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:85

4 Robert Zuber (MA) / Alex Sabo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:105 Larry Frederick (FL) / Kirk Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:386 Earl Brimeyer (IA) / Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:177 Austin Conrad (ME) / Paul Vangagnon (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:518 Don Browning (IL) / Doug Pennington (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:629 Ray Thiel (CT) / Tim McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:43

K-1 Sea Kayak FINAL1 Ron Kaiser (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:782 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:743 Guy Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:054 Gary Ballina (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:895 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:036 Joe Klejna (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:747 Tim Frantz (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:908 Earl Baldwin, Jr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:49:059 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:6610 Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:57:4211 Jude Richardson (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:58:33

C1 Men Veteran FINAL1 Richard Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:152 Laverne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:203 Mike Johnson (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:304 Alec Davis (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:145 Dick Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:256 Frank Stasz (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:387 Ralph Childers (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:298 Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:36:189 Jim Dami (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:0610 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:39:1911 Phil Soule (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:0312 Laszlo Botos (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:28

C1 Woman FINAL1 Colleen Luba (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:242 Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:523 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:50:124 Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:52:325 Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:096 Kathy Manizza (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:58:557 Elizabeth MacBride (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:01:848 Debbie Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:06:269 Cathy Grimes (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:06:9710 Dede Herlihy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:08:2611 Tricia Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:09:39

C2 Men Senior FINAL1 Dennis Campbell (CA) / John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:982 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) / Jim Roberts (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:263 Pete McAllister (ME) / Stan Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:634 Jim Dipelesi (NY) / Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:645 Tom Walton (NH) / Tom Warner (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:236 Joe Johnson (MI) / Everett Crozier (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:207 Michael Fairchild (VT) / John Aufmuth (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:468 Phil Soule (ME) / Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:189 Alan Linck (NY) / Bill Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:11

C2 Mixed Master1 John Kazimierczyk (NH) / Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:512 Joanna Faloon (ON) / Jim Mallory (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:143 John Mathieu (ME) /Kathy Manizza (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:634 Jan Whitaker (NY) / John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:505 Cathy Grimes (NY) / Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:186 Stan Machacek (ON) / Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . .2:27:387 Dick Ulbrich (MA) / Dede Herlihy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:798 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Bruce Lee (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:319 Stan Kissell (NH) / Debbie Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:4410 Alex Sabo (MA) / Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:6911 Peter Heed (NH) / Tricia Heed(NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:2412 Joan Henry (NY) / Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:30

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their boats, and to keep the difficulty of the event at a level suchthat everyone had fun. Throughout the race Peter Heed providedinteresting and enthusiastic commentary over the public addresssystem whenever the racers were near the start/finish line makingit fun for racers and spectators alike. Despite the staggered starts,the race often ended with two or more teams sprinting for the fin-

ish, which added excitement to the event. As a result many racersthought that this orienteering event was the best USCA NationalsOrienteering race that they had ever entered.

The course layout and the surrounding landscape was not onlygreat for spectators, but it also allowed racers to find the controlpoints using whatever means they thought would be fastest. AimsConey and J-J Coté, who had the fastest time of the day, alongwith many of the experienced orienteerers, chose to separate andhave one teammate run to some control points. This was particu-larly important at a control located under a bridge over a smallbrook. What the runners didn’t know was that the brook was deepand that they would have to tread water while trying to punchtheir control cards, turning this event into an unexpected triathlon.The second fastest team, Steve Corlew and Jacob DuBois (whowere clearly the fastest paddlers in the race and later went on to

On the morning of August 7, 2002, 33 racersregistered to compete in the 2002 USCANational Canoe / Kayak OrienteeringChampionships held this year in Hanover New

Hampshire. The mix of talent entering this year was incrediblydiverse. Entrants included people with past experience at the

USCA Nationals Orienteering events and newcomers to the sport.Paddling skill levels ranged from true novices to expert.Orienteering skills, which were key to success in this event, alsovaried widely. Regardless of their qualifications everyone wasenthusiastic, and expectations were high as the pre race instruc-tions were given, the drawing for starting order was held and theboats were staged at the waterfront. They weren’t disappointed.

For people who’ve never tried orienteering, it involves usingmaps to find markers (called control points) hidden along theshoreline. There are punches at the control points that makeimprints on “punch sheets” carried by each team to document thefact that the control point has been located. The team that findsall the control points in the fastest time wins. The 2002Orienteering course was set up to make it as fair as possible, toselect control points that avoided unusual hazards for the racers or

Orienteering Racers Have A Great Time at the 2002 USCA Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ray Thiel

Thirty-three people took part in Nationals Orienteering. Shown here are, on the podium, left to right: Karl Stephens, Jeff Schapiro, Terry Myers, Aims Coney,Liz Kotowski, Tom Page, Darrell Scott. On the ground, left to right: Bill Neacy, John & Elizabeth Moore, Laura Lane, Pete Lane, J-J Coté, Bonnie Neacy,Rick Lavine, Melissa Pennington, Dayle Lavine, Doug Pennington, and Don Browning. Photos courtesy of and copyright © 2002 by Lucy H. Moore Stevens.

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Fun 3k Run/3k Paddle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Walton

The second (first was in Niles, MI) Run/PaddleBiathlon Championship was a hit.

Ten athletes competed in the 3K Run, 3KPaddle extravaganza on Wednesday, August 7,followed by grub and brew at a nearby eatery.

In addition, the USCA has allowed TomWalton to offer the National Run/Paddle Biathlon Championshipon Wednesday evening at 5:00PM of "Nationals Week" for thenext four years. This is not an official USCA championshipevent, but a race for the sweet pleasure of it . . .

Plans are already firmly in place for Warren, PA. on August 6,2003. A local running club has jumped on the bandwagon to helpplan, organize and, most importantly, to participate. If you areinterested in participating, but do not want to do the running part,you will have plenty of willing folks to form a team.

You will hear more about the Third National Run/Paddle BiathlonChampionship the 2003 Nationals in Warren draw closer.

Results of this year’s race:

Orienteering ResultsWednesday, August 7, 2002Adult/Youth1 Don Browning (IL) / Joel Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:18:202 Elizabeth Moore (NH) / John Moore (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:32C1 Man1 Benjamin Zabar (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:082 Karl Stephens (RI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:203 Dan Miernicki (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:33:00*

* lost his punch sheetC1 Woman1 Terry Myers (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:20K1 Downriver1 Darrell Scott (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:13:33K1 Sea Kayak1 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:22:202 Richard Lavine NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:27:353 Dayle Lavine (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:32:264 Earl Baldwin, Jr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:33:47C2 Men1 Aims Coney (MA) / J-J Coté (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56:472 Steve Corlew (MI) / Jacob DuBois (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58:433 Jeff Schapiro (MA) / Tom Page (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:07:15C2 Women1 Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) / Karen McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:20:482 Liz Kotowski (MA) / Jennifer Shultis (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:23:32C2 Mixed1 Tammy Cox (IL) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:13:092 Doug Pennington (MO) / Melissa Pennington (MO) . . . . . . . . .1:14:573 Laura Lane (MA) / Peter Lane (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:29:124 Bill Neacy (MA) / Bonnie Neacy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:32:49

win the C2 Men Marathon race on Friday), stuck to the canoeroutes but were not able to overcome the effective strategy cho-sen by Coney and Coté.

Strategy and determination also played a particularly importantrole at the end of the race for Karl Stephens. Karl wasn’t thefastest paddler but he is a very experienced orienteerer and hisingenuity and uncommon determination was the highlight of therace. Paddling in a borrowed C1 racing canoe, Karl was havingdifficulty making headway into the wind and current to get to thelast hidden control point. Recognizing that he was losing time,Karl choose to portage his boat a half mile along a road parallelto the Connecticut River to a point where he could more easilypaddle to the remaining control he needed to find. While pad-dling downstream from there to get to his final stop directlyacross the river from the finish (this control point was not hiddenand really just served to make the finish more interesting), wind,fatigue and a lack of time in his borrowed boat caused Karl to tip.

At this point he choose to walk along the steep bank in waist deepwater until he reached the final control and then reentered hisboat. Now the finish was in sight, but he needed to cross the riversafely. Again the wind came into play and Karl could not keepthe bow of his boat from pointing directly upstream. Withuncommon balance and determination, and with the urging of theentire crowd and Peter Heed on the microphone, Karl paddledhis boat backward in a wide arc all the way to the dock. His over-all effort and unusual finish drew the biggest applause of the day.

If you participated in orienteering at the Nationals this year, thankyou for making it one of the most successful in USCA history.Tell your friends about your experience and encourage them togive orienteering a try next year in Warren Pennsylvania.

C1 Man 20-291 Tom Page (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:082 Mark Feigl (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36:49C1 Man 40-491 Audie Conrad (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:33C1 Man 50-591 Tom Walton (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32:332 Gareth Stevens (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35:093 Jim Dipelesi (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35:134 Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36:135 Peter Gagnon (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38:02C1 Man 60+1 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36:14C2 Men1 Ethan Heed (NH) / Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32:50

Top left: Volunteer Joanna Faloongets instruction from Tom Walton.Top right: Bob Dean. Left: Racemonitor Ralph Childers:“Where arethose runners?.” Right: Who is thaton the final sting-in-the-tail 100-yard uphill portage? Background:Tom Walton leads Dana Henry andEthan Heed to the takeout.

Photos courtesy of and copyright © 2002 by Lucy H. Moore Stevens

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YOUTH 250 METERS1. C1 Fledgling I (Ages 5-7)1 Nate Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:492 Maile Sapp (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:543 Zachary Cordick (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:274 Robert Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:21:965 Tyler Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:01:14

2. C2 Bantam (Ages 11-12)1 Brittney Paul (ME) / Bianca Moore (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:28:272 Brad Solak (MI) / Joe Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:31:093 Leslie Ripton (NY) / Nicole Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:35:264 Mallory Roadman (PA) / Nate Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:735 Robert Simpson (ON) / Nicole Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:786 Rosanna Robertson (ME) / Gail Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:41

3A. HEAT 1. C1 Fledgling II (Ages 8-10)1 Courtney Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:142 Peter Limburg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:723 Austin Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:194 Kelton Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:265 Cody Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:73

3B. HEAT 2. C1 Fledgling II (Ages 8-10)1 Benjamin Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:36:582 River Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:713 Madelen Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:144 Abagail Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:605 Mark Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:29:266 Nicole Cyr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:40:757 Becky Diller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:38:17

4. C2 Fledgling I (Ages 5-7)1 Zachary Cordick (ON) / Robert Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:632 Sarah Lessard (VT) / Tyler Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:10:90

5A. HEAT 1. C1 Bantam (Ages 11-12)1 Alex Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:452 Nicole Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:203 Rosanna Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:914 Kinsey Streib (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:335 Leslie Ripton (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:356 Mallory Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:06

5B. HEAT 2. C1 Bantam (Ages 11-12)1 Joe Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:31:522 Brittney Paul (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:33:563 Ellyn Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:784 Ethan Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:145 Nicole Mallory (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:386 Jennifer Pedersen (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:247 Brad Solak (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:23

6. C2 Fledgling II (Both Ages 8-10)1 Peter Limburg (WI) / Benjamin Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:31:172 Madelen Johnson (MI) / Alison Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:38:673 Austin Patton (NJ) / River Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:674 Mark Hugus (WI) / Austin Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:275 Cody Jenkins (WA) / Kelton Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:01

YOUTH 500 METERS1. C1 Juvenile Woman (Ages 13-14)1 Bev Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:942 Miranda Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:483 Eve Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:984 Tracey Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:59:475 Elizabeth Hefkerm (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:07:026 Rebecca Helfer (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:10:407 Alivia Moore (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:15:178 Cathy Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:24:99

2. K1 Junior Man Downriver (Ages 15-17)1 Jonathan Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:382 Joel Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:273 Alex Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:23:024 Kelton Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:25:435 Cody Jenkins (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:46:056 Austin Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:22:72

3. C2 Junior Women (Ages 15-17)1 Cassie Webb (MI) / Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:18

4. C1 Juvenile Man (Ages 15-17)1 Travis McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:38:242 Eric Whiting (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:55:073 Blaine Limburg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:58:644 Ben Diller (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:02:375 Joel Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:09:746 Justin Pedersen (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:16:21

Thursday still had some gusts of wind to challenge the paddlers,especially the very light paddlers. “Austin (Hoefs) span like atop,” I heard someone remark. Still, it was a day of great chal-lenge, bravery and fun. The adults enjoyed the event as much as(more, in some cases) than the kids and youth. All can be proudof their achievements and treasure the memories that their tro-phies and medals carry with them.

USCA Nationals, Thursday: Fledgling I and II, Bantam, Juvenile, and JuniorYOUTH 250 METERS3 FINAL C1 Fledgling II (Ages:8-10)1 Benjamin Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:32:232 River Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:45:433 Abagail Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:234 Madelen Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:005 Courtney Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:086 Kelton Jenkens (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:617 Mark Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:118 Austin Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:649 Peter Limburg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:49:3510 Cody Jenkens (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:06:81

5 FINAL C1 Bantam (Ages:11-12)1 Joe Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:21:112 Dana Ethan (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:37:853 Alex Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:294 Brad Solak (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:915 Rosanna Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:206 Ellyn Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:177 Brittney Paul (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:088 Jennifer Pedersen (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:139 Nicole Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:34:5010 Nicole Mallory (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:38:41

Below: Tracey Cramer in Boat No. 2, just seconds behind Eve Dana,as the girls battle for third and fourth place in the C1 Juvenile Womanclass. One of many excitingly tight races in Thursday’s line-up.

Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Jim Dipelesi.

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7 Ben Hahn (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:27:988 Kyle Herbruck(OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:25:99

5. K1 Junior Woman Downriver (Ages 15-17)1 Gail Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30:352 Kinsey Streib (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:45:87

6. C2 Junior Men (Ages 15-17)1 Partner disqualified/Kyle Kiser (NY) (not dq'd) . . . . . . . . . . .2:14:281 John Santon (NY) / David Bruno(PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:642 Gabriel Paul (ME) / Aaron Sapiel (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:733 Partner disqualified/Alex Hoefs (WI) (not dq'd . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:963 Joel Kowsky (IL) / Jonathan Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:31:524 Garret McAllister (IA) / Brock Ita (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:59:167. C1 Junior Woman (Ages 15-17)1 Danielle Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:392 McElroy (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:50:913 Cassie Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:02:084 Mavian Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:10:69

8. C2 Juvenile Man (Ages 13-14)1 Max Rimer (MI) / Travis McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:832 Ben Hahn (OH) / Kyle Herbruck (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:02:46

9. C1 Junior Man (Ages 15-17)1 Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:292 Garret McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:393 Jon Santor (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:41:664 Alex Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:45:465 David Bruno (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:54:026 Brock Ita (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:687 Aaron Sapiel (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:00:788 Gabriel Paul (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:07:34

10. C2 Juvenile Women (Ages 13-14)1 Bev Lewis (NS) / Abagail Lewis(NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:39:942 Alivia Moore (ME) / Eve Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:44:453 Cathy Boody (MI) / Tracey Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56:77

11. C2 Mixed Open (Both ages 13-17)1 Kyle Kiser (NY) / Danielle Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:512 Miranda Robinson (NY) / Jon Santor (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:443 Joe Webb (MI) / Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:24:384 Gabriel Paul (ME) / Mavian Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:045 Max Rimer (MI) / Cathy Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:306 Alex Hoefs (WI) / Tracey Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:46:897 Aaron Sapiel (ME) / Eve Dana(ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:47:988 Bev Lewis (NS) / Ben Hahn (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:49:579 Blaine Limburg (WI) / Ellyn Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:00:8410 Cassie Webb (MI) / Brad Solak (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:01:2711 Rosanna Robertson (ME) /Ethan Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:06:0012 Abagail Lewis (NS) / Kyle Herbruck (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:11:17

USCA Nationals, Thursday Results

Garrett McAllister finishes second in the C1 Junior Man class, lessthan one half-second ahead of John Santor. This was another closely-fought race in a day full of close races.

USCA Nationals, Friday: K2 Men ICF, K1Woman, C1 ICF, C2 Men MasterStandard, C1 Men Senior, C1 Men Veteran

10:00 AM K2 Men ICF1 Barend Spies (GA) / Robert Clegg (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:29:102 Guy Flatley (CT) / Glenn Wilhide (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:27

10:00 AM K1 Woman 1 Erin Magee (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:122 Elizabeth O'Connor (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:403 Melissa McDonaugh (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:444 Pam Browning (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:485 Diane Becker (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:46

10:00 AM C1 ICF1 Mark Prosachik (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:57

10:10 AM C2 Men Master Standard 1 Ted Cramer (IA) / Earl Brimeyer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:212 Darrel Cockman (NC) / William McDuffie (NC) . . . . . . . . . .1:56:353 Ron McMahon (MA) / Jerry Brown (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:044 Andy Ouellet (MA) / Scott Ricker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:515 Ken Gerg (PA) / Jim Goochee (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:05

10:20 AM C2 Men Senior Cruiser1 John Edwards (FL) / Dennis Campbell (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:092 Jim Bauer (WA) / Peter Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:133 John Casale (MA) / Bill Kelly (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:414 Neil LeBlanc (MA) / Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:425 Charlie Bruno (PA) / Ed Sayre (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:486 Stan Kissell (NH) / Pete McAllister (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:597 Gary Aprea (NY) / John Aufmuth (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:138 Lee Jarpey (MN) / Dan Cruser (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:529 Jim Genkos (NY) / Larry Frederick (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:5710 Everett Crozier (WI) / Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:1711 John Alsop (ME) / Greg McMorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:2012 Jim Dipelesi (NY) / Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:3613 Dave Dugas (MA) / Jim Roberts (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:4914 Tom Warner (NH) / Tom Walton (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:0115 Bill Robinson (NY) / Alan Linck (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:2316 Ralph Vincent (VT) / Phil Soule (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:3517 Rick D'Elia (MA) / Bruce Duquette (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:3918 Dale Krapf (PA) / Ed Walter (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:4019 Bob Allen (MA) / Bob Miller (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:2220 Robert Altman (MA) / Ray Thiel (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:07

10:25 AM C2 Men Veteran Cruiser1 Dick Ulbrich (MA) / Frank Stasz (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:232 Alec Davis (NY) / Roger Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:243 Mike Johnson (MT) / Richard Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:054 Herm Botzow (NY) / Dan Karig (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:075 Fritz Hansen (WI) / Jim Heil (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:476 Dale Newton (MI) / Laverne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:037 Ralph Childers (NY) / Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . .1:53:058 Laszlo Botos (NY) / Donald Lafever (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:149 Steve Nyman (MA) / Dave Lamoureux (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:5910 Philip Cole (NH) / Gerald Miller (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:3011 Ray Healey (ON) / Bob Pierson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:3312 Chuck Baker (MA) / Don Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:5413 Ed Halpin (MA) / Terje Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:00

The wind had subsided by Friday, and this, and following threedays of weather were near perfect for the marathon events.Scouting (or prior knowledge of the course) paid off. It washandy to know where the fast and slow waters were, the weeds,the suck, the shallows. The large turnout of racers enhanced bothcompetition, and the enjoyment of the events.

Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Jim Dipelesi.

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10:30 AM C1 Women Cruiser1 Joanna Faloon (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1000* 1:58:272 Kari Crowe (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$600 2:00:143 Debbie Chadwick (BC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 2:02:454 Lori Roseboom (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:455 Karen Levitt (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:466 Mary Godec (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12:337 Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:318 Susan Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:009 Lynne McDuffie (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:55

Deb Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNF*Thanks to Joanna Faloon, who donated half her winnngs to USCA youth programs.

10:30 C1 Women Master Cruiser1 Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500 2:00:072 Colleen Luba (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$215 2:00:323 Kathy Manizza (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:124 Beth Schluter (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:105 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:366 Jan Perrin (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:277 Cindy McNett (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:288 Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:319 Lynn Witte (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:2110 Nanette Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:0111 Barb Bradley (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:2912 Teddy Gray (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:1613 Elizabeth MacBride (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:18

10:30 AM C1 Women Senior Cruiser1 Chris Schmidt (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:582 Jan Whitaker (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:11:063 Debbie Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:174 Mary Pat D'Angelo (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:035 Merrie Baltramonas (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:11

10:40 AM C2 Men Standard Cruiser1 Randy Bailey (PA) / Steve Martin (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:552 Pat Faul (IL) / Nick Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:573 Rod Price (FL) / Tony Bond (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:204 Doug Pennington (MO) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:565 Michael Guenther (CO) / Paul Guenther (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:476 Gary Ballina (PA) / Ron Kaiser (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:247 Will Whiting (NY) / Bryan Whiting (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:008 Peter Malewicz (MA) / Scott Freerksen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:14:48

10:50 AM C2 Men Master Cruiser1 John Hugus (WI) / Al Limberg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:44:582 Jim Mallory (NY) / Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:023 Bruce Lee (NY) / Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:044 Doug Howard (VT) / Randy Martin (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:145 Fred Ludwig (ME) / Steve McAleer (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:456 Jeffrey Shultis (NY) / Bob Wisse (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:497 Bob Zaveral (NY) / Andrew Melnychenko (NY) . . . . . . . . . .1:48:138 Alex Sabo (MA) / Robert Zuber (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:189 Wade Fiegel (MA) / Joe Schneider (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:0810 Tom Cronkite (ME) / Ralph Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:4511 Bill Ross (MA) / Charles Zuber (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:0912 Jeffrey Pedersen (NY) / Brian Young (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:1813 Mark Koenig (IL) / Gareth Stevens (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:2614 Bill Mueller (NY) / David Wiltey (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:3815 Scott Dias (MA) / Ed Paquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:4716 Tim Minkler (MA) / Gary Quadrozzi (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:3517 Austin Conrad (ME) / Peter Gagnon (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:3618 Clayton Cole (ME) / Paul Cole (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:3119 Blake Conant (CT) / Ross Aiello (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:1120 Jim Anderson (IN) / Terry Pontius (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:3621 Tim McElroy (MA) / Steve Rosenau (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:1522 Bill Byrd (OH) / Ed Leszek (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:1623 Joe Klejna (MA) / Jeff Teece (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:07

USCA Nationals, Friday Results

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USCA Nationals, Friday Results11:00 AM C2 Men Cruiser1 Steve Corlew (MI) / Jacob DuBois (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:182 John Sullivan (MI) / Bill Torongo (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:213 Calvin Hassel (NE) / Matt Streib (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:224 Steve Galib (MA) / Bob Rapant (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:465 John Kazimierczyk (NH) / Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:446 Sean Jennings (MA) / Ken Ostrowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:457 Marc Gillespie (NY) / Paul Olney (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:588 Jim Larsen (WI) / Jason Larsen (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:45:479 Dave Dorsey (MA) / Brent Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:45:4810 Corey DuBois (NY) / Dale Persons (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:45:4911 Brad Taggett (WI) / Patrick Lynch (PQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:45:5212 Nicholas Bauer (WA) / Brad Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:3913 Dick Plumlee (KS) / Dwight Walker (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:4414 Joe Shaw (MA) / Joe Glickman (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:0615 Ed Joy (FL) / Steven Stabiner (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:1416 Ron Hamlett (MA) / Sean Rogers (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:4017 Doug Archibald (NS) / Jean Marien (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:4018 Darryl Spencer (CAN) / David Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:4119 Quincy Ayscue (MD) / Ed Sharp (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:5420 Dan Charleson (IN) / Jim Leigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:1721 Tave Lamperez (IL) / Matt Wright (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:4022 Richard Butts (NY) / Mark McDaniel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:1823 Ray Bauer (OH) / Bill Fick (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:3224 Tim Allen (MA) / Art Sousa (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:0925 Guy Choiniere (VT) / Neal Sand (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:2926 Steven Dylingowski (MA) / Michael Dylingowski . . . . . . . . .1:55:3027 Rob Kieffer (ME) / Will Sweetser (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:39

11:10 AM C1 Junior Man (Short course)1 Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:50:402 Kris Archibald (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:51:343 Jonathan Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:55:154 Jon Santor (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:55:285 Alex Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:56:276 Garret McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:57:487 Travis McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:58:538 Brock Ita (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:59:349 Aaron Sapiel (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:02:4410 Joe Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:04:1211 Gabriel Paul (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:04:1312 Joel Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:06:23

11:20 AM C1 Junior Woman (Short course)1 Danielle Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:01:242 Miranda Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:01:593 Bev Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:03:134 Cassie Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:04:235 Maulian Dana (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:08:516 Cathy Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:11:157 Courtney Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:37:34

Photographs: Opposite page, from the top:

1. Kaitlyn McElroy. A feisty showing this year, and a paddler to watch.

2. Kathy Manizza, with steely focus, third in the C1 Woman class.

3. Lynn Witte, around the upstream buoys and heading back to the finish.

4. Al Limburg (bow) and John Hugus (stern), both of Wausau,Wisconsin: 2002 USCA National Champions, Men Master Cruiser class.

This page, from the top:

1. Calvin Hassel and Matt Streib round the second upstream buoy in theOmpompanoosuc River, and head for third place in the C2 Men’s class.

2. Same buoy: Ken Ostrowski and Sean Jennings lead JohnKazimierczyk and Dana Henry. By the finish line the teams hadswitched places.

