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Left: Emily Hazel – Barton Cup Champion in both C1 and K1, USCA national champion in the K1 Junior Woman marathon, and C1 Girl Juvenile Sprint Champion: Ms Hazel had a busy week at the USCA Nationals in Warren this year. Photo © 2007 by Derek Farr/ Warren Times Observer December Vol 40 Issue 3 The leading news magazine for all paddlers throughout North America CANOE NEWS US $5.95 CAN $6.95 CANOE NEWS Nov 2007 Vol 40/3 Main photo caption and credit: see Contents page (page 3). 2007 Warren Nationals Results and Reports Youth Encouragement Award: Marc Gillespie Paddler of the Year: Tom Walton In this issue: Also in this issue: Marc Gillespie on Working With Youth Karl Vogel on An Old Dugout and

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Canoe News 40-3 contains all the results and reports for the USCA National Canoe & Kayak Championships for 2007 and other articles.

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Left: Emily Hazel – Barton Cup Champion in both C1 and K1, USCA national champion in the K1 Junior Woman marathon, and C1 Girl Juvenile Sprint Champion: Ms Hazel had a busy week at the USCA Nationals in Warren this year.

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2007 Warren Nationals Results and Reports Youth Encouragement Award: Marc Gillespie Paddler of the Year: Tom Walton

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Also in this issue: Marc Gillespie on Working With Youth Karl Vogel on An Old Dugoutand

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www.uscanoe.comCanoe News Advertising and EditorialGareth Stevens, Editor PO Box 56, Hubertus, WI 53033 home (262) 628-9991 cell (262) 853-5453 [email protected]

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USCA OfficersExecutive Director John Edwards1929 Arrowhead DriveSt Petersburg, FL 33703(727) [email protected]

President Larry Liquori79 Locust DriveKings Park, NY 11754(631) 361-9548 (h)(631) 269-9696 (w)(631) 766-9903 (c)[email protected]

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Contents Hut! — Larry Liquori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Advice From the Vice — Ken Gerg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Scouting Ahead — John Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Short Strokes — Gareth Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The First Race Flyer of the Year — from South Carolina’s Jim Normandin . . . . . . . . 5 Stock Canoes – Help Ken Gerg Help USCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Medals, Medals, Medals — Matty Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5USCA Nationals Reports — Gareth Stevens, Sarah Tompkins, Ann DeBrouwer, Peter Heed . 7-10Beware Your Comfort Level as Your Skill Increases — Steve Rosenau, Safety . . . . . . 11USCA Warren Nationals Results Page Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11USCA Warren Nationals Results and Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-792007 Paddler of the Year: Tom Walton — Priscilla Reinertsen & Gareth Stevens . 24-252007 Youth Encouragement Award: Marc Gillespie — Judy Jeanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Working With Youth — Marc Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-81The Hunt for That One Missing Old Dugout in Florida — Karl Vogel . . . . . . . . . . . 82Business Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83USCA Membership Application / Renewal Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84USCA Delegates & Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85 USCA Committees & Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Hut!. . . . . .Larry Liquori, President, USCAWe have just put the final wraps on our highly successful 2007 Nationals. I have to rate this as one of my most enjoyable Nationals in the 20 years I have been racing Nationals, despite the fact that my personal performance was

somewhat lacking this year.

Yes, the competition was great. The classes were fiercely contested in marathon, sprints, orienteering, and even biathlon. Youth participation was awesome.

More important to me, however, was the amazing camaraderie. The local Warren newspaper had a nice article (reprinted here on pp 14-15) featuring Jason Quagliata. In it the article writer quoted Jason as saying one of the things he likes about Nationals is seeing so many friends he hadn’t seen in so long. Notice he didn’t concentrate on his outstanding performance, or his upcoming international competitions, or how far he had come in just a few years of paddling, but on his friends.

I spoke to another competitor who lives not too far from Warren. She kept telling me how much fun she was having and how much being with all her wonderful friends meant to her.

The biathlon is about camaraderie as much as it is about competition. The post event party is one of the highlights of Nationals for the biathletes.

Bob Bradford hosted his annual pasta dinner, Teresa Stout hosted at least three parties at her palatial compound, and I am sure there were many other social affairs. It even appeared that the canine attendees had a great time.

There is a good chance that my paddling career is over due to injuries. However, when possible, I still plan to attend

Advice from the “Vice” . . . . . . . . . . Ken Gerg, Vice PresidentIf you went to Warren, PA to paddle the USCA Nationals and did not have a good time – sorry – you were at fault!

Sure, we had some early week down pours but the weather sure got better as the

marathons started. I am no doubt prejudiced, but what a great course! Virtually every canoeing challenge you could expect in marathon canoeing except maybe a portage, and Jim Decker has told me many times – “if you want a portage, let me know”. He has a great one laid out through the Hospital’s front yard. Let’s not push him!

Think about it, deep water, shallow runs, hard upstream current, clockwise and counter clockwise buoy turns, a challenging riffle and for this day and age, nice clean, clear and cool water.

From what I saw the camping areas were more than adequate and the convenience of the Holiday Inn and Super 8 are hard to beat. Betts Park is certainly a great facility.

Sure, I wish it were closer to all of our members, but I drove to Peshtigo, Wisconsin last year and enjoyed the venue very much. I am not making any comparisons. Anyone who wants to take on the daunting challenge of hosting the USCA Nationals not only needs and deserves our support, but also our appreciation and admiration.

I don’t know how many of you were there at the close, but Warren wants us back in 2009 and I for one sure feel we are missing the boat (canoe/kayak as it were) if we don’t take them up on their gracious offer.

Thank you Warren, PA for a GREAT Nationals.

Mark your calendars for 2008!USCA Canoe & Kayak Nationals

Aug 5-10, 2008: Elkhart County, IN6 days of Sprint, Orienteering, & Marathon

USCA Aluminum Nationals September 27-28, 2008: Bastrop, TX

Mark your calendars for 2009!

USCA Canoe & Kayak NationalsAug 11-16, 2009

Bids for hosting both 2009 Nationals will be reviewed at USCA’s Annual

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Photographs: of Larry Liquori, copyright ©2003 by Lucy H Moore Stevens — of Ken Gerg, unknown

Nationals if for nothing else, the outstanding camaraderie.

On a personal note, I would like to thank Jim Genkos for slowing down in the C1Veteran class when I capsized in the refinery rapids. It was so gracious of him to let me pass him. Was there some unspoken agreement among all the C1 Veteran paddlers to have someone let me beat them, and this year it was Jim’s turn?

For those who missed it, there were 15 capsizes on Friday, 6 on Saturday, and another 15 on Sunday. Since I have swum there twice, I am approaching Collen Moore’s unenviable record of three (in one race) from a few years ago. Fortunately for her, her learning curve is such that she keeps the open side up nowadays. Maybe I should try that too.

Another milestone worth noting, did you see how many K1s there were in that big start? How long before K1s outnumber C1s? Although it was quite nice to see so many K2s, I don’t think K2s will outnumber C2s in my lifetime.

Well campers, hope to see you all on a river somewhere, but it’s more likely you’ll see me in physical therapy, trying in vain to rebuild broken parts.

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Scouting Ahead. . . John Edwards, Executive DirectorIt was good to see the number of young paddlers as well as the diverse numbers of kayakers at this years Nationals. The USCA is better off having such a wonderful group of people participating at our Nationals.

But having the new paddlers show up is just a start.

Getting them to be permanent members willing to pitch in and continue to help shape the future for the USCA is an elusive hurdle we must strive to help them over.

The USCA extended family is what keeps us going stronger and longer than any energizer bunny.

We need to keep these new paddlers in our organization as well as encouraging others to join their ranks.

Extending our helping hands enables the newcomers to feel welcome and when they leave the competition they remember an experience that is hard to duplicate anywhere in any sport.

Marathon racing is a solitude sport.

Going to races allows us not only test our capability but to get together with people that we may not have seen for a year or in some cases many years.

Dave Diget and other youth club organizers need to be commended in their tireless volunteer efforts working with young paddlers.

We must take the time to listen to their needs and if possible extend our expertise and support to help solve some of the inherent problems associated with club development and nurturing beginning paddlers. Money is always in short supply. Designing a craft that could help keep the overall costs of club development could be a major step in bringing back clubs to paddle sport.

This brings me to the “one boat” spec design.

There seems to be some confusion with the idea and I’d like to see if I can clarify the proposal and idea.

1. There would be no changes to the existing classes at the USCA Nationals.2. A new “spec boat” class would be added which would be used for all 4 of the following classes; the Kayak, sit down C1, high kneel C1 and outrigger C1. Any of these could be used with or without the rudder being deployed.3. This spec boat would be designed for a paddler up to about 100 lbs and the boat would have an open cockpit allowing for a person to use the boat as a kayak with one seat arrangement or a canoe with another arrangement. The boat would allow for a High Kneeler and with an attached ama an Outrigger C1.4. Based on measurements taken this year at the sprint venue using a kid that weighed 45 lbs up to a paddler at 110 lbs, we figured a width of 19-20 inches at the 2-3 inch waterline would be sufficient.

5. A length of 14-16 feet would work.6. An over the stern rudder.7. Weight of no more than 30lbs.8. Fiberglass construction would suffice.9. Both ends would be enclosed with a sufficient open cockpit to allow high kneeling.10. Attachments for amas and auks.11. Self-bailer in the cockpit area.

The main premise for this boat would be to allow a club the ability to have 1/2 the number of boats they need at present to accommodate canoe and kayak options. On top of that they would only bring 1/2 number of boats to the races as well. Once the paddlers got to the ability to use an existing craft they could move beyond that class with the purchase of their own boat or the club would have those types of boats to use.

I feel very strongly about this issue. I also value the efforts of Dave D and others who see the advantage of designing this boat.

The USCA’s involvement would be to be able to use that specification as a separate class providing the clubs use the newly designed boat the way we think it would be used.

If anyone has the time to put the ideas down on paper and then as a prototype let me know. I would like the USCA to contribute towards this development and production in a manner appropriate with its charter as an educational organization. — John Edwards

Scouting Ahead

Photograph copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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Short Strokes – from the Editor and his Pals: News in Brief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gareth Stevens et al

The race calendar – the first flyer received:I hope to have some extensive detail - at least for the early part of the season, in the next issue of Canoe News, but to start with here’s info from the very first race flyer I have received:

Jim Normandin’s wryly-named 12 Mile Canoe & Kayak Race, which is, in fact a set of approximately 7-mile long races, will take place at “12-Mile Park” in Clemson, SC. Race date is April 19. Contact Jim at (864) 863-7457 or 7400, or [email protected].

Stock Canoes - Need Help for Indiana!As Ken Gerg rightly points out (page 55), the introduction of stock canoes as a Demo event at Nationals was not intended merely to swell and dilute the over-large number of USCA classes, but rather to draw stock canoe paddlers to USCA – to bring in new blood!

Unfortunately, the success this year was modest, and dilutive. Every one of the 15 paddlers in the stock canoe events were pre-existing USCA members, and very nearly all of them paddled C1 and/or C2 or C2 Standard in previous years, so switched to stock canoes this year.

Ken Gerg: “I was somewhat disappointed but remember: it took some kayak classes a long time to reach their potential. I feel if we eventually reach the right people, the Stock Canoe will help us introduce USCA marathon paddling to more potential new members.”

So, for this to work as intended, we need to publicize the event to people who are not current USCA members.

Please help Ken achieve this. Contact him at (814) 486-1691 or [email protected].

Stock canoe paddlers, note for Indiana:

Specs for the C2 Stock: Included in this class are hulls similar to the Jensen 18. There are minimal concave lines in the hull and no concave lines in the gunwales. Maximum length is 18’6”, no minimum weight. Minimum width at 4” waterline is 15% of length (33 5/16” for 18’6”). Tumblehome max is 1” per side. All NYMCRA specifications apply. The current C2 Stock list includes Wenonah’s Jensen 17, Jensen 18, Sundowner, Minnesota ll, Odyssey, Escape and Escapade; GRB’s Traveler 17’5”, Traveler 18’6” and Monarch; Mad River’s Lamoille and Horizon and Bell Canoe Works’ Northstar, Northwind, Northwoods and Savage River Works’ Susquehanna.

Specs for the C1 Stock: Maximum length is 17’0”. Tumblehome not to exceed 3.5” per side. No minimum weight. The current C1 Stock list includes: GRB’s Classic and Classic XL; Wenonah’s Advantage, Prism, Encounter and Solitude; Sawyer’s Summer Song, DY Special and Shock Wave; Savage River’s Otegan (with modification) Bell’s Magic; and Mad River’s Independence.

Medals, Medals, MedalsAnother in the occasional rants from Matty Walter, fictional, long-time USCA grouch, & not the Editor of this Rag.I saw in this year’s Nationals that y’all had classes for the older paddlers in the 60 – 69 and 70 – 79 classes. I guess that was because some folks feel it’s not fair to paddle against others with such obvious advantages.

Well, let me offer a suggestion: how ‘bout having a class for those who are retired and therefore have more time to train than the working stiffs? It doesn’t seem fair that someone who has all week free to train should be in the same group as someone who doesn’t get home from work ’til after dark.

And maybe a class for those have more paddlers in their areas than those who don’t? Being able to train with (and against) other paddlers is certainly an advantage.

Heck, if we look hard enough, we might be able to come up with enough reasons for classes so ever’body can get themselves a medal. Wouldn’t that be nice? Of course, poor Priscilla would have to ask the USCA for gas money because she’d be carrying a ton and a half of medals to Nationals.

My point, if you can’t see it here, is that splitting classes too finely dilutes the value of the medals. Looking at this year’s numbers, it doesn’t seem like having these classes split attracted a whole lot more paddlers than before.

After you’ve been racing for a while, actual medals become almost meaningless. It’s more the memories and knowing that you took Xth place in the 200X Nationals and had a great (or lousy) race that year.

Lookit having fewer class splits and more people will stick around for the medal ceremonies too, cuz they’ll be much shorter.

My 2¢.

Editor’s note: Canoe News welcomes constructive debate on this and other current USCA topics.

Short Strokes Matty Walter Rants Again

Cartoon copyright ©2005 by Michael Ripple

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USCA Nationals 2007 in Warren, PA: Introduction

Paddlers ready! – Norm Ludwig, USCA Competition Chair, fires his starting pistol, we calculate, for the 1,�23rd time at USCA Nationals over the past 20+ years . . . give or take . . .

Below: K1 Unlimited & K1 Touring start: closest, Richard Libby, then Elmore Holmes, Craig Impens, Dan Nemeth, Karl Vogel, David McAdoo, Melissa Schmidt, Sonja Gilman, and a whole bunch of others . . .

USCA Nationals 2007 in Warren, PAThird Time was a Charm . . . Just Like First and Second Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gareth Stevens

Everyone I heard from in the weeks following Nationals in Warren had a good time at this year’s event! Yes, not everything went right all the time for everyone, but the overwhelming takes on the week were along the lines of:

• “Thank you, Warren, for a great week of racing.” [See page 38] - Ted Cramer. • “The town of Warren made us all feel welcome, and the course was perfect.” [See page 58] - Del & Vicki Cummings. • “As always Warren serves up both on and off the water.” [See page 42] - Karen Simpson. • “I had the coolest Nationals ever. I mean, how often do you get to surprise everyone and beat Calvin and Andy when they are in the same boat?”[See also pp 36, 50 & 69] - Matt Streib.

• “Chapman State Park was lovely, I camped there for four nights and loved the place. After the first night I found (and fixed) the hole in my air mattress and things once again exponentially improved. It’s hard to believe that some years ago I slept right on top of the ground without a pad, even when sober. And the BBQ was really good on Saturday afternoon.” [See also pp 9 & 67] - Ann DeBrouwer.

Below: The C1 Man Senior start on Friday, Jim Short nearest to camera, then Bill Anderson, Wayne Gregory, Eric McNett, Joe Johnson, Tony Bond, Jim Dipelesi, David Hunter, and Paul Dyka.

You’ll see many thanks to Jim Decker and his team at the Warren County Chamber of Business and Industry (WCCBI) in many of the accounts you’ll read, and I add mine: Thanks again, Jim, and thanks to all the volunteers who helped you.Thank you also to all the racers – young paddlers and old, newbies and veterans, fast and less fast – who have sent me exciting, entertaining, and thoughtful accounts of their week’s experiences. I share them here, alongside the results of the races themselves.For a start, take a look on the next page at Sarah Tompkins’ account of her week and some of Peter Heed’s reflections, printed in this introduction – then enjoy all the accounts by participants that accompany the results.As in the two previous visits to Warren, the Warren Times Observer did a wonderful job of covering the event. Photos and stories from their great team (Derek Farr, Bryan Ferry, and intern Colin Kyler) appear in this issue of Canoe News*. Their support of and enthusiasm for our National Championships is typical of the general welcome and attitude from Warren County and why we have come back again and again to this stretch of the Allegheny River and Chapman Lake. [*A full collection of these photos – seven galleries with a total of 1075 photos. Start with cu.timesobserver.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=296765 - and then substitite the last six digits with these gallery numbers, in turn: 785, 778, 779, 780, 796, 803.

Photographs above and lower right copyright ©2007 by Colin Kyler / Warren Times Observer; photograph upper right copyright ©2007 by Terry Castor

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“My sister and I ended up flipping three times! If it weren’t for Emily and Nathalie’s spill we would have been miles behind them. Anna and I ended in third after a well-fought race. Emily and Nathalie came up to me afterwards saying, “You guys would have killed us if you didn’t flip!” which I thought was a funny thing to say.

“The next day we battled it out in our kayaks. We scratched our boats, scraped our rudders, and best of all I took another spill! This time the rescue team was there, they blew their whistles and threw me a rope. They got me back in my boat so fast it was almost like I didn’t flip. I finished the race paddling on one side because my rudder was badly bent.

“So I started preparing for the C1 race determined not to flip. My start was very good, as Emily Hazel and I battled it out for second following closely behind Ruth Sayger in first. During the first mile I was closely drafting Ruth – and Emily was not far behind me. Then suddenly Emily Hazel shot up from behind and passed for a commanding lead. I don’t even know what happened, one second she was next to me giving me a cheerful “Hi, Sarah” then the next she was gone. In the next few miles I paddled hard, trying to catch up with her, but she was just too good.

“When I came to the last few miles near the rapids I saw the other (much more experienced) paddlers pass through with ease. I had already flipped here in my past two marathons. I thought to myself, “I can do this. I have already spilled here before. I

Note also, that the awesome collection of 1500+ photos taken by USCA’s official photographic team of Dave & Lynda Williams (Will Arts Photography] can be viewed at www.willarts.com/gallery/index.php?cat=20 .]

Sarah Tompkins, MI, is one of the “Kalamazoo kids” — a delightful bunch of young paddlers, a reflection of and a credit to their coach (Dave Diget) and their supportive families.

Here is how Sarah’s week went. (I feel a special kinship with Sarah: I, too, tipped in each of my three marathon races . . .)

A Week Packed With Good Sport

. . . . . . . Sarah Tompkins, Michigan“When I first came to Warren I was so very excited to spend another week paddling and having fun with my friends. I started off the week doing the biathlon with my

sister Anna Tompkins and good friend Jaclyn Stone. We ended up doing very well and came in third for our age group.

“On Thursday I started my sprints, regardless of the pouring rain. I did very well, and had fun racing back and forth to make it to my sprints, which seemed to be back to back. On Friday my sister and I paddled together in the C2 marathon. We had a great start. We were dominating, and what seemed to be miles ahead of our friends and teammates Emily Hazel and Nathalie Hanson. We were doing so well until we hit the rapids.

Heartfelt thanks from all the members of USCA to all the sponsors and volunteers from Warren County who helped make the 2007 USCA Nationals in Warren possible.Sponsors: The Warren County Commissioners Kersey and Associates

Donors: Wal-Mart Shurfine of Warren Jones GM Dealership Thorne’s Bilo The City of Warren.

Volunteers: Ian ShattuckJim Nelles Zach RobertsonCathy Anderson Dr. Dan CasamentoJohn Kersey and Joy Johnson Associates Robin ReedTom and Roxanne Dorothy Hvozda Fadale Laurie CrossleyJoe Sprentz Pat ShineAmber Hunter Bob and Sue BennerPatty and Kerry Gern Ines NelsonChris Snyder Bill JonesPam Bova Brent Jones

USCA Nationals 2007 in Warren, PA: Sarah Tompkins

Photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

Terry and Mendy Castor, cheering on their children, JD Jones and Sosha Jones at Youth Sprints. Big thanks to Terry for his photos, some of which appear in this issue.

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The Double-bladed Set . . . . Ann DeBrouwer, ON, Canada:The double-bladed set found themselves with a healthy serving of companionship to partake in the challenges of the Allegheny River at this year’s Nationals.

Numerous surf skis, open water racers, ICFs, downriver, touring and sea kayak

models appeared from such far reaches as Tennessee and Florida to tackle the course.

Full classes of kayaks also competed in the sprint events earlier in the week held at Chapman Lake. It was a good experience to line up at the start of the race, two deep and a dozen across, to wait for the starter’s gun.

Saturday’s K2 races were well attended with several competitors in men’s and women’s teams, as well as numerous mixed teams competing in the Men’s category. It isn’t fun until something goes wrong, and this year’s slingshot ride out of the K2 in the whirlpools just before the finish line is right up there in life’s best moments, and reinforces the rule that it is more than twice the fun to share a swim with a friend.

Famous last words, like “do we really need that spray skirt”, “let’s just run this, it’s ch*%$#@it”, “where did the water go?”, “I can’t make this thing turn!”, and “next year I’ll lose 20 lbs and the boat will plane perfectly, you’ll see!” … are all distant memories.

So kayakers, buff those hulls now, it will only get better next year in Indiana. [More from Ann on page 67.]

can make it through my last marathon without flipping.” So I picked up my speed, hoping to zoom through the left side of the rapid. I paddled fast, but the current started turning my bow to the left. I quickly switched sides and began to paddle backwards on the right. That made me lose my balance, and I fell in. “Oh well,” I thought, “I tried.” The rescue team helped me up, asking if I was OK, and sent me on my way.

“Since I’d taken a spill, I decided to finish as strong as I could. When I came around the final turn I put her into high gear. I finished the race; that was all that was required of me. My family was so proud that I never gave up, despite my continuous spills. I was proud of myself, too. I came to Warren to paddle hard, but most importantly to have fun. Though I didn’t think it was fun the first few times I fell in, I got over it. Overall I had a great time, and can’t wait to take it on next year.

“Here is an interesting extra I enjoyed during the week!

“I met with Pamela Boteler and learned how to high kneel paddle. It was so much fun and I have found a real interest in it. In fact, the first week in October I am going to Washington, DC to train with Pamela and maybe even compete. Its a real workout, and takes extreme balance and core strength. But I have fallen in love with it. My friends Jacyln Stone and Nathalie Hanson have also found a real interest in it, and may be competing too.

“Thanks so much!”

Sarah Tompkins’ swim at the Flare Rapids. See her account of this and her whole week, above.

“Keep your feet up!” a rescue team member tells a hapless canoer clings to his boat, round side sideways in the Flare Rapids.

A familiar sight to paddlers at the Flare Rapids, a member of Warren’s Swift Water Rescue Team watches as Mark Wendolowski and Adrian McKenna approach.

Top photograph copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams); all others copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr / Warren Times Observer

USCA Nationals 2007 in Warren, PA: Ann DeBrouwer

Sarah Tompkins was so not alone in swimming. Here, USCA’s Camaraderie and Co-Youth Chair Judy Jeanes flips with Gary Krapf on the same morning.

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– and it was heartwarming to see him back into it. Does anyone else recall the now famous Roland Muhlen incident at the ‘82 Nationals in Doniphan, Missouri on the Current River? Mad River Canoes had recently come out with a marathon canoe, and company reps. brought a trailer full for people to try. They even had a little

demonstration/reception one evening. While explaining how “incredibly strong” the new core material allegedly was, the representatives turned a canoe upside down on the ground and invited “anyone” to stand on it. We all sort of looked at each other, wondering if they were serious – all of us except Roland – who jumped right up on the canoe! And then promptly crashed through to the ground, leaving a hole about a foot around in the canoe bottom!! We all gasped – and then started to chuckle! Roland just stood there, right in the hole, with that old “sorry about that” grin. A classic moment. Needless to say, canoe sales were a little slow!

[More from Peter: on the C2 Women marathon races, p 48; on the C2 Men marathon races, p 53.

And from Peter Heed:“Warren is a good ‘comfortable’ venue – maybe a little too comfortable, as some newcomers to the races had a hard time getting information on the course, buoy placement, etc.

“Generally, though, the comments were positive especially concerning the course. The “double loops” enabled participants to “stay in touch” with the race – both those in front and behind. The buoys were always fun opportunities to gain or lose time. The first loop presented some strange – but enjoyable – strategic quandaries: once headed back upstream, do you stay in the middle, in the eddy of the island, as the organizers hoped? Or do you hug the eddies of the right–hand shore and cut beneath the island at the last minute?

“During the weekend I observed racers try it both ways with no clear consensus on what really was best. Bottom line: most people decided to stay with their competition – and that meant going up the right shore!

“Although there was less than a huge turnout in some classes, it was good to see so many new faces (the great Kalamazoo kids!) and the return of some we have not seen for many years – eg Roland Muhlen!

“Roland truly is one of the great paddlers – a blast from the past

USCA Nationals 2007 in Warren, PA: Peter Heed

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Beware Your Comfort Level as Your Skill Increases . Steve Rosenau, USCA Safety ChairThe 2007 Warren, PA USCA Nationals

competition is over with no known injuries. That’s a good thing. However, the Warren Flare Rapids challenged many of us: more than 20 paddlers swam during the weekend, including at least one sea kayaker, myself.

I was suddenly slowing down in the rapids to prevent bumping the unlimited kayak I was stern wake-riding, trying to turn away as his boat slewed sideways, when a wave hit from the side. I braced twice and ran out of paddle. The next thing I knew I was holding onto the boat cockpit, reaching it from under water, pulling myself to the surface and floating down river. Three minutes later I was back the saddle, chasing.

Was I ready? Partly. My PFD was bungeed onto the boat, my flotation belt was on me- recent lake tests show it keeps me at the surface without lungs full of air. With lungs inflated, several inches of my head are above water with the added flotation. Like many low-body-fat athletes, I sink like a rock without any flotation. Fully inflated lungs just slow the descent. Knowing this, the risks, and my responsibilities to my family, I choose to wear my cut-down flotation at all times.

There was plenty of help if needed and shore was nearby. The current was swift and re-entry difficult until I was out of the rapid and near the shoreline. The water was refreshing, not shockingly cold. No problem under the conditions.

As we progress in skill level, our confidence increases, leading to risk theory. Risk Homeostasis Theory maintains that, in any activity, people accept a certain level of subjectively estimated risk to their health and safety, in exchange for the benefits they hope to receive from the activity. The theory states that when a person engages in any activity, they are constantly maintaining the risk level they are comfortable with, regardless of safety precautions.”