3. Ed Joy, paddling bow with Steve Stabiner (see inset.)

4. Joe Glickman, who paddling with 5, Joe Shaw, to 14th position.

9:00 AM K1 Sea Kayak1 Steve Peterson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:072 Ron Kaiser (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:373 Gary Ballina (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:524 Elizabeth O'Connor (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:575 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:526 Terry Coyne (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:007 Thomas Yurista (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:068 Tim Frantz (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:039 Pete Schacht (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:0410 Donald McConaghy (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:3711 Jim Goochee (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:5312 Sarah Evertson (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:11:2413 Earl Baldwin, Jr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:3314 Pam Browning (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:5315 Jacques Anderson (PQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:5616 Ben Burke (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:2517 Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:0318 Billy Hudson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:5519 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:18:0020 Claire Ders (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:18:0921 Eric Williams (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:18:5322 Rick Eliot (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:2823 Jude Richardson (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:5024 Brian Banninger (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:23:3625 Catharine Breckenridge (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:28:2226 Sharon Jabkowski (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:21:30

9:10 AM C2 Women Cruiser1 Lynn Capen (CO) / Kari Crowe (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:592 Kathy Manizza (CT) / Lori Roseboom (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:063 Deb Bauer (WA) / Debbie Chadwick (BC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:454 Barb Bradley (WI) / Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:595 Amy Solak (MI) / Lisa Salvini (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:576 Stephanie Larsen (MN) / Mary Godec (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:247 Nanette Krapf (PA) / Susan Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:318 Kelly Wypych (NY) / Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:519 Janet Perry (IL) / Veronica Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:3710 Tammy Cox (IL) / Adrienne Wagner (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:4111 Susan Estrom (NH) / Ariel Engleman (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:34:03

9:20 AM C2 Women Master Cruiser1 Gloria Wesley (MA) / Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:482 Abby Kingman (MA) / Chris Schmidt (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:473 Roberta Shapiro (NY) / Joanna Faloon (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:174 Beth Schluter (WI)Jan/ Whitaker (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:015 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Jan Perrin (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:346 Valarie Hamlett (MA) / Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . .2:01:137 Joan Henry (NY) / Dede Herlihy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:198 Teddy Gray (TX) / Cindy Meurer (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:389 Kathy Korte (MA) / Chris Reis (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:1310 Ginny Akabane (MA) / Marilyn Hickey (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:2811 Susan Casey (MA) / Sally Vincent (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:4712 Marjorie Cohan (MA) / Deb Coyne (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:27

9:30 AM K1 Man ICF1 Robert Clegg (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:32:232 Barend Spies (GA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:33:213 Mark Jacobson (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:36:324 Steve Corlew (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:36:345 Shaun Koos (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:37:126 Mike Wells (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:37:357 Jason Quagliata (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:40:528 Holm Schmidt (GA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:479 John Dage (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:44:3310 Joe Glickman (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:44:3711 Orjan Johnsson (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:03

Saturday brought some races with especially exciting finishes,notably the victory of Bob Rapant over Calvin Hassel, in a blis-tering finish, by less than half a boat length. Mark Gillespie,John Sullivan, and Sean Jennings were just seconds behindthem. The C2 women’s races were closely fought along thecourse, but none finished as tightly as the Men’s Open C1.

USCA Nationals, Saturday Results: K1 Sea Kayak, C2 Women, K1 Man ICF

Above: Holm Schmidt, hailing from Germany, now living in Georgia, iscoach at the Lanier Canoe Club, host of last year’s USCA Nationals.

Below: The C2 Women Masters’ start: paddling bow for Jan Whitaker inboat 308, Beth Schluter; Valarie Hamlett, bow for Priscilla Reinertsen in304; a boat nearer: Cindy Meurer and Teddy Gray; then Roberta Shapiro(with Joanna Faloon disappearing right); then Abby Kingman paddlingstern for Chris Schmidt. Photos courtesy of and copyright © 2002 by Doug Fraser.

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9:30 AM K2 Women ICF1 Erin Magee (TX) / Melissa McDonaugh (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:23

9:40 AM K1 Open Kayak1 Tim Dwyer (RI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43:552 Fred Ludwig (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:44:063 Craig Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:194 John Ders (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:255 David Wiltey (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:47:266 Jay Appleton (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:107 Brian Heath (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:548 James Fredericks (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:569 Jef Parker (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:0210 Bill Gardner (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:2311 Dave McAdoo (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:0912 Douglas Bushnell (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:1013 Glen Green (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:4714 Christopher Burr (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:4115 Al McKibben (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:2416 Michael Malley (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:2917 Doug Keiper (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:4218 Ruth Fredericks (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:4719 Glenn Jabkowski (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:2520 Bob Capellini (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:17

9:45 AM K1 ICF Master (Trial)1 Joe Shaw (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:40:052 Bill Baker (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:45:353 Jim Mallory (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:344 Lou Carrier (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:355 David Vandorp (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:086 Edwin Walter (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:197 Tom Jones (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:508 Steven Smith (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:06

USCA Nationals, Saturday: K2 Women ICF, K1 Open Kayak, C1 Man Senior

9:50 AM C1 Man Senior Cruiser1 John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500 1:53:212 Paul Dyka (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 1:54:103 Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100 1:54:174 Dan Cruser (MN6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50 1:54:235 Stan Kissell (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25 1:54:426 Dennis Campbell (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:517 Michael Fairchild (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:018 Stan Machacek (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:239 David Hunter (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:4810 Edward Sayre (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:5911 Ian Chadwick (BC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:0112 Tom Walton (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:1013 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:2614 John Casale (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:2915 John Aufmuth (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:4916 Dave Dugas (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0217 Bob Fisher (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0418 John Alsop (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0619 Jim Roberts (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:0020 Darryl Spencer (CAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:0721 Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:1522 Bill Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:2023 Jim Genkos (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:3424 Bob Mandli (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:5325 John Ponticorvo (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:5526 Bruce Duquette (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:5927 Alan Linck (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:3128 Gareth Stevens (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:5629 William Anderson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:1630 Gary Aprea (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:4031 Jim Dipelesi (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:4732 Larry Frederick (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:2733 Bob Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:5734 Dale Carpenter (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:1035 Paul Vangagnon (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:0936 Charles Cary (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:2437 Kenneth Walls (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:4338 Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:4439 Bill Hill (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:0940 Mike Ripple (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:1841 Terry Pontius (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:2642 Bill Corrigan (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:11:4543 Doug Archibald (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12:0344 John Newman (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12:1245 Kurt Stampfle (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:1046 Steve Evertson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:55

Jim Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNFPete McAllister (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNF

Below: Melissa McDonaugh (bow) and Erin Magee cross the finishline in their ICF K2. Photo courtesy of and © 2000 by Doug Fraser.

Left: Nick Lyesiuk, a creditable 13thin the C1 Man Senior Cruiser class .

Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Doug Fraser.

Right: John Edwards holding the firstplace trophy, C1 Man Senior. Secondplace, Paul Dyka, third, Joe Johnson.Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens.

9:55 AM C1 Man Veteran Cruiser1 Richard Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:572 Dick Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:333 Alec Davis (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:204 Frank Stasz (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:215 Fritz Hansen (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:306 Jim Dami (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:427 Fred Zeien (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:548 Forrest Haines (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:019 Dan Karig (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:4010 Laverne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:5311 Ralph Childers (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:3612 William Rogers II (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:5513 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:2914 Don Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:5815 Phil Soule (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:5916 Don Wescott (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:0417 Ed Sharp (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:3618 Steve Nyman (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:1319 Claude Suhl (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:3220 Dale Newton (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:5321 Reinhard Zollitsch (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12:5422 Laszlo Botos (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:3423 Ray Healey (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:5124 Iain Craig (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:16:0525 Raymond Beals (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17:3026 Ken Gerg (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:3527 Peter Olson (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:4228 Chuck Baker (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:4329 Dan Miernicki (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:32:2430 R Pierson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:33:28

USCA Nationals, Saturday: C1 Man Veteran, C1 man Grand Veteran, C1 Man Master9:55 AM C1 Man Grand Veteran Cruiser1 Court McDermott (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:292 Brad Glass (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:313 Philip Cole (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:10:524 Thor Ronemus (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:465 Mike Fremont (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:006 Jerry Miller (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:25:41

10:00 AM C1 Man Master Cruiser1 Mike Herbert (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500 1:48:002 John Kazimierczyk (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 1:50:043 Al Limberg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100 1:51:374 Tom Yarosh (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50 1:52:055 Bill Torongo (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25 1:52:116 John Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:307 John Mathieu (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:378 Brian Boatman (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:289 Bruce Lee (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:5710 Jon Webb (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:0811 Andrew Melnychenko (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:3412 Stephen McAleer (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:2713 Dick Plumlee (KS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:4114 Todd Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:4315 Randy Martin (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:5916 William Ross (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:4317 Robert Zuber (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:5818 John Redos (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:2719 Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:38

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Above: “We’ve got to get you dressed!” I hear Norm Ludwig tell MikeHerbert, new USCA Champion, C1 Man Master class. Don’t be takenin too much by that Herbert smile. Look what Mike did to DickPlumlee’s tent at the Storr’s Pond campground. That’s more than thenight before, but nothing compared the night after, I’m told.Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens.

Above: Dick Ulbrich going hard for 2nd place, C1 Man Senior. Whatyou can’t see: the other side of his beard is shaved! Nick Lyesiuk betDick $50 he wouldn’t do it for the race. He did. But he shaved the restbefore taking his place on the podium. No reports yet whether Nick paidup. Below: Brad Glass takes 2nd place medal, C1 Man Grand Veteran.Larger photo of Dick Ulbrich © 2002 by Doug Fraser, others © 2002 by Gareth Stevens.

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USCA National Stock Aluminum Canoe Marathon ChampionshipsEAST TEXAS RIVER RUNNERS POST OFFICE BOX 4312PALESTINE, TEXAS 75802

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2002 USCA NATIONAL STOCK ALUMINUM CANOE MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

PULL-OUT SECTION

2002 USCA NATIONAL STOCK ALUMINUM CANOE MARATHONCHAMPIONSHIPS

PALESTINE, TEXAS

CHECK IN - Race Headquarters: Express Inn & Suites, Friday September 27thLATE CHECK IN - On site - starting line 9:00 a.m. - Ray Sistada propertyAll competitors MUST check in by 10:00 a.m. race day - Pre-race Meeting 11:00 a.m.Pre-registration is appreciated - Race will start at noon, Saturday, September 28thFor START and FINISH line - see Plat - 12 miles west of Palestine, Texas Hwy 79START LINE - 2 miles up stream from Hwy 79 bridge on Trinity RiverFINISH LINE - 11 miles down stream from Hwy 79 bridge at Magnolia Ferry Landing.AWARDS: Championship: Top ten teams will be awarded the USCA Marathon medals. A traveling Trophy to 1st place winners andUSCA National Championship Shirts.

Each 1st place team (men’s, women’s & masters’) will receive a 17' Alumacraft Voyager Canoe. There will be a drawing among out-of-state participants for a fourth 17' Alumacraft Voyager Canoe.

CURRENT U.S.C.A. MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED in USCA Championship events. (Non-members may join and pay membership on site)Attendance at a pre-race meeting is mandatory. A USCG approved PFD must be in possession of each entrant and one whistle per boator a time penalty will be assessed to course time.

ENTRY FEE $20.00 PER PERSON. PRE-REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 15 2002.

SEND COMPLETED RACE APPLICATION TO: For Additional Information: EAST TEXAS RIVER RUNNERS Contact: [email protected] OFFICE BOX 4312 - PALESTINE, TEXAS 75802 (903) 584-3288 Home

(903) 724-0215 CellMake checks payable to: East Texas River Runners

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Date of Birth:______________ Age:_________ CITY: _____________________________________

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PHONE: (_____)_____________ U.S.A. Citizen: ___(Y) (N) 2 year RESIDENT: ______________

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2002 USCA NATIONAL STOCK ALUMINUM CANOE MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPTRINITY RIVER, PALESTINE, TEXAS

WAIVER OF LIABILITY

The undersigned waives any and all right to claims against the officers, committee members and individual members of the East TexasRiver Runners, Texas Canoe Racing Association, the United States Canoe Association, Palestine Convention and Visitor Bureau, allevent sponsors, support personal, land owners, Billy Joe Gibson, Raymond Sistada, Anderson County, Cecil Bell, and any other landowners along the Marathon Course, both individually and severally, and acknowledges that the above organizations are assuming noresponsibility to the undersigned. The undersigned hereby acknowledges the inherent danger in all water sports and attests to his/herunderstanding of and agreement to abide by the safety rules and regulations of the sponsoring organizations and the U.S.C.A. (Entrantsunder 18 years of age must have Parent orGuardian Signature.)

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Self mailing registration form: Remove center 4 pages from Canoe News, and carefully tear inhalf. Fill out this sheet, fold as directed, enclose check, seal edges, affix 37cent stamp and mail.

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GENERAL INFORMATION from Ed Furman, President,East Texas River Runners.

Entry Fee - $20.00 per person plus USCA Current Membership

Race Headquarters: Express Inn & Suites 1-800-944-11431100 Palestine AvenuePalestine, Texas 758021-800-944-1143

.Early Check-In: Race Headquarters, Friday 27 September 2002Early Boat Jigging: Race Headquarters, Friday 27 September 2002Practice shuttle to race course 20 - 27 September 2002Primitive Camping - 2 areas at starting line area

2 areas at finish line area

RV Camping - a few listings - there are others available.