We may think we are in control, but a freak wave, a broken seat or paddle shaft, or a rock hidden one inch below the surface, could tip the odds to the other side. If conditions are bad, survival becomes dicey.

Mitigating the risk can be paddling with others, wearing proper clothing for immersion, maintaining adequate food and water, wearing a PFD if cold and alone, having a whistle, and/or floatation in the boat.

Performing yearly boat inspections can make the difference- the best time is about a month before the big race. Inspecting the seat sliding rails, bolting, carbon epoxy joints, paddle, paddle shaft, rudder cables and cable joints, can make the difference between no event and being wet and late getting home. The harder the part is to inspect, the more it should be inspected. Take the time and make the effort to inspect those hard to reach seat supports or rudder cables.

See you next year, August 5-10 2008 in Indiana.

USCA Nationals Results: Where to Find ’em:SPRINTS, BIATHLON, YOUTH SPRINTS, ORIENTEERING, OUTRIGGER

Adult Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17

Adult/Youth Sprints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19

Canoe Orienteering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23

National Run Paddle Biathlon . . . . . 26-27

Youth Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-33

Outrigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3�-35

MARATHON:

C1 Unlimited Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

C1 Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-�1

C1 Stock Canoe Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �0

C1 Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �2-�3

Barton Challenge Cup / C1 Junior. . ��-�5

C2 Men Junior, C2 Women Junior. . �6-�7

C2 Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �8-�9

C2 Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-55

C2 Stock Canoe Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

C2 Standard Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

C2 Man / Junior, C2 Man / Youth . . 56-57

C2 Mixed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59

C2 Standard Mixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61

K1 Touring Man / K1 Touring Woman . . . 62-63

K1 Unlimited Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6�-65

K1 Unlimited Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-66

K1 Downriver Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

K1 Downriver Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

K2 Unlimited Men / K2 Unlimited Women 70-72

K1 Sea Kayak Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

K1 Sea Kayak Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7�

K1-ICF Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

K1-ICF Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-77

Barton Challenge Cup / K1 Junior . 78-79

Safety Corner Nationals Results: Page Guide

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USCA Nationals 2007: ADULT SPRINTS

Adult SprintsTuesday, August 7 and Thursday, August 9, 2007

. . . . Bill Corrigan - Sprint Chairman The 2007 USCA National Sprint Races were held at Chapman State Park, the same location as 2003 & 2005. The Tuesday Adult and Adult/Youth Sprints were moving along with six races completed, when the sound of thunder was heard in the valley, causing everyone to

leave the course. After a long and intense thunderstorm, the races were postponed until 7:30 Thursday morning.

Thursday dawned foggy and overcast. When the races finally started things seemed to go smoothly with spats of light showers and bright sunshine. Just after noon the rain started very hard – so hard that I did not hear the thunder. I did hear the park ranger give the order for everyone to get off the lake, on the radio. The next day I was talking to John Edwards at the finish line in Betts Park. He said the rain was pounding so hard on the tarp at the finish line he could not hear me on the radio.

After the storm was over and a waiting period with no lighting, the Youth Sprints resumed. We completed the Adult & Adult/Youth Sprints and held all the Youth Sprints on Thursday. Additionally, we had outrigger canoes with paddlers with disabilities interspersed between Adult and Youth sprints. Despite the bad weather, I think everyone had a good time at the 2007 USCA National Sprint Championship races.

We all owe Jim Decker and his Warren volunteers a big Thank You, for the registration and finish line timing. All the USCA volunteers at the sprints, from those passing out boat numbers to those handing out awards deserve our thanks.

Getting to the Sprints on Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a note from Gareth StevensAn early-morning crash gave a morning-long headache to motorists Tuesday. A tractor trailer operator fell asleep at the wheel at about 5:40 am. The resulting accident forced the closure of Highway 6 on Warren’s east side for about five hours.

And THAT sabotaged the efforts of many USCA racers heading for Chapman Lake State Park. My wife Lucy and I toured the countryside for an hour (including a visit to Tidioute) in an attempt to find a back way. We eventually encountered a another lost convoy of five or six cars that included Jason Quagliata, Marc Gillespie, Ted and Lois Cramer & others.

We all eventually made it, albeit along different routes, hurtling at speed along country roads, paved and unpaved. The stress helped nicely to get my heart rate up for the races.

Race Results: Abbreviations: US states, plus ON (Ontario,

Canada) and VIC (Victoria, Australia).

C1 Woman Open1 Emily Wright (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:16.542 Nathalie Hanson (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:44.313 Colleen Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:25.904 Dawn McCracken (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:59.96

C1 Woman Master1 Colleen Moore (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:55.182 Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:03.483 Pam Fitzgerald (MY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:04.494 Judy Jeanes (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:04.98C1 Woman Veteran1 Jan Whitaker (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:19.772 Dede Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:25.493 Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:35.81

Right to left, 2nd through �th C1 Woman Masters: Karen Simpson, Pam Fitzgerald, and Judy Jeanes.

Dede Herlihy, 2nd C1 Woman Veteran.

Colleen Moore, C1 Woman Master sprint champion.

Emily Wright, C1 Woman Open sprint champion.

Photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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2007 Nationals: ADULT SPRINTSC1 Man 1 Matt Rudnitsky (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:45.372 Cody Brown (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:53.103 Ryan Stephens (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:07.314 Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:07.795 Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:24.326 Matt Swinehart (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:48.387 Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:00.208 Sam Knoechel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:30.129 Logan Hughey (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:45.73C1 Man Master1 John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:36.552 Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:40.163 Roy Zweeres (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:41.924 Del Cummings (CT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:42.435 Guy Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:49.966 Don Walls (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:54.307 Doug Pennington (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:57.098 John Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:00.059 Dave Impens (NJ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:02.72

C1 Man Senior1 Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:46.252 Tom Walton (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:46.543 Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:47.944 James Dipelesi (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:49.075 Gareth Stevens (WI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:52.556 William Anderson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:56.847 Jim Short (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:57.838 Gary Mullen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:58.369 Mark McAndew (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:59.0210 Tony Bond (VIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:16.4911 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:21.09C1 Man Veteran: Heat 11 Stan Machacek (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:57.012 Tom Thomas (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:58.603 Bob Bradford (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:03.654 Alec Davis (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:05.715 Bill Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:06.366 Michael Johnson (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:07.957 Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:08.788 Roland Muhlen (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:09.159 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:16.32C1 Man Veteran: Heat 21 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:02.212 Greg McMorrow (ME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:02.473 LaVerne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:03.854 Bob Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:06.585 Larry Liquori (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:07.276 Richard Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:08.937 Dale Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:25.138 Donald Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:34.519 Phil Cole (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:34.95C1 Man Veteran: Final1 Stan Machacek (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:48.862 Tom Thomas (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:50.433 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:52.824 Greg McMorrow (ME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:55.135 LaVerne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:55.706 Bob Bradford (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:56.307 Bob Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:57.038 Bill Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:57.819 Larry Liquori (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:58.4310 Alec Davis (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:03.28C1 Unlimited Man (Demo)1 Lloyd Reeves (CA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:01.362 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:27.74

Matt Rudnitsky, this year’s C1 man sprint champion, and Cody Brown leave the rest of the C1 Man field behind.

John Edwards, C1 Man Master sprint champion, four to five seconds ahead of Randy Bailey and Roy Zweeres.

Left to right: C1 Man Veterans Bob Bradford , Nick Lyesiuk, Stan Machacek, Bill Robinson, and Tom Thomas. Lloyd Reeves, first C1 Unlimited Man Demo.

Top and right photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams); center above copyright ©2007 by Terry Castor; immediately above copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr/Warren Times Observer

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2007 Nationals: ADULT SPRINTS

A First Nationals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Williams Lewonski2007 was my first Nationals. My first race was the K1 Women Master sprints. The other women looked really intimidating. As I was warming up, I heard the announcer, “Would you please come join us on the starting line?” I looked around. All the other women were lined up, waiting for me to get there. Oops! The first twenty strokes of the race felt great but then I wobbled the boat. My stroke quickened, I felt awful. Even Judy Jeanes, the canoer, looked at my stroke and knew it was awful. Approaching the 250 meter marker, my mind told me to settle down. My second 250 meters was phenomenal. I paddled the Javelin like it was meant to be paddled. Sonja Gilman had put two boat lengths on me in the first 250 meters. In the second 250, I held her. I crossed the finish line feeling awesome. But then the pain set in. I swear I hurt worse after 500 meters than I hurt after the 70 miles of the Clinton. There are simply no fast twitch muscles in my body. The good thing about sprints is that the recovery time is quick, in about an hour I was feeling just fine, and I had won a silver medal in my first sprint ever!

K1 Woman Open1 Kaitlyn McElroy (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:25.762 Melissa Schmidt (SC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:36.433 Emily Wright (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:46.104 Alicia Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:10.385 Nathalie Hanson (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:20.916 Dawn McCracken (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:48.41K1 Woman Master1 Sonja Gilman (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:54.222 Susan Williams (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:09.79K1 Woman Senior1 Georgette Goonan (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:28.062 Linda Volpe (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:34.10K1 Woman Veteran1 Kathy Kenley (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:16.21

K1 Man Open: Heat 11 Holm Schmidt (SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:09.312 Griffin Williams (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:16.933 Mark Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:20.764 Elmore Holmes (TN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:24.725 Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:50.906 Tim Gorey (OH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:06.377 Logan Hughey (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:32.19K1 Man Open: Heat 21 Jason Quagliata (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:01.402 Craig Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:08.303 Josh Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:26.404 Ryan Stephens (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:30.505 Paul Gruber (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:53.806 Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:09.507 Jabe Walters (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:27.408 Sam Knoechel (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:32.889 Vaughn Taylor (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:59.3010 Oliver Taylor (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05:18.40K1 Man Open: Final1 Jason Quagliata (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:06.162 Holm Schmidt (SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:10.413 Craig Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:12.404 Griffin Williams (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:23.245 Mark Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:23.726 Josh Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:38.077 Ryan Stephens (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:43.21

Quagliata chases speed, goals at USCA Nationals. . . . . .Derek Farr, Sports Writer, Warren Times ObserverIt’s an art of synchronicity between human and boat; a tranquil pursuit where the mind, body, and spirit relax into a melodic harmony of paddle and water.A lazy day on the lake or a mid-summer float down the scenic Allegheny comes to mind.Rochester, New York resident, Jason Quagliata sees canoeing and kayaking differently. For him, it’s about speed and he works endlessly to chase the goal of being the fastest man on the water. During Tuesday’s rain-out of the USCA sprint race events at Chapman State Park, Quagliata spent some time huddled in a rain shelter talking about his passion.Quagliata looks like a typical athlete except for one notable difference. His wiry physique is topped with enormously wide shoulders forming a paddler’s characteristic V-shaped upper body. With nearly zero body fat, and short blonde hair, Quagliata is easy to pick out of a crowd, unless that crowd is at the USCA National Canoe and Kayak Championships. “I have a whole group of friends I see once a year,” he said from a dry spot in the shelter. “So we’re all here to get rained on.”In truth, they are here to compete in a variety of boats and classes. Kayaks, where the paddle has two blades, are one type of boat, and canoes, where the paddle has one blade, are another.Sounding like a bowl of alphabet soup, the four main class divisions are C1 (one person canoe), C2 (two person canoe), K1 (one person kayak), and K2 (two person kayak). Quagliata races kayaks and canoes in one and two person classes for both the sprint events (500-meter races) and marathon races (just over 22 miles), but his best discipline is the kayak.In June at the National Team Trials in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Quagliata and teammate Reid Hyle qualified in the K2 marathon

Kaitlyn McElroy, K1 Woman Open sprint champion.

Melissa Schmidt, K1 Woman Master sprint champion.

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2007 Nationals: ADULT SPRINTSfor the International Canoe Federation World Championships in Györ, Hungary September 8th and 9th. Since marathon is not in the Olympics, the international championship is the sport’s apogee. Quagliata wasn’t born with a paddle in his hand. In fact, he has only been paddling since 2001; prior to that, he was a competitive distance runner who could post a 4:13 in the mile. Then one day in April 2001, he tore his ACL* playing soccer. “I didn’t want to have the surgery and be out for the whole summer,” he said of his transformation into paddle sports. “I was probably burned out with running anyway, and this gave me a shot at competing at a different level.”The level he competes at is very high, but it wasn’t always that way. Competitive sprint kayaks are long and narrow. The 20 pound, carbon/Kevlar crafts are 18 inches wide and 17 feet long, and they require a tremendous amount of balance to keep upright.“The first day I got into a race boat, I fell into the water 30 times,” he said. “I used to think paddling 100 meters was great.” Practice and persistence changed that. Now Quagliata races almost every weekend during the summer. Traveling from Georgia, to Houston to Wisconsin and to New York, he puts miles on his kayak as well as his truck. He has even traveled to Australia and Spain to take part in races. But racing isn’t always the glory of competition. Quagliata trains relentlessly during the paddling season to keep in shape and improve his performance.“We start training in February,” he said. “We’re out there in the snow.”From the nearly-frozen creeks of New York, his routine is an unstoppable grind of weight lifting, running, paddling and conditioning for one to three hours a day. With other teams from southern states who can paddle twelve months out of the year, the bitter Empire State cold cannot stop him from training. “You have to be on the water by March no matter what the weather.”Complicating Quagliata’s training schedule is his job. As a sales manager, he spends a lot of time in his truck traveling between Rochester and Boston. “My kayaks go everywhere with me,” he said. “And I stay at hotels where I know where the water is.”In the five years he has been racing competitively, his diligence has paid off. He has first place finishes in 25 races. He qualified twice for the national team in K2. He won the 2006 national downriver kayak class. He placed second in 2003 at Nationals in K1.This weekend is no different. Quagliata has his sights set high, hoping for a top finish in the K2 with his partner Hyle, a top five finish in the canoe classes, and a victory over his K2 teammate in the K1. “Sunday should be a great race,” he said diplomatically. “If (Hyle) beats me, I would appreciate his effort.”The international race in Hungary is just a month away. Since the airlines frown upon a 17 foot-long piece of checked luggage, Quagliata had to buy a kayak from Europe and ship it to the race. After the competition, he will ship it back to the states where he can expect to see it again sometime in 2008.Before any of that, Quagliata will be here in Warren making miles on the Allegheny, and if all goes well, an observant spectator will see him hammering down the river at the front of the pack in a human-powered torpedo.

*Editor’s note: ACL: The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. The ACL can be torn during sudden dislocation, twisting, or hyperextension of the knee. Injury to the ACL is common in sports like soccer, football, skiing, and basketball where repeated heavy, jarring, and sometimes awkward blows to the knee occur. It rarely happens in paddling . . .

Holm Schmidt, 2nd in the K1 Man sprint championship.

Griffin Williams (#2) and Mark Wendolowski, 4th and 5th in the K1 Man sprint championship.

Craig Impens, 3rd in the K1 Man sprint championship.

Jason Quagliata, USCA K1 Man sprint champion for 2007.

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C2 Women Open1 Holly Reynolds (NY) / Emily Wright (NY) . . . . . 02:40.692 Ruth Sayger (AR) / Nannette Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . 02:43.713 Nathalie Hanson (MI) / Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . . . 02:57.344 Kaitlyn McElroy (ME) / Karen McElroy (ME). . . 03:12.035 Dawn McCracken (PA) / Linda Volpe (PA). . . . . . 04:16.65C2 Women Master1 Karen Simpson (ON) / Colleen Moore (ME) . . . . 02:42.502 Vicki Cummings (CT) / Pam Fitzgerald (NY). . . . 02:47.323 Teresa Stout (PA) / Judy Jeanes (PA). . . . . . . . . . . 02:54.204 Kiran Cunningham (MI) / Debra Hazel (MI) . . . . 03:35.64C2 Women Veteran1 Joan Henry (NY) / Jan Whitaker (NY) . . . . . . . . . 03:17.002 Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) / Dede Herlihy (MA) . . 03:20.00

2007 Nationals: ADULT SPRINTSK1 Man Master1 Ron Kaiser (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:24.842 Brad Beckwith (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:25.403 Daniel Nemeth (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:44.80K1 Man Senior1 Lloyd Reeves (CA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:34.002 Jacob Rabatin (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:50.143 Guy Gilman (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:50.174 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:13.10K1 Man Veteran1 Tom Jones (MA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:41.762 Bob Dean (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:42.803 Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:56.304 Doug Keiper (Fl) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:56.805 Irvin Claar (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:08.40

Jan Whitaker (stern) paddling with Joan Henry (off photo), ahead of Dede Herlihy (bow) & Priscilla Reinertsen in the C2 Woman Veteran sprint championship.Bob Dean, 2nd in the K1 Man Veteran sprint championship.

Colleen Moore (bow) & Karen Simpson, C2 Women Master sprint champions.

Holly Reynolds (bow) & Emily Wright, C2 Women Open sprint champions.

Ron Kaiser edging Brad Beckwith for the K1 Man Master sprint championship.

Lloyd Reeves, K1 Man Senior sprint champion.

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C2 Men Open1 Cody Brown (AR) / Matt Rudnitsky (AR) . . . . . . 02:36.002 Ben Josefik (IL) / Ryan Stephens (IL) . . . . . . . . . . 02:54.54C2 Men Master1 Del Cummings (CT) / Paul Dyka (CT) . . . . . . . . . 02:37.752 Guy Flatley (CT) / Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . 02:39.943 John Edwards (FL) / Tony Bond (VIC) . . . . . . . . . 02:43.004 Jim Short (MO) / Doug Pennington (MO). . . . . . . 02:47.335 Roy Zweeres (FL) / LaVerne Young (FL) . . . . . . . 02:50.76C2 Men Senior1 Ralph Vincent (VT) / Mark McAndrew (VT) . . . . 02:44.042 Ted Cramer (IA) / Gareth Stevens (WI). . . . . . . . . 02:46.913 James Dipelesi (NY) / Larry Liquori (NY) . . . . . . 02:47.584 Greg McMorrow (ME) / William Anderson (ME) 02:51.945 Phil Cole (NH) / Tom Walton (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . 03:04.09C2 Men Veteran1 Michael Johnson (MT) / Bob Bradford (MI). . . . . 02:45.012 Nick Lyesik (MA) / Stan Machacek (ON). . . . . . . 02:45.433 Roger Henry (NY) / Alec Davis (NY) . . . . . . . . . . 02:46.494 Bill Robinson (NY) / Dick Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . 02:48.815 Tom Thomas (IN) / Bob Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . 02:49.736 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) / Don Browning (IL) . . 03:04.16

C2 Mixed Open1 Matt Rudnitsky (NY) / Emily Wright (NY). . . . . . 02:39.192 Kaitlyn McElroy (ME) / Tom Walton (NH). . . . . . 02:55.99C2 Mixed Master1 John Edwards (FL) / Joanna Faloon (ON). . . . . . . 02:34.172 Del Cummings (CT) / Vicki Cummings (CT) . . . . 02:37.803 Stan Machacek (ON) / Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . 02:42.354 Dede Ulbrich (MA) / Richard Ulbrich (MA). . . . . 02:52.035 Bob Bradford (MI) / Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . . 02:52.436 Randy Bailey (PA) / Teresa Stout (PA) . . . . . . . . . 02:52.887 James Dipelesi (NY) / Judy Jeanes (PA) . . . . . . . . 02:54.618 Joan Henry (NY) / Roger Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . 02:56.449 Nannette Krapf (PA) / Dale Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . 02:57.5510 Roy Zweeres (FL) / Colleen Moore (ME) . . . . . . . 02:58.5611 John Hazel (MI) / Debra Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . 03:12.5612 Lorraine Lindstrom (IL) / Donald Lindstrom (IL) 03:24.66

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The C2 Men Veteran sprint championship: right to left, Stan Machacek (bow) & Nick Lyesiuk, Dick Ulbrich (bow) & Bill Robinson, champions Mike Johnson (bow) & Bob Bradford, Alec Davis (bow) & Roger Henry, Tom Thomas (bow) & Bob Allen, and Glen Vandewinckel (bow) & Don Browning.

Above: Paul Dyka (bow) & Del Cummings, C2 Man Master sprint champions for 2007.

Above: John Edwards (bow) & Joanna Faloon, C2 Mixed Master sprint champions. Below: Vicki (bow) & Del Cummings, 2nd in C2 Mixed Master sprints.

Ted Cramer (bow) & Gareth Stevens chase Ralph Vincent (bow) & Mark McAndrew, who take the C2 Men Senior sprint championship by almost three seconds.

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Adult/Youth SprintsTuesday, August 7 and Thursday, August 9, 2007

Abbreviations: all US states except ON (Ontario, Canada) and VIC (Victoria, Australia).

C2 Woman / Fledgling I1 Briana Fitzgerald (NY) / Pam Fitzgerald (NY) . . . 03:47.33C2 Man / Fledgling I1 Vaughn Taylor (MI) / Roy Zweeres (FL). . . . . . . . 02:54.742 Glen Vanderwinckel (NY) / Annie Ripton (NY) . . 03:05.063 Laverne Young (FL) / Oliver Taylor (MI) . . . . . . . 03:06.06C2 Woman / Fledgling II1 Kelli Anthony (PA) / Judy Jeanes (PA) . . . . . . . . . 03:21.52C2 Man / Fledgling II1 Guy Flatley (CT) / Sam Knoechel (MI). . . . . . . . . 03:00.112 JD Jones (MO) / Gareth Stevens (WI). . . . . . . . . . 03:03.133 Logan Hughey (MI) / John Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . 03:03.854 Bill Robinson (NY) / Trent Robinson (NY) . . . . . 03:04.435 Kelli Anthony (PA) / Mark Anthony (PA) . . . . . . . 03:07.276 Martin Kratka (IL) / Milan Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . . 03:29.37

C2 Woman / Bantam1 Colleen Moore (ME) / Sosha Jones (MO) . . . . . . . 02:59.482 Robert Simpson-Spook (ON) / Karen Simpson (ON) 03:04.633 Nannette Krapf (PA) / Matthew Simpson (ON). . . 03:18.26C2 Man / Bantam1 Guy Flatley (CT) / Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) 03:05.162 Milan Kratka (IL) / Tomáš Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . . 03:21.053 Eric Lindstrom (IL) / Donald Lindstrom (IL) . . . . 03:26.93C2 Woman / Juvenile1 Jan Whitaker (NY) / Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . 03:05.212 Wynn Reeves (CA) / Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) . . 03:24.83C2 Man / Juvenile1 Gareth Stevens (WI) / Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . 02:58.752 Donald Browning (IL) / Jeff Lindstrom (IL) . . . . . 03:13.663 Milan Kratka (IL) / Tomáš Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . . 04:01.25

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C2 Man / Juvenile sprint champions Brian Storch (bow) & Gareth Stevens and C2 Woman / Juvenile sprint champions Jan Whitaker (bow) & Emily Hazel.

Briana (bow) & Pam Fitzgerald, C2 Woman / Fledgling I sprint champions.

Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (bow) & Guy Flatley, C2 Man / Bantam sprint champions, followed by Tomáš Kratka (bow) & Milan Kratka and Eric Linstrom (bow) & Donald Lindstrom.

Left to right: Sam Knoechel (bow) & Guy Flatley, C2 Man / Fledgling II champions, then Trent (bow) & Bill Robinson, Logan Hughey (bow) & John Hazel, and JD Jones (bow) & Gareth Stevens.

C2 Woman / Fledgling II sprint champions Kelli Anthony (bow) & Judy Jeanes.

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C2 Woman / Junior1 Ruth Sayger (AR) / Colleen Moore (ME) . . . . . . . 02:46.822 Matt Anthony (PA) / Judy Jeanes (PA) . . . . . . . . . 02:53.033 Nathalie Hanson (MI) / Pam Fitzgerald (NY) . . . . 03:06.654 Amanda Hazel (MI) / Lorraine Lindstrom (IL) . . . 03:35.015 Debra Hazel (MI) / Kristin Lindstrom (IL) . . . . . . 03:56.70C2 Man / Junior1 Griffin Williams (MI) / John Edwards (FL). . . . . . 02:40.202 Matt Anthony (PA) / Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . 02:42.583 Don Walls (AR) / Thomas Sayger (AR) . . . . . . . . 02:45.634 Tom Walton (MA) / Josh Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . . 02:48.325 Alex McAndrew (VT) / Alex Schultz (VT). . . . . . 02:50.176 Roy Zweeres (FL) / Matt Swinehart (MI) . . . . . . . 02:54.887 Andrew Line (PA) / Gary Mullen (PA) . . . . . . . . . 03:00.538 Paul Gruber (PA) / Miranda Gruber (PA) . . . . . . . 03:14.65

Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (bow) & Guy Flatley, C2 Man / Bantam sprint champions, followed by Tomáš Kratka (bow) & Milan Kratka and Eric Linstrom (bow) & Donald Lindstrom.

The C2 Man / Junior sprint championship: from right to left, champions John Edwards (bow) & Griffin Williams, Matt Anthony (bow) & Randy Bailey, Gary Mullen (bow) & Andrew Line, Tom Walton (bow) & Josh Quintel, Don Walls (bow) & Thomas Sayger, and Matt Swinehart (bow) & Roy Zweeres.

Tom Walton (bow) & Josh Quintel chase Don Walls (bow) & Thomas Sayger, fourth and third respectively in the C2 Man / Junior sprint championships.

Matt Anthony (bow) & Judy Jeanes, 2nd in the C2 Woman / Junior sprint championship.

Colleen Moore (bow) & Ruth Sayger, C2 Woman / Junior sprint champions.

Matt Anthony (bow) & Randy Bailey, 2nd in the C2 Man / Junior sprint championships.

Nathalie Hanson (bow) & Pam Fitzgerald, 3rd in the C2 Woman / Junior sprint championship.

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The Third Warren USCA Canoe Orienteering Championship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aims ConeyWith the third visit of the USCA Nationals to Warren in five years, finding a fresh venue for Orienteering was a challenge. In 2003 the event started downtown, went upstream on the Allegheny and Conewango Rivers and finished downstream at Betts Park. In 2005 the site was the Tidioute area about 30 minutes south of Warren but what to do in 2007? From a satellite view, the Kinzua Reservoir looks good, but it is just too big to have meaningful route choices. A course there would have to cover a route of about 25 miles!

After studying the satellite photos some more, we concluded the best choice would be to start at Betts Park and finish downstream at Buckaloons, the confluence of Brokenstraw Creek and the Allegheny. Buckaloons is a federal campground and the site of a significant Native American village visited by French explorer Celeron de Bienville in 1749. In fact, anthropological excavations indicate that Buckaloons was inhabited by Senecas at least as early as 1300. This stretch of river contains four clusters of islands including one huge one, Meade Island (see historical sidebar, right), which has been excavated for gravel leaving a man-made lake in the center.

The other concern, besides choosing a location, was water level. In 2003 the Allegheny was so high that the Army Corps of Engineers held back flow at the Kinzua Dam to make the river safe enough for racing. But, in 2005 we had the opposite condition and the water was so low that orienteering competitors found themselves wading even in mid-river. It

looked like 2007 would be a repeat of 2005 but perhaps with a few inches more.

Tuesday, the day before the orienteering race, was mapping and course setting day. In 2005 I’d been lucky enough to have mapping and orienteering expert J-J Coté along but this time I was on my own. I’d created a base map from satellite photos but now had to go along and correct it and at the same time hang the orienteering markers.

I set off in my C1 with a big bag of markers and a sheaf of draft maps to write up corrections. It was a gray morning and at the last minute I decided to bring my broad-brimmed rain hat. Thirty minutes later, as I pulled up on the shore of enormous Meade Island, I heard the first crackle of thunder. Within a few minutes a sprinkle began and the thunder had moved closer so I settled in to wait it out. The thunder continued and the rain increased. As I sat near the shore for an hour and forty minutes, soaking wet but with a thankfully dry head, I watched gusts rip across the surface and slowly, very slowly, the river started to creep up. Finally, the thunder edged away to the east and I was able to get underway again although the rain was still falling.

Writing map corrections with my red pencils was a problem because they smeared in the wet and I had to be terribly careful not to rip the paper. But, those corrections were critical because the fuzzy satellite pictures had left out a lot of detail and many of the between island channels turned out to be dry. Eventually I made it down to Buckaloons with 14 control markers hung and about a hundred map edits to make when I got back to my computer.

That evening, as I worked on the map in my hotel room, I was

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vaguely aware that a big storm was lashing the window and I worried that I’d learn in the morning that the race had been called off because of more thunder. But, at dawn the rain was gone and the early fog gave promise of a beautiful day.

I spent the morning readying the start area and it wasn’t until thirty minutes before start time that I took my first look at the Allegheny — it was up over a foot! What yesterday had been a sluggish, clear water river was now muddy brown and

ripping along. This meant those island channels would now be paddleable and it would be a much faster course than I’d planned. It also meant that with that strong current choosing the correct side of an island was critical because it would be almost impossible to paddle up the other side.

Finally, after all the preparation, it was time to turn the course over to the competitors.

The start was on the grassy field at Betts Park. Every two minutes a team was handed their maps, had a minute to study them, and then would grab their boat and head to the embankment and disappear.

The first control location was only 40 meters from the start but posed a tricky route choice. It was on the far side of a thin island and between the island and Betts Park was a narrow channel. Some people put their boat into the channel, paddled downstream and back up the other side. Others left their boat on the far side of the channel, crossed the island, and returned to their boat. Those who simply carried their boat across the narrow island seemed to have the easiest time. All of this activity provided great amusement to spectators on shore but

The Meade Island CultureHard to believe, but there was civilization on Meade Island before USCA Orienteers got there . . .

The following is an abstract from a paper given by Stanley W Lantz, at a meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archeology in 200�: The Meade Island Culture, A Complex Early Late Woodland Occupation of the Middle Allegheny River Valley: “The Meade Island Culture was named after an island in the Allegheny River near Warren, Pennsylvania. It was the dominant Early Late Woodland occupation of the Middle Allegheny River Valley from the mouth of the Conewango Creek in Warren, down river to the confluence of French Creek at Franklin and perhaps beyond. Radiocarbon dates range from circa AD1000 to AD1300 or in calendar years from AD1050 to AD 1320. This range within excavated occupations; confirm a pattern of abandonment and reoccupation. The culture exhibits complexity, with domestic structures comparable to those of the Monongahela to the south, however, surface and subterranean features are duplicated in the immediate upriver Allegheny Iroquois occupations. Furthermore, many ceramic attributes are similar to the Fort Ancient and Whittlesey Traditions of Ohio. Also, a degree of ceramic form is recognized with Monongahela.” — So, now you know.

Seth & Stephen Miller, overall winners of the 2007 USCA Canoe Orienteering championship at control point #8.

Map and photograph copyright ©2007 by Aims Coney

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was invisible to the competitors still waiting their turns.

Once the last starters, Steve and Seth Miller, were underway, I rushed to the boat launch at Starbrick, about midway through the course. I was happy to see first starter Bobby Galbraith still in the lead and safely through Meade Island and the first half. Then, in the distance I could see a string of more boats and the Millers coming up fast so I began to paddle hard downstream to catch the action at control 8.

Control 8 was in a channel through an island. When mapped the optimal route would be to carry over a short gravel bar into a quiet lagoon but by race time the gravel bar was underwater. Some teams went downstream and back up making for an interesting photo opportunity with boats facing both ways, a condition that rarely occurs in a conventional canoe race. A number of boaters then portaged over the island on their way to number 9, but the best route was probably to simply paddle around.

The leg that I was most anxious to watch was from control 10 to 11. 10 was in a small island cluster just downstream from the upper end of a much larger island. The temping route was to just keep going downstream, then go back up to 11 and all but one team did that. But, the better choice was to battle upstream to reach the south side of the large island and then float easily down with the current. Only the Josefik team did that. Everyone else had a really tough time getting through the narrow, shallow stretch below 11 and ended up leaving their boats and wading upstream through shin-deep water. As I watched the parade of waders, along came Tammy and Ben from the other direction and they never even had to get out of their boat. That one good move is probably why they had 2nd best overall time.

Orienteering Wednesday, August 8

C1 Man1 David Hunter (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:242 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59K1 Woman1 Linda Volpe (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:482 Georgette Goonan (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:08K1 Man1 Daniel Nemeth (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:362 Irvin Claar (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06C2 Women1 Kaitlyn McElroy (ME) / Karen McElroy (ME). . . . . . 1:44C2 Man1 Stephen Miller (MA) / Seth Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . 1:092 Randy Bailey (PA) / Mark Anthony (PA) . . . . . . . . . . 1:183 Tom Walton (NH) / Phil Cole (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:364 Brian Storch (IL) / Matt Swinehart (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49C2 Mixed1 Tammy Josefik (IL) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:162 Jennifer Pennington (MO) / Doug Pennington (MO) . 1:25C2 Woman / Youth1 Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) / Kiran Cunningham (MI) 2:11C2 Man / Youth1 Donald Browning (IL) / Jeff Lindstrom (IL) . . . . . . . . 1:302 Milan Kratka (IL) / Tomáš Kratka (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . 1:333 Eric Lindstrom (IL) / Donald Lindstrom (IL) . . . . . . . 1:54

Tom Walton (bow) & Phil Cole paddling ahead of Mark Anthony (bow) & Randy Bailey.

Bobby Galbraith competing in the Canoe Orienteering event.

Georgette Goonan reaches control point #12.

Ben (bow) & Tammy Josefik, winners of the C2 Mixed division, came in with second best overall time.

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The final three controls were a fairly easy zigzag across the river and were placed to maximize appeal to spectators up on the route 62 bridge. A lot of cheers went up from the shore as the last racers punched control 14 and sprinted across the river to finish.

With the unexpected high water, times were fast. Steve and Seth Miller found all 14 controls in only an hour and nine minutes. Close behind were the Josefiks at 1:16 followed by Randy Bailey and Mark Anthony at 1:18.

Thanks are in order to David Hunter who helped with setup and compiling results and to Steve and Seth Miller who went back out later and collected the control flags. And, very special thanks to Jim Decker who provided transportation and timing, as well as negotiated permission from the owners of Mead Island to use their mid-island lake.

In 2008 our venue shifts to Elkhart County, Indiana. Don Browning has graciously agreed to be the local coordinator and we look forward to working with him.

An Orienteer’s Appreciation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David HunterAims Coney put on a tremendous effort by setting up the course the day before in the rain and lightning. The course started at the finish line park and went down river about six miles to Buckaloons campsite. The race lasted between an hour and two hours, depending on your navigating and paddling abilities. I got to the third from last control just about the time the fastest C2 boat did and we had to search around for ten minutes until one of us found the control under water attached to a stick. The river had come up so much over night that it was submerged.

I think that orienteering could easily grow into a bigger event if it were more fully explained to the whole paddling crowd. It reminds me of the first 10 miles of the 70 miler, when we go as fast as we can without missing any turns.

A good website to learn more about the sport is www.geocities.com/canoeo.

Left: Linda Volpe, K1 Canoe-O class champion, and right: Brian Cunningham Rhoads (bow) & Kiran Cunningham, C2 Woman / Youth champions

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Top two photographs copyright ©2007 by Aims Coney; the other two copyright ©2007 by Brian Ferry/Warren Times Observer

The hard ways to get to control #11: Kaitlyn McElroy abandons her mother and runs through the shallows while Doug & Jennifer Pennington wade thigh-deep and other contestants head in various directions.

Action at control #8: Ben heads back to Tammy waiting by their boat on the left, Mark Anthony leaves Randy Bailey in their canoe, Milan & Tomáš Kratka paddle in beside Don Browning & Jeff Lindstrom.

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Outstanding Paddler of the Year Award 2007: Tom Walton

Tom Walton was presented with the Outstanding Paddler of the Year Award for 2007 at the final awards ceremony of the 2007 USCA Nationals in Warren.

Eligibility:

Any USCA member who has made a significant contribution toward the sport of canoeing through USCA within the current year is eligible for nomination.

Also, the selection will be based on the individual’s mental attitude, fellowship, spirit, sportsmanship, compassionate understanding and contribution to the promotion and growth of the amateur canoeing cause either on a competitive or non-competitive basis.

It is suggested that this award not be given to anyone posthumously.

Here is the Nomination for Tom Walton to receive USCA’s Outstanding Paddler of the Year Award, submitted to the selection committee by Priscilla Reinertsen and Gareth Stevens:

Tom Walton’s contribution to the sport of canoeing within the current year has been

(a) the masterful direction of the USCA’s single fastest growing event during Nationals Week, the “unofficial fun National Run Paddle Biathlon championship.”

and (b) his continuing demonstration of a great mental attitude, an unwavering commitment to fellowship, fun, and good sportsmanship, and a sound understanding that these are what really matter in our activities as an association.

Further, he fully satisfies the last suggested qualification for a nominee by being very much alive.

Tom talked up Orienteering this year, “an event that is every bit as inclusionary and fun as the Biathlon. Aims Coney is passionate about what he does and the result is a crazy and zany good time. I never in the world thought I could do Orienteering (a perfect example of self-limitation).”Above, Tom enjoys some time with Phil Cole, his partner in Aims’ Canoe Orienteering championships.

Tom Walton grabs his C1 and sprints for the finish in “his” race: the Philip H Soule Nationals Run Paddle Biathlon, named by Tom for our fondly missed friend Phil Soule, who personified enthusiastic participation and sportsmanship.

Tom Walton, 2007 Outstanding Paddler of the Year, “moved and proud as punch to receive the honor and to be placed in such high company as those who have gone before.”

The National Run Paddle Biathlon

Tom volunteered to put on a non-USCA-championship event, a biathlon, during the 2002 USCA National Championships in Hanover, NH. He has planned and presented the event annually ever since.

Because of the atmosphere he generates for the event, and his emphasis on the importance of participation and sharing the fun of sports competition, the popularity of the biathlon has grown to make it one of the premier events for kids and adults alike. The biathlon has grown every year, and the 2007 Warren Nationals just saw it exceed 50 participants.

Tom’s pre-race meeting-come-pep talk and the awards ceremony following the event are filled with laughter and recognition.

Some further background to Tom Walton’s involvement in paddle sports and sports competition in general.

Tom’s canoeing career began in the late 1970s in paddling on local NH rivers with his wife, Debbie, and with Peter Heed. At this time, Tom also began coaching junior high and high school kids in several sports: hockey, softball, cross country running and skiing, wrestling, weight training soccer ,you name it, as an adjunct to his job as a public school teacher in Concord, NH.

Bottom photograph copyright ©2007 by Brian Ferry/Warren Times Observer; top two photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David &

Lynda Williams)

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C1 Unlimited Marathon (Demo)C1 Unlimited Marathon (Demo) - Wednesday, August 81 John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:03:512 Roy Zweeres (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:07:433 Tony Bond (VIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:14:034 Lloyd Reeves (CA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:14:235 Karl Vogel (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no time

John Edwards reported that overall the paddlers liked the course, which was an upstream run from the regular finish line to the big rapids and then straight back to the finish.

Tom paddling bow for Kaitlyn McElroy in the C2 Mixed sprints where they came second.

Tom’s paddling career ratcheted up in the early 1980s when he also joined up with Phil Cole and Priscilla Reinertsen and started hitting the racing circuit. Tom’s partners frequently included local youngsters that he recruited to give paddlesport a try.

Tom trained and raced with great vigor.

Always encouraging athletic participation in the spirit of fun and good sportsmanship, Tom organized canoe races on the Contoocook River and supported road races and local triathlons.

Kids at school referred to him as TW. He remembers the names of most of the kids he has had in school and on teams which now reach into the many many hundreds, nay, thousands. He has a warm personal relationship with, and is very supportive of, athletes of all ages.

For all these reasons, we unreservedly nominate Tom Walton to receive the Outstanding Paddler of the Year Award for 2007. There can be few, if any, who deserve it more.

Tom’s response to the award appears in the write-up to the National Biathlon Championship, next page.

Bottom photograph copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams); the other two copyright ©2007 by Brian Ferry/ Warren Times Observer

Outstanding Paddler of the Year 2007 C1 Unlimited Marathon (Demo)

Mark your calendars for 2008!USCA Canoe & Kayak Nationals

Aug 5-10, 2008: Elkhart County, IN6 days of Sprint, Orienteering, & Marathon

USCA Aluminum Nationals September 27-28, 2008: Bastrop, TX

Mark your calendars for 2009!

USCA Canoe & Kayak NationalsAug 11-16, 2009

Bids for hosting both 2009 Nationals will be reviewed at USCA’s Annual Meeting

in Tarpon Springs, January

Above: John Edwards heading for a win in the C1 Unlimited Demo race. Below: Karl Vogel ran into trouble, but participated nonetheless, in an old-style Olympic canoe.

Brian Storch, Tom Walton and Jim Decker share a laugh at the USCA Canoe orienteering championships.

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2007 Philip H Soule National Run Paddle Biathlon ChampionshipsWednesday, August 8, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom WaltonIf I could leave any legacy behind, it would be to play...to participate...to get off of the sideline and into the fray. I’m afraid that we limit ourselves too much in life thinking that there is “no way that we could do this or complete that.”

The Biathlon is a perfect example of an event that is eminently do-able by anybody. We cheer one another on for showing up, participating and having fun.

I want the Canoe News readership to know that everyone, who is in town on Wednesday of Nationals week next year, should give it (Biathlon) a try and see what this fun is all about. If you simply can’t run, or do not wish to run, we’ll hook you up with a runner and make it a Tin-Person event. Conversely, if you want to run only, we’ll find you a new friend who wants to paddle.

C2 Tin Men1 Beetle Bailey (PA) / Jeff Hutton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . 0:31:412 Ralph Vincent (VT) / Mark McAndrew (VT) / Alex McAndrew (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:33:563 Erik Van Dis (MI) / Matt Swinehart (MI) . . . . . . . . 0:39:394 Matt Simpson (ON) / Robert Simpson-Spook (ON) 0:47:015 Logan Hughey (MI) / Sam Knoechel (MI) . . . . . . . 0:49:57

Tom Walton, director of the race – and participant, too – gives his pre-race rules and pep- talk.

Nationals coordinator Tave Lamperez, with Lloyd Reeves on the bank to the left, Bill Anderson top right.

Left to right (except those obscured to view): Aaron Vidusek, young man, Georgette Goonan, young man, Brian Storch, Jim Dipelesi, Emily Hazel, Bobby Galbraith, young man, young man, and Josh Quintel.

Transition: run to paddle. Right to left: Josh Quintel, Kaitlyn McElroy, Ralph Vincent & Mark McAndrew, behind them Jeff Lindstrom, with Dave Diget watching closely.

Iron Woman1 Kaitlyn McElroy (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:34:262 Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:40:343 April Haight (KY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:44:334 Alicia Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:44:535 Natalie Hanson (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:48:43

C2 Tin Men Master1 Ron Kaiser (PA) / Bobby Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . 0:41:032 Don Lindstrom (IL) / Don Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . 0:45:46

Iron Man Open1 Griffin Williams (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:31:372 Josh Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:36:233 Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:36:314 Jim Dipelesi (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:37:295 Andrew Line (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:40:186 Jeff Lindstrom (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:41:007 Aaron Vidusek (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:44:00

C2 Tin Women1 Judy Jeanes (PA) / Janet Perry (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:40:322 Sarah Tompkins (MI) / Jackie Stone (MI) / Anna Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . 0:44:01

Iron Woman Master1 Georgette Goonan (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:47:512 Linda Volpe (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:51:13

C2 Tin Mixed1 Ariel McNett (ME) / Eric McNett (ME) . . . . . . . . . 0:34:242 Wynn Reeves (CA) / Lloyd Reeves (CA) . . . . . . . . 0:36:293 Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) / Larry Liquori (NY) . . . 0:39:014 Nannette Krapf (PA) / Dale Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . 0:39:555 Tricia Heed (NH) / Nick Lyesiuk (MA). . . . . . . . . . 0:40:50

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Transition: run to paddle. Right to left: Josh Quintel, Kaitlyn McElroy, Ralph Vincent & Mark McAndrew, behind them Jeff Lindstrom, with Dave Diget watching closely.

Brad Beckwith, Iron Man Master champion of the NationalsRun Paddle Biathlon.

Kaitlyn McElroy, C1 Iron Woman champion, comes in to shore for the sprint portage to the finish line.

Randy Bailey, paddling his second loop to victory for his team in the C2 Tin Men division.

Don Walls paddling hard, heading to 5th Iron Man Master

Iron Man Master 1 Brad Beckwith (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:34:022 Dwight Blease (ME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:34:563 Tom Walton (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:35:004 Gareth Stevens (WI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:36:545 Don Walls (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:37:126 Peter Heed (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:39:167 Gary Mullen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:39:548 Bill Anderson (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:41:099 Tave Lamperez (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:42:1210 Tom Jones (MA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:43:5811 Irv Claar (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:48:30

Left to right: Peter Heed, Larry Liquori & Priscilla Reinertsen, and Andrew Line transition to the final portage dash. Right, Linda Volpe, recovering from it!

Trish Heed, flying in the C2 Tin Mixed division.

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Youth SprintsThursday, August 9, 2007

Abbreviations: all US states except ON (Ontario, Canada) and VIC (Victoria, Australia).

Note: youth ages are given as at midnight 12/31/2006 as this determines their age division at the 2007 Nationals.

C1 Fledgling I (250m)1 Vaughn Taylor (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:35.202 Annie Ripton (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:56.413 Oliver Taylor (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:35.554 River McDuffie (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:48.39C2 Fledgling I (250m)1 Oliver Taylor (MI) / Vaughn Taylor (MI) . . . . . . . 02:28.302 Annie Ripton (NY) / Briana Fitzgerald (NY) . . . . 02:37.20

USCA Nationals 2007: YOUTH SPRINTSC1 Fledgling II (250m)1 Sam Knoechel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:21.192 Logan Hughey (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:26.593 Claire Stout (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:31.724 JD Jones (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:33.035 Trent Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:37.136 Hallie Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:37.897 Kelli Anthony (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:44.008 Caroline Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:58.44C2 Fledgling II (250m)1 Sam Knoechel (MI) / Logan Hughey (MI) . . . . . . 02:04.332 Claire Stout (PA) / Matthew Simpson (ON) . . . . . 02:21.833 JD Jones (MO) / Trent Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . 02:22.284 Hallie Miller (MA) / Caroline Miller (MA). . . . . . 02:27.77

Vaughn Taylor, C1 Fledgling I sprint champion.

Oliver (bow) & Vaughn Taylor, USCA C2 Fledgling I sprint champions.

Annie Ripton, 2nd in the C1 Fledgling I championship.

In fourth place, JD Jones leads Trent Robinson and Kelli Anthony, while Matt Anthony on safety patrol looks on.

In first place (nearest camera), Sam Knoechel (boat #3) leads Logan Hughey (on right), then Hallie Miller, Claire Stout and, far left, Kelli Anthony.

In C2 Fledgling II, JD Jones (bow) & Trent Robinson are just ahead (at this point) of Matthew Simpson (bow) & Claire Stout.

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USCA Nationals 2007: YOUTH SPRINTSC1 Bantam (250m)1 Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:03.662 Jackie Stone (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:07.083 Sosha Jones (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:08.974 Robert Simpson-Spook (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:15.555 Matthew Simpson (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:26.086 Calvin Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:26.76C2 Bantam (250m)1 Jackie Stone (MI) / Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) 01:50.642 Martin Kratka (IL) / Tomáš Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . 01:52.573 Robert Simpson-Spook (ON) / Lauren McNett (ME) 02:02.274 Matthew Simpson (ON) / Claire Stout (PA) . . . . . 02:58.60C1 Girl Juvenile (500m)1 Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:15.842 Anna Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:34.583 Addie Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:24.00

C2 Girl Juvenile (500m)1 Anna Tompkins (MI) / Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . 03:05.322 Wynn Reeves (CA) / Ariel McNett (ME) . . . . . . . 03:14.65C1 Boy Juvenile (500m)1 Jeff Lindstrom (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:18.692 Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:27.75C2 Boy Juvenile (500m)1 Brian Storch (MI) / Jeff Lindstrom (IL). . . . . . . . . 03:01.922 Martin Kratka (IL) / Tomáš Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . 03:36.013 Addie Miller (MA) / Calvin Miller (MA) . . . . . . . 04:06.23

In second and third positions in the C1 Bantam sprint championship: Jackie Stone and Sosha Jones.

Brian Cunningham-Rhoads, C1 Bantam sprint champion.

Jackie Stone (bow) & Brian Cunningham-Rhoads: C2 Bantam sprint champions for 2007.

Ariel McNett (bow) & Wynn Reeves. who took 2nd place in the C2 Girl Juvenile sprint championships.

Jeff Lindstrom (bow) & Brian Storch, C2 Boy Juvenile sprint champions for 2007.

Martin Kratka (bow) & Tomáš Kratka. 2nd place in the C2 Boy Juvenile sprint championships.

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C1 Woman Junior (500m)1 Ruth Sayger (AR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:10.582 Sarah Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:33.113 Nathalie Hanson (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:40.04C2 Women Junior (500m)1 Ruth Sayger (AR) / Ashley Partridge (AR) . . . . . 02:53.582 Nathalie Hanson (MI) / Sarah Tompkins (MI). . . . 03:04.90

C1 Man Junior (500m)1 Joshua Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:51.592 Griffin Williams (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:51.873 Matt Anthony (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:58.994 Daniel Donovan (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:02.645 Eric Van Dis (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:04.496 Aaron Vidusek (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:05.627 Steven Diller (MD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:06.258 Mike Rosecky (MD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:19.309 Chris Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:26.0210 Andrew Line (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:27.2311 Matt Swinehart (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:48.5712 Brian Cunningham-Rhoads (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04:05.0713 Thomas Sayger (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05:24.95

Josh and Griffin still fighting for position (Matt and Daniel losing a little ground).

Josh Quintel (on the right ) and Griffin Williams on the left, neck and neck, followed hard by Matt Anthony, Daniel Donovan, Aaron Vidusek, Steven Diller & Mike Rosecky.

Ruth Sayger, C1 Woman Junior sprint champion.

Ruth Sayger (bow) & Ashley Partridge, C2 Women Junior sprint champions.

Sarah Tompkins, 2nd in C1 Woman Junior championship.

Nathalie Hanson (bow) & Sarah Tompkins, 2nd in the C2 Women Junior sprint championship.

In one of the closest finishes of the day, Josh Quintel edges Griff Williams by 0.28 of a second to win the 2007 USCA C1 Man Junior sprint championship.

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C2 Men Junior (500m)1 Joshua Quintel (MI) / Griffin Williams (MI) . . . . . 02:33.712 Steven Diller (MD) / Mike Rosecky (MD) . . . . . . 02:37.053 Daniel Donovan (NY) / Matt Anthony (PA). . . . . 02:44.124 Eric Van Dis (MI) / Chris Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . 02:48.855 Jeff Lindstrom (IL) / Aaron Vidusek (IL) . . . . . . . 02:54.316 Matt Swinehart (MI) / Alex McAndrew (VT) . . . . 02:56.78 Thomas Sayger (AR) / Zachary Waters (AR) . . . . . . . . dnfC2 Mixed Youth (500m)1 Ruth Sayger (AR) / Thomas Sayger (AR) . . . . . . . 02:47.832 Griffin Williams (MI) / Nathalie Hanson (MI) . . . 02:50.603 Matt Anthony (PA) / Miranda Gruber (PA) . . . . . . 03:00.234 Eric Van Dis (MI) / Anna Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . 03:03.205 Emily Hazel (MI) / Jeff Lindstrom (IL). . . . . . . . . 03:03.966 Chris Tompkins (MI) / Sarah Tompkins (MI) . . . . 03:05.407 Brian Storch (MI) / Jackie Stone (MI). . . . . . . . . . 03:13.068 Wynn Reeves (CA) / Josh Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . 03:18.609 Matt Swinehart (MI) / Ariel McNett (ME) . . . . . . 03:26.30

K1 Woman Junior (500m)1 Sarah Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:51.202 Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:54.803 Nathalie Hanson (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:14.204 Jackie Stone (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:34.80K1 Man Junior (500m)1 Griffin Williams (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:21.232 Joshua Quintel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:28.153 Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:41.744 Jabe Walters (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02:50.775 Chris Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:06.166 Tomáš Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:16.337 Sam Knoechel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:37.558 Martin Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:48.739 Logan Hughey (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03:59.16

Thomas Sayger (bow) & Ruth Sayger lead Nathalie Hanson (bow) & Griff Williams to win the C2 Mixed Youth sprint championship. In the photo behind them are (left to right) Jackie Stone (bow) & Brian Storch, Jeff Lindstrom (bow) & Emily Hazel, and Miranda Gruber (bow) & Matt Anthony.

Mike Rosecky glances over at Josh Quintel (bow) & Griff Williams as he and Steven Diller pace them, with Daniel Donovan (bow) & Matt Anthony in third.

Sarah Tompkins battles through the rain to win the K1 Woman Junior sprint championship over Emily Hazel in second place.

Griffin Williams, in a tour de force sprint, wins the K1 Man Junior championship by a clear six and a half seconds.

Collision time: Jeff Lindstrom and Emily Hazel squeeze Chris & Sarah Tompkins against Anna Tompkins’ & Erik Van Dis’s boat.