Dogwood RV Park - 4508 W. Oak Palestine- (903) 729-1222

Hwy 155 RV Park - 1 mi north on Hwy 155 - Palestine - (903) 729-7778

Red Rock Ranch RV & Campgrounds –Rt. 8, Palestine - (903) 723-183677

Serenity RV Park, Rt. 11, Palestine - (903) 723-1978

Directions to Palestine from DFW Airport:

It is an approximately 2-hour drive to Palestine.The round trip mileage is approximately 290 miles

Take South Exit out of AirportTake Highway 360 South to Interstate 20Take Interstate 20 East to Interstate 45Take Interstate 45 South

Follow Interstate 45 South for approximately 60miles.

Take Palestine Exit - right off of Interstate - turn lefton Highway 287

Follow Highway 287 South for approximately 52miles to Intersection of Highway 287 and Highway19

Bear Right onto Highway 19 follow Highway 19until it intersects with Highway 79

If you turn left on Highway 79 it will take you tothis and other motels:

Express Inn and Suites - ( full restaurant) 1100 E.Palestine Ave (903) 729-3151 (HOST HOTEL)

2002 USCA NATIONAL STOCK ALUMINUM CANOE MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPSPULL-OUT SECTION

Hotels - a few listings - there are others available

Race Headquarters - Express Inn & Suites - 1-800-944-1143

Best Western - 1-800-523-0121Super 8 - (903) 731-9495Holiday Inn Express - (903) 723-4884Ramada Inn Limited - (903) 723-7300

Free orientation meal - Friday 6 pm - 27 September 2002Race Headquarters -EXPRESS INN & SUITES -

1100 PALESTINE AVENUE

Meal after race to be announced

Fun Races - Sunday - mixed and youth/adult

Steam Locomotive tourist train - “old town” among othersites to visit.

Rental boats will be available - some new:Contact: Bob Spain - (512) 302-1005e-mail: [email protected]

Boats will be equipped w/sliders and foot braces. Please contactBob early - so arrangements can be made.

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Race Divisions are:Mens, Womens, and Masters (+40)

Contact for women participants:Cindy Meurer - email - [email protected]

Prizes:1st Place Mens - One (1) 17' Alumacraft Voyager1st Place Women - One (1) 17' Alumacraft Voyager1st Place Masters (+40) - One (1) 17' Alumacraft Voyager

There will be a drawing among “out-of-state” participants for one(1) 17' Alumacraft Voyager (all are light weight 5 rib).

Two (2) of the boats are given by Alumacraft, two (2) are boughtat cost by Palestine Visitor Tourism Bureau.

Palestine is- 150 miles N of Houston Airport - I-45 N to Buffalo - Hwy

79 N to Palestine- 130 miles SE of Dallas (DFW Airport - I-45 S to Corsicana

- Hwy 287 S to Palestine

A local flight does go into Tyler, Texas which is 50 miles N ofPalestine via Hwy 155

Driving -

From Little Rock, AR - I-30 S to Texarkana - 59 S toMarshall, 43 S to Henderson, 79 S to Palestine

From Tulsa, OK - I-75 S to Indian Nation TPK - S to Paris,Tx, 19 S to Sulphur Springs, 19 S to Palestine

From Jackson, MS - I-20 to Marshall, 43 S to Henderson, 79S to Palestine

There is no local state registration for canoes.

There is a package deal on rooms at Express Inn (RaceHeadquarters) 4 per room plus free breakfast buffet. Contact EdFurman for details (See column to right for information.)

The East Texas River Runners of which I am President isthe local Host Club and Race Coordinator. Our Web Site is:http//et_riverrunners.tripod.com/Neches_River/

My personal e-mails are:

[email protected] or [email protected].

My phone numbers are:

Home: (903) 584-3288 Cell: (903) 724-0215

The Texas Canoe Racing Association is the State HostOrganization

Recent races of East Texas River Runners Race in 2002 haveincluded:

August 3 - Neches River Wilderness Race - 22 miles (tough)

August 24-Texas Aluminum Championship - Trinity River(Same course as National) 15 miles

The Neches River Wilderness is one of the toughest flat waterraces in the state. “Old Aluminums”, unlimited solo’s andkayak, and sit on tops do OK too. Lots of obstacles – no cur-rent. This is a fundraiser for a college scholarship.

All of our races are well organized, with people shuttle, EMS,National Guard, Sheriff’s Dept, security at parking, drag boat,hamburgers, drinks, water melon, medals and t-shirts. We usual-ly have some sprint racing on a nice lake the day after thewilderness race.

This is a very rural county, 1065 square miles. County seat,Palestine - population 26,000 - There are only 55,000 people inthe whole county. This part of Texas is rolling hills, ranch landwith oak and pine forest. The Neches River is on our east sideand the Trinity is on the west. Both are unrestrained duringflood season, fairly tame during August and September. Thereare no homes or development of any king along either river. Allyou will hear is the sound of your paddle and the sound of acompetitor breathing down your back.

In our Neches Race we normally draw 20 to 30 aluminum boatsannually out of 50 to 65 total participants. We expect 40 to 50aluminums for the Nationals.

Like Glen Green, I started paddling a Grumman in the 50's toget my canoeing merit badge in Angola, New York. I’m 58 nowand I still believe aluminum is the heart and soul of paddlesports. Most of us older guys started with aluminum and itsonly fitting to finish with aluminum. Lets keep this divisionalive and strong - ya’ll come

Aluminum is the one level of paddle sports where the boats areall equal and the race is won by the people in the boat ratherthan technology or design.

Ed Furman

2002 USCA NATIONAL STOCK ALUMINUM CANOE MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPSPULL-OUT SECTION

Below: Visitors tour the cab of a fine old engine at the Texas StateRailroad Park, one of a range of attractions our city offers.

USCA Nationals, Saturday: C1 Man Master (continued), C1 Man Open20 Alex Sabo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:4521 Jean Marien (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:4922 Steve Sleider (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:2923 Tony Bond (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:3224 Brian Young (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:4525 Austin Conrad (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0626 Tom Cronkite (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0927 David Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:5228 Jeffrey Pedersen (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:5229 Dwight Walker (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:3230 Jim Anderson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:0531 Daniel Nemeth (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:2832 Roger Dempster (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:3433 Steve Martin (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:5934 Ralph Robertson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:1335 Bill Fick (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:0136 Jay Lancaster (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:1037 Steve Rosenau (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:2838 Richard Butts (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:4939 Jeff DeFeo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:2240 Gene Newman (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:4241 Ray Bauer (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:08:0042 Larry Douglas (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:2143 Francis Cyr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:11:3144 James Bittner (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:5145 Bill Byrd (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:1046 Craig Creighton (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:19:3647 David Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:39

10:10 AM C1 Man Open Cruiser1 Bob Rapant (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1000 1:47:422 Calvin Hassel (NE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$600 1:47:433 Marc Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 1:47:484 John Sullivan (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200 1:49:515 Sean Jennings (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100 1:49:566 Patrick Lynch (PQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:057 Matt Streib (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:238 Dana Henry (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:51:249 Terry Kent (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:3010 Brent Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:3111 Dale Persons (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:4712 Jeff Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:5513 Al Shaver Jr (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:5914 Ron Hamlett (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:2915 Jason Larsen (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:5416 Corey DuBois (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:1417 Brad Taggett (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:4118 Paul Olney (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:1919 Quincy Ayscue (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:2420 Neal Sand (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:5621 Tom Page (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:2022 Brooks Reed (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:3223 Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:0624 Matt Wright (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:1225 Ted Kenyon (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:1526 Rodney Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:5227 Mark McDaniel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:4828 Bob Waddle (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:0329 Sean Rogers (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13:4430 Mark Feigl (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:14:2131 Peter Malewicz (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30:28

Below: Priscilla Reinertsen hands Bob Rapant, the new USCA C1Man Open Champion, his National Champion’s shirt, while CalvinHassel (2nd) and Marc Gillespie (3rd) look on, somewhat ruefully.Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

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USCA Nationals, Saturday Results: C2Junior Men, C1 Junior Women, Outrigger Demos

10:20 AM C2 Junior Men Cruiser (SHORT COURSE)1 Kris Archibald (NS) / Alex Calvin (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:47:472 Kyle Kiser (NY) / Max Rimer (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:48:233 Brock Ita (IA) / Garret McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:52:174 Gabriel Paul (ME) / Aaron Sapiel (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:53:445 Alex Hoefs (WI) / Tracey Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:56:11

10:20 AM C2 Junior Women Cruiser (SHORT COURSE)1 Danielle Gillespie (NY) / Miranda Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . .0:56:002 Abby Lewis (NS) / Bev Lewis (CAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:57:263 Eve Dana (ME) / Alivia Moore (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:59:134 Maulian Dana (ME) / Brittney Paul (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:59:235 Cathy Boody (MI) / Nicole Boody (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:09:53

Outrigger Demo1 ICEBURG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:02:232 MANAKAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:02:491 SPORTSNET SPRINTERS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:02:571 SPORTSNET YOUTH* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:03:21

* See page 26 of this issue for photo and article.1 FLORIDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:04:242 MICHIGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:04:283 MANUI’WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:04:314 CONCEPT II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:04:455 NEW ENGLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:04:586 PENNSYLVANIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:05:05

1 WHAT WERE YOU THINKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:05:032 WICKED WAHINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:05:203 DARTMOUTH ROOKIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:06:254 NORTHERN EXPOSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:06:26

1 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:03:042 RIVER BRATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:03:09

I know one when I see one. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Wypych

Early this paddling season I got a call from fellow New York pad-dler Pam Fitzgerald. She said, “Hey Kelly, I’ll race “Run of theCharles with you.” Sounded good to me. I had been looking fora pro women’s partner and could think of none better than Pam.Pam needed to hold off until her doctor gave her the OK as shehad had some surgery in February and needed to heal up. Pamhas had surgery before due to a severe break in her wrist. She hadonce been a world-class Judo champion, but this wrist injury andsubsequent “fusing” of her wrist ended her Judo career. Luckily,her wrist position works out reasonably well for paddling. I fig-ured that her wrist must have needed a tune up . . .I met up with Pam to paddle in mid-March. We met “halfway”,near Utica NY and paddled for about 3 hours on “Roberta’sRiver.” It felt pretty good - fast and smooth. When we were put-ting the boat up, I said, “Hey Pam, did you change your hair orsomething?” Pam responded, “Well, I did have brain surgery fiveweeks ago...”

Pam’s level of dedication is pretty stunning to me. What wouldmake some of us stagger off to be pampered triggered a level ofmotivation in Pam that allowed her to be, despite serious injury,the finest and fittest that she could be. Pam struggled this season

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with fatigue, severe headaches, vision problems, muscle cramps,and a host of challenges caused by her surgery and treatment. Herheroic ability to rise above challenges and perform as the elitepaddler that she is is both inspiring and commendable.

Pam - You go girl! You’re a paddling hero!

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9:00 AM C2 ICF Men Open 1 Tony Bond (Australia) / Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:52

9:10 AM Marathon Tandem Sea Kayak (Trial) 1 Tim Dwyer (RI) / Maury Eldridge (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:052 Carol Richards (VT) / Clyde Yarnell (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:33

9:20 AM C2 Adult/Junior Cruiser(Recognition first three women partners) 1 Bill Torongo (MI) / Jacob DuBois (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46:222 Kris Archibald (NS) / Stephen McAleer (NB) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:423 Alex Hoefs (WI) / Gareth Stevens (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:454 Tom Walton (NH) / Garret McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:195 Kaitlyn McElroy (MA) / Tim McElroy (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:01:386 Jim Cummings (VA) / Mike Cummings (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:30

USCA Nationals, Sunday Results: C2 ICF Men Open, Tandem Sea Kayak, C2 Adult/Junior

Above: The ever-present Norm Ludwig worked throughout the week,tirelessy jigging boats and presenting awards.

Left: Tony Bond from Australia, and Nick Lyesiuk from less far away,wearing the medals they won for keeping that ICF K2 right side up, allthe way to the finish.