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Anna got the idea to race in this year’s event from watching her older sister compete in last year’s Nationals. In the C1 race, the older Tompkins, Sarah took second behind the older Hazel, Amanda, and Sarah’s other two second-place finishes were in C2 races where her teammates were the Hazel girls. As confusing as it sounds, it only makes sense that this year Anna – the younger Tompkins – and Emily – the younger Hazel – would be competing against, and with each other.But ask them what they would rather do, win a race, record a personal best time, or hang out with friends, and they will both tell you, hang out with friends. Not to say that the competition isn’t serious. Head coach Dave Diget works with the team four times a week from the icy months of March (it’s Michigan, remember) through paddle season’s culmination at the National Championships to refine their technique and strength. In 2005, Diget brought two competitors to Warren for the Championships. Two years later his team numbers more than 20. “(The parents) tune into their kids and the kids are tuned into the sport, and the band starts playing,” he said while watching two of his young athletes in a race. Diget means business and his team knows it. When Diget needed smaller paddles for little athletes (some as young as two), he and John Hazel developed a technique for making kids’ paddles using nothing more than a fishing pole, balsa wood, fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin. He even built a folding canoe from a sassafras tree.His commitment shows. The Kalamazoo team is rarely absent from the top of the podium in youth events. Diget’s goal is nothing short of excellence. And that brings us back to Emily

Two families, one passion at USCA NationalsBy DEREK FARR Sports Writer, Warren Times ObserverIt’s not often that athletes compete against each other and then literally find themselves in the same boat, but for two girls, and two families, that’s exactly what happened Thursday at Chapman State Park. The Kalamazoo Canoe and Kayak Club is in town to take part in the USCA National Championship events this week. On board are two families that bring to the competition two sets of daughters who have their sights set on the prize.John and Deb Hazel of Kalamazoo, MI watched both their daughters compete in last year’s National Championships in Wisconsin. Amanda, now 17, and Emily, now 15, brought home three first-place and three second-place medals in last year’s event. Scott and Patrice Tompkins, also of Kalamazoo, saw their daughter Sarah, now 17, gather three second-place medals in the 2006 competition.The Tompkins and Hazel rivalry was further intensified this year when Anna Tompkins,13, decided that she wanted to compete in the races. Conventional wisdom suggests that the two families must have an icy relationship. Surely they wouldn’t want to give up their secrets of success. Like an on-water cold war, perhaps civil discourse with false smiles and friendly gestures would be appropriate, but nothing more. This is the Nationals after all. Not so much.

Right: Emily Hazel, paddling furiously to win the C1 Girl Juvenile sprint event with Anna Tompkins coming second. Behind Anna, Addie Miller paddles to third place. Left: John Hazel sits with Emily and paddling friend Jeff Lindstrom.

Dave Diget, founder and coach for the Kalamazoo Canoe & Kayak Club, watches the Youth Sprints intently. Dave won USCA’s Youth Encouragement Award for 2006.

Photographs copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr / Warren Times Observer

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USCA Nationals 2007: YOUTH SPRINTS

Hazel and Anna Tompkins in their C1 race. This year, the two faced each other head-to-head in the C1 500-meter sprint race. Hazel has one year of paddling experience, and two years of world experience over Tompkins, but Hazel is smaller, appearing to be lacking in Tompkins’ power. A starting pistol sounded and both girls dug in to the glassy water. One hundred meters into the race, Hazel pulled in front of Tompkins for a commanding lead. A minute later, Hazel crossed the finish line and in a moment that should be a lesson to every athlete, everywhere in the world, she immediately turned around and yelled words of encouragement: “Come on Anna!”Anna took second and the Kalamazoo club had done it again. But the day was not over for the two. Their next race was the C2 and both girls paddled their way to victory in the event. Finally they switched partners and grabbed boys for a 500-meter mixed C2. By the time it was all over, the two athletes had sprinted, at full throttle, a mile. Some parents walked around groups of kids who were busy congratulating each other on a good race. Other parents stood in a stoic observance of their children’s ability to race 1,500 meters while maintaining an ability to energetically talk, in detail, about every single one of the day’s events. Hazel, the shyer of the two teammates, stood by her boat watching the commotion on the beach.Earlier in the day she begrudgingly admitted that she would rather win than be beaten by Tomkins. Standing on the beach with young athletes swarming around her, Tompkins knew exactly what she would say if one day she beat Hazel. “I would tell her good job.” The two plan to race next year at the Championships as well.

Paddling full tilt, Anna Tompkins and Emily Hazel win the C2 Girl Juvenile sprint championship.

Anna Tompkins, paddling to second place, C1 Girl Juvenile

Anna and Hazel, recovering, paddling gently to shore after their C2 Girl Juvenile win.

Right: Emily Hazel, paddling furiously to win the C1 Girl Juvenile sprint event with Anna Tompkins coming second. Behind Anna, Addie Miller paddles to third place. Left: John Hazel sits with Emily and paddling friend Jeff Lindstrom.

Center spread photograph and second from top right copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr/Warren Times Observer; others copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

Anna Tompkins reaches for a paddle from Nathalie Hanson, while Chris Tompkins fixes a number to a canoe.

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USCA Nationals 2007: OUTRIGGER SPRINTS SPRINTS

The 2007 National Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan Whitaker

The spirit of Aloha and the spirit of Ohana (family) were evident at USCA’s 2007

Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championship for Paddlers with Physical Disabilities and Outrigger Sprint Championship for Youth. The mettle of many paddlers was tested by an early morning start of races carried over from Tuesday or a long drive to Chapman State Park followed by a downpour of rain, but nothing seemed to dampen the spirits of the paddlers or spectators. Two teams of paddlers from Heritage Christian Services and TIES (Together Including Every Student) competed in the Exhibition Outrigger Canoe Sprints. The evenly matched teams raced side by side, ending in almost a dead heat. The paddlers with intellectual and/or physical disabilities focused on their race despite a deluge of rain, demonstrating their ability and determination and proving that the sport of outrigger canoeing provides fun, fitness and friendship.

National Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championship for Paddlers with Physical Disabilities

Two teams of paddlers, organized by Cape Ability Outrigger Ohana, Inc, a chapter of Disabled Sports USA, competed in the USCA Championship Race for Paddlers with Physical Disabilities, helping to pave the way for inclusion of the sport in Paralympic Games. CAOO was pleased to have two new USCA paddlers join our Ohana, Karen McElroy and Lucy Stevens. Teams were composed of paddlers with spinal cord injury (paraplegia and quadriplegia), cerebral palsy, visual impairment, multiple sclerosis, post stroke impairment, hip disarticulation

The championship teams, hulls left to right, paddlers from back to front: Jan Whitaker BLUE David Peasley Karen Simpson GREEN Lucy Moore Stevens Quentin Llop TEAM Rebecca Lloyd John Eichner TEAM Tom Hagerty Augusto Perez Jo Rapchick David Halter Karen McElroy Tammy Jopson Susan Beck Deb Marcuccilli Beth Taylor

and amputations. The paddlers cast aside wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, crutches, canes and all thoughts of disability.

CAOO Team I finished first in the 1000-meter race, but every paddler was a winner. As the two teams posed for the post-race photo, smiles were evident. So too, was the feeling of accomplishment. These paddlers raced, not only for personal achievement, but also to inspire, educate and motivate others to provide paddle sport opportunities for people with disabilities and to encourage people with disabilities to participate in paddle sports.

National Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championship for YouthFour teams competed in the Outrigger Sprint Championship for Youth. One team was composed of paddlers from TIES (three youth paddlers with intellectual disabilities and two student helpers) and two youth paddlers who volunteered to join the team, Ariel McNett and Wynn Reeves. TIES and Friends placed fourth.

The awards ceremony began at 4 pm at the conclusion of a very long day. The outrigger classes were the last to receive awards; in the spirit of Ohana, the USCA family stayed and applauded the accomplishment of paddlers in all classes. Due to a shortage of medals, only youth who placed first and second in the outrigger canoe classes were awarded medals until… one mother recognized a need and decided to take action. Debra Hazel, who had experience working with youth with intellectual disabilities and understood their joy in receiving awards, collected donated medals from Emily Hazel, Brian Storch, and Jeff Lindstrom and presented them, along with her medal, to the TIES paddlers. This quiet and sincere act of sportsmanship went unnoticed by many people but deeply touched the hearts of those involved. Surely, we can all be proud of the spirit of Aloha and the spirit of Ohana that was demonstrated by our USCA Ohana of paddlers and spectators. Mahalo (thank you.)

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USCA Nationals 2007: OUTRIGGER SPRINTS

The heavens opened up on the Exhibition race between the Heritage Christian Service and the TIES (Together Including Every Student) teams, but they stood the test – and had fun.

My First Nationals as a Competitor . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Moore StevensWhen Gareth told me that Priscilla Reinertsen had asked if I would agree to take a spot in the Outrigger Canoe Sprint

Championship for Paddlers with Physical Disabilities, I had the reaction he expected: “Oh, no. That’s not for me.” Never mind that I had told Priscilla just last evening that I hadn’t forgotten her offer to get into a boat with me at some point in the future. (But perhaps I had meant the distant future….)

True, I would feel secure in a craft that definitely would not spill us out. These eight-seater outriggers are actually two four-seaters lashed together with a pair of stabilizing beams running along both sides: as stable as a canoe can get. But faced, suddenly, with the chance to have “paddle in hand,” I felt reluctant.

And then there was Priscilla, offering to walk me to where Jan Whitaker was sorting lists and answering questions.

“Okay. I’ll do it!” I heard myself saying, and before I could retreat, Jan was smiling and grasping my arm in a gesture of thanks.

Back at our hotel, with a grin on my face, I was telling Gareth and our friend Tave Lamperez, “In the time it would take either of you to call a hut, I went from being uncomfortable and feeling a bit out of place here at Nationals to feeling just the opposite!”

“Yeah, I’m part of a team now. I won’t just be looking on. I’ll be racing! I guess that means I’m a full-fledged paddler, doesn’t it? Just like you guys.”

Excitement had overtaken me, snuffing out that little bead of anxiety I sometimes feel when I’m about to do something I’ve never done before.

My teammates and I met up with plenty of time to spare for getting acquainted and for sorting our gear before our boats would pull up for us along the water’s edge:

Yep, we’re a unique troupe. Some of us might require special paddles or a custom-built seat; a few need hoisting into the boat, an experience made possible by the marvelous assistance of a few strong and completely fantastic volunteers.

I will be in the second of the two races. Shortly after the two boats are loaded with team-members for the first race (an Exhibition race – see Jan’s account opposite page), the rain intensifies. Karen McElroy and I are standing at the water’s edge ready to cheer, but gradually we realize that we are becoming completely soaked. And what about the folks in the boats? Well, they’ll keep going unless the wind gets too fierce or we see lightning.

Karen and I head for, then squeeze under, the one tent – there is standing room only and we hear a rumble of thunder. No lightning, but someone said we will now have to wait for 15

thunder-free minutes before we can assume that the schedule for the next race (our race) will proceed on time.

Meanwhile, the first heat is done and the teams, thoroughly drenched, are heading in to shore. And “good heavens,” the sun is breaking through the clouds! Twenty minutes later, I am one of the last to get into position at the back of the green boat, left side.

Karen Simpson will be our steersperson with Jan Whitaker steering the blue boat. In the race, the steerspersons keep us on course, they do not contribute paddle power. That job is ours alone!

Our team has “elected” Dave Halter to shout out our stroke rate. He will call the “hut” on every tenth stroke.

Someone (Norm, was that you?) either fired the gun or gave us a serious shout and . . . we’re off!

I am thrilled by the speed. We are tearing across the water, but . . . what’s this? Our opponents are doing the same! In fact, they’re ahead! We have to work harder!

Wow…I am going all out now, my upright paddle plunging down into the water over and over again, harder and harder. We don’t slow one bit, but all keep pace with Dave’s counting. Are we gaining on them?

When we finally cross the finish line, and the green team comes across in a powerful second place, no one seems unhappy. This opportunity has been pretty grand for all the paddlers on both teams . . . . And who says you have to come in first to win?

Outrigger Results: Thursday, August 9

2007 Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championship for Paddlers with Physical Disabilities: 1000 meters.1 Blue Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:36.652 Green Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:22.72

2007 National Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championship for Youth: 500 m.The two fasted teams of the four teams that raced were:1 Blue Team from the second heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:48:472 Green Team from the second heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:01:12

Portrait of Lucy Moore Stevens copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams); top right photo copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr/Warren Times Observer

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USCA Nationals 2007: MARATHON

USCA National Canoe & Kayak Marathon Championships(and Marathon Demo Races)

C1 Man (Open to Grand Vet Divisions)Note: ON = (Ontario, Canada) and VIC = (Victoria, Australia).

C1 Man - Friday, August 101 Calvin Hassel (NE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:45:23.352 Steve Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:12.063 Marc Gillespie (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:36.924 Matt Streib (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:48.005 Jason Quagliata (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:17.366 Jeff Rankinen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:20.057 Allen Limberg (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:57.098 Matt Rudnitsky (NY) - First under 2� . . . . . . . 1:50:36.579 John Sullivan (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:06.6810 Brent Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:34.9611 Gary Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:16.3212 Ross Flemer (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:47.4713 Ted Lutz (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:21.2314 Terry Kent (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:51.4815 Michael Gregory (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:09:22.6916 Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:10:53.28

C1 Marathon – Games in the Lead Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt StreibI had a solid C1 race on Friday. I could feel the effects lingering from the AuSable Marathon but I think Calvin was suffering more since he got sick during the Marathon*. It was a stiff field this year with some guys moving up a notch compared to previous years.

I elected to start near Calvin, figuring that if I could stay with him I would eventually be in the lead pack. It worked well. We started on the right and merged left toward center after the first riffles. I don’t remember who was over there with us; I was just concentrating on making sure I was not left behind.

When we merged, Steve Rankinen was also there, along with Terry Kent and Jason Quagliata, I think. Marc Gillespie was back a bit, he must have gotten in some traffic from the start. During the long straight, coming off the start, Steve and Calvin seemed to want to test each other a bit so I caught a big fat wave and hung on.

Terry and Jason dropped off but Gillespie got the big diesel all wound up and finally caught us way down a bit before the left turn to head towards the island above the first set of buoys. Marc didn’t rest much when he caught us and then started taking the lead on a regular basis. I just tried to conserve energy by riding and making sure I didn’t get caught in a bad position going through the buoys.

Coming off the buoys Marc was strong and Calvin seemed to be a bit flat. He even dropped back to the second and third stern waves at times. A couple times when Calvin was back I took the lead briefly to give Marc a rest and see if we could work over Calvin some. Steve was also showing a bit of stress during this time since he was always on the stern wave instead of the side and occasionally he would also drop back to the second stern wave. This went on all the way from the top buoy down past the rapids to the railroad bridge.

Then Calvin took the lead going up the creek and decided it was time to make his move. I should have known he was either faking the stress or that he would recover in time for the finish. I should have conserved more energy by riding and refusing to take the lead. Anyway, I was poorly positioned for the buoy to turn up the creek and went wide just as Calvin decided to make his move.

I was fourth at the top creek buoy and was watching Calvin doing his imitation of a vapor trail. He dropped Steve and kept the hammer down all the way to the finish.

Coming out of the creek I managed to pass Marc and blew a lot of energy thinking I could catch Steve. I ran out of steam by the last buoy and Marc left me between there and the finish. I did get a second wind but Marc had too much on me to get him by the finish. So, as Andy has learned a few times in C1, even if you think you have Calvin on the ropes, he will usually come back to bite you.*Editor’s Note: The AuSable Marathon – 120-mile non-stop race held in Michigan barely two weeks prior to the USCA Nationals. Andy Triebold and Matt Rimer won in 14:48:55, with Matt Streib and Steve Corlew on their tail, just 38 seconds behind. Calvin Hassel, paddling with Bill Torongo, came 8th in 15:38:34.

Calvin Hassel leading Steve Rankinen by a length and a half at the upstream downtown buoy.

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USCA Nationals 2007: MARATHONC1 Man Master1 John Edwards (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52:29.522 Del Cummings (CT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:34.873 John-David Mathieu (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:08.944 Tom Ellsworth (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:21.285 Doug Howard (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:00.826 Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:02.247 Roy Zweeres (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:30.948 Guy Flatley (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:56.229 Dwight Blease (ME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:49.4610 Donald Walls (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:28.1311 Doug Pennington (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:36.5312 Steve Stoddard (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:09.8013 Ryan Andrews (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:31.4914 Tave Lamperez (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:38.0715 Dave Impens (NJ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:50.8016 Stephen Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:41.9617 John Hazel (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:22.9018 Seth Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:08:40.04

It happens . . . Seth Miller took a spill under the railroad trestle downtown Warren, losing precious minutes and places.

Marc Gillespie, with a broad grin, with Matt Streib close behind at the last buoy.

Rounding the final buoy (the upstream downtown buoy), Del Cummings trails John Edwards, 1st and 2nd positions in C1 Man Master. Ahead of them both is Doug Howard.

Dave Impens, 15th C1 Man Master.

Michael Gregory heading for 1�th place in the C1 Man Open race.

Doug Howard finished a blistering 27 seconds ahead of John Edwards, widening his � second lead at the final buoy. Sadly, Doug was pen-alized 5 minutes for not having a safety whistle.

Randy Bailey rides Roy Zweeres heading downstream while Ralph Vincent heads up, in the downtown Warrren loop.

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Peter Heed, telling Tom Walton to watch out for that Iowan, Ted Cramer , coming up fast behind them . . .

Ted Cramer, straining to hear what Peter Heed is telling Tom Walton, just ahead . . .

On the upper line, Stephen Miller, leading Bob Bradford and Steve Stoddard. Below, Eric McNett, closely trailed by Joe Johnson, with Doug Pennington following their course.

C1 Man Senior - Friday1 Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:54.912 Eric McNett (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52:05.943 Bruce Lee (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52:08.844 Paul Dyka (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:45.075 David Hunter (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:48.336 John Hollands (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:55.517 Bill Kostra (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:57.258 Ralph Vincent (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:47.199 Peter Heed (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:32.5510 Ted Cramer (IA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:32.7611 Tom Walton (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:34.5812 Wayne Gregory (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:18.3013 Larry Frederick (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:03.5814 William Anderson (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:04.5815 James Dipelesi (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:14.6816 Jim Anderson (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:29.4217 Gareth Stevens (WI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:41.5518 Tony Bond (VIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:56.3519 Jim Short (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:02.4220 Willa Turner (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:04.4521 Randy Flament (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:32.9322 Gary Mullen (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13:01.77

Some Thoughts on the C1 Senior Marathon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David HunterThe field was very strong and quite deep in my age group.

Taking it from the beginning of the race, the start was very poorly done with the starter out of control of the racers from the beginning. Some of us felt that there were problems with a few racers getting a jump at the start. The rolling start idea doesn’t work very well because there are always those who try to take advantage.

After we got going the whole race was pretty much of a grind the whole way. The shallow course was a challenge to us all and it seemed to work out the same for everyone. There weren’t any dramatic position changes except for Paul Dyka losing third place to Bruce Lee by going around the second red buoy at the first loop. Has anyone figured out why that buoy was there anyway? The first five boats were pretty close at that point with Lee getting ahead of Dyka at that point and me catching up to Dyka. Eric McNett and Joe Johnson were staying together in the front, while the other three of us were pushing hard to catch up to them.

From there it stayed the same through the standing waves and around the next loops and on to the finish. I think it would have been a great added touch to have had a portage somewhere in the middle of the course just to add some spectator appeal.

Paddling Around (All the Way Around) With Peter Heed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ted CramerI had a really great time at the Warren Nationals. The C1 race was interesting. I rode wake with Peter Heed and Tom Walton till the first set of buoy turnarounds. They were 3-4 boat lengths ahead of me and as we approached the bridge I was able to catch them again.

As we entered the whirlpool my bow was a foot behind Peter’s stern. Peter decided to do a 360º and I thought to myself, “I am not going to do that.” However, there must of been a rope attached to out boats because my boat followed his and did a 360º, too.

Peter said, “That was so much fun – let’s do it again!” From there we were side by side most of the way to the finish.

There was never a dull moment, paddling beside Peter. We finished 9th and 10th. In the C2 Senior division Gareth Stevens and I decided to do a snail census, but still had a great race. Thank you, Warren, for a great week of racing.

C1 Man Senior Marathon Championship

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Alec Davis, 2nd C1 Man Veteran 2, a solid 2 minutes ahead of Mike Johnson.

Ted Cramer, straining to hear what Peter Heed is telling Tom Walton, just ahead . . .

C1 Man Veteran 1 & C1 Man Veteran 2 - Friday, August 10These divisions were run together, so reported together.1 Tom Thomas (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:35.362 Edward Sayre (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:54.903 Roland Muhlen (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:01.244 William Ellsworth (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:06.015 Gene Bennett (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:10.336 Bob Bradford (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:28.357 Stan Machacek (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:47.228 Charlie Bruno (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:51.359 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:08.8510 Bob Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:11.4311 Bill Robinson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:45.5912 Greg McMorrow (ME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:38.1913 Gary Aprea (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:43.711 Richard Ulbrich (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:44.4714 Bob Fisher (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:57.4715 Jim Roberts (MA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:39.092 Alec Davis (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:56.8616 Ralph Scofield (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:01:22.793 Michael Johnson (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:00.4917 Larry Liquori (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:50.154 Edward Sharp (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:20.0718 Jim Genkos (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:31.915 Frank Tinsley (IN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:08:22.656 Terry Streib (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:10:15.2919 Bill Hill (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:14:19.527 Charles Baker (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:29:44.028 Gary Braught (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30:48.42

Nick Lyesiuk riding Charlie Bruno in downtown Warren. Charlie stayed ahead to come 8th, pulling away to 17.5 seconds ahead of Nick at the finish line.

Bill Ellsworth, about �.5 seconds behind Roland, about the same ahead of Gene Bennett, came �th in C1 Man Veteran 1.

Paul Dyka, �th C1 Man Open

Roland Muhlen takes a very respectable 3rd place in C1 Man Veteran 1 on his return to the USCA Nationals after many years’ absent.

Dick Ulbrich, first C1 Man Veteran 2, just under a minute ahead of Alec Davis.

C1 Man Veteran Marathon Championship

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David Thomas, on his way to winning the inaugural C1 Stock Canoe Man Demo race.

Phil Cole, 2nd C1 Man Grand Veteran 2, paddling ahead of Jeff Shenberger, 2nd in the C1 Stock Man Demo race.

Ed Hahn, �th C1 Man Grand Veteran 1.

USCA founding father Thor Ronemus, paddling to 3rd place in the C1 Man Grand Veteran 2 championship.

C1 Man Grand Veteran 1 & C1 Man Grand Veteran 2 - FridayThese divisions were run together, so reported together.1 Dan Karig (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:56.532 LaVerne Young (FL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:06.853 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:13.234 Ed Hahn (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15:08.825 Fred Zeien (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15:11.401 Robert Gillings (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:16:35.872 Phil Cole (NH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:18:31.416 Donald Browning (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:18:52.683 Thor Ronemus (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:18:55.714 Mike Fremont (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:27:32.40

C1 Stock Canoe Man (Demo) - Friday1 David Thomas (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:10.002 Jeff Shenberger (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:57.893 Mark Anthony (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:12:05.934 Bob Snook (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:17:00.40

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guy — 85-year-old Mike Fremont. There will be 173 years between the two men in that boat.

And 173 years of canoers, even if it’s more than two people, is a lot of good years. “These people, they’re the best group,” he said. “Everybody’s nice, everybody is brother and sister here.” Of course, it’s a competitive event, so there’s some fire in the group. “Being brothers and sisters means we fight sometimes too,” Cole said.

88 and still paddlingDidn’t win, but 1�-mile race was ‘easy’BRIAN FERRY Staff Writer, Warren Times ObserverPhil Cole took second in his category at this year’s USCA National Marathon championships. He paddled his canoe the full length of the 14-mile course in about two hours. Friday’s marathon was “nice, cool and easy,” Cole said. But, unlike in past national championships, Cole didn’t come in first. “I’m getting back into the game,” he said. He didn’t compete at the national championships last year. And, as the saying goes, he’s not getting any younger. He’s been in competitive canoeing for 30 years. And the younger guys are starting to beat him. There aren’t many older guys and there aren’t any categories for older guys. Cole is 88 years old. He competes in the grandmaster veteran division for those over 80.

“I’m the oldest guy here,” Cole said. “When they first made the 70 (and older category) I was 80 and I was beating everybody,” he said. He was national champion “several times.” “I was beating the old guys, but now they’re not old enough,” Cole said. Although Cole started canoeing 30 years ago, that’s barely one third of his life. “I never knew what a canoe looked like until after I retired,” he said. “Most of my life I was a physicist working on nothing related to physics — electrochemical batteries.”

“I worked for the US Navy as a civilian,” he said. “I never worked for anyone else.” The physicist’s background helped him understand some of the forces at work between water and boat. “It helps me with lots of things,” he said. But, when his working days were over, he found something else to do. “My daughter came home with an Old Town Tripper (a recreational canoe),” Cole said. “She said, ‘we’re going down to the races.’” His first canoe experience was a race. “We started competing the first day,” he said. And the father-daughter team came in fifth out of 15 recreational teams in the three-mile event. The success came quickly. “For 10 years we had the fastest boat in that race,” Cole said.

The race was held in Cole’s hometown, Contoocook, NH — a perfect place for a canoe race. Contoocook means graceful, beautiful river, he said. Cole plans to keep canoeing competitively until he’s 90.

Then? He’ll keep right on going. “I’m going for 120,” he said. “I’m going to make it.” What makes him think so? “Exercise,” he said. “You’re gonna live as long as you exercise.” Although he talked about an easy race on Friday, he came clean and admitted there were some spots when the ride wasn’t as comfortable as it might have been.

“My arm cramped,” he said. “Then my hands cramped. I got over that then both arms started to cramp.” Much longer and his hands would have been unable to take switching the paddle from hand to hand. “The main thing that kept me going was a couple guys ahead of me,” he said. Although he couldn’t catch them, he was staying with them. On Sunday, Cole will be back on the Allegheny in a canoe with a younger

Phil Cole

Upper photo: Phil Cole paddling C1 Grand Veteran 2. Lower photo: Mike Fremont & Phil Cole, Grand Vet 2 C2 Champions (trophy donated by Ken & Joanne Gerg).

Top photograph copyright ©2007 by Brian Ferry/Warren Times Observer; bottom photograph copyright ©2007 byWill Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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C1 Woman (Open to Vet 2 Divisions)C1 Woman (Open, Master, Senior, Veteran 2) - Sunday, Aug 12 (award for first age 24 or younger)1 Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:17.732 Holly Reynolds (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:29.691 Master - Colleen Moore (ME) . . . . . . . . . 1:54:56.252 Master - Cindy McNett (ME) . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:57.571 Veteran 2 - Beth Schluter (WI) 1:58:52.103 Master - Pam Fitzgerald (NY) . . . . . . . . . 2:00:08.204 Master - Lisa Bainey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11:03.911 Senior - Karen Simpson (ON). . 2:04:24.713 Sarah Price (PA) - First under 2� . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:08:31.052 Senior - Patricia Heed (NH) . . . 2:09:45.004 Kristie Nichols (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13:29.395 Master - Ellen Ellsworth (MA). . . . . . . . . 2:14:35.046 Master - Kim Greiner (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . 2:16:25.75

Good Golly Miss Holly Went Swimming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Reynolds

I thought this could be my year. But alas, Gloria Wesley isn’t going to just hand over the trophy… so I knew I had my work cut out for me. A few minutes into the race, in a series of riffles, for the first time in my life, I dropped Gloria. I heard Errol Schluter on the bank telling me to “put the hammer down” or Gloria was going to get back on my wake. Unfortunately, that didn’t matter, since through the first set of buoy turns I made a strategic error (going into the current WAY too early), Gloria easily caught up to me. At the upstream turn something even more rookie happened — Good Golly Miss Holly…went swimming. And away went Gloria.