Below: The Adult/Junior Cruiser medal winners. 1st: MichigandersBill Torongo and Jacob DuBois; 2nd: Canadians Steve McAleer andKris Archibald; 3rd: Gareth Stevens and Alex Hoefs; 4th Tom Waltonand Garret McAllister (right); 5th: Kaitlyn and Tim McElroy (left).All photos courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

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9:40 AM C2 Mixed Master Cruiser(Recogniton 1st 50+ and 60+) 1 Barb Bradley (WI) / Al Limberg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:542 Joe Johnson (MI) / Beth Schluter (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:413 John Casale (MA) / Chris Schmidt (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:174 John Edwards (FL) / Jan Whitaker (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:465 Stan Machacek (ON) / Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . .1:53:416 Bill Kelly (MA) / Abby Kingman (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:427 Dave Dorsey (MA) / Kris Dorsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:438 Valarie Hamlett (MA) / Neil LeBlanc (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:489 Alec Davis (NY) / Jan Perrin (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:54:0610 Cathy Grimes (NY) / Pat Ottara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:1211 Dede Herlihy (MA) / Dick Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:3212 Marilyn Hickey (MA) / Robert Zuber (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:4413 Wade Fiegel (MA) / Chris Reis (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:5314 Joan Henry (NY) / Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:1615 Kelly Wypych (NY) / Bill Robinson (NY) / . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:3716 Ginny Akabane (MA) / Bruce Duquette (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:4117 Karen Simpson (ON) / Everett Crozier (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:5318 Laverne Young (FL) / Cindy Meurer (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:5319 Dale Krapf (PA) / Nanette Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0120 Gary Quadrozzi (MA) / Kathy Korte (MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0921 Pam Browning (MA) / Mike Ripple (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:4622 Merrie Baltramonas (WI) / Fred Zeien (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:04:0323 Rick D'Elia (MA) / Christine Tobin (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:3424 Francis Gallagher (NY) / Linda Gallagher (NY) / 2:07:0525 Glenda Frederick (FL) / Larry Frederick (FL) / 2:11:5726 Lois Clark (MA) / Ed Halpin (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:11:5827 Sue Botzow (NY) / Terje Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:27:42

USCA Nationals, Sunday: C2 Mixed, C2 Mixed Master9:30 AM C2 Mixed Cruiser(Recognition 1st 18-24 yr olds - 3x27 Boats allowed) 1 Kari Crowe (NH) / Bob Rapant (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:42:042 Marc Gillespie (NY) / Joanna Faloon (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:42:083 Calvin Hassel (NE) / Lynn Capen (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:42:374 Gloria Wesley (MA) / Sean Jennings (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:42:415 Patrick Lynch (PQ) / Kathy Manizza (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:44:246 John Kazimierczyk (NH) / Sue Slowick (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . .1:44:487 Dana Henry (VT) / Karen Levitt (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:108 Amy Solak (MI) / John Sullivan (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:48:119 Deb Bauer (WA) / Nicholas Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:2610 Al Shaver Jr (NY) / Lori Roseboom (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:2711 Doug Howard (VT) / Lisa Salvini (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:2812 Ed Joy (FL) / Donna Lee (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:49:4113 Debbie Chadwick (BC) / Ian Chadwick (BC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:4814 Jon Webb (MI) / Lynn Witte (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:4915 Stephanie Busch (NY) / Steve Busch (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:50:5216 Jason Larsen (MN) / Stephanie Larsen (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:52:3117 Gretchen Czaja (NH) / Nick Mahood (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:55:5418 Becca Sutter (NY) / Steve Farrell (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:3919 Tave Lamperez (IL) / Janet Perry (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:0820 Veronica Luth (IL) / Matt Wright (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:2221 Sarah Dominick (ME) / Will Sweetser (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:4022 Cassie Webb (MI) / Jeff DeFeo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:58:4323 Dwight Walker (MI) / Lacy Walker (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:0724 Dawn Costerisan (MA) / Tim Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:2525 Tim Bailey (MA) / Ellen Bailey (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:38

Below: Kari Crowe and Bob Rapant, 2002 USCA C2 Mixed Cruiser Cham-pions, beating Joanna Faloon and Marc Gillespie by a scant 4 seconds

Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

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10:10 AM ICF K1 Junior Man/Woman Barton Series (Short Distance)1 Gail Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:32:33

10:10 AM C2 Adult/Youth Cruiser (Short course) (Recognition top 3/partner: 5-7, 8-10, 11-12, 13-14)1 Joe Webb (MI) / Dick Plumlee (KS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:49:212 Max Rimer (MI) / Jim Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:49:223 Steve McAllister (IA) / Travis McAllister (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . .0:49:334 Benjamin Hugus (WI) / John Hugus (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:49:495 Rodney Robinson (NY) / Miranda Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . .0:49:516 Ted Cramer (IA) / Tracey Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:50:317 Kinsey Streib (IN) / Matt Streib (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:51:268 Todd Roadman (PA) / Nate Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:51:559 Richard Rankinen (PA) / Ben Diller (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:52:0610 Abby Lewis (CAN) / David Lewis (NS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:52:1611 Wesley Daignault/Joe Schneider (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:52:2612 Ben Josefik (IL) / Joel Kowsky (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:53:2813 Fritz Hansen (WI) / Austin Hoefs (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:53:4914 Blaine Limburg (WI) / Don Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:53:5715 Madelen Johnson (MI) / Jim Larsen (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:54:2916 Joe Shaw (MA) / Harri Rapant (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:54:4017 Ken Goodwin (MA) / Ryan Goodwin (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:54:4418 Jim Genkos (NY) / Steve Diller (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:55:2119 Brent Lyesiuk (MA) / Sabrina Lyesiuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:55:3820 Doug Archibald (NS) / Mary-Beth Archibald (NS) . . . . . . . . .0:55:5621 Nicole Boody (MI) / Philip Cole (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:56:3122 Leslie Ripton (NY) / Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . .0:57:3923 Dale Newton (MI) / Brad Solak (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:57:5524 Steve Luth (IL) / Alex Luth (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:58:2825 John Diller (MD) / Rebecca Diller (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:59:4426 Mallory Roadman (PA) / Susan Roadman (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00:3227 Francis Cyr (ME) / Nicole Cyr (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:01:3528 Peter Limburg (WI) / Errol Schluter (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:07:54

10:20 AM C2 Mixed Junior Cruiser (Trial) (Short course) 1 Danielle Gillespie (NY) / Kyle Kiser (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:50:102 Alex Calvin (NB) / Bev Lewis (CAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:50:37

9:50 AM K1 Man Downriver(Recognition 1st woman) 1 Mike Herbert (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:41:322 Ryan Stephens (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:53:193 Craig Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:57:094 Bob Dean (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:005 Glen Green (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:116 Michael Malley (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03:207 Tim Frantz (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:558 Doug Keiper (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:06:589 Michael Simoes () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:22:22

10:00 AM C2 Mixed Standard Open1 Colleen Luba (ME) / Herm Botzow (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:56:262 Lynne McDuffie (NC) / William McDuffie (NC) . . . . . . . . . .1:58:203 Randy Sapp (NY) / Andre Sapp(NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:59:094 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Donald Lafever (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00:315 Guy Flatley (CT) / Jodi Smith (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:366 Rod Price (FL) / Dail Mille r() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:02:547 Tammy Cox (IL) / Nick Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:418 Earl Brimeyer (IA) / Kathy Brimeyer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05:429 Nancy Dempster (NY) / Roger Dempster (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:07:3410 Michael Guenther (CO) / Tracey Guenther (CO) . . . . . . . . . . .2:09:2211 Joann Dumoulin (VT) / Timm Dumoulin (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . .2:10:0912 Liga Kropp (WI) / John Kropp (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15:5713 Adrienne Wagner (CT) / Rex Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:20:49

USCA Nationals, Sunday: K1 Man Downriver, C2 Mixed Std, Barton Cup, C2 Adult/Youth

Below: The Adult/Youth Cruiser awards. Here Norm Ludwig presentsyoung Nate Roadman with a medal. Max Rimer looks on from the leftas Joe Shaw shares a joke with Austin Hoefs (and hides his partner,Harri Rapant, from view!).

Winners Dick Plumlee and Joe Webb applaud from the podium. To theirright are 3rd placed Travis and Steve McAllister, then Tracey and TedCramer, and Matt and Kinsey Streib. That’s John Hugus hiding behindNorm. And sorry, folks - the last three I don’t recognize. Would some-one reading this who knows these racers please let me (the editor) know,at [email protected]? Thanks. Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

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USCA Nationals: Outrigger and Adaptive PaddlingUSCA Demonstration Outrigger CanoeRace Winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Whitaker

Four teams of paddlers from SportsNet, a division of RochesterRehabilitation Center, and one youth from Association for the Blindand Visually Impaired (ABVI-Goodwill Industries of GreaterRochester, Inc.) participated in the demonstration outrigger canoe

sprint races, clearly illustrating the ability of paddlers with disabili-ties to compete in the sport and the need for organizations to provide“a sporting chance*”. Paddlers with paraplegia, cerebral palsy, ampu-tation, fibromyalgia and lack of vision were included on the teams.The paddlers’ abilities were evident, their disabilities were not, whenthey were seated and racing.

The men, women and youth who raced on the integrated teams ofpaddlers with and without physical disabilities are pioneers in a sportthat many people around the world now believe merits inclusion inParalympic Games. Their names can be listed among the winners butso too, should the names of all the paddlers and spectators who wit-nessed the event and future paddlers who will have new paddlingopportunities because someone who attended the races was inspiredto take the initiative to help start new programs You can assist in thisproject by offering your time and expertise in paddling, as an individ-ual or as a member of a canoe racing organization, to interested reha-bilitation agencies and membership organizations of people with dis-

abilities such as regional chapter of National Spinal Cord InjuryAssociation, Amputee Coalition, etc.

The SportsNet paddlers look forward to competing against other inte-grated teams such as AccesSportAmerica in Massachusetts, an organ-ization that added outrigger canoeing to their program of water sportsfor the disabled this summer and hopefully will compete in nextyear’s races in Warren, Pennsylvania.

The USCA extends thanks to Blake Conant, President of the East

Coast Outrigger Racing Association, for transporting Manu’iwa’sOC-6 to Hanover and for organizing the race schedule so paddlerscould have the opportunity to race at a National Championship event.

Special thanks also to the Ledyard Canoe Club, Dartmouth Collegeand Brian Kunz for the planning, funding and installation of newhandicap accessible dock and to Marc Lessard for assembling thegroup that worked on this project. Very special thanks also to BrianKunz for providing accessible van transportation to and from thenew docks.

* “A Sporting Chance” is the title of a Winston Churchill TravelingFellowship report prepared by John Court studying world-wide bestpractice in outrigger canoeing programs for people with additionalphysical, intellectual, emotional and social needs. Court participat-ed in the 2001 USCA Demonstration Outrigger Canoe Races inGainesville where he read a statement from the British Canoe Uniondeclaring their support for the vision of the sport in ParalympicGames.

Above: Rochester Rehabilitation Center’s SportsNet Paddlers (from left to right): Casey Bok, David Peasley, Joe Rapchick, Sue Beck (seated),Jim Beck, Paula Vamvakitis, Rich Butts, Jan Whitaker, Tammy Jopson, Xavier Major (seated), Xavier Major, Jr., Garry Gellert, Donna Peasley,Blake Conant (President of East Coast Outrigger Racing Association) and teammates wish to thank Blake Conant, Karen Simpson and RogerHenry for serving as steersmen and thank the Ledyard Canoe Club, Dartmouth College and Brian Kunz for the installation of the new handicapaccessible dock for the demonstration sprint races. Photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

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Parting Shot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gareth Stevens

It was a week full of good humor, keen and comradely competi-tion. People could not say enough good to me about their experi-ence, the excellent organization, and the open friendliness withwhich everone treated everyone. Holm Schmidt, a coach andpaddler from Gainesville, Georgia, made a point of telling mehow much he appreciated the whole occasion and its atmosphere.

“It compares very well with other national competitive events Ihave been to,” he said. “Some teams and some groups are cliqueyand stand-offish. There is none of that here. I like it very much.”

That has been my own experience of the whole sport of marathonpaddling and its people since I came into it four years ago.

We have had a good time all together in Hanover. We competedhard. I loved it. I didn’t want to leave . . . and neither did my car.

The State Points TrophyThe State Points Trophy was narrowly wonby Massachusetts, a bare 25 point ahead ofsecond placed New York.

1. Massachussetts 17102. New York 16853. Wisconsin 8504. Michigan 7505. Pennsylvania 6606. New Hampshire 6057. Iowa 4758. Maine 3459. Connecticut 305

10. Florida 29011. Illinois 25012. Vermont 20513. Washington 19514. North Carolina 19015. Colorado 14016. Indiana 11017. Minnesoata 10518. Arizona 10019. Montana 8020. Nebraska 8021. California 7522. Ohio 6523. Texas 6024. Kansas 50 25. Virginia 5026. Georgia 4527. Missouri 3528. South Carolina 1529. Maryland 10

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South Bend PaddleFest 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Hodgkins

The current pushed my kayak. I fought to keep it upright and notdo a full circle roll. Bracing on the right than the left, I broughtit under some control. My body was doing the dreaded Jell-Oshake as I sat in an eddy. My nerves were shot. The strong chaot-ic crosscurrents had made me thinking twice about doing the raceon Sunday.

I had traveled 3 hours from Chicago to South Bend Indiana. Therace was advertised as PaddleFest 2002. A middle ear infectionwas still bothering me but I had raced with pain before. If thisrace were as good as the advertisements, it would be worth it.The purse for the C1 canoe race was $1000. Perennial NationalC1 Champion, Calvin Hassel, would be on hand to take most ofthat money. The other places would be up for grabs. Therewould however be no money in my class (kayak). It would justbe for the glory of being #1.

The morning of the race I watched in silence as paddlers took offtheir sleek canoes and kayaks from the roof racks of their cars.My own kayak sat on my Yakima car rack. It would stay therefor the rest of the day. This would be a picture taking day for meand not a racing day. My ear infection had made me lose anysense of balance. There was no way I would be able to make itthrough the tricky currents of the St. Joe River. A hard, but rightdecision.