Marc Gillespie had taught me how to jump back in my boat, as long as I could empty the water out, so I tried to keep my cool and tried to touch bottom. With my tippy toes I could, so I emptied the boat and tried to jump back in. However, I hadn’t practiced in a long time, and somehow ended up in my boat backwards. GO FIGURE! And right over the other side I went and out the door went any “cool” I might have still had, and there goes Colleen Moore, and Cindy McNett.

My race may have been over but, being a stubborn little girl, I was going to get back in that boat in the middle of that river in that current if it was the last thing I did. The next try I had it. Now I was in 4th place (overall) and didn’t exactly have my race face on.

It seemed to take me a very long time to decide that I could still pick people off. Right around the upstream venture up the creek, I decided that I might be able to catch Cindy, and as soon as I put my mind to it, I gained on her quickly and passed her in the creek. I then started to time myself against Gloria. Only 1 minute, that’s not so long.

Well, maybe I can catch Colleen. On the upstream stretch through the town I gained on Colleen fairly quickly and on the last stretch I finally caught her.

With the most inspirational words of encouragement, Colleen told me my race wasn’t over, I could still catch Gloria. Well if Colleen believes I can do it, maybe I can! With only less than half a mile of racing left I gave it everything I had.

I was gaining on Gloria. Popping the boat around the last sweeping corner I made a good deal of time on her. Going full steam ahead, all I had just wasn’t enough. Gloria beat me by 12 seconds. But I can’t complain at all. I overcame a catastrophe, and was able to pull my head together enough to get back in the race instead of paddling home like a wounded puppy, for that I’m proud. Gloria said, “Holly, we all know that had you not fallen in, you would have won this race.” I’m not sure of that, but I am sure that staying IN your boat is part of the race. Great race ladies! See you on the water next year.

A Great Opportunity to Paddle with the People I have Grown to Respect and Continue to Learn From. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Simpson

As always Warren serves up both on and off the water. The C1 Woman race is a race I always know I am going to get a mixture of happenings in....This year was not different.

The start of the race had Holly and Gloria pulling up front ...I dropped in behind Pam who dropped in behind Colleen and Cindy and Beth...

Then there was a bit of an eye opener when I looked up as we neared the 1st turn buoy and I saw Holly swimming and suddenly there was Holly back in the boat hammering back down the river...it was such a flash that I needed to check at the end with her just to know that it wasn’t a rodeo trick she had been practicing on.

The race in my mind for me was to keep on Pam and to ride a bit but as in previous rides my boat decided to exchange phone numbers with the divers in the white water and I had to swim. The outcome was that Pam and the ladies were too far to get back up with and so I simply got to exchange greetings with a couple of kayakers. The day was hot and I had a dip in the boil near the end... the men’s crews were up there and I had a front seat to their battle.

The ladies’ C1 has and always will be a reason to get out in my black boat on those early mornings before I go into work and it feels good to just be there and play.

P.S. It really is nice to have such a nice shirt and to be allowed to have the trophy for the year.*

*Editor’s note: the reference is to foreigners – yep, Canadians included – being eligible for championship recognition: this year’s Nationals is the first following the rule change. An excellent change (in my unbiased British opinion).

C1 Woman Marathon Championships (Open through Veteran 2)

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Gloria Wesley, followed by Betsy Bellario in K1 Sea Kayak.

Collen Moore, champion C1 Woman Master.

Holly Reynolds, second C1 Woman Open.

Beth Schluter, champion C1 Woman Veteran 2.

Lisa Bainey, fourth C1 Woman Master.

Pam Fitzgerald, third C1 Woman Master.

Cindy McNett, second C1 Woman Master. Karen Simpson, champion C1 Woman Senior.

C1 Woman Marathon Championships (Open through Veteran 2)

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The Barton Challenge Cup & C1 Man Junior & C1 Woman Junior Marathon Championships(For the Barton Challenge Cup & K1 Man Junior & K1 Woman Junior Championship, see pp 78-79)C1 Woman Junior (Short course) - Sunday, August 121 Ruth Sayger (AR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30:48.972 Emily Hazel (MI) Barton Challenge Cup winner 1:32:20.163 Sarah Tompkins (MI) Barton 2nd place medal . 1:35:56.924 Nathalie Hanson (MI) Barton 3rd place medal . 1:42:41.265 Anna Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:21.196 Jackie Stone (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:00.83C1 Man Junior (Short course) - Sunday, August 121 Griffin Williams (MI) Barton Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cup winner. . . . . . . . . . . 1:20:03.002 Joshua Quintel (MI) Barton 2nd place medal . . 1:23:53.953 Matt Anthony (PA) Barton 3rd place medal . . . 1:25:05.734 Aaron Vidusek (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:28:30.565 Daniel Donovan (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:29:01.046 Eric Van Dis (MI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:31:16.707 Jeff Lindstrom (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:34:55.358 Brian Storch (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:38:37.979 Chris Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:41:25.63

The Barton Challenge Cup is awarded to the fastest overall man and woman junior in both C1 and K1 classes, who have previously qualified by competting in one or more Barton Challenge Qualifying Races held in various states over the previous year. See page 78 for the K1 results.

Sarah Tompkins, 3rd C1 Woman Junior.

Anna Tompkins, 5th C1 Woman Junior.

Nathalie Hanson, �th C1 Woman Junior.

Emily Hazel, Barton Cup C1 Winner, and 2nd in the C1 Woman Junior championship.

Jackie Stone, 6th C1 Woman Junior.

Ruth Sayger, USCA C1 Woman Junior national champion.

Barton Challenge Cup, C1 Man Junior & C1 Woman Junior

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Griffin Williams, national champion and Barton Cup winner.

Matt Anthony, 3rd C1 Man Junior.

Joshua Quintel, 2nd C1 Man Junior.

Daniel Donovan, 5th C1 Man Junior.

Jeff Lindstrom, 7th C1 Man Junior.

Erik Van Dis, 6th C1 Man Junior.

Aaron Vidusek, �th C1 Man Junior. Brian Storch, 8th C1 Man Junior.

Barton Challenge Cup, C1 Man Junior & C1 Woman Junior

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Above: Daniel Donovan (bow) & Matt Anthony in a solid second place in the C2 Men Junior marathon championship. Below: Mike Rosecky (bow) & Steven Diller in 3rd place.

Josh Quintel (bow) & Griff Williams give photographer David Williams a wave, as they pass under a downtown bridge on their way to the C2 Men Junior championship.

Thomas Sayger (bow) & Brian Storch finished in 4th position in the C2 Men Junior marathon championship.

Chris Tompkins (bow) & Eric Van Dis finished 6th.

Jeff Lindstrom (bow) and Aaron Vidusek finished 5th.

C2 Men Jr & C2 Women JrC2 Men Junior - Friday, August 101 Joshua Quintel (MI) / Griffin Williams (MI) . . . 1:17:14.292 Daniel Donovan (NY) / Matt Anthony (PA ) . . . 1:20:23.393 Steven Diller (MD) / Mike Rosecky (MD) . . . . 1:23:25.684 Brian Storch (MI) / Thomas Sayger (AR) . . . . . 1:23:34.485 Jeff Lindstrom (IL) / Aaron Vidusek (IL) . . . . . 1:23:52.476 Eric Van Dis (MI) / Chris Tompkins (MI) . . . . . 1:24:17.157 Matthew Swinehart (MI) / Jackie Stone (MI) . . 1:48:38.69C2 Women Junior - Friday, August 101 Ruth Sayger (AR) / Ashley Partridge (AR) . . . . 1:25:13.852 Nathalie Hanson (MI) / Emily Hazel (MI) . . . . 1:29:16.443 Anna Tompkins (MI) / Sarah Tompkins (MI) . . 1:29:57.324 Wynn Reeves (CA) / Ariel McNett (ME) . . . . . 1:35:34.59

C2 Men Junior and C2 Women Junior Marathon Championships

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Ruth Sayger & Ashley Partridge on their way to winning the C2 Women Junior championship (with Bill Anderson in C1 in the background). Below: Nathalie Hanson (bow) & Emily Hazel heading for second place.

Above: Anna (bow) & Sarah Tompkins paddling to third place in the C2 Women Junior marathon championship. Below: Ariel McNett (bow) & Wynn Reeves, paddling to take fourth position in the C2 Women Junior race.

C2 Men Junior and C2 Women Junior Marathon Championships

C2 Mixed Junior - Saturday, August 111 Ruth Sayger (AR) / Thomas Sayger (AR) . . . . . 1:19:40.812 Ashley Partridge (AR) / Mike Rosecky (MD). . 1:23:10.223 Anna Tompkins (MI) / Matthew Swinehart (MI) 1:35:29.34

Thomas Sayger (bow) & Ruth Sayger, minutes from winning the C2 Mixed Junior marathon championship.

Mike Rosecky (bow) & Ashley Partridge, racing to second place in the C2 Mixed Junior marathon.

Anna Tompkins (bow) and Matthew Swinehart, in the final stretch of the C2 Mixed Junior marathon, where they are heading for 3rd place.

Top left photograph copyright ©2007 by Terry Castor; all other photographs copyright ©2007 byWill Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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C2 Women, Open, Master, Senior, Veteran 1 - Friday, August 10(award for 1st team both age 24 or younger) 1 Senior Joanna Faloon (ON) / Beth Schluter (WI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:16.301 Open Holly Reynolds (NY) / Emily Wright (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:21.112 Open Kate Ellis (MN) / Emily Peterson (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:55.10 1 Master Colleen Moore (ME) / Cindy McNett (ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:24.493 Open Amy Solak (MI) / Gloria Wesley (MA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:24.90 2 Master Nannette Krapf (PA) / Judy Jeanes (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:59.36 3 Master Lisa Tambussi (MA) / Sue Morris (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:15.36 4 Master Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Vicki Cumings (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:57.59 1 Vet 1 Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) / Dede Herlihy (MA). . . . . . . . . 2:02:34.384 Open Kaitlyn McElroy (ME) / Miranda Robinson (NY) - 1st < 2�s . . 2:02:41.19 2 Senior Sandy Superchi (MA) / Trish Heed (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:46.11 2 Vet 1 Joan Henry (NY) / Jan Whitaker (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:16.705 Open Sarah Price (PA) / Lisa Bainey (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:23.61 5 Master Janet Perry (IL) / Becky Burris (AR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15:56.41

Colleen Moore (bow) & Cindy McNett, C2 Women Master champions, and fourth overall.

Emily Peterson (bow) & Kate Ellis, 2nd in the C2 Women Open marathon championship.

Holly Reynolds (bow) & Emily Wright, C2 Women Open champions, rounding the final buoy.

Joanna Faloon (bow) & Beth Schluter – Senior champions and fastest overall in the C2 Women marathon championship.

The 2007 National C2 Women Marathon Championships: (Open, Master, Senior, Veteran 1)

Those C2 Women! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter HeedOf note during the first day was the women’s C2 competition. A great race, with good tactics being utilized throughout.

We had top “young teams” like Holly Reynolds and Emily Wright – and superb “mature teams” like overall winners Joanna Faloon and Beth Schluter! A spectacular win for the marvelous and stunning master ladies — which highlights one of the unique and wonderful things about the sport we all love: you can still be competitive and successful much longer than in most endurance sports.

It also highlights the fact that large C2 fields are hard to come by in women’s divisions. Nationals are a special opportunity for women to race against women in large fields of competitors.

C2 Women Marathon Championships

Amy Solak (bow) & Gloria Wesley, third place C2 Women Open, and fifth overall.

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Judy Jeanes (bow) & Nannette Krapf, second place C2 Master Open, and sixth overall.

Sarah Price (bow) & Lisa Bainey, fifth place C2 Women Open.

Emily Peterson (bow) & Kate Ellis, 2nd in the C2 Women Open marathon championship.

C2 Stock Canoe Women (Demo) - Friday: no participantsC2 Standard Woman1 Teresa Stout (PA) / Carol Culbertson (NH) . . . . . . 2:24:48.53C2 Standard Women Master - Friday: no participants

C2 Women Marathon Championships

Miranda Robinson (bow) & Kaitlyn McElroy, fourth place C2 Women Open, and tenth overall.

Vicki Cummings (bow) & Pam Fitzgerald, fourth place C2 Women Master, and eighth overall.

Susie Morris (bow) & Lisa Tambussi, third place C2 Women Master, and seventh overall.

Teresa Stout (bow) & Carol Culbertson, C2 Standard Women.

Dede Herlihy (bow) & Priscilla Reinertsen, C2 Women Vet champions, chased by 2nd place Seniors Trish Heed (bow) & Sandy Superchi.

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The 2007 National C2 Men Marathon Championships: (Open through Grand Vet 2)C2 Men, Master & Senior - Sunday, August 12(award for first team both age 24 or younger)1 Marc Gillespie (NY) / Matt Streib (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:36:58.942 Calvin Hassel (NE) / Andy Triebold (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:37:57.403 Jeff Rankinen (PA) / Steve Rankinen (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40:21.184 Matt Rudnitsky (NY) / Dana Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40:56.085 Bob MacDowell (MA) / Sean Jennings (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:42:07.126 Allen Limberg (WI) / Brad Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:42:30.367 Del Cummings (CT) / Brent Lyesiuk (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:42:36.80 1 Senior - Jim Larsen (MI) / Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:43:39.648 Ray Trudgeon (MI) / Matt Meersman (IN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:44:21.659 Ross Flemer (NY) / Gary Krapf (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:44:52.78 2 Senior - Peter Heed (NY) / Jeff Schultis (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:45:47.15 1 Master - John Edwards (FL) / Eric McNett (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:09.4710 Randy Bailey (PA) / Alex Kostra (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:47:51.85 3 Senior - Robert Zuber (MA) / Alex Sabo (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:07.92 2 Master - Michael Malick (VT) / Doug Howard (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:38.78 4 Senior - James Dipelesi (NY) / Larry Fredrick (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:03.10 3 Master - Ray Bauer (OH) / Tom Ackemeyer (OH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:07.72 5 Senior - Ralph Vincent (VT) / Mark McAndrew (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:43.54 4 Master - Don Walls (AR) / Dale Burris (AR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:01.8711 Cody Brown (AR) / Sam Perkins (AR) - First Under 2� . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:38.99 6 Senior - Ted Cramer (IA) / Gareth Stevens (WI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52:20.80 7 Senior - Dan Tracy (NY) / Ron Reed (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:00.12 5 Master - Stephen Miller (MA) / Seth Miller (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:26.0712 Michael Gregory (ON) / Wayne Gregory (ON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:25.20 6 Master - Janet Perry (IL) / Tave Lamperez (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:40.23

From the Winning Stern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt StreibIn the C2 Men open I had about as much fun as you can hope for. We started on the right again near Andy & Calvin. I think the Rankinens were near us also, but Dana Henry & Matt Rudnitsky shot out of the left side like a kayaker being chased by an angry canoer (just teasing). Marc & I made sure we were with them when we all merged so we could ride the speedsters.

It is kind of a blur but I think Rankinens were back for a while and we were trading off riding on Dana & Matt and Calvin & Andy. Above the buoy island Rankinens caught up and then during the first tour of buoys they fell back a bit. Dana & Matt had fallen off coming into the buoys.

At the top buoy Andy & Calvin were leading with Marc & me riding their side wake on the inside of the turn. They didn’t give us much room so I just stuck the bow on their gunwale figuring it would scrape the buoy off the side of their boat and to the correct side of our boat for the turn. It has often worked in the past but this time I blew the turn and stuck the buoy directly ON our bow so we had to back off the power while Marc shoved the buoy to the proper side using his paddle. I’m just glad it stuck instead of going to the wrong side — that would have made us back up to make the turn legally. I’m pretty sure we shortened the course a bit because I don’t see how the buoy could have stayed put with all the force we applied to it.

Anyway, Andy & Calvin got anywhere from 5 to 10 boat

lengths on us due to the blown turn (depending on who you talk to) and they had turned on the turbos to try to keep us back there. Luckily, Marc and I seemed to have a bit more speed up to that point and we were able slowly to reel them in. We caught them before the big island above the bridge upstream from the rapids.

Coming into the rapids we took the lead so I could run the line I wanted instead of running the risk of being pushed through the big stuff or following through on their stern. We came to the creek buoy together and took the lead going upstream but Andy & Calvin seemed to struggle a bit in the shallows so we managed to have a few boat lengths on them by the time we were out of the creek.

I was pretty excited at that moment but it was short lived since those tough guys reeled us in before the last set of buoys. Lucky for us they blew the lower buoy and we got a few boat-lengths on them there. Then we made a bee-line for the shore over by the hospital. They seemed to struggle in the shallows again. We pulled out to at least 10 boats lead by the top buoy then hightailed it back across the shallows/suck water in front of the hospital which again allowed us to lengthen our lead – and it was all out to the finish.

This time there were enough shallows to keep them from reeling us in but you never know how it would have ended if there had been another mile of deep water to the finish.

I’m sorry we couldn’t stay for the awards but Dane* really increases our travel time and we were not home till after mid-night.

[*Editor’s note: Matt and Mandy Streib’s new son]

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From the Winning Bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc GillespieWe’d been in the boat twice ever, Canton, and the 70 miler in 2004. But both Matt Streib and I felt we had some unfinished business and could go better. So the third time we were physically in the boat together, was at Warren on Sunday in the Men’s C2 Race to face one of the fastest teams ever, Andy Triebold and Calvin Hassel, and you know what they say, the third time’s a charm. Prior to the race, Matt, having won National Championship with both Andy and Calvin before, thought we had a decent shot at upsetting the favorites. On Saturday evening after the races, we decided to use Matt’s Savage River boat that he had paddled to a close second place finish at AuSable with Steve Corlew, and that was the extent of our preparation.

Race day – Matt Rudnitsky with his partner Dana Henry, got off to his third straight rocket start of the weekend. Matt Streib and I covered the move, and were soon joined by Calvin and Andy and then finally Steve and Jeff Rankinen.

As far as how the race went in general, the Allegheny is a classic Pennsylvania river with long slow relatively deep pools, followed by fast moving riffles one to two feet deep. The general strategy for this type of course is to cruise the pools conserving energy, and to sprint the riffles. That’s the way that the race went, with the first several riffles being spent testing speed with neither of the top two teams being able to pull away from each other.

By the first set of buoy turns Andy and Calvin and we had opened a gap on the third and fourth place teams, as we set a fast pace to the upstream buoy. At that point, Andy and Calvin executed a near perfect buoy turn leaving Matt and me almost no room to cut on the inside. As a consequence we

nearly missed making the buoy turn and had to pull our canoe upstream against the current to make it.

This cost us 8-10 boat lengths, at which time Andy and Calvin went very hard to try to get away.

I said to Matt, “It’s now or never,” and we spent the next ten minutes catching back up to Andy and Calvin.

Once we caught them, Matt started a friendly banter with Calvin, which went something like this:

“Hey Calvin, your boat’s bobbing up and down a lot. If you were smoother, we might not have caught ya. Look at my partner, how smooth he is. Ya know, he makes tapes to show people how to paddle better.”

Calvin, always a man of few words, just kind of looked at Matt with a less than amused face and we started taking turns pounding the riffles again. It was dead even until we got onto Conewango Creek and it appeared that Matt and I had a slight advantage in that type of water. But Andy and Calvin did catch us by the downstream buoy turn in the city.

As we turned the buoy to head upstream, Matt and I somehow found it in ourselves to turn it up a notch and picked up probably 15 to 20 seconds in the shallow upstream portion by the hospital. With that much of an advantage as we turned the top buoy and headed for home, it would have been difficult to make up the time.

So it’s in the books, I’ve been racing Nationals since 1976 and finally after 31 years I have won a C2 Open men’s title.

Just as an aside, Matt Streib has already informed me that next year it’s going to be the two Matts from Indiana, Streib and Meersman, as the team to beat. So I told him, I’m bringing my own Matt to Nationals next year, Matt Rudnitsky. By the way, what’s up with all these fast Matts? More on this later.

Marc Gillespie (bow) & Matt Streib, C2 Men Open champions.

Steve Rankinen (bow) & Jeff Rankinen, third place C2 Men Open .

Calvin Hassel (bow) & Andy Triebold, second place C2 Men Open .

Dana Henry (bow) & Matt Rudnitsky, fourth place C2 Men Open .

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Sean Jennings (bow) & Bob MacDowell, 5th C2 Men Open.

Al Limberg (bow) & Brad Bauer, 6th C2 Men Open.

Ray Trudgeon (bow) & Matt Meersman, 8th C2 Men Open, and 9th overall.

Gary Krapf & Ross Flemer, 9th C2 Men Open, and 10th overall.

Brent Lyesiuk (bow) & Del Cummings, 7th C2 Men Open.

Joe Johnson (bow) & Jim Larsen, C2 Men Senior champions, and 8th overall.

Jeff Schultis (bow) & Peter Heed, 2nd C2 Men Senior and 11th overall.

John Edwards (bow) & Eric McNett, C2 Men Master champions, 12th overall.

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Randy Bailey (bow) & Alex Kostra, 10th C2 Men Open and 13th overall.

Robert Zuber & Alex Sabo, 3rd C2 Men Senior and 1�th overall.

Ralph Vincent (bow) & Mark McAndrew, 5th C2 Men Senior and 18th overall.

Ray Trudgeon (bow) & Matt Meersman, 8th C2 Men Open, and 9th overall.

Michael Malick (bow) & Doug Howard, 2nd C2 Men Master and 15th overall.

Sam Perkins (bow) & Cody Brown, first under 24, 11th C2 Men Open and 20th overall.

Jim Dipelesi (bow) & Larry Frederick, 4th C2 Men Senior and 16th overall.

C2 Men Open, Master, and Senior Combined – A Great Thing!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter HeedThe C2 Men day was hot, and the river’s suck waters seemed to be wearing everyone down. The great thing was that the organizers agreed to combine the ! Otherwise, there would have been few boats in each race and little competitive opportunity. This race was fun and tough! The cement water right after the start was always challenging – and our race was no different.

Joe Johnson and Jim Larsen immediately showed themselves as the class in the Senior field – as they quickly dropped us and the other Senior teams. Joe and Jim stuck with many of the super open teams.

I was able to convince Jeff Schultis to go in bow with me and come on out to race. I still recall being in awe when Jeff and Bob Zaveral won the Pro Class at the 70-Miler in the early 1980’s!

Jeff did a fabulous job – especially for someone who almost never paddles bow! One of us “stern men” had to do it! After a tough start, we kept jumping waves, trying to attack at every opportunity that presented itself. We managed to catch and pass a few good boats, taking second to Joe and Jim.

Of interest – especially to the “mature set” – is that the first two Senior teams beat all the C2 Master. And the winners of the C2 Masters – John Edwards and Eric McNett – were really Seniors who moved up to compete with the younger guys!

In the end, a fun time was had by all. We all look forward to meeting next year in Indiana.

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Tom Thomas (bow) & Bob Allen, C2 Men Veteran 1 champions.

Roland Muhlen (bow) & Greg McMorrow, 3rd C2 Men Veteran 1.

Nick Lyesiuk (bow) & Ed Sayre, 4th C2 Men Veteran 1.

Jim Genkos (bow) & Dale Krapf, 7th C2 Men Veteran 1.

Larry Liquori (bow) & Jim Roberts, 8th C2 Men Veteran 1.

Charlie Bruno (bow) & Bill Robinson, 5th C2 Men Veteran 1.

Mike Johnson (bow) & Bob Bradford, 6th C2 Men Veteran 1.

C2 Men Veteran 1 & Veteran 2 - Sunday, August 121 Tom Thomas (IN) / Bob Allen (MA) . . . . . . . . 1:47:11.442 William Ellsworth (MA) / Gary Aprea (NY). . . 1:48:55.08 1 Vet 2 - Roger Henry (NY) / Alec Davis (NY) . 1:49:20.373 Roland Muhlen (OH) / Greg McMorrow (ME). 1:49:03.544 Nick Lyesiuk (MA) / Ed Sayre (PA) . . . . . . . . . 1:51:21.835 Bill Robinson (NY) / Charlie Bruno (NY) . . . . 1:51:28.666 Michael Johnson (MT) / Bob Bradford (MI). . . 1:52:45.697 Dale Krapf (PA) / Jim Genkos (NY) . . . . . . . . . 1:54:48.148 Larry Liquori (NY) / Jim Roberts (MA). . . . . . 1:57:29.84C2 Men Grand Veteran 1 & Grand Veteran 2 - Sunday1 Daniel Karig (NY) / Herm Botzow (NH) . . . . . 1:54:17.102 Ken Gerg (PA) / Laverne Young (FL) . . . . . . . . 1:58:56.913 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) / Don Browning (IL) 2:02:47.72 1 Grand Vet 2 - Mike Fremont (OH) / Phil Cole (CT) 2:08:44.42

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Phil Cole (bow) & Mike Fremont, 4th C2 Men Grand Veteran 2 champions.

Herm Botzow (bow) & Dan Karig, C2 Men Grand Veteran 1 champions.

LaVerne Young (bow) & Ken Gerg, 2nd C2 Men Grand Veteran 1.

Glen Vandewinckel (bow) & Don Browning, 3rd C2 Men Grand Veteran 1.

Bill Turner (bow) & Jim Anderson, 1st C2 Stock Men Demo.

Ken Gotsch (bow) & John Diller, 2nd C2 Stock Men Demo.

The Stock Canoe Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken GergRegrettably it did not do as well as I had hoped, BUT there were some very bright spots. Initially I was approached by a husband/wife team paddling a 3x27 canoe (Pro Boat) and they told me that last year they got started in a stock canoe and hoped that the turn out this year did not discourage the effort.Secondly, part of the winning team (Jim Anderson) from Indiana told me there are lots of stock canoes in his state and he would personally help promote the class at next year’s Nationals. Please keep in mind that introducing the stock boat is intended to help grow the ranks of USCA, not swell our classes. It is meant to get new people in the sport in a canoe they feel comfortable paddling.This fall at the Adirondack 90 Miler I handed out a flyer to introduce the many stock paddlers to our organization and the idea of paddling/racing a stock canoe. And we need to do more. By the way, take a look at the times – these boats are not exactly “slugs”.