This was the first running of PaddleFest. I had seen the press

and kayak race in the state of Indiana.

There would be four races. The first and the one with all the prizemoney would be the Moosejaw 16-mile marathon. The moneyhowever was for only the C1 Class. I wonder why? After thoseboats went off a 2-mile fun race would be held along with a cor-porate challenge race. In the small frog pond, impromptu sprintswere setup for the kids. A 26-foot voyageur canoe sat along a pierto give spectators rides during the race. I‘m used to coveringcanoeing events but this race would be a challenge to photograph.

I wanted to get a picture of everything. My main emphasis how-

The start of the Subaru Paddlefest on South Ben, Indiana. All photos on pages 24 and 25 courtesy of and © 2002 by Rich Hodgkins

Above left: Calvin Hassel at the ready. Above right: Calvin wakingMatt Streib.

releases and was impressed. I saw the ads for the race every-where. When I went to the web site I was dumbstruck (www.pad-dlefest.org). All the race directors I knew had been lucky to pickup a local sponsorship. These people were getting the big onesand it was their first race. Subaru, Moosejaw, and Fluid Fun, (acanoe and kayak shop) led the list of sponsors.

I had met the race director, Pat Sawyer, two years before. Hewas just switching from racing kayaks to C1 canoes. I wasswitching from C1’s to kayaking. He had a used K-1 for sale andI had 6 C1 paddles to get rid of. Pat and his wife Nancy werenow going to put on one of the biggest, if not the biggest, canoe

Subaru Road to Adventure PaddlefestSouth Bend Indiana, June 9, 2002Moosejaw Marathon RESULTS

C1 Pro ($1000 purse)Calvin Hassel (NE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:21:18Matt Streib (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:26:55Patrick Sawyer (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:37:20Dan Oren (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:42:14Bill Kanost (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:50Brian Benson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:04:19George Braun (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:07:33Sean Munn (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:11:06Chris Helvey (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:12:52Steve Evertson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:24:39P.C. Randolph (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNF

C2 Men Terry Pontius (IN) / Bryan Coulthart (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:03:50Team Wejusthopetofinish (IN)Geoff McCuen (IN)Scott Cooke (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 hours

K-1 MenSteve Peterson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:43:00Earl Metzler (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:55:23Doug Dorsam (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:59:43Buzz Lail (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:22:28Billy Hudson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNFJeff Rea (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNF

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Above: As much a part of the event as the “pro race” — especially forlocals — was the frog pond and the fun two mile race

Above: Pat Sawyer looking for rocks as it begins to rain.

ever would be centered on the marathon. I had scouted the riverthe day before and knew how to get to all the best spots. Theriver was just short of flood stage. The Railroad Bridge and theupstream turn around would give most of the paddlers a very dif-ficult time. It could also make for some very interesting photos.If a boat was turned in the strong current, it might cost them theirboat.

After the pre-race meeting, I laid out my plan. I would first takesome pictures of the start and then follow the race up and downthough South Bend. All other pictures would have to wait untilthe marathon was over.

The gun sounded, the boats were off. The mad dash to the finishline had begun. Paddles were flying. One boat was turned andfaced the shore as the crowd screamed. Matt Streib led a packof four boats up and around the first bridge. Calvin Hassel, bid-ing his time was in second place less than a canoe length behind.Two kayaks fought each other to the downstream turn. Earl, afriend, was in the second group and paddling a downriver kayak.He was just ahead of a faster yellow Olympic training boat pad-dled by Steven Peterson. I yelled down from the bridge urgingEarl on. Three other packs were closing in on the two leadgroups.

I got into my car and took off for the next bridge. I put my cam-era on a tripod and waited. In the distance about a mile away, Icould make out a solitary figure weaving in and out of the trees.I knew at once that it was Calvin. His body was slightly hunchedas he followed the shore upstream. A tree would protrude into the

river its' bright green branches waiting to snare him and turn himover. From on top of the bridge I could see logs and pipes justunder the water that would be invisible to him. At most, Calvinwas a paddle length away from shore. Most of the time it wasonly a paddle blade. He didn’t miss a stroke as he paddledupstream. I watched as he went under the bridge and into the cur-rents that had made me decide not to race. He didn’t fight thecurrents. He saw a path, turned his canoe into the shore, and wasgone.

Next came Matt. A one-minute gap already separated him fromCalvin. He was into the trees and out but just a little further out

from shore than Calvin. As the other boats passed it was obvi-ous that the further out into the current you were the slower youwould be. Earl Metzler had been passed by the yellow boat butwas still paddling hard. I finished off a roll of film and rushed tomy next stop.

It would be awhile before they made it up this far. I sat on thebank and had a Gatorade and a banana. I watched as the currentflowed around a tree and over a set of rocks. There was only onecorrect way to run the section. First, you had to go upstreamaround the downed tree that forced you out into the main current.You then had to fight your way back into shore and go inside therocks before cutting out at a 45-degree angle across the powerfulcurrent to the other side of the river and the upstream eddy. Theywould have to do this in a 50-yard stretch of river.

Calvin was the first to pop around the tree. He cut back into shorewent around the rocks and then back across the river. It was doneto perfection. Now it was Matt’s turn. He popped around thetree but missed the rocks then cut across the river. Pat Sawyerwho had been running 4th in the C1 class cut through the treesand took off across the river. He fought hard across the currentand slide-slipped over to the other side. The time differencebetween the boats was starting to increase dramatically. One byone the other boats came through. Only Calvin had done it cor-rectly. Others had come close but nobody else made it to theinside of the rocks.

I picked up my gear and headed for the Railroad Bridge. Calvincame through and was almost on the shore. I kneeled down to get

a picture. He was just inches away from my lens. He had thatsame look of complete focus that he had on first downstream leg.In two hours, his expression had never changed. He saw me buthis eyes were on the river 100 yards ahead.

Matt was next and he yelled out, “how far ahead”.

“Two minutes “ I said.

I knew it was too much of a lead for him to make up. But yelledfor him to

“Go! Go!”

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Rookie Racer Night leads to TrainingTips: A New “Regular Feature” inCanoe News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gareth Stevens

A few weeks ago, Rick Lorenzen from Minnesota sent me a draftset of training tips, asking for my comments. He had preparedthem for what he called Rookie Racer Mondays. Apart from sug-sting a good regular feature for Canoe News, he piques my inter-est. “Rookie Racer Nights? What are they?,” I asked. Here’s hisanswer.

Rookie Racer Monday Nights: acanoeing tradition on the MississippiRiver in downtown Minneapolis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Lorenzen

The late Karl Ketter, a professor at the University ofMinnesota, and Jeff Howe, an anesthesiologist at theUniversity Hospital, practiced canoe racing together onMondays in 1976. River Flats Park on the East Bank of the

South Bend PaddleFest 2002 - continued.

Now I had to make it down to the finish line. It was easy for meto get the pictures as they fought up stream against the current.Now I would be the one who would have to race to get themcrossing the finish line.

This was my first trip to South Bend. It is a typical college townwith Notre Dame taking up half of it. It also has a manmadewhite water course. I passed the Golden Dome and knew I waslost. Turning around I headed back to the river. However, everystreet seemed to angle away. Then I saw a familiar pancakehouse and took off going just ahead of the posted speed limit. Ipulled into the park and started to get ready to film the finish.Looking at my watch, I figured I had ten minutes before anyonecame through.

A spectator asked when the next boat would be in.

“Next boat?” I inquired.

“Yes, Matt and Calvin are in,” he replied.

Oh well I knew what the finish would be, Calvin, and then Matt.

I still had three rolls of unexposed film. I spent the next hour tak-ing pictures. Most of them were of the kids in the frog pond.They are the future of our sport. Just maybe one of them willpaddle at the National and World level. Maybe a few of the willpaddle in PaddleFest 2025. I hope that all of them will keep pad-dling.

I had missed the “Fun Race” which was a two-mile upstream-downstream race. It was structured for the paddlers who stillwanted to compete but might have trouble keeping up with thepace and effort of the 16 grueling miles of the marathon. I justwonder how Pat and Nancy will top it next year. Was that just arumor of a million-dollar purse for kayaks?

For up to date information on a great race check out the Webpage. www.paddlefest.org

Mississippi River was the most convenient place for them tomeet after work to paddle before the sun went down. Othercanoe racers and would-be canoe racers joined them over theyears. Now, twenty-six years later, men and women are stillcoming to Rookie Racer Monday Nights to practice canoe rac-ing. Rain or shine, cold or hot, drought or flood, nothing stopsthem from paddling except thunder and lightning. After all,real canoe races are never canceled due to any kind of weatherexcept lightning and that’s only because it would be bad pub-licity for the races if lightning killed a canoe racer.

These days, Ketter Canoeing sponsors Rookie Racer MondayNights by providing racing canoes and life jackets for free.Five to fifteen experienced canoe racers show up with theircanoes and bent shaft paddles every Monday from spring aheadto fall back when the days are long enough. They comebecause they love the sport of canoe racing and want to get agood workout on the water, to work on their paddling tech-nique, to practice riding other canoe wakes, and to share whatthey’ve learned with anyone who has an interest. After the pad-dling, you’re invited to dinner at the Lotus restaurant on OakStreet where you can hear stories of racers past and present anddiscuss the finer points of racing paddling techniques.

Here are some of the names of experienced canoe racers whohave volunteered their time at Rookie Racer Mondays in recentyears: Tom Noles, Yuyudahn Hoppe, Kenn Ketter, ToddEllison, Kjell Peterson, Al and Jeff Dubois, Pete and ChrisKolas, Keith Canny, Tom Gardner, Jered Clausen, ChuckRyan, Warren Thunstrom, Joe Conrad, Deighen Blakely,Io Harberts, Cal Stenso-Velo, Jason and Stephanie Larson,Sara Kueffer, Kevin Shriver, Scott Richardson, Dave Dahl,Heather Cichanowski, Doug Berg, Lee Jarpy, Duane andNorm Strike, and Rick and Tony Lorenzen.

As for the rookies, some people show up because they haven’tcanoed before and don’t want to look foolish in front of theirmore experienced recreational canoeist friends. Some peopleshow up to try bent shaft paddles or the sleeker racing canoes.Some people show up to learn more efficient paddling tech-niques for their recreational paddling even though it’s difficultto keep an open mind when your arms are programmed withyears of J and C strokes. Some athletes show up because theyhave an upcoming triathlon that has canoeing as part of the raceand they need to learn as much as they can in a few weeks.

Rookie Racer Mondays is one of the only places in the worldwhere you might see a 57 year old dairy farmer paddling acanoe with a 28-year-old woman doctor. Athletes, mothers,college students, doctors, and businessmen have all cometogether at the sandy edge of the Mississippi River. We sharethe mighty Mississippi River from the lock just below St.Anthony Falls to the Ford Parkway dam with river barges, pad-dlewheel showboats, racing sculls and their pace boats, a pere-grine falcon nesting under a high bridge, geese, ducks, andbeavers.

Where else can you get free one-on-one instruction? What’skeeping you from enjoying the outdoors with us? For moreinformation, visit the Minnesota Canoe Association website atwww.canoe-kayak.org e-mail us at [email protected] call us on the Minnesota Canoe Racing Hotline at 952-985-1111

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Dam Removal: Book and Videotape:Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Fremont

Dam Removal – A Citizen’s Guide to Restoring Rivers

About 100 pages spiral notebook, color. 2001.Published by River Alliance of Wisconsin, 306 E.Wilson St., Suite 2W, Madison, WI 53703, [email protected] and by TroutUnlimited, 1500 Wilson Blvd., Suite 310,Arlington, VA 22209, [email protected].

This is the number one handbook on smalldam removal (25 feet high or less). Dams limitor block many functions of rivers that benefitthe public – such as fishing, wildlife habitat,natural beauty, water quality, waste assimilation, recreation, propertyvalue, public image, tourism. Dams wear out, threaten safety and costa lot to maintain and replace along with silt-filled reservoirs.

Sometimes dams are necessary.

This book covers all the factors involved in dam removal delibera-tions – costs, benefits, safety, environment, engineering, fish andmussels, sediment, government, fears, recreation, strategies, withworksheets, useful appendices, helpful questions and answers.

Where the uses of private property are at stake, there will likely bestrong feelings. We’re duly cautioned to use care and circumspectionin approaching and dealing with the several interests involved.

Note that this is a valuable checklist, not a set of examples or casehistories. Several of the latter appear in Dam Removal SuccessStories, December 1999, by American Rivers, Friends of the Earthand Trout Unlimited.

When you come down to it, the decision to remove or rebuild a damshould serve the public interest, at least in the dam region if not agreater area. That means looking at the comprehensive economicimpacts on the region and it calls for a Resource Economic study, atleast for the more expensive projects. How else to measure the poten-tial economic effects upon sport fishing, tourism, home building,riparian property values – a natural river compared to a dammed one?Economics is usually the decision-clincher and as a dam demolitiontool it should play a bigger part than it has in any book yet. By nomeans does that reduce the importance of other public interests suchas the environment.