C2 Stock Men (Demo) - Sunday1 Bill Turner (PA) / Jim Anderson (IN) . . . . . . . . 1:53:29.882 John Diller (MD) / Ken Gotsch (PA ) . . . . . . . . 1:58:19.123 Mike Rosecky (MD) / Steven Diller (MD) . . . . 1:58:32.304 Mark Anthony (PA) / Teresa Stout (PA ) . . . . . . 2:01:19.055 John Koenig (PA) / Will Koenig (PA ). . . . . . . . 2:03:06.436 Gary Myers (OH) / Norm Skinner (OH) . . . . . . 2:08:04.35

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C2 Man / Junior - Saturday, August 11(Awards for first 3 Junior Women - but there were none!)1 Matt Anthony (PA) / Randy Bailey (PA) . . . . . . 1:50:22.582 Tom Walton (NH) / Josh Quintel (MI). . . . . . . . 1:51:08.943 Roy Zweeres (FL) / Erik Van Dis (MI) . . . . . . . 1:51:20.654 Steven Diller (MD) / John Diller (MD) . . . . . . . 1:53:38.345 Gareth Stevens (WI) / Aaron Vidusek (IL) . . . . 1:54:46.906 Andrew Line (PA) / Gary Mullen (PA) . . . . . . . 2:01:34.85C2 Man / Youth - Saturday, August 11(Awards for first three youth ages A: 5-7, 8-10, B: 11-12, C: 13-14)1 Devann Benson (IN) / Matt Meersman (IN) C . 1:20:22.712 Donald Browning (IL) / Jeff Lindstrom (IL) . . . 1:29:03.743 Glen Vandewinckel (NY) / Annie Ripton (NY)A 1:29:27.97

Larry Harrison (bow) & Allen Nichols, 4th C2 Standard Men.

Gene Bennett (bow) & Frank Tinsley, C2 Standard Men Master champions.

Steve Stoddard (bow) & Bill Kostra, 2nd C2 Standard Men.

C2 Standard Men - Sunday, August 121 Larry Harrison (NY) / Allen Nichols (NY) . . . . 1:52:03.96 1 Master - Gene Bennett (IN) / Frank Tinsley (IN) 1:52:47.142 Steve Stoddard (PA) / Bill Kostra (PA) . . . . . . . 1:53:48.95 2 Master - Roy Zweeres (FL) / Tony Bond (VIC) 1:54:02.22 3 Master - Doug Pennington (MO) / Jim Short (MO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:05.593 Jim Goochee (PA) / Ron Kaiser (PA). . . . . . . . . 1:55:00.894 Guy Flatley (CT) / Quincy Ascyue (MA) . . . . . 1:55:50.66 4 Master - Ray Thiel (CT) / Tom Walton (NH) 1:56:16.385 Terry Pontius (IN) / Skeet Craig (IN) . . . . . . . . 1:56:53.046 Craig Impens (NJ) / Dave Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . 1:57:39.98 5 Master - Darrel Cockman (NC ) / William McDuffie (NC) . . . . . . . . . 1:59:39.40 6 Master - Alicia Camp (NY) / Dave Knapp (NY) 2:00:45.99 Randy Bailey (bow) & Matt Anthony, C2 Man / Junior

champions.

Tom Walton (bow) & Josh Quintel, 2nd C2 Man / Junior.

Roy Zweeres (bow) & Erik Van Dis, 3rd C2 Man / Junior.

Roy Zweeres & Tony Bond just a few seconds ahead of Doug Pennington & Jim Short – 2nd & 3rd C2 Standard Men master.

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Reflections on the C2 Man/Youth Championship and the 2007 Nationals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen VandewinckelThe 2007 Nationals are now a thing of the past. They brought much joy and memories for all young and adult paddlers and the supporters of the canoe races.

I really enjoyed this year’s C2 Man/Youth marathon paddling event with my eight year old daughter Annie Ripton. Annie and I have been racing since she was four years old. It has been a pleasure to watch Annie improve in her paddling and develop her drive for competition.

Annie and I paddled the short marathon this year and I was really impressed with her handling the bow through the Flame Rapids.

As every year I enjoy seeing the Fledgling 1 & 2 classes. These young paddlers are all winners for it shows in their determination and sportsmanship

I would like to give special thanks to Dave Diget for his introduction of the many youth paddlers in the canoeing sport. Keep up the good work Dave, the USCA needs more youths to keep the sport of canoe racing going for years to come.

Gary Mullen (bow) & Andrew Line, 6th C2 Man / Junior.

Matt Meersman (bow) & Devann Benson, C2 Man / Youth champions.

Jeff Lindstrom (bow) & Don Browning, 2nd C2 Man / Youth.

Glen Vandewinckel (bow) & Annie Ripton, 3rd C2 Man / Youth.

John Diller (bow) & Steven Diller, 4th C2 Man / Junior.

Aaron Vidusek (bow) & Gareth Stevens, 5th C2 Man / Junior.

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C2 Mixed Marathon ChampionshipC2 Mixed - Saturday, August 11(award for first team both age 24 or younger)

1 Andrew Triebold (MI) / Amy Solak (MI) . . . . . . . . . 1:40:09.752 Calvin Hassel (NE) / Gloria Wesley (MA) . . . . . . . . 1:40:56.283 Holly Reynolds (NY) / Marc Gillespie (NY) . . . . . . 1:41:52.384 Matt Rudnitsky (NY) / Emily Wright (NY). . . . . . . . 1:45:54.715 Dana Henry (NY) / Susan Morris (NH). . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:30.366 Judy Jeanes (PA) / Gary Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:49.747 Emily Peterson (MN) / Brad Bauer (WA) . . . . . . . . . 1:49:29.408 David Hunter (NY) / Kaitlyn McElroy (NY) . . . . . . 1:51:49.349 Allen Nichols (NY) / Kristie Nichols (PA) . . . . . . . . 1:52:02.5410 Alex McAndrew (VT) / Miranda Robinson (NY)*. . . . 1:57:42.3611 Sam Perkins (AR) / Becky Burris (AR). . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:31.41 * first under 2�C2 Mixed Master - Saturday, August 11(awards for first teams both age 50-59, and 60 or older)

1 Allen Limberg (WI) / Kate Ellis (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . 1:42:51.112 John Edwards (FL) / Joanna Faloon (ON) 1st 50-59 1:43:26.263 Eric McNett (ME) / Cindy McNett (ME) . . . . . . . . . 1:45:47.984 Liz Johnson (MI) / Joe Johnson (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:42.945 Jim Larsen (MI) / Beth Schluter (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:47:52.146 Doug Howard (VT) / Lisa Tambussi (MA) . . . . . . . . 1:47:54.377 Del Cummings (CT) / Vicki Cummings (CT) . . . . . . 1:48:51.158 Stan Machacek (ON) / Karen Simpson (ON) . . . . . . 1:49:45.369 Pam Fitzgerald (NY) / Tom Ellsworth (MA). . . . . . . 1:50:33.4210 Priscilla Reinertsen (NH) / Bob Bradford (MI) 1st 60+ 1:50:34.3711 Ross Flemer (PA) / Kathy Grimes (NY) . . . . . . . . . . 1:50:42.4012 William McDuffie (NC) / Lynne McDuffie (NC) . . . 1:54:38.9213 James Dipelesi (NY) / Joan Henry (NY) . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:49.8514 Dede Ulbrich (MA) / Richard Ulbrich (MA). . . . . . . 1:55:05.1115 Nannette Krapf (PA) / Dale Krapf (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:24.3516 Janet Perry (IL) / Tave Lamperez (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:25.6717 Michael Malick (VT) / Sandy Superchi (MA). . . . . . 1:59:08.40

The C2 Mixed MarathonMatt RudnitskyEmily and I led the race for the first five minutes. After that it was all Marc and Holly, Calvin and Gloria, and Andy and Amy.

Those three boats made the race and we were far enough behind that it didn’t matter. Those six deserve an awesome congratulations on the extreme effort that they put out – and pounded the competition with.

A Great Time at Our First NationalsVicki & Del CummingsWe had a great time at our first Nationals. With all of the races, the week went by in a blur. By Sunday, the river was pretty familiar. The town of Warren made us all feel welcome, and the course was perfect. It was challenging, with shallows, current and upstream legs, but you didn’t have to worry about bashing your boat.

We caught a lucky break in the mixed race when at the hospital we were able to draft Calvin and Gloria for about a minute. They had already done their loop and were heading to the finish – we had yet to start our loop. Too bad the photographer didn’t get that picture.

We had fun and will be back!

Calvin Hassel (bow) & Gloria Wesley, the second C2 Mixed Open team, pass Sarah Price (bow) & Larry Harrison in C2 Standard Mixed.

Photograph copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr, Warren Times Observer

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Andy Triebold (bow) & Amy Solak, C2 Mixed Open champions.

Matt Rudnitsky (bow) Emily Wright & , 4th C2 Mixed Open.

Marc Gillespie (bow) & Holly Reynolds, 3rd C2 Mixed Open.

Al Limberg (bow) & Kate Ellis, C2 Mixed Master champions.

Eric (bow) & Cindy McNett, 3rd C2 Mixed Master.

John Edwards (bow) & Joanna Faloon, 2nd C2 Mixed Master.

Bottom left and second from top right photographs copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr Warren Times Observer; all others copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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Alex McAndrew (bow) & Miranda Robinson, 10th C2 Mixed Open, first under 24. Joe (bow) & Liz Johnson, 4th C2 Mixed Master.

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C2 Standard Mixed - Saturday, August 111 Colleen Moore (ME) / Greg McMorrow (ME) . 1:53:54.462 Larry Harrison (NY) / Sarah Price (PA) . . . . . . 1:56:43.173 Jim Goochee (PA ) / Lisa Bainey (PA) . . . . . . . 1:58:56.134 Ethel Ringle (IN) / Jim Anderson (IN) . . . . . . . 1:59:22.415 Teresa Stout (PA) / Ray Trudgeon (MI). . . . . . . 2:04:30.546 Mike Guenther (CO) / Tracy Guenther (CO). . . 2:07:01.407 Tammy Josefik (IL) / Ben Josefik (IL) . . . . . . . 2:07:08.258 Linda Collins (OH) / Keith Collins (OH) . . . . . 2:08:18.95

Ray Trudgeon (bow) & Teresa Stout, 5th C2 Standard Mixed.

Tammy (bow) & Ben Josefik, 7th C2 Standard Mixed.

Ethel Ringle (bow) & Jim Anderson, 4th C2 Standard Mixed.

Jim Goochee (bow) & Lisa Bainey, 3rd C2 Standard Mixed.

Keith (bow) & Linda Collins, 8th C2 Standard Mixed.

Mike (bow) & Tracy Guenther, 6th C2 Standard Mixed. See the story of this flip and rescue on the opposite page.

Greg McMorrow (bow) & Colleen Moore, C2 Standard Mixed champions.

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‘Only part we worry about’Swiftwater rescue team keeps eyes on Flare Island RapidsDEREK FARR Sports Writer, Warren Times ObserverBelieve it or not, canoe and kayak racing has a lot in common with NASCAR. Both sports are about speed. Both use expensive, state-of-the-art equipment, and both have wrecks. On the oval track, rescue crews arrive at a wreck in duty pickups. Armed with fire extinguishers, the crew’s primary job is to keep the drivers safe. On the river, a rescuer’s chariot is a rubber raft mounted with a 50-horsepower outboard motor. Armed with throw ropes, their primary job is the same — keep the racers safe. This year’s Daytona 500 of canoe and kayak racing, the USCA National Championships, had many volunteers laboring behind the scenes, but one group of volunteers was wearing wetsuits and helmets. The swiftwater rescue team. “Basically this event couldn’t be held without us,” said Pat Shine, Glade Water Rescue Team member and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Swiftwater Instructor. The Allegheny River is unique for many reasons, but for canoe and kayak racers there is one particular element that is anomalous. The river has a rather large rapid. The Flare Island Rapids rears its turbulent head in front of the United Refining plant. It is particularly large for the Allegheny River and unmatched in marathon kayak and canoe racing. During this year’s event, around 10 percent of the boats flipped in the rapid, and it was Shine and his teams’ responsibility to look after every swimmer.

“This is probably the most dangerous part of the river,” Shine said looking across the rapid’s pulsating waves. “It’s the only part we worry about.” The danger is multi-fold. Racing canoes and kayaks – the kind used for the USCA – are built for flat water. The boats’ sides (gunwales) are low so even small waves can crash into the boat. They are also very unstable. Sitting in a racing boat is like balancing on a two-by-four. What’s more, the boats are designed to go straight. In swiftwater it is like driving a school bus on a NASCAR road course; quick turns to avoid trouble are nearly impossible.

More than the equipment, the paddlers add an element of danger as well. By the time a racer has reached the rapid, he/she has paddled, at full-steam, for nearly nine miles. When racers reach the rapid, they are battling exhaustion, and an unscheduled out-of-boat experience can be overwhelming. Finally, the rapid poses its own danger as well. The waves at the beginning of the rapid can push a craft off course. Half way through the rapid, a large eddy juts out from the left shore. This eddy creates cross currents that can put thousands of pounds of pressure on a sideways 16-20-foot kayak or a 18-foot canoe. When the eddy catches a boat’s edge, the party and the boat are over.

At this point the racers are tired, cold, and wet. Sometimes a paddler ends up underneath the capsized boat. Other times the swimmer and the boat drift in opposite directions. But the end result is the same: an athlete and his/her equipment is thrust into an uncontrollable environment. USCA rules require that each participant must carry a life jacket on board, and all paddlers

under 18 must wear a life jacket for safety, but they do little to mitigate submerged hazards that threaten anybody who touches the bottom of the river. In any river with strong currents, large rocks, downed trees, and man-made obstructions line the river bed. If a swimmer decides to stand up in the current, his/her foot can get wedged among those obstructions creating foot entrapment, and that’s Shine’s worst case scenario. Shine’s rescue crew knows all of the dangers. It’s part of their job, but it is key that they perform rescues without obstructing the race.

“Our main goal is not to interfere with the racers,” Shine said from the water’s edge. “We must be able to slip in and out, and turn upright, distressed canoes that have overturned.” In addition, the team must be gentle with the overturned boats. Most of the canoes and kayaks are made from an expensive blend of composite and Kevlar, which means they are light and fragile. One false move with a swamped boat could result in the destruction of a $3,000 craft. Preparedness and training are fundamental to an assertive, yet delicate rescue. To do this, Shine and his team set up before the first racer arrives. Rescue team members line both sides of the river, communicating with hand signals as Shine positions 16 men and three rafts throughout the rapid.

As the first kayaks broke the horizon, the team was set. The team was more than a bunch of ordinary guys. On Saturday, Shine’s team was composed of members of the Greensburg Fire Department and Swiftwater Rescue Team. Six of the 16 were swiftwater instructors. Among the crew were respondents to the World Trade Center, Flight 93, and the Quecreek miner rescue. If you’re in trouble, it would be hard to find a more able group of rescue workers anywhere in the world. The first few waves of canoers and kayakers made it through the rapid without incident. “Come on! Dig it in! Go!” Shine and his team shouted to the passing paddlers. Then the C2 mixed teams (two-person canoes with a man and a woman paddling) reached the rapid.

Tracy and Mike Guenther of Monument, Colorado, were holding on to fifth place in their division. They entered the rapid a bit too far left. As they angled their boat to the right a current caught their starboard gunwale and tipped them over. Whistles blew and the rescue team members focused their attention on the swimmers. “Keep your feet up!!!” they yelled repeatedly. “Keep your feet up!!!” Shine, at the helm of the safety boat, motored to the overturned canoe and its paddlers. In a matter of seconds they took control of the boat and stabilized the situation. “I was impressed how quickly they were there and telling us what to do because your first instinct is to stand up,” Tracy Guenther later said. “I don’t flip very often and they were right there every step of the way.” The scene was repeated by five more boats. Each time, Shine’s team was instantly present to help with the rescue. By the end of the race the tally stood: six overturned boats, eight swimmers, and zero incidents. Every wrecked paddler returned to the race.

Shine’s crew had done its job. “If you want an example of their efficiency,” Mike Guenther recalled, “we only lost one place after tipping our boat,” The Guenthers finished the race in 6th place.

National C2 Standard Mixed Marathon Championships

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The 2007 National K1& K2 Marathon ChampionshipsK1 Touring Man - Friday, August 101 Jim Goochee (PA) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:00.842 Ed Leszek (OH) - 1st 60-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:14.413 Steve Rosenau (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:28.194 Will Smith (PA) - 1st �0-�9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:38.295 Bob Dean (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:04.126 John Redos, Jr (NJ) - 1st under 2� . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:57.977 Jacob Rabatin (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:08.728 David McAdoo (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:00.689 Joe White (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:14.0010 Leon Mosher (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:29.3111 Paul Gruber (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:33.4312 Mike Wolfson (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:02.3913 Robert Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:12:01.76K1 Touring Woman - Friday, August 101 Sonja Gilman (IN) - 1st �0-�9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:11.402 Kathy Kenley (NJ) - 1st 60-69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:17:44.943 Linda Volpe (PA) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:27:59.64

My Debut at Nationals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Redos, Jr.This year’s Nationals was my first — and only my second kayak race ever. My dad has been canoeing and kayaking for many years, so he got me interested in this sport. He has two racing kayaks, a Thunderbolt and an EFT. He raced in the Unlimited class, while I raced in the K1 Man Touring Class. I grew up going to these races, but it was a completely different experience to actually be a part of it all as a paddler.

I had been training all summer with my dad in preparation for this race, but I knew that the people I’d be racing against would have years of experience over me. So my goal was just to finish the race, and not be the last one to cross the finish line.

After the first five minutes of the race, I was surprised to see that I was in the middle of the class and most of the boats in front of me were from the Unlimited class (the mass start). So I found someone that I thought was a little faster than me to wake and hoped for the best.

The course had a bit of everything, from a Class II rapid to water that was no more than five inches deep. My dad has raced here many times before; he told me the basics of what I needed to know, but hearing is nothing like experiencing. There were some buoy turns that were confusing, and the big question of which way to go around the island; but nothing beats crossing the finish line knowing you exceeded your expectations. The best thing of all was how proud my father was of me. He thought I would do well, but I did not expect Norm Ludwig to come up to me after the race and tell me I had finished sixth overall in my class.

Not only did I finish sixth overall, but also I received a gold medal for being top finisher under the age of 25. I was 16 when the race took place, and I was the youngest K1 Touring marathon racer by 8 years, so I am hoping to hold my streak for the next eight years! The Nationals was a great experience for me, and I will continue to kayak and train for future races in the coming years. Everybody there was like family, and not too many people experience the sense of community that we paddlers have.

Jim Goochee, K1 Touring man champion, and first over 50.

Bobby Galbraith, 13th K1 Touring Man.

Ed Leszek, 2nd K1 Touiring Man, and first over 60.

National K1 Touring Man & K1 Touring Woman Marathon Championhips

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K1T Man medal winners, left to right: Steven Rosenau , Ed Leszek, Jim Goochee, Bob Dean, and John Redos, Jr.

Kathy Kenley, 2nd K1 Touring Woman, first over 60.

Sonja Gilman, leading Paul Gruber and Joe White around the upstream downtown buoy.

Linda Volpe, 3rd K1 Touring Woman, first over 50.Ride and Be Ridden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonja GilmanIt was in 2003 that I first raced at Nationals on the Warren course. It was my fourth race ever. I was encouraged to attend by Terry and Jan Streib. They told me I could come in the top five or maybe even win it. Terry had been training me all summer by letting me ride his wake. I’d chase him up and down the river and he would run me under tree branches. When he heard me get tangled he’d look back to make sure there wasn’t an accompanying splash and we’d take off again. Under his advisement, for my first Nationals race, he recommended that I find someone’s wake to ride. I start my races sprinting as fast as I can, and did so at my first Nationals. So, I found myself in 2nd until this woman came up from behind. She was paddling a little faster than me so I jumped on her wake. I stayed with her as long as I could – a little over half the race. That was Pam Browning. I’ve since learned the trick to staying ahead of her: get her into a K2, and paddle in front.What does this all have to do with this year’s K1 Touring race? I guess it’s paybacks. This year I didn’t find a wake to ride but I had plenty of men riding my wake! In fact, one guy rode my wake most of the race. As we were approaching the Refinery waves I picked the line I had practiced and hit it just right. Just as I was coming off the last wave and thanking God for getting me through it, I heard a thud. I thought I’d hit a rock, which was strange. Next thing I knew, I was spun out in the eddy and this guy was apologizing for running over me. I think the 180º did cost me a couple of minutes, but I still won my class.

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K1 Unlimited Man - Friday, August 10 (award for first in age classes 40-49, 50-59 and 60-69)1 Reid Hyle (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:37:03.862 Craig Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:44:51.003 Ron Kaiser (PA) - 1st �0-�9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:54.704 Brad Beckwith (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:47:39.975 Richard Libby (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:47:53.836 Elmore Holmes (TN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:47:55.837 Mark Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:27.468 Leon Mosher (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:37.299 Adrian MacKenna (DC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:50:50.4110 John Redos (NJ) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:25.0111 Lloyd Reeves (CA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52:16.4312 Holm Schmidt (SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:06.2713 Daniel Nemeth (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:57.3914 Karl Vogel (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:03.3015 Douglas Bushnell (NY) - 1st 60+ . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:59.5616 Tom Jones (MA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:08.7617 Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:37.0818 Rick Eliot (VT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:09.0619 Joseph Carta (CT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:21.5120 Gary Ballina (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07:51.59

Voyage of the Froudekiller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Mackenna, Naval ArchitectOn Friday I raced in the Unlimited K1 marathon. For this race I was excited to paddle my boat the “Froudekiller”, which I and my friend Rich Libby (who also competed in the race) built in the basement of my row house in the inner city of Washington DC. I was excited because it is an experimental design that I came up with in college. The boat has a bulbous bow and a wavepiercing cutwater design that I was sure would cheat physics and allow me to utterly destroy the competition and emerge victorious at the end of Friday’s race.

Unfortunately I think I spent too much time in the basement, and not enough time paddling, and therefore did not achieve my anticipated glory and fame. Early in the race Holm Schmidt and I lost the peleton, and ended up paddling most of the race together, until his boat filled up with water in the rapids, and we hit the shallow water of the inlet, where Holm’s now 400 pound surf ski proved to be stubborn. The white bulbous bow of the Froudekiller stealthed though the finish line in 9th place.

Ron Kaiser, 3rd K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

Craig Impens, 2nd K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

Richard Libby, 5th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

Leon Mosher, 8th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

K1 Unlimited Man Marathon

Elmore Holmes leading Mark Wendolowski round the last buoy, 6th and 7th respectively in the K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

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Lloyd Reeves, 11th, K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

2th Karl Vogel, 1�th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

Daniel Nemeth, 13th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

Tom Jones, 16th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

Rick Eliot, 18th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

John Redos, 10th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

K1 Unlimited Man Marathon

Adrian MacKenna in the “Froudekiller”, 9th K1 Unlimited Man marathon. Doug Bushnell, 15th K1 Unlimited Man marathon.

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Susan Williams, 5th K1 Unlimited Woman.

Melissa Schmidt K1 Unlimited Woman champion (and first over 40).

I Eyeballed My Competition and Wondered, “What Was I Thinking?”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Williams Lewonski

K1 Unlimited Women marathon. I eyeballed my competition and wondered, “What was I thinking?” No one puts boats on their cars and drives from Ontario, Colorado, California, Florida, Maine, etc, thinking that they’re going to lose.

I paddled my V10 Sport surfski. At the first set of buoys, the upstream leg is suckwater. My only consolation was that everyone else was having as much of a slog as I was, or at least I hoped they were. As the C2s passed me I remembered why my boat is called a “surf” ski. I had a blast drafting their big rolling wakes. I drafted Holly Reynolds & Emily Wright, and then Colleen Moore & Cindy McNett.

In the Refinery Rapids, I chose the center line, right through the biggest, meanest wave train. Wave trains are downright fun in a surfski.

Right after the rapids I spotted Teresa Stout and Carol Culbertson in their C2, they said something about stopping for ice cream. Looking at their smiles and their body language, you could tell that they were having a blast paddling together.

As I rounded the buoy turn in Conewango Creek, I was thankful that Ron Kaiser had cut down my rudder for racing. My venturi drain hit before my rudder hit, so I had a split second to avoid the worst of the rocks.

The final upriver slog of the day felt like someone had poured cement in the course. Scratching and clawing I made my way upstream and breathed deeply as I turned. I was ten minutes from my first Nationals marathon finish. I proudly accepted my 5th place medal.

A New Kind of River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa SchmidtI had a good experience at Warren. The river was not the kind of river I have ever paddled in. I train and have only raced on deep water venues. While I am accustomed to a current in our river we do not have white water. The shallows and the Class IIs were difficult for my personal paddling technique.

I’d have to say the Class IIs were both a high and low point for me. I flipped there on Sunday. It was totally my fault as I took a very bad line.

The rescue swimmers were the high point. They not only grabbed me and my boat but also my beloved shoe that fell out of the boat. It was funny because the rescue boat came up river with a guy at the bow yelling – “I have your shoe ma’am” – all this while the other two swimmers emptied my boat and held it for me while I got back in and settled and went on my way. Talk about being treated like a princess. It was great and I lost maybe 2 or 3 minutes on my time at most.

I also have Jason Quagliata and Reid Hyle to thank - they stopped their boats at the top of that section when they saw me go over so the rescue guys could get me out of the way without too much interference. Good Luck in Hungary guys!

It was also fun for me to watch Emily Wright paddle her way to an awesome time in the Open Women’s class. Her performance was very impressive and I hope to read/hear about future accomplishments of hers. It would be really great if Emily continues in ICF sprint/marathon competition - the US needs strong representation in ladies’ competition and she showed she could be a force to be reckoned with. This is the true joy of Master’s level paddling - watching the young paddlers (USACK senior level competitors) develop into strong athletes and to see what they are capable of achieving on a national and/or international level.

K1 Unlimited Woman - Friday, August 101 Melissa Schmidt (SC) - 1st �0-�9 . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:47.192 Pam Browning (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:59:36.263 Ann Debrouwer (ON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07:52.834 Anita Allen (FL) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:09:05.245 Susan Williams (PA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13:40.106 Georgette Goonan (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:33:00.16- Cindy Vogel (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dnf

K1 Unlimited Woman Championship

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Georgette Goonan, 6th K1 Unlimited Woman.

My K1 Unlimited Race, Guy Gilman Floating and Swirling, . . . and Advice to Gary Ballina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann DeBrouwer

Specifically, K1 unlimited race . . . well! I never sparked that day and never felt I really got the boat to flow. You could say I was a bit on the rag that day, and would be absolutely on the mark. I think my start was pretty good but my race kinda ended at 500m to 1 km. I really needed a few big guys behind me to chase me with sticks to kick some life into my strokes.

Anyways, I was not too far behind Anita (Allen) from Florida when she ground out really hard in the shallows. I knew I could take her then, so I took advantage and was able to keep a margin on her. She was in very good shape on that race and paddled better than I did – but she made a mistake.

I got through those stacks (I had a spray skirt so I just went right through and kept off the eddy), and missed the whirlpool at the end by following some current crossing on skiers’ right. Oops, paddlers’ right.