Taking a Second Look – Communities and Dam Removal (Video)

A 22-minute tape of small dam removals in Maine, Wisconsin andCalifornia. Several interviews with local officials and citizens beforeand after dam removal, with videos of the rivers and surroundings.Available from (among many others) American Rivers: [email protected].

Expressions of serious concern about removal followed by pleasantsurprise with the results. In one case a high-tech employer in a smallbackwoods town seeking qualified help used the improved waterquality and beauty of the river corridor as a quality-of-life lure fornew employees.

The tape covers typical fears, concerns and questions and respondsfully. Real people, very down to earth, an excellent document.

And so, without further ado, we present CanoeNews’ first Canoe News Training Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . this issue courtesy of Rick Lorenzen

Monday Night Canoe RacingTechnique Practice Tips

Techniques to practice 1. Don’t use speed or power while working on technique, insteadfocus on training your muscles. This lets have time to de-programany bad habits and re-program with more efficient habits.

2. Rotate your shoulders to increase your paddle reach withoutleaning forward from the waist. This allows you to involve moretorso muscles and reduce strain on arm muscles.

3. Slow cadence with a quick recovery to get the paddle back intothe water fast. The paddle should be in the water longer than it’sin the air. This increases your ability to maintain stable in roughwaves.

4. Slice the paddle sideways on exiting and entering the water.This reduces drag.

5. Paddle parallel to the canoe’s centerline with the shaft nearlyvertical. This increases efficiency.

New racers1. Don’t race on the downstream leg, work on technique and saveyour strength for the upstream leg.

2. Focus on 1 or 2 things only and re-program your muscles to thisunfamiliar motion.

3. Watch and imitate the experienced racers and listen to how theydescribe the proper motion.

4. Ask questions if anything doesn’t make sense. We really wantto share what we’ve learned.

Experienced racers1. Work on improving your technique too (almost everyone needsmore rotation and quicker recovery)

2. Practice riding canoe wakes and passing canoes with a lessexperienced partner.

3. Circle back if your canoe passes everyone for a better workoutand to share your knowledge.

4. Remind your partner to work on technique without speed orpower on the downstream leg.

5. Give them time to think. Try letting them switch sides at theirown pace on the downstream leg.

Tricks that might be helpful1. If your canoe feels tippy: Put rocks in the bottom of the canoefor a lower center of gravity and keep your paddle in the waterlonger each stroke for more control. Slow the pace or frequencyof your strokes and speeding the recovery to get the paddle backinto the water quicker.

***************Send your training tips to sharewith your fellow canoers. E-mail Gareth Stevens [email protected] or write PO Box 56, Hubertus,WI, 53033**********************************

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large state boundaries, we have 150 members, some of whom racenearly every weekend across the state. We sponsor three champi-onship races a year: unlimited, aluminum, and USCA; a canoe,bike, and run triathlon; publish a bi-monthly newsletter, and haveestablished an elaborate points system to encourage racing notonly in our races but any published race around the state. Awardsare presented at the end of the year to the top USCA, solo, andoverall male and female, youth and adult paddlers. But we are notonly about racing, we have a focus on conservation and of “giv-ing back” to the rivers we love.

The San Marcos River, in the heart of Texas, is a unique river nearand dear to many racers’ hearts. It is home to the notorious TexasWater Safari, a grueling 260 mile race to the Gulf of Mexico fromthe headwaters of the river, Aquarena Springs. Over 150 milliongallons of water gush daily from over 200 springs to form the San

Marcos River. Joined shortly by the Blanco River, then later theGuadalupe (whose name it assumes), and finally the San Antonio,it dumps its once pristine water into the San Antonio Bay in theGulf of Mexico. Hundreds of native species of plants and aquat-ic animals live in the river, including five endangered or threat-ened species in the springs area: the Texas blind salamander, thefountain darter, the San Marcos salamander, San Marcos gambu-sia and Texas wild-rice. On this river the TCRA centers its con-servation efforts.

Mud, Trash, and Snakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ginger Turner

“Mind if I shoot that snake?”

“Uh, no, I guess not.”

“Son, go get the gun.”

Six boats of people were scattered around a large log jam, tryingto get to all the trash. A farmer had heard the commotion andcome to the edge of the tall bank to see what was going on. Wetold him we were doing our biannual clean up of the river whenhe noticed the snake. My rule of thumb is to leave snakes aloneunless they are going to harm children, but hey, this was his land.To my surprise, he let his son do the shooting. With this many

boats and people around I hope he’s got a good aim, I thought tomyself. I saw the snake explode into pieces and then heard theshot. (Hmm, bullets are faster than sound.) Breathing again, Iwas glad that part was over. After hearing voices over my shoul-der, I turned to see Kelly paddling an old refrigerator that hadfinally been freed from the jam. We joked about the new racingclass.

The Texas Canoe Racing Association (TCRA) is a group foundedto promote canoe and kayak racing in Texas. Pulling from our

Above: The TCRA cleanup team at work. Bill Burruss reaches for trash while John Jackson does the impossible and walks on water. PatrickBonner stays in the already weighted-down boat. Photo courtesy of, and © 2002 by Ginger Turner.

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The TCRA has adopted a 14 mile stretch of river from the City ofSan Marcos that we are responsible for cleaning twice a year. Onthe first Saturday in March and November you will find racersputting aside their competitiveness, unless of course, you countwho has the most trash, who has found the most golf balls, oreven who is the most helpful getting the trash over Ottine orGonzales Dam, mandatory portages made more difficult with 50lbs of trash. Often the weather does not cooperate. This year, forinstance, temperatures were in the 30’s in March and two yearsago it was flooding in November. But we do what we can. Our

spring cleanup coincides with a coordinated effort to clean theentire 90 miles of the San Marcos River. Canoe clubs fromaround the state pitch in to help, our efforts followed by a bar-beque dinner at a local campground. In November it’s just us, butwe follow the cleanup with hamburgers and camaraderie.

Besides our adopted stretch of the river, we often donate moneyto worthy conservation causes. We have given money to theTexas Rivers Protection Agency for their ongoing legal battlesand donations helped purchase Hildago Falls on the Brazos Riverto keep it open to paddlers. This year money given to the SanMarcos River Foundation helped fund their ingenious plan ofbuying water to leave in the river as protection for wetlands and

Above: Left to right: Roger Zimmerman, Patrick Bonner, Frank Gray, Bill Burruss, Kaki Burruss, Noel Kirkwood, and (seated) John Jacksonshow off their finds of the day. Photo courtesy of, and © 2002 by Ginger Turner.

Left: Kelly Moody, in early training for the 2002 Refrigerator Nationals.He seems a little stern heavy, but then what do we know, who have neverpracticed the subtle art? Photo courtesy of, and © 2002 by Jerry Brown.

estuaries at the bay. This plan is unprecedented and has the waterboard baffled.

The TCRA is about racing, but we are also about conservation.As we trudge up the bank at the end of a clean-up with tires,motorcycle parts, “Wilson” the basketball with a face smearedwith mud, and innumerable bags of trash, we are satisfied that theriver looks better than when we found it. We feel good about giv-ing our time, talents and money to protect and beautify the riverswhere we race.

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Race SchedulesFeedback has suggested that we present the raceschedules by state instead of by division or club, forease of use. Obvious when you think about it! It is agood idea, so we have now done that. PLEASE, racesponsors (anyone!) contact me with corrections andupdates – and information about new races.

We try to provide the following basic informationhere: Date and Name of Race

Location (Town and River/Lake)Distance (s)Contact namePhone, e-mail address, web siteOther, brief, pertinent informationIf race sponsors (or any reader) can supplymissing information, you’ll be doing a service to us all.

Please contact: Gareth Stevens, home (262) 628-9991, or mobile (262) 853-5453, or [email protected]. Thank you!

Many thanks are due to the people and organizationswhich helped with the prodigious task of gatheringand providing the information set forth here.

The USCA encourages paddlers to join and sup-port their local USCA divisional or affiliate clubs,or even non-affiliated clubs (and encourage themto affiliate!)

These USCA Divisions, USCA-affiliated clubs, andnon-affiliated clubs can supply updated informationabout the races in their geographical area – via websites, e-mail, phone or regular mail, as follows.

Florida Competition Paddlers AssociationContact: Glennis WilliamsPhone: (727) 823-8000E-mail: [email protected]

Illinois Paddling CouncilContact: Vyts PaukstysPhone: 7(08) 352-8643E-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://www.illinoispaddling.org/

Indiana Division, USCAContact: Kurt BegueE-mail: [email protected]: http://members.aol.com/keluv1992/world.html

Michigan Canoe Racing AssociationContact: Lynne WittePhone: 810-783-5654E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.miracing.com/

Midwest Canoe Association E-mail: [email protected]: http://communities.msn.com/ Midwestcanoeassociation

Minnesota Canoe AssociationContact: Carol DavidsonE-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.canoe-kayak.org/

New England Canoe Racing AssociationContact: Tim AllenE-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.necanoe.org/

New York Marathon Canoe Racing AssociationContact: John NewmanPhone: (315) 386-1363 Web: http://www.nymcra.org/

Ohio Division, USCAContact: Bill CorriganPhone: (513) 530 9249

Ontario Marathon Canoe Racing AssociationContact: Don StonemanPhone: (519) 654-9106E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1898/

Ozark Canoe and Kayak AssociationContact: Stephen LynnPhone: (479) 858-4386

or (479) 885-1037E-mail: [email protected]

Penn/Jersey Division, USCAContact: Ken GergPhone: (814) 486-1691E-mail: [email protected]

Pennsylvania Association of Canoeing andKayakingContact: Jerry PattonPhone: (814) 642-9161

Association des coureurs en canots du Québec(ACCQ)Contact: Lise LapointeE-mail: [email protected]: http://www.enter-net.com/~9smblack/

St. Charles Canoe ClubContact: Tave LamperezPhone: (630) 584-6931E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.angelfire.com/sports/scccfox/

St. Lawrence Valley PaddlersContact: Chuck BoleshE-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.northnet.org/slvpaddlers

Texas Canoe Racing AssociationContact: Jerry BrownPhone: (972) 492 7841E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.txcanoeracing.org/

United States Canoe Association Contact (membership): Paula ThielPhone: (860) 889-9893E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.uscanoe.org/

Wisconsin Canoe Racing Association Contact: Gareth StevensPhone: (262) 628 9991E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://home.dwave.net/~wca/

Formatting for theSubmission to Canoe Newsof Race Schedules and RaceResultsRace Schedules: see above for the kin-formation we need. You can send it sim-ply in the body text of an e-mail, .or byUS Mail.

Race Results:

I have been gett ing these in a bewilder-ing variety of formats - I have about 80or so on hand to reformat, and willattempt to do as many as I can so for thenext issue. You can help a lot by sendinginformation in columns giving, in thisorder, please, for each racing class:

POSITION, FULL NAME, STATE, TIME

Please send by e-mail in either an Exceldocument or a Word document.

No hard copy, handwroitten or typed. Ijnust don’t have the time to retype, sorry!