Fast Forward, K2: I had a lot more snap & kick the next day and felt I raced 100 % better but that’s how it goes. Then we swam. I saw a nice K2 pair ahead of us in a slick racing K2 run through the swirls and I tried to find a good route through . . . changed the plan at the last minute and paid for it . . . next thing I knew I got punted to the right and SPLAT! before I could even let out a good yelp (and you know everything I do can be heard for many miles).

I came up with spray skirt and bag of water and water tubes everywhere. The funniest was Guy (Gilman) floating and swirling in all this current with shock in his eyes, his glasses still on, and all that hair making him look like a really bewildered drowned rat.

Well, that was it and I laughed and laughed and then laughed some more as we poured Niagara Falls out of his K2.

Fast Backward: Back to my K1 race in Unlimited . . . I think Gary (Ballina) stayed with me for company and because I kept hollering at him to keep his ass cheeks even (he likes to paddle lopsided, but he really does have two cheeks the same size). You don’t get insulted by strangers like that every day, so I think he stuck by to see if I could shut up long enough to really paddle a race.

Melissa (Schmidt) smiled and passed me early in the race with her very beautiful technique.

After around the first third of the course Pam Browning came up behind and she passed me, very much in a comfortable-looking rhythm and cruising Ted Van Dusen’s Mohican steadily along.

From there on in I saw their backs except for the twirlarounds when I could see faces and say hi. I don’t think I ever saw the two of them pull up to each other for a good duel.

Anita Allen, 4th K1 Unlimited Woman, and first over 50.

K1 Unlimited Woman Championship

Mark your calendars for 2008!USCA Canoe & Kayak Nationals

Aug 5-10, 2008: Elkhart County, IN6 days of Sprint, Orienteering, & Marathon

USCA Aluminum Nationals September 27-28, 2008: Bastrop, TX

Mark your calendars for 2009!

USCA Canoe & Kayak NationalsAug 11-16, 2009

Bids for hosting both 2009 Nationals will be reviewed at USCA’s Annual

Meeting in Tarpon Springs, January

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Holly Roseberry’s K1 Downriver Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy ArnoldHolly L Roseberry never kay-aked in her life, and yet, she is the real winner of the Women’s K1 Downriver Nationals race in 2007. Holly was more than a friend, she was more like the big sister I never had. We were living in Gainesville,

Georgia, the Olympic venue for canoeing, kayaking, and rowing. She was my neighbor, colleague, confidant, and friend. A devoted nature lover, Holly knew the names of every tree, wildflower, and bird we ever saw hiking in the North Georgia mountains. Holly encouraged me when I stumbled into kayaking. “Yes, you have 3 children, they’re precious, but go do something for you.” And I did. She cheered me from a distance when I began racing in 2004. She loved my competitive spirit. And, Holly had entered her own race. She fought ovarian cancer for six and a half years

As Holly was fighting for her life in Atlanta, GA, I was racing in Indiana. She knew that I attended Nationals in 2006 and that I was disappointed with my time. Through winter training I would email her when we saw eagles, osprey, or cranes. In spring, I wrote to her about the bluebells that lined the shore of the Tippecanoe River. This summer, when I saw a tiny fawn drinking from the Wabash River, I knew Holly’s time was near. I don’t think she got to read about the mother deer; she was too ill.

I could not attend the services which were held for Holly. I still had three precious children, and a brand new job. I wasn’t even sure I could make it to Nationals this year. It seemed selfish. Yet, when I saw the Allegheny Mountains, so like Holly’s beloved Smoky Mountains, I knew I had done the right thing to come.

The color that represents ovarian cancer is teal. I awoke at 3:42 am on race morning. At Perkins I was the first breakfast customer, and met the last dinner customer! We chatted. I asked him where I could buy a permanent marker. “Bi-Lo is open. Try there,” he replied. So I headed for Bi-Lo, hoping for teal, but not expecting. In fact, as I was reaching for a black Sharpie, I spotted the miniature teal green Sharpie in a four-pack hanging one row higher up. At the race start, Guy Gilman took the time to write Holly’s name, birth date, and death date on my left arm, my control hand, the hand closest to my heart. His wife, Sonja, took a photo (see above).

When I saw the mist on the green mountains, I knew Holly was with me. When I hit the green water flecked with white foam, I knew I could do it. The race course was still damp with mist when the gun went off. My blade hit the water with an extra burst of energy, for Holly. The beauty of the clear water flowing over the rocky bed was not lost on me as I raced. The camaraderie and competitiveness of the other paddlers was not lost on me either. We shouted encouragement to each other as we made the turns. Half way through the race the sun put in a belated appearance. It was a beautiful setting, a glorious day, and a privilege to be able to compete . Thank you to everyone who made the 2007 Nationals possible. For me, it will always be a joyful memory of a special friendship. As I crossed the finish line, I could almost hear Holly say, “You did it, girl!”

Holly L Roseberry died on July 29, 2007.

K1 Downriver Woman - Saturday, August 11 (award for first in age classes 40-49, 50-59 and 60-69)1 Betsy Arnold (IN) - 1st �0-�9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:44.842 April Haight (KY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:17:39.783 Linda Volpe (PA) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:20:15.814 Amanda Dalton (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:48:03.57

Above: Betsy Arnold, K1 Downriver Woman champion, and first over 40.

Above: Linda Volpe, 3rd K1 Downriver Woman , and first over 50. Below, Amanda Dalton, �th K1 Downriver Woman.

Above: April Haight, 2nd K1 Downriver Woman.

K1 Downriver Woman Marathon Championship

Top left photograph copyright ©2007 by Sonja Gilman; all other photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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K1 Man Downriver Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt StreibIn the Downriver Kayak, I started on the right again and Craig Impens had a blazing start off to the left but his boat was a big disadvantage in the shallows and by the time we came together he dropped back due to the riffles.

From there on out I just went into time trial mode to get to the finish as efficiently and quickly as possible. I did pull a little trick at the first buoy set and after turning the lower buoy I veered all the way right back to the eddies along shore to make my way up to the island (river left bank if you are looking downstream).

It seemed noticeably faster than going up the middle and I took note that Craig and Elmore seemed to turn the lower buoy about the same, then parted ways with Craig going up the middle and Elmore following my line. I didn’t see the outcome at the top buoy but Elmore seemed to be putting it to Craig by coming up the eddy. Talking to Craig after the race, he indicated that Elmore did in fact make significant time there but Craig made the decision to go up the middle due to the poor shallow water performance of his boat.

Note to Craig for the 2008 Nationals in Elkhart County: we intend on having a course with plenty of shallows and weeds (although you will always be able to miss the weeds by paddling around them). So, Craig, bring the right boat for shallows and hone those skills for next year!

K1 Downriver Man - Saturday, August 11 (award for first in age classes 40-49, 50-59 and 60-69)1 Matt Streib (IN) - 1st 40-49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35:50.372 Elmore Holmes (TN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:28.603 Craig Impens (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:51:29.834 Mark Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:21.025 Adrian MacKenna (DC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:33.756 Ralph Scofield (MI) - 1st 60-69. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57:42.477 Ryan Stephens (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:19.978 Daniel Nemeth (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:30.929 Doug Keiper (FL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07:19.3910 Tim Gorey (OH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11:16.83

McKenna’s Nationals, Part Deux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adrian McKennaSaturday I geared up to give it another go in K1 Downriver. Matt Streib started off like it was a 500 meter race. After the initial scramble I found myself in 5th place, with a boat just in front of me. After climbing a colossal downriver boat wake, I used the shallows to bring my boat up on plane and sprint over the hyper-shallow areas. The rest of the race was very tight. Mark Wendolowski slipped by me after the rapids putting me back to 5th. The end of the race was shallowish water, but just deep enough that the boat wasn’t going to come up on plane: it felt like paddling through mud. At this point the leading K2s started to overtake us like freight trains. 300 meters before the finish, I realized that two other downriver paddlers were close. I dug in and sprinted as fast as my stubby downriver boat would let me, and finished 5th by a hair.

Matt Streib, K1 Downriver Man champion, and first over 40.

Craig Impens, 3rd K1 Downriver Man.

Mark Wendolowski, �th K1 Downriver Man.

Adrian MacKenna, 5th K1 Downriver Man.

K1 Downriver Man Marathon Championship

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K2 Unlimited Men - Saturday, August 111 Jason Quagliata (NY) / Reid Hyle (FL). . . . . . . 1:28:19.922 Holm Schmidt (SC) / Melissa Schmidt (SC) . . . 1:39:30.043 Ron Kaiser (PA) / Lloyd Reeves (CA ) . . . . . . . 1:39:50.914 Bill Baker (MA) / Dave VanDorpe (MA) . . . . . 1:39:55.335 Richard Libby (VA) / Cyndi Janetsko (VA). . . . 1:43:46.106 Bob Dean (FL) / Anita Allen (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:05.107 Sven Jonsson (KY) / Caroline Jonsson (KY) . . 1:49:35.108 Guy Gilman (IN) / Ann DeBrouwer (ON). . . . . 1:53:27.909 Don Maistros (OH) / Danny Broadhurst (OH) . 1:57:51.8110 Rafael Reyes (KY) / Marcelo Gonzales (KY) . . 2:32:00.9611 Michael Jonsson (KY) / Hayden Gonzalez (KY) 2:46:41.67K2 Unlimited Women - Saturday, August 111 Sonja Gilman (IN) / Pam Browning (IN) . . . . . 1:51:10.622 Susan Williams (PA) / Kathy Kenley (NJ). . . . . 2:04:16.93

The Story of Karl, Ron, Lloyd, and the Beast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron KaiserIt started out last year after the K2 event in Wisconsin. Karl Vogel asked me if I could take the Beast back to PA with me because he thought he might do the General Clinton in May 2007. I said I could, and then he asked if I might be interested in racing with him in Warren. I knew Karl was a good kayaker and would be training for the event. My only dilemma was I never know where I will be working from one days to the next. So I told Karl that I would, but I couldn’t say how good of a shape I would be in. He was willing to chance it, so we agreed to team up.

It was Thursday after the sprint, we go out in the Beast as Karl calls it – a 26-foot long monster as I call it – but it really is deceivingly fast!!! I say to Karl I am having a tough time reaching the foot brace up front, and we might be better with him up front because he most likely won’t like my stroke rate as I figure he knew what rate would make the kayak respond the fastest.

And sure enough, we team up rather well after about 30 minutes in the water and that was mostly my challenge trying to slow my rate down to match Karl’s. But then we raced the day before and Karl had something in his back pop out of place during the race and it was rather painful looking to say the least.

So then Karl asks Lloyd Reeves to team up with me, and I, knowing Lloyd for a while now, am fine with that – he also is a great paddler for anyone to team up with in my mind. And of course Lloyd wants me in the front of the Beast because I am more familiar with the river than he is. So here we go back to square one and I can’t reach the stupid foot bar or rudder again.

So Saturday morning Karl, Lloyd and I are trying to come up with some way for me to reach the foot bar/rudder. After a while, Karl and Lloyd at about the same time both think of a nylon strap, and we try it. It seems to be a good answer. It looks and feels right as I sit in the kayak, so WOO-LA we are ready to race!

Well, the race goes off and we bring the Beast up to speed

Holm & Melissa Schmidt stay ahead of Ron Kaiser & Lloyd Reeves, finishing second with with 21 seconds to spare.

Jason Quagliata & Reid Hyle set a blistering pace in K2 Unlimited Men, and finish an impressive 10+ minutes ahead of 2nd place.

and all is good! And we are holding are own, firmly in fourth place, and then of course, as we all know, nylon does stretch out over time, and it does. Slowly but surely I slide back in the seat and my legs are now mostly out of the game and so, therefore, my control of the rudder is not so great. But with all this Lloyd is able to match me in timing and power phase.

After a while we are starting to close up the gap that the 2nd and 3rd place teams have put on us and we get ready to make our move. The 3rd place team goes right after the last bridge and I know the water is good on the right side and faster line there if you know where it’s at! We shoot past the team — and then we find, probably the only rock in this stretch of river. We hit and it pops the rudder up half way and now I can’t steer the kayak at all! We are back in fourth place again and if the rudder isn’t fixed we are going to fall back more, with a mile or plus to go yet. And like an acrobat Lloyd hops out of the kayak and knocks the rudder back down and jumps back into the kayak – all in over waste deep water. Now I am impressed!

And off we go on a tangent to catch the third place team. I don’t know if they don’t see us coming or not, so we cut off the inside line heading toward the finish line and throw on about a six hundred meter sprint, and once that Beast is up and climbing to speed it holds it very well. Lloyd and I did manage to pass those guys and take third place. It was a fun paddling class and I hope in future Nationals we can get a mixed class as well, as there was a lot of interest in it this year.

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Anita Allen and Bob Dean take 6th place in the K2 Unlimited Men’s National championship.

Ann DeBrouwer & Guy Gilman, still having way too much fun as they enter the final stretch to the finish and 8th place.

Ron Kaiser & Lloyd Reeves spur the Beast, just enough and despite rudder problems to edge Bill Baker & Dave VanDorpe into �th place, but by less than 5 seconds.

Richard Libby & Cyndi Janetsko, medal in 5th place in the K2 Unlimited Men’s National championship.

Bill Baker & Dave VanDorpe may not quite have snagged third place, but they had a solid �th by almost � minutes.

Ann DeBrouwer & Guy Gilman, missed a soaking in the rapids, but made up for it in the whirlpool near the finish.

Sven & Caroline Jonsson coming up behind Betsy Arnold in the Flare Rapids.

Abandoned by My Wife, and Soaked by My Partner, the K2 Unlimited Men’s Race was the Highlight of this Year’s Nationals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guy GilmanThe highlight of this year’s Nationals for me was racing against so many K2s. We have been trying to encourage kayakers to participate in K2. My wife Sonja and I have raced several times together this year in Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, but Sonja put me out the boat to race with Pam Browning in the Women’s division at Nationals! So, I raced with Ann DeBrouwer from Canada in the Men’s division. Although, we didn’t medal, we still had great fun battling back and forth with Pam and Sonja. We got ahead of them when they spun out at the Flame. We thought we had them until we fell out at the whirlpool near the finish. The Warren course isn’t really ideal for ICF boats but the challenges sure made it a fun race.

Right column, top two photographs copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr/Warren Times Observer; all other photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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The K2 Unlimited Women Marathon Championship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Williams LewonskiK2 Unlimited Women marathon. As all tandem partners should do, Kathy Kenley and I thoroughly discussed our race strategy: “make it to the finish line and stay upright.” We also had a contingent plan: “swim the boat to shore, empty it out, and keep going.”

Many people commented on our uniforms. We had neon bright yellow and orange jerseys and orange and white hats. Pam Browning and Sonja Gillman had cool matching uniforms too, but ours were much more blinding than theirs.

For most of the time I didn’t know exactly where I was on the course, I just focused on Kathy’s shoulders. I discovered that the suckwater at the first upstream slog goes much faster when you have someone else to help you pull the boat.

I told Kathy when we got to the Refinery Rapids that I was not looking anywhere but at the NRS symbol on the back of her jersey. That logo is now permanently etched into my corneas. I felt the boat go faster and presumed we had entered the pushy water before Dante’s Inferno. I felt the boat suddenly drop downwards, and presumed that we had descended into the Portals of Hell. I felt a little bit of water hit my right thigh. I heard the rescue guys yelling, “You got it! You’re doing great!” I didn’t look but I presumed Kathy had taken us down the shoulder of the waves, being that I felt rock solid.

Then a C2 passed us, yelling loudly, “You girls are awesome going down the center of the wave train like that.”

On the way upstream toward the last buoy turn to the finish, we saw Pam and Sonja headed downstream. Kathy said, “OK, once we round the final buoy, we’ll make our move on Pam and Sonja.” This caused me to crack up laughing because once we rounded the final buoy, Pam and Sonja would already be at the finish line.

At the end of what I called the never ending final turn to the finish, I said, “Look pretty for the spectators” and we dug in for our finish.

I realized a dream of being good enough to paddle Nationals with my coach, my mentor and, most importantly, my friend. We each brought home a silver medal for our K2 race.

Sonja Gilman & Pam Browning, K2 Unlimited Women marathon champions on the final stretch.

Susan Williams & Kathy Kenley, 2nd in the K2 Unlimited Women marathon.

Michael Jonsson & Hayden Gonzales, 11th in the K2 Unlimited Men marathon championship, run the rapids.

Rafael Reyes & Marcelo Gonzales, 10th in the K2 Unlimited Men marathon championship.

Danny Broadhurst & Don Maistros head into the final mile of the K2 Unlimited Men marathon, to take 9th place.

Photograph second from bottom copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr/ Warren Times Observer; all other photographs copyright ©2007 by

Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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Terry Streib, 7th in K1 Sea Kayak marathon championship, with William Woodruff just a few seconds behind him.

Dan Murn, �th in K1 Sea Kayak marathon championship.

Joe White 6th in K1 Sea Kayak marathon championship.

Jacob Rabatin, 5th in K1 Sea Kayak marathon championship.

Alexander Jinks, 3rd in K1 Sea Kayak marathon championship.

Ed Leszek, 2nd in K1 Sea Kayak marathon championship.

Steve Rosenau, K1 Sea Kayak Man champion.

K1 Sea Kayak Man - Sunday, August 12 (award for first in age classes 40-49, 50-59 and 60-691 Steve Rosenau (NC ) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:19.422 Ed Leszek (OH) - 1st 60+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:50:46.853 Alexander Jinks (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52:35.974 Dan Murn (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53:39.285 Jacob Rabatin (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54:22.906 Joe White (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00:44.607 Terry Streib (IN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:01:42.178 William Woodruff (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:01:47.499 Steven Schwinn (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:05.5310 Jerry Patton (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05:46.7811 Mike Miller (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:52.3612 Robert Dunkleberger (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07:16.5013 Mike Caudill (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07:36.5114 Irvin Claar (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:10:02.77

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K1 Sea Kayak Woman - Sunday, August 12 (award for first in age classes 40-49, 50-59 and 60-69)1 Anita Allen (FL) - 1st 50-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:02:12.392 Betsy Bellario (IL) - 1st �0-�9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04:22.433 Cyndi Janetsko (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06:08.714 Alicia Wendolowski (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11:08.435 Dawn McCracken (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:17:53.986 Ethel Ringle (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:24:17.077 Karen Dearfield (OH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:33:37.53

“Go That Way . . . ” said the Fishermen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy BellarioMy boyfriend, Phil, and I arrived in Warren on Saturday, the day before the women’s Sea Kayak race. We had great fun trying out the different BBQ selections and homemade cookies and listening to the male duo in the pavilion singing and playing guitars. I was disappointed that more people weren’t there to hear the music, it was really good.

It was getting late, so Phil decided to drive the course and check it out. When we got to the bridge north of the refinery, we got out of the car and looked at the island. Phil pointed to the left of the island and the swift-moving current immediately adjacent. He thought that was the way to go. I saw the shallow water leading up to the shoot and compared the other side. I thought the other side looked “safer,” deeper throughout. “Oh, yeah,” the fishermen below the bridge assured me, each pointing to my side, beer in hand, “we always run that side when we canoe.”

Well fast-forward to Sunday morning. I got off to a good start and was cruising down the river. Anita from Florida caught me before the first buoys. We traded the lead back and forth. Then we got to the island. Anita was ahead. She chose Phil’s side! Should I follow, or choose my “safe” side? I chose safety. Half way down the island I saw Anita shoot through the end! I tried, but I was never able to catch up. Better safe than sorry? I was sorry I chose “safe!” Actually, I don’t regret it – it was really a fun race!

Ethel Ringle, 6th K1 Sea Kayak Woman.

Dawn McCracken, 5th K1 Sea Kayak Woman.

Cyndi Janetsko, 3rd K1 Sea Kayak Woman.

Betsy Bellario, 2nd K1 Sea Kayak Woman.

Anita Allen, K1 Sea Kayak Woman champion.

National K1 Sea Kayak Woman Marathon Championships

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K1-ICF Man - Sunday, August 121 Reid Hyle (FL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:31:53.652 Jason Quagliata (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:32:02.463 Austin Schwinn (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48:54.274 Doug Keiper (FL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:09:39.38K1-ICF Man Master - Sunday, August 121 James Mallory (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:43:03.652 Holm Schmidt (SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:54.193 Bill Baker (MA) - First over 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:47:42.834 David Vandorpe (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49:49.565 Steve Smith (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:19.686 Daniel Nemeth (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:25.057 Guy Gilman (IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58:50.938 Don Maistros (OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13:09.57

David Vandorpe, �th K1-ICF Man Master.

James Mallory, ICF-Man Master champion.

Bill Baker, 3rd K1-ICF Man Master.

Holm Schmidt, 2nd K1-ICF Man Master.

Doug Keiper, �th K1-ICF Man.

Austin Schwinn, 3rd K1-ICF Man.

Reid Hyle, K1-ICF Man champion, being chased by Jason Quagliata, who came in second, about 9 seconds behind.

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The Blood Race. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Williams Lewonski

My final race was the ICF K1 Woman Master marathon. Dante’s Inferno is not to be taken lightly in ICF boats. When see ICF racers DNS, you know the river is formidable. ICF boats are simply not meant to handle Class II rapids. There were at least 4 DNS’s in my division.

I didn’t care who won as long as we made it safely and with boats intact, in that order. What I cared about was what I called “The Blood Race,” the race between Kathy Kenley and me. She was in a different division than I was, but she’s my coach and we were both doing the same course, at the same time, in the same boat. I wanted so badly to beat her, and she wanted me to beat her. That is what good coaches want, but she will never make it easy on me.

From the start Kathy was right on my stern. She stalked me for 12 of the 14 miles of the race. I picked up the pace. She picked up the pace. We hit some low water, I muscled through, thinking I could shake her with strength, but she can out-technique me and she stayed at my side, like a big old thorn. At the first buoy she said loudly, “Wow, you still suck at turns, even after all that practice this year.” She was rubbing salt in the wounds. I tried pushing her into the shallows but she pushed right back as our paddles hit and boats clashed together. The Class IIs approached quickly, I paddled hard and fast to cross the “V” onto the shoulder of the wave train. The rescue guys were shouting, “Nice line! Nice line!” I yelled, “Thank you for being out here all day for us.”

Before the final buoys, we saw Holm Schmidt coming upstream. In a very exasperated voice he yelled, “This is just sick!” The emphasis on the word “sick” was considerable. I looked ahead. A blue ICF boat was overturned. A second ICF boat was rounding the buoy and went squirrelly. Something at the buoy was causing the ICF boats to swim.

I approached the turn wide: it was a giant whirlpool. Going upstream there was no way to pop the boat up. The water was like paddling with an anchor on your stern and Kathy was right on my tail.

My last buoy turn was particularly bad, Kathy got about 4 boat lengths ahead of me. The tables were turned. I silently started to stalk her. We had ten minutes until the finish line, would it be enough to walk on her? I was officially three seconds behind her as we crossed the line.

Kathy and I stood up and gave each other long heartfelt hugs. It was the best race we’d ever run. I earned a silver medal in my division. Not too bad for someone who has only been in an ICF boat for 8 months. It was an awesome week.

A Perfect to Finish to the Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily WrightThe women’s K1-ICF race went without a hitch. My strategy for the race was to go hard off the line, and then hopefully either get ahead or ride with someone so that I could settle in to a steady cruise for the remainder of the race. (I was very tired and sore from Friday and Saturday.) My plan worked perfectly. I sprinted for about a mile and a half after the start, and was able to put enough time on the field to relax a little bit (while keeping a wary eye on Melissa behind me, whom I was worried about.)

At each of the buoy turns, I could see the K1-ICF men [who had started 10 minutes behind us] getting closer and closer, and my goal was not to let them pass me. It was close at the end, but I held them off. It was challenging not to have anybody to ride with, but I pushed myself by keeping an eye on my time to make sure I would beat Matt Rudnitsky’s C1 time from Friday (otherwise I wouldn’t have heard the end of it!)

This was my first K1-ICF win at Nationals, and it was the perfect finish to a successful week in Warren.

K1-ICF Woman & K1-ICF Woman Master - Sunday, Aug 121 Emily Wright (NY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:43:53.48 1 - Master Melissa Schmidt (SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56:04.472 Kathy Kenley (NJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:10:56.78 2 - Master Susan Williams (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:10:59.45 3 - Master Georgette Goonan (CO) . . . . . . . . . . 2:29:39.09

Emily Wright, K1-ICF Woman Open marathon champion.

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Photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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Georgette Goonan, 3rd K1-ICF Woman Master.

Melissa Schmidt, K1-ICF Woman Master champion.

Susan Williams, 2nd K1-ICF Woman Master.

Kathy Kenley, 2nd K1-ICF Woman Open.

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Austin Schwinn, 2nd K1 Junior Man, under two minutes behind Griff Williams, but a long way ahead of third place.

Griffin Williams, K1 Barton Cup winner and USCA K1 Junior Man champion, makes a quick correction in a Flame Rapids eddy.

Brian Storch, third K1 Man Junior. I believe Brian may have lost some valuable time swimming in the Flame Rapids.

The Barton Challenge Cup & K1 Man Junior & K1 Woman Junior Marathon Championships(For the Barton Challenge Cup & C1 Man Junior & C1 Woman Junior Championship, see pp 44-45)K1 Man Junior - Saturday, August 111 Griffin Williams (MI) Barton Cup winner . . . . . 1:12:57.872 Austin Schwinn (IN) Barton medal 2nd place. . 1:14:52.743 Brian Storch (MI) Barton medal 3rd place . . . . 1:25:52.654 Chris Tompkins (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:26:21.205 Jabe Walters (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:26:37.436 Tomáš Kratka (IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:39:28.487 Martin Kratka (IL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:03:06.93K1 Woman Junior- Saturday, August 111 Emily Hazel (MI) Barton Cup winner . . . . . . . . 1:25:30.772 Sarah Tompkins (MI) Barton medal 2nd place . 1:36:19.223 Nathalie Hanson (MI) Barton medal 3rd place . 1:46:51.354 Jackie Stone (MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:46:55.68

The Barton Challenge Cup is awarded to the fastest overall man and woman junior in both C1 and K1 classes, who have previously qualified by competting in one or more Barton Challenge Qualifying Races held in various states over the previous year. See page 44 for the C1 results.

Top two photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams); bottom photograph copyright ©2007 by Derek Farr/Warren

Times Observer

Barton Challenge Cup for K1 and the National K1 Junior Championhips

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79 Canoe News, December 2007Photographs copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

Austin Schwinn, 2nd K1 Junior Man, under two minutes behind Griff Williams, but a long way ahead of third place.

Brian Storch, third K1 Man Junior. I believe Brian may have lost some valuable time swimming in the Flame Rapids.

Chris Tompkins, �th K1 Junior Man.

Tomáš Kratka, 6th K1 Junior Man.

Jabe Walters, 5th K1 Junior Man.

Emily Hazel, Barton Cup winner and USCA K1 Junior Woman champion in her final sprint to the finish.

Nathalie Hanson, 3rd K1 Junior Woman .

Sarah Tompkins, 2nd K1 Junior Woman .