Thanks. Gareth

USCA Membership ApplicationPlease print clearly: Personal membership ___ (check here)

Special membership: Type ___________ Name ___________________________________

(For Race Sponsor, Club Affliliate, Business Affiliate)

Last Name ________________________ First Name:____________________ M.I.___

Address __________________________ Date of Birth __________________

City __________________________ State ______ Zip Code ____________

Country __________________________ Phone (______) _____________

E-mail __________________________

Type of Membership Please check: New ___ Annual Renewal ___

Governing, 18 and over $20.00 Have you ever been a USCA member? ___

Junior 5-17 $7.50 Family members: Name Birth Date

Family $25.00 ______________________________ _____________

Race Sponsor $30.00 ______________________________ _____________

Club Affiliate $30.00 ______________________________ _____________

Life-Paid $400.00 ______________________________ _____________

Foreign - remit in US funds. ______________________________ _____________

Canada/Mexico, add $5 Recruited by: _________________________________

all other countries add $10

Dues amount _______ Please make checks payable to the USCA and

Tax deductible contribution _______ mail with application to: USCA Membership

Total _______ Paula Thiel, 53 Ross Rd, Preston, CT 06365

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USCA NATIONALS

— see TEXAS (September), below

CONNECTICUTSeptember 29 The Great Pachaug Canoe RacePachaug Pond, Griswold, CT4.5 and 10 milesContact: Ray ThielPhone: (860) 889 9893E-mail: [email protected]

October 6 Nayaug Canoe RaceConnecticut River, South Glastonbury, CT2, 5, & 8 milesContact: Dave AhlgrenPhone: (203) 633 5665

ILLINOIS** IPC Points RacesSeptember ??: **Vic Hopp MemorialRaceDes Plaines River at Wheeling- about 9 milesContact: Jim PetersonPhone: 847-564-5341E-mail: [email protected]

September 28 & 29 **Southern SamplerPinckneyville: 6 miles on a lakeContact: Cecil & Sharon RunyonPhone: 618-357-9224E-mail: [email protected]

October 5 Blackhawk Canoe ClassicRock River at Oregon: 10 milesContact: Kurt DobersteinPhone: 847-336-3394E-mail: [email protected]

October 6 **I&M Canal and DuPage River Race Du Page River at Channahon6 milesContact: Joe KowskyPhone: 815-942-0927E-mail: [email protected]

INDIANASeptember 21 & 22 4th Annual Bristol Bridge to Bridge Canoe and Kayak Races Bristol, INContact: Jan & Terry StreibPhone: (219) 848-4279

or (877) 513-2145.E-mail: [email protected] site: www.fluidfun.com

October 12 *1st Annual The Great Race /Bristol Adventure RacingBristol, INContact: Jan & Terry StreibPhone: (219) 848-4279

or (877) 513-2145.E-mail: [email protected] site: www.fluidfun.com

FLORIDASeptember 8 Rainbow RiverDunellon: 12 milesContact: John EdwardsPhone: (727) 823-8000E-mail: [email protected]

September 14 Ft. DeSoto Outrigger/Surfski/Seakayak RaceSt. Petersburg: 11 milesContact: John EdwardsPhone: (727) 823-8000E-mail: [email protected]

October 6 Lost Paddlers’ RaceSt. John’s River, Osteen: 8 milesContact: John Edwards Phone: (727) [email protected]

October 27 Paddle to the BorderSuwannee River, White Springs: about 10 milesContact: Tim Dodge Phone: (352) 371-9428E-mail: [email protected]

November 2 Treasure Island Canoe/Kayak Race St. PetersburgContact: Greg TaylorPhone: 727-360-8040 (evenings)

MAINESeptember 22 Penobscot 50Mattawamkeag to Old Town, MENo registration feeContact: Chip Loring(207) 394-3490

September 7 Ebb Tide MarathonBrewer, ME: 10 milesContact: Earl BaldwinPhone: (207) 825 4439

September 29 Mussel Man/Woman RaceUnion River, Ellsworth ME4.5 and 9 milesContact: Ron and Cindy MuirPhone: (207) 667 9340 Contact: Bob HesslerPhone: (207) 667 7541

October 13 Man-es-ayd’ik N.E. WarCanoe and Maine Sea Kayak ChampionshipsLong Pond, Mt. Desert Island, ME9 milesContact: Bar Harbor Chamber of

CommercePhone: (207) 288 5103E-mail:

October 19 Tour di VeronaPenobscot River, Verona, MEContact: Earl BaldwinPhone: (207) 825 4439

MASSACHUSETTSSeptember 6 The Cookie BowlStockbridge Bowl, Stockbridge, MAContact: Gary MillerPhone: (413) 298-3411

September 15 The 26th Annual Great Josh Billings RunagroundStockbridge Bowl, Lenox, MATriathlon: 27 miles bike, 5 canoe, & 6.2 runContact: Patty SpectorPhone: (413) 637-6913E-mail: [email protected]

MICHIGANSeptember 7 River Raisin ClassicRiver Raisin at Blissfieldabout 12 milesContact: Bill FickPhone: (517) 486-3051E-mail: [email protected]

September 14 Tahquamenon RiverTahquamenon River at Paradise: about 14 milesContact: Linda RichardsPhone: (906) 492-3351

MINNESOTASeptember 29 Minnesota MarathonCanoe Racing High School ChampionshipsC2 Men, C2 Women, C2 MixedManufactured canoes, 18 ft 6 inches or less. (One team of each class per high school)About 4 miles / 45 minutesContact: Kenn KetterPhone: (763) 561-2208Web site: http://www.kettercanoeing.com

September 2 AppleJack OrchardsCrow River in Delano7 mi./1hrContact: Jack KellyPhone: (612) 972-6673

NEW YORK September 6-8 Twentieth Annual

Adirondack Canoe ClassicOld Forge to Saranac Lake, 90 miles Contact: Brian & Grace McDonnell Phone: (518) 891-2744

(Mac's race hotline) E-mail: [email protected] Web:http://www.saranaclake.com/canoe.shtml

September 29 Grafton Lakes Barge

Chaser3 & 7 miles Contact: Sue BrisleyPhone: (518) 843-8133E-mail: [email protected]

October 5 Esopus Safari 4 & 7 miles Contact: Ralph ChildersPhone: (845) 247-8756 E-mail: [email protected]

NORTH CAROLINAFor more information on North CarolinaRaces, call William McDuffie (910) 948-2609.

October 5 Lumber River Canoe & Kayak ChallengeLumber River, Lumberton, NC9 1/2 mi. recreation canoe & kayak40 mile C1, C2, and kayak

OHIOSeptember 21 Mohican RiverCanoe RaceMohican River at Glenmontabout 10 milesContact: Ken Wobbecke Phone: (740) 599-6741E mail: [email protected] Web site: (run the two lines together)http://www.ohioparks.net/mohicanwilderness/

PENNSYLVANIASeptember 15 PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE This is the PACK Championship.Delaware River, 13 miles Contact: Nick HindleyPhone: (570) 253-1941E-mail: [email protected]: http://delawarecanoeclub.com

September 15 4th Annual Allegheny River Canoe & Kayak Race: Allegheny River at Oil City, 7 miles Contact: Marilyn BlackPhone: (814) 677-3152 (ext 17) or (800) 483-6264 (ext 17) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.riverromp.com

October 20 Philadelphia Fall Classic Phila Canoe Club, Philadelphia,Schuylkill River, 8 miles Contact: Glen GreenE-mail: [email protected] Web: www.philacanoe.org

RHODE ISLANDSeptember 7 25th R.I. FlatwaterChampionshipsPawcatuck River, Hopkinton, RI:4 miles and 8 milesContact: Alan AugustPhone: (401) 725-3344

TEXASSeptember 21 Jr. Texas Water SafariSan Marcos River, San Marcos to Staples: 16.5 milesPhone: 512-392-2330E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.texaswatersafari.org

September 28 USCA Aluminum NationalsTrinity River, Palestine Approx. 15 milesContact: Ed Furman Phone: 903-584-3288E-mail: [email protected]

October 26 Martindale TriathlonSan MarcosContact: Cindy Meurer Phone: 512-459-1630E-mail: [email protected]

November 2 Fall CleanupPalmetto SPContact: Ginger Turner Phone: 512-459-5742E-mail: [email protected]

November 9 Dickinson Bayou BrawlDickinson Bayou, Dickinson6 milesContact: Grady Hicks Phone: 713-453-5071E-mail: [email protected]

December 7 San Marcos SolosSan Marcos River, San Marcos to Staples: 16.5 milesContact: Jay Daniel Phone: 281-787-2271E-mail: [email protected]

WISCONSINOctober 5 Audubon Days Triathlon (2mi. paddle, 3 mi. run, 6 mi. mountain bike) Rock River and on land at Mayville Contact: Brad Taggett Phone: (920) 387 9025 E-mail: [email protected]

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Doug Pennington1735 CR 421 Poplar Bluff, MO 63901(573) [email protected]

West South Central Division(AR,OK,TX,LA)Lee Deviney212 Ashworth Dr, Austin, TX 78746(512) [email protected]

Grady Hicks1704 Holland St, Jacinto City, TX 77029(713) [email protected]

Bob Spain - past President (delegate status thru Jan’03)1500 Northridge Dr, Austin, TX 78723(512) [email protected]

East North Central Division(MI,IL,WI)Everett CrozierW. 2079 Highway 64, Marinette, WI 54143(715) [email protected]

Bill Fick516 Giles Ave, Blissfield, MI 49228(517) [email protected]

Fritz Hansen19022 58th Rd, Union Grove, WI 53182(262) [email protected]

Joe Kowsky629 E. Illinois Ave, Morris, IL 60450(815) [email protected]

Gustave Lamperez - VP(delegate status thru Jan’02)24 Roosevelt St, St. Charles, IL 60174(630) [email protected]

Beth Schluter3350 Interlaken Dr, Oconomowoc, WI 53066(414) 567-6923e-mail to come

Lynne Witte58 Union St, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043(810) [email protected]

Mountain Division(ID,WY,UT,CO,NV,NM,AZ,MT)Mike Johnson1515 Jackson St, Missoula, MT 59802(406) 721-2635e-mail currently not available

NON-ORGANIZED REGIONSNew England Division(ME,VT,NH,MA,CT,RI)Robert Allen687 Montgomery Rd, Westfield MA 01085(413) [email protected]

Marc Lessard57 Rivercrest, Hanover, NH 03755(603) [email protected]

Priscilla Reinertsen342 Stark Highway North, Dunbarton, NH 03045(603) [email protected]

Paula Thiel53 Ross Rd,Preston, CT 06365(860) [email protected]

South Atlantic Division (DE,MD,VA,WV,NC,SC,GA,FL)Kathy Edwards1929 Arrowhead Dr.NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33703(727) [email protected]

Bobby Galbraith1128 Jamestown Crescent, Norfolk, VA 23508(757) [email protected]

Bill Gardner - Treasurer (delegate status thru Jan’03)PO Box 714, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32004(904) [email protected]

Harold Theiss - Secretary(delg. status thru Jan’02) 12802 Lake Jovita Blvd, Dade City, FL 33525(352) [email protected]

Joan Theiss12802 Lake Jovita Blvd, Dade City, FL 33525(352) [email protected]

Laverne Young104 Bayou Drive, Niceville, FL 32578(850) 678-3131e-mail currently not available

East South Central Division(KY,TN,AL,MS)Neal Sanders2308 Avondale Dr, Johnson City, TN 37604(423) 282-6153e-mail currently not available

West North Central Division(MN,IA,MO,ND,SD,NE, KS)Earl Brimeyer2595 Rhomberg Ave, Dubuque, IA 52001(319) [email protected]

USCA CLUB AFFILIATES WITHDELEGATE STATUSFlorida Competition PaddlersAssociationKirk Young198 Satsuma Rd, Niceville, FL 32578(850) [email protected]

Illinois Paddling CouncilSteve Luth748 S. Dennis Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090(847) 537-9272e-mail currently not available

Michigan Canoe Racing AssociationDwight Walker8915 E. CD Avenue 3C, Richland, MI 49093) 9407(616) [email protected]

New England Canoe Racing Assoc.Jim Miller14 Fenton Dr, Southwick, MA 01077(413) [email protected]

New York Marathon Canoe RacingAssociationJohn NewmanBox 496, Canton, NY 13617(315) 386-1363e-mail currently not available

North Carolina Canoe RacingAssociationWilliam McDuffie1796 Plank Rd, Robbins, NC 27325(910) 948-2609e-mail currently not available

Ohio Historical Canoe RouteAssociationDon Myers2314 State St, NE, North Canton, OH 44721(330) 877-2546e-mail currently not available

Pennsylvania Association ofCanoeing & KayakingJerry PattonRD 2 Box 262 Two Mile Road, Port Allegany, PA 16743(814) 642-9161e-mail currently not available

St. Charles Canoe ClubEd Hahn1712 N. Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60622(773) 252-2723e-mail currently not available

Texas Canoe Racing AssociationCindy Meurer2609 Pinewood Terrace, Austin, TX 78757(512) [email protected]

Wisconsin Canoe Racing Assoc.Gareth StevensPO Box 56, Hubertus, WI 53033(414) [email protected]

Pacific Division(WA,OR,CA,AK,HI)James BauerWest 515 15th Ave, Spokane, WA 99203(509) 838-5402e-mail currently not available

ORGANIZED STATES/REGIONSIndiana Division/USCARoger Crisp140 N. Maple, PO Box 23, Earl Park, IN 47942(219) [email protected]

Frank Tinsley8218 Woonsocket Ct, Indianapolis, IN 46256(317) [email protected]

New York Division/USCAArmond Bassett58 Van Bergh Ave, Rochester, NY 14610(716) [email protected]

Bill Robinson5741 Bristol Valley Rd, Canandaigua, NY 14424(716) [email protected]

Jan Whitaker560 Shore Dr, West Henrietta, NY 14586(716) [email protected]

Kelly Wypych - President(delegate status thru Jan’03)338 Onondaga Terrace, Syracuse, NY 13207(315) [email protected]

Ohio Division/USCAWilliam Corrigan5888 E. Kemper Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241(513) [email protected]

Thor Ronemus5 E. Columbia St, Springfield, OH 45502(937) [email protected]

Penn Jersey Division/USCAKen GergPO Box 247, Emporium, PA 15834(814) [email protected]

Dale Krapf22 Hunting Hill Ln, West Chester, PA 19382(610) [email protected]

Norm Ludwig2006 West Side Rd, Jersey Shore, PA 17740(570) [email protected]

2002 - 2003 Delegates to the United States Canoe Association Executive Board

Inside back cover photo courtesy of and © 2002 by Gareth Stevens

Peter and Tricia Heedon Sunday, August 11, 2002

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