Barton Challenge Cup for K1 and the National K1 Junior Championhips

Jackie Stone, �th K1 Junior Woman .

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USCA’s Youth Encouragement Award 2007 to Marc Gillespie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judy Jeanes

Marc Gillespie Wins USCA’s Youth Encouragement Award for 2007

Marc Gillespie projects a certain air about himself in the paddling world. He is genuine and displays a natural charm when you first meet him. He is also worthy of our respect. With his outgoing personality and energizing optimism, he has certainly captured our attention both on and off the water.

Marc Gillespie was selected to receive the USCA Youth Encouragement Award for 2007. He has made an outstanding contribution to encourage, develop and promote youth participation in the sport of competitive marathon paddling, while demonstrating an exceptional mastery of paddling skills through his own ability.

He is eager to share his professional expertise; Marc has, in fact, opened his home as a training facility to younger paddlers and even holds clinics for the paddlers who are “young at heart”.

Marc models high standards for training. And because Marc excels in converting complex information into simple, meaningful action, he can help those who wish to develop the skills necessary to create the best technique for their improvement. Using a combination of his wit and enthusiasm, we are seeing Marc develop these young paddlers into national champions, teaching them to be their best and to seize opportunities for success.

Thus his efforts to continue to encourage youth participation in the sport of competitive marathon paddling, identify Marc Gillespie as a good friend to all of us in the paddling community.

Marc Gillespie is truly is a Super Man.

Working With Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc GillespieAs the 2007 recipient of the “Youth Encouragement Award”, I wanted to say thanks to all who nominated me and once again throw out some ideas on how we can re-energize our sport with an infusion of new paddlers.

First of all, my hat is off to Dave Diget of the Kalamazoo Canoe & Kayak Club. I am not sure how he quite does it with so many youths. I am sure most of us cannot duplicate his efforts but there is still a lot we can each do individually.

Here’s my definition of working with or encouraging youth is. It is not so much showing up casually at Nationals or some other race and being available if a youth needs a partner at the last minute, although that has its merits. It is a commitment, one youth at a time. Whether it was my daughters, Adrienne and Danielle, John Michael Caloyeras, Kyle Kiser, Holly Reynolds or, to some extent this year, Emily Wright or Dan Donovan, I have actually spent entire seasons largely devoted to training and racing with these youths. Other examples of this style of youth encouragement can be found in the Michigan crowd: Bruce Barton, Tim Triebold, Jeff Kolka, Bill Torongo, and countless other Michigan pros spent a lot of time paddling with Andy Triebold, Matt Reimer, Steve Corlew, Jacob Dubois, Mo Harwood. Then we have Andy Rudnitsky and the Susquehanna Valley boys and their newest young phenomenon, Matt Rudnitsky.

If you look at it, what race haven’t Andy Triebold and Matt Reimer won lately? Second place at the AuSable Marathon (Michigan) and 1st Place at La Classique (Shawinigan, Québec) was Steve Corlew, a relatively young paddler. Fifth place in the General Clinton 70 miler and 2nd place at La Classique was Matt Rudnitsky, a 20 year old from the Susquehanna area.

It is exciting after all these years of racing to have such fast young paddlers in the thick of things competing against the world’s best. How are we going to promote more of that?

Well, how I did it and how I still do it (and it is only one perspective and one way of doing it) was to bring them to the “Forge” in my basement to work on strength building exercises and do cardio vascular work in the off season and keep it interesting. During the season I either let them use my boats, paddles, or I made arrangements to procure those items at a reasonable price. (Maybe I bought a few canoes and paddles and sold them to them at a slight discount . . . )

As an aside, in my opinion, every youth should have a C1 of their own to train in several times a week as this is the very best way to develop the sense of a person’s own speed, with the correct guidance of course. It also gives them the ability to train by themselves, if no one is available, at the time when they can train. C2s aren’t as much of a problem because they will usually use the C2 along with the adult they are training and racing with but I still think a C1 for their personal use is very important.

Continuing on, during the season, I train almost 100% of the time with the youths I am racing with either in a C1 or a C2 right along with them. I forgo the opportunity to race pro, mixed or C1 in order to race with the kids in the adult/youth or adult/

Photograph copyright ©2007 by Will Arts (David & Lynda Williams)

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Working With Youth - Some Ideas From Marc Gillespiejunior category until they are fast enough to step up to pro, or other adult category.

As you know, training with someone with less ability than you is a two-way street. First of all, you can’t train at the same intensity as you would by yourself or with another person of equal ability – especially in the early learning months but you always improve yourself when you teach someone else. It is harder work for you until they begin to develop and are able to pull their own load. Those are some positive aspects.

So, let’s assume you have the time to commit and are willing to forgo some adult races to develop a youth, how do you get the equipment? Well, there are several ways:

1) You can have some spare boats, paddles, etc. and just let them use them while they are training with you.

2) You could convince their parents to pay a few thousand dollars to get a C1, paddles, PFDs, etc. but it is not likely during their first or second year of paddling.

3) You could be well off enough financially to buy the equipment and let them use it knowing that you could always sell it later or use it with another youth.

4) This idea is one that I discussed with Gareth Stevens and it might work. Since the USCA is a 501(c)(3) organization and as such can accept charitable donations of cash or property, if I had an older canoe and was thinking about getting another one anyhow, like most people, I might not jump on that chance because there may not be anything wrong with my old one except it is old but it is still perfectly serviceable. Let’s further say that a local youth I was training needed a canoe. I could donate my old canoe to the USCA for a fair market value, i.e. $1,000, I would receive a tax deduction that for me would be worth about $300 in actual tax savings and then the USCA would ‘lend” the boat to the local youth. It would never have to leave the area and all the USCA would do is acknowledge the gift and keep a record of the boat. When the youth was no longer a junior, he or she would relinquish the boat and it would go on to another youth or I could hold on to it until one was found or even maybe the youth could buy it.

If I wanted to donate a boat to the USCA with no particular youth in mind, there could be some type of on-line clearing house to find a youth using delegates input from around the country and arrangements could be made for delivery using the wonderful networking with people traveling around the country to various races, etc.

If this particular way of helping youths sounds interesting, check with your tax advisor as there are special requirements and limits on charitable deductions based on your income, whether you itemized deductions, etc, but it can be a good way if you meet the qualifications.

Now we have covered some territory on what is involved, in my opinion, on encouraging youth. You have found a hard-working, willing youth, gotten them some basic tools and you are off to the races – well, almost.

One of my pet peeves has always been the placement of the adult/youth and adult/junior races at Nationals on the same day as the adult/mix and the junior/mixed races. For years, I had to forgo racing mixed because I raced with my daughters and John Michael. I am sure many of the other racers are in the same boat, so to speak. One example this year would be Matt Anthony and Randy Bailey who won the adult/junior race. Neither of them could race with a female on Saturday because they chose to race adult/junior. It seems like a shame to me because as far as I am concerned the primary purpose of the National marathon canoe racing competition should be marathon canoe racing.

My proposal is that we move the adult/youth and adult/junior races to Wednesday morning, a day that has been filled with a variety of different races, most recently the “Unlimited C1”. How well attended all these Wednesday races are is beyond me as I don’t race in them and don’t plan to but I would do an adult/youth or adult/junior race on Wednesday morning. This year, I would have loved to have raced adult/junior with Holly’s 17 year old cousin, Dan Donovan, but I had previously committed to a mixed race with Holly. We were there the entire week. I could have easily raced with Dan on the very same course I would have been racing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday instead of just cruising parts of the course on Wednesday to check it out, which is what I did instead. I am sure others have the same dilemma.

Another way we can do it is to rearrange the sprints so the adult sprints are on Tuesday, the youth sprints are on Wednesday, and then the adult/youth or adult/junior could be on Thursday morning as more people would be in town as the week wore on.

At any rate, I hope I have given you some food for thought on what might be involved with truly developing the youth paddlers in the sport but an idea on how we might improve the Nationals to get back to what it was originally about and that is marathon racing. I, for one, am trained enough so I wouldn’t have any problems racing three full days of marathon, plus another day of marathon, especially with a youth. We may even want to consider reducing the adult/junior race to half the race distance just like the adult/youth races, if that was going to be a big issue for somebody’s conditioning.

The real question is where are the next Andy Triebold, Matt Reimer, Steve Corlew, Matt Rudnitksy, Holly Reynolds or Emily Wright going to come from? For example, Matt Anthony in western Pennsylvania has shown some promise lately. Who is going to bring him up to the next level? Dan Donovan from a small town in the Adirondacks, Waneka, just started paddling officially in April of this year. What does his future look like? How about a couple of youths from the Kalamazoo club and several youths from Arkansas perhaps? Will it be Ruth Sayger, Josh Quintel, Griff Williams, Brian Storch and Emily Hazel or someone who has yet to set foot in a canoe?

It wouldn’t be too big of a sacrifice to put aside your personal trophy and medal hunts for a year or two and bring some youths along so we can see more of them competing for the top races at the Nationals, Classique, 70-miler and all the rest of the races. If you have any questions or comments on this, please email me at [email protected].

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In Search of An Old Dugout Missing in Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl VogelYears ago on a trip to the Keys we decided to take the Tamiami Trail instead of Alligator Alley. Tamiami Trail takes you through the deepest most remote part of the Everglades. Turn off of the Trail and you are in Indian Country or “gator bait”. Anyway, as I said, we were on our way to an outrigger race in the Keys and decided to check out ‘the road less taken” part of the Everglades.

During our little side trip, we came upon a wooden dugout canoe that seemed to be about 2/3rs of the way finished. The area where it was was deserted and the building it was next to looked as though it had been deserted for a very long time. We didn’t have a camera but vowed if we ever came this way again we would get a picture and document this rare sight.

Not only are dugouts very rare, but there are no trees as large as this for many miles as this is the everglades and trees usually don’t mature to this size. So with all this in mind we logged this in our memory and spent the next two or three Islamorada Race trips trying to find this canoe.

In trying we did come across the world’s smallest post office, which is in the Guinness Book of World Records I believe. It is the size of an outhouse, and looks very similar till you realize what it is. It stands alone out in the middle of nowhere, full of PO Boxes.

But no dugout.

The year before last we left early for the Islamorada Race just so we could take more time to find the missing dugout and get some pictures before it was too late, which after several years it probably was.

We got on the road a little late and encountered heavy rain like we only get here in Florida. The further South we went the more the volume of water increased. We got into the middle of the everglades just before dusk and it looked like it must have from the very beginning of time. Steam was rising up from the glades with the clouds hanging low as night crept in. I have to say that it felt very remote (it is) and a little creepy. Things in this part of the world change very slowly.

In Search of An Old Dugout Missing in Florida

It was good fortune we were driving slowly as a gator came out from somewhere and walked across the road in front of us. Naturally we stopped, we had to as we were a bit stunned that he didn’t seem too concerned about us. He just strolled across the road a few feet in front of us by the time we stopped.

But still no dugout.

We enjoyed the trip across so much that after the race we decided to drive the trail back home. With all the traffic in Florida it is refreshing to take the back way and enjoy the slower pace, and there was always the hope we would find the dugout again.

During a stop for a nature break it happened.

There it was, just the same as it was years ago, no one had moved it, and as I got familiar with it I discovered why. This partially finished boat weighs so much that I could not budge it – At All! The area was deserted so we were free to take pictures and admire the effort someone went through to hack a big boat out of this huge log.

When you see something like this it leaves an impression. It became obvious that simple crafts like this must surely predate all others as this is as basic yet refined as you could make with fire and flint tools. Cindy and I are glad to have these pictures of what I am sure is a model of the first canoes, hope you enjoy them.

Photographs copyright ©2006 by Karl Vogel

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Business AffiliatesThe USCA thanks all its Business Affiliate Members for their support:

• CALIFORNIA

Atascadero Kayak and Sail, kayaks and accessories, sales and rental: your best paddling connection, Atascadero Lake, CA, Lloyd Reeves, www.fastkayak.com

• GEORGIA

Coosa River Basin Initiative, Rome, GA, Matt Reid, (706) 232-2724 [email protected]

• INDIANA

The Conservation Foundation, Judy Fitchett, Naperville, IN, [email protected]

• LOUISIANA

Harding’s Canoe & Kayak Rental, Berwick, LA, Larry Harding (985) 395-7285

• MICHIGAN

Black Parrot Paddling, Hamburg, MI, Ron Smith, [email protected]

AuSAble RiveR AReA

AmericInn Lodge and Suites, Friendly Welcome, Quiet Nights, Rest Assured, Oscoda, MI, Ed Reeder, www.amerinn.com

Fay’s Motel & Cottages, . . . with a Bed and Breakfast Attitude, Keith Miles and Sandy Coe, Grayling, MI, www.faysmotel.com

The Manor House, Luxury Beachfront Inn on the AuSable, Oscoda, MI, Amy Ridgway, www.manorhouse-oscoda.com

Northern Traveler Motel, Welcome USCA Paddlers - and their Pets!, Oscoda, MI, Bill, Rob, Carole, Jennifer Pavlak, (989) 739-9261

Super 8 Motel, On the beach, clean & friendly, Oscoda, MI, Amy Ridgway, www.super8.com

• MINNESOTA

Bell Canoe Works, the finest canoes and paddling accessories, Zimmerman, MN, John Woodruff, www.bellcanoe.com

Minnesota Chapter Wooden Canoe Heritage, Alix Comb, Knife River, MN, [email protected]

We•no•nah Canoes, the selective paddler’s choice: quality lightweight canoes in Royalex®, Kevlar®, Winona, MN, Mike Cichanowski, www.wenonahracing.com

• NEW HAMPSHIRE

Will Arts: Photography & Graphic Arts, specialists in action sports photography, David & Lynda Williams,

www.willarts.com

• NEW YORK

Camp Canoes, highly competitive, solo, Standard, carbon fiber, Otego, NY, Al Camp, (607) 988 6842

Grasse River Boatworks, tomorrow’s designs - yesterday’s craftsmanship - today’s winner, Canton, NY, John Newman, www.grasseriverboatworks.com

J&J Canoe Supplies, manufacture and sale, canoe racing supplies, Auburn, NY, Jim and June Genkos, jjcanoe.com

KENCO, The Work and Play Outfitter, Kingston, NY, Bill Kennedy, [email protected]

West Side Boat Shop, high quality, durable, fast racing kayaks, Douglas Bushnell, Lockport, NY, (716) 434 5755

• NORTH CAROLINA

Loon Works, exquisite personal canoes, Tom MacKenzie, Anderson, NC, [email protected]

Riverside Canoe & Tube Rental – On the New River, Crumpler, NC, www.riversidecanoeing.com

• OHIO

Abundance and Lasting Energy — Larry Lee Gatterdam, Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant, Fairfield, OH, http://www.5pillars.com/larryg/

Keel Line Canoe & Kayak Supply, Chesterland, OH, Don Maistros, [email protected]

Rivers Edge Outfitters, canoes, kayaks, rafts, rentals, Little Miami R, Waynesville, OH, Rhett Rohrer, (937) 862-4250

Symmes Creek Restoration Committee, preservation, benefit, recreation, Symmes Creek watershed, South Point, OH, Grayson Thornton (740) 643-1002

• PENNSYLVANIA

McCracken’s Canoes, canoe and kayak sales and rentals, Clearfield, PA, David and Lynda McCracken, www.mccrackencanoe.com

Wiggers Canoe and Kayak, also pellet, gas and woodstove sales, Dave Wiggers, Youngsville, PA, [email protected]

• TEXAS

Austin Outdoor Gear and Guidance, full service canoe and kayak shop, Austin, TX, John Vanness, Kayak.Texas.com

• VERMONT

Vitesse Press, Books on cycling, sports, health, recreation Montpelier, VT, Dick Mansfield, [email protected]

• WASHINGTON

Kohout Insurance Agency, Mike Kohout, Seattle, Mike Kohout, (800) 800-4413

Business Affiliates ~ Business Affiliates

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2006-2008 United States Canoe Association Board of Directors (Delegates)USCA OffiCerSExecutive Director: . . . . . . . . . . .John EdwardsexeCUtive COmitteePresident & Chair: Larry LiquoriVice President: . . . . . . .Ken GergSecretary: . . . . . . . . . Joan TheissTreasurer: . . . . . .Kathy Edwards

DelegAteSOrgAnizeD StAte & regiOnAl DiviSiOn inDiAnA DiviSiOn/USCA

. . . . . . . . . . . Terry Pontius . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Schwinn

new YOrk DiviSiOn/USCA

. . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Dipelesi . . . . . . . . . . . David Donner . . . . . . . . . . . Jan WhitakerOhiO DiviSiOn/USCA

. . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Corrigan . . . . . . . . . . .Norm SkinnerPenn JerSeY DiviSiOn/USCA

. . . . . . . . . . . . .Judy Jeanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Kaiser

. . . . . . . . . . . Norm Ludwig . . . . . . .Jeffrey Shenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . Teresa Stout . . . . . . . . . .Susan Williams

nOn OrgAnizeD StAte & regiOnAl DiviSiOneASt SOUth CentrAl DiviSiOn (Al, kY, mS, tn)

. . . . . . . . . . . .Neal SanderseASt nOrth CentrAl DiviSiOn (il, mi, wi)

. . . . . . . . . .Everett Crozier . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Hazel . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Johnson . . . . . . . . . . Tave Lamperez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn WittemOUntAin DiviSiOn (Az, CO, iD, mt, nm, nv, wY)

. . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Capen

new englAnD DiviSiOn (Ct, mA, me, nh, ri, vt)

. . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Allen . . . . . . . . . . Pam Browning . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Levitt

. . . . . . . . Kaitlyn McElroy . . . . . . Priscilla Reinertsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paula ThielPACifiC DiviSiOn (Ak, CA, hi, Or, wA)

. . . . . Veronica WisniewskiSOUth AtlAntiC DiviSiOn (DC, De, fl, gA, mD, nC, SC, vA, wv)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . John Diller . . . . . . . . Bobby Galbraith . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Theiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . CindyVogel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl VogelweSt nOrth CentrAl DiviSiOn (iA, kS, mn, mO, ne, nD, SD)

. . . . . . . . . . .Earl Brimeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ted CramerweSt SOUth CentrAl DiviSiOn (Ak, lA, Ok, tx)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Binion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Spain

nOn US regiOnAl

. . . . . . . . . . Stan Machacek

AffiliAteD ClUb DelegAteSflOriDA COmPetitiOn PADDlerS ASSOCiAtiOn . . . Glennis WilliamsillinOiS PADDling COUnCil

. . . . . . . . . . . . .Wally WerderichkAlAmAzOO CAnOe & kAYAk ClUb

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave DigetmAine CAnOe & kAYAk rACing OrgAnizAtiOn. . . . . . . . .Bob DeanmiChigAn CAnOe rACing ASSOCiAtiOn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dwight Walkernew englAnD CAnOe AnD kAYAk rACing ASSOCiAtiOn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Ripple new YOrk mArAthOn CAnOe rACing ASSOCiAtiOn . . . . . . . Kim GreinernOrth CArOlinA CAnOe rACing ASSOCiAtiOn

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry PattonSt ChArleS CAnOe ClUb

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ed HahntexAS CAnOe rACing ASSOCiAtiOn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard SteppeWisconsin canoe Racing association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gareth Stevens

USCA Membership Application / Renewal FormPlease print clearly

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Please make checks payable to USCA and mail with application form to:USCA Membership, Paula Thiel, 53 Ross Road, Preston, CT 06365

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2006-2008 United States Canoe Association Board of Directors – AddressesA

Robert Allen687 Montgomery RoadWestfield, MA 01085(413) [email protected]

B

Pete BinionPO Box 10346 College Station, TX 77842 (979) [email protected]

Earl Brimeyer2595 Rhomberg AvenueDubuque, IA 52001(563) [email protected]

Pam BrowningPMB 167100 Powder Mill RoadActon, MA 01720(508) [email protected]

C

Lynn Capen459 Arapahoe AvenueBoulder, CO 80302(303) [email protected]

Bill Corrigan5888 E Kemper RoadCincinnati, OH 45241(513) [email protected]

Ted Cramer809 S Carroll StreetRock Rapids, IA 51246(712) [email protected]

Ev CrozierW 2079 Highway 64Marinette, WI 54143(715) [email protected]

D

Bob Dean(Through April) PO Box 133Moore Haven, FL 33471 (863) 946-1219(May–Oct) 79 Union StreetCamden, ME 04843(407) 375 0940 (c)

Dave Diget

Kalamazoo Canoe & Kayak Club32180 25th StMattawan, MI 49071(269)[email protected]

Janet Perry24 Roosevelt StreetSt Charles, IL 60174(630) 584-6931

Terry Pontius2536 Lafayette DrLafayette, IN 47909(765) [email protected]

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Priscilla Reinertsen582 East Penacook RdContoocook, NH 03229(603) [email protected]

Michael Ripple, NECKRA 23 Billingham Street Somerville, MA 02144(617) [email protected]

Steve Rosenau, NCCRA2771 Trillium TrailDenver, NC 28037(704) [email protected]

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Neal Sanders2308 Avondale DriveJohnson City, TN 37604-2403(423) 282-6153

Steve Schwinn21778 Angela DrGoshen, IN 46526(574) 533-3990theschwinns@hotmail

Jeffrey Shenberger 2016 Church RdHummelstown, PA 17036(717) 533-1306canoeracer@hotmail

Norm Skinner4265 Red Bud RdDresden, OH 43821 (740) 754-1213

Bob Spain401 Little Texas Lane Apt 110Austin, TX 78745(512) [email protected]

Richard Steppe, TCRA3508 Grande BulevarIrving, TX 75062(214) [email protected]

Gareth Stevens, WCRAPO Box 56Hubertus, WI 53033(262) [email protected]

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Judy Jeanes1324 Bridge RoadWest Chester, PA 19382(610) 793-2767(215) 872 7409 (c)[email protected]

Joe Johnson515 5th AvenueMenominee, MI 49858(906) [email protected]

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Ron Kaiser2865 Northway RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701(570) [email protected]

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Tave Lamperez 24 Roosevelt StreetSt Charles, IL 60174home (630) 584-6931work (630) [email protected]@alcatel-lucent.com

Karen Levitt574 Bernardston RoadGreenfield, MA 01301. [email protected]

Larry Liquori, President79 Locust DriveKings Park, NY 11754home (631) 361-9548work (631) 269-9696cell (631) [email protected]

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

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Kaitlin McElroyPO Box 1203Bethel, ME 04217(207) [email protected]

Stan Machacek156 Grey Abbey TrailScarborough, ON M1E 1V9 CANADA(416) [email protected]

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Jerry Patton, PACK743, Two Mile RoadPort Allegany, PA 16743(814) 642-9161

John Diller581 Clifton DriveOakland, MD 21550(301) [email protected]

Jim Dipelesi4 Round Tree DriveKings Park, NY 11754(631) 366-0045cell (631) [email protected]

David Donner4883 Harlem RdAmherst, NY 14226(716) [email protected]

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John Edwards Executive Director, USCA1929 Arrowhead Dr NESt Petersburg, FL 33703Work (727) [email protected]

Kathy Edwards USCA Treasurer1929 Arrowhead Drive NESt Petersburg, FL 33703-1903home (727) [email protected]

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Robert Fisher18 Second StreetDelhi, NY 13753(607) [email protected]

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

Ken Gerg, Vice PresidentPO Box 247Emporium, PA 15834(814) [email protected]

Kim Greiner, NYMCRA558 Old Hwy 30Esperance, NY 12066(518) [email protected]

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Ed Hahn, SCCC409 N Glengarry Dr.Geneva, IL 60134(630) [email protected]

John Hazel147 West Ridge CRKalamazoo, MI 49009(269) [email protected]

Teresa Stout3563 Roller Coaster RoadCorsica, PA 15829(814) [email protected]

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Joan Theiss, Secretary12802 Lake Jovita BlvdDade City, FL 33525(352) [email protected]

Paula Thiel487 Wylie School RdVoluntown, CT 06384(860) [email protected]

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[email protected]

Karl Vogel1731 Pinellas AvenueTarpon Springs FL 34689(727) [email protected]

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Dwight Walker, MCRAPO Box 113Hastings, MI 49058(269) [email protected]

Wally Werderich, IPC486 Sunflower CourtYorkville, IL 60560(630) [email protected]

Jan Whitaker560 Shore DrWest Henrietta, NY [email protected]

Glennis Williams1725 Georgia Ave NESt Petersburg, FL(727) [email protected]

Susan Williams509 S Bishop AveSecane, PA 19018(610) [email protected]

Veronica Wisniewski6360 Hannegan RoadLynden, WA 98264(360) [email protected]

Lynne Witte58 Union StreetMt Clemens, MI 48043(586) [email protected]

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United States Canoe Association Standing and Special Committees

Jan Whitaker

Sonja Gilman

Miranda Robinson

Kathy Edwards

Judy Jeanes

Rex Klein

Norm Ludwig

David Hillman

Pam Browning

Priscilla Reinertsen

Aims Coney

John Edwards

Bill Corrigan

Glen Green

Bob Spain

Inactive

Vacant

Joan Theiss

Tave Lamperez

Jim Dipelesi

Maria Liquori

John Edwards

Gareth Stevens

Paula Thiel

Mary Ann Pontius

Tave Lamperez

Tave Lamperez

Gareth Stevens

Vacant

Steve Rosenau

Jerry Patton

Judy Jeanes & Teresa Stout

Joan Theiss

Jim Dipelesi

Lee Deviney

Janet Perry

Jim Dipelesi

Chuck Weis

STANDING COMMITTEES ADAPtive PADDling

AUDit COmmittee

bArtOn CUP (SUbCOmmittee, YOUth ACtivitieS)

bUDget COmmittee

CAmArADerie

CAmPing/CrUiSing

COmPetitiOn

COmPetitiOn / DrAgOn bOAtS

COmPetitiOn / kAYAk

COmPetitiOn / nAtiOnAl AwArDS

COmPetitiOn / Orienteering

COmPetitiOn / OUtrigger CAnOe

COmPetitiOn / SPrintS

COmPetitiOn / SwAn bOAt

COnServAtiOn

COre grOUP

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hiStOriAn, bYlAwS, rUleS & regUlAtiOnS

inStrUCtiOn CertifiCAtiOn

inSUrAnCe COmmittee

inSUrAnCe COOrDinAtOr

internAtiOnAl

mArketing

memberShiP

merChAnDiSing

nAtiOnAlS COOrDinAtOr

nAtiOnAlS timing

PUbliCAtiOnS

PUbliCitY & Pr

SAfetY

teChniCAl inSPeCtiOn

YOUth ACtivitieS

SPECIAL COMMITTEES DUeS & memberShiP review

inSUrAnCe review COmmittee

USCA mArAthOn COOrDinAtOr tO the USACk mArAthOn rACing COmmittee

wOmen’S intereStS

webSite

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS AnnUAl meeting COOrDinAtOr

ADDRESSES

Pam Browning (508) 277-5836PMB 167 100 Powder Mill Road Acton, MA 01720

Aims Coney (978) 562-2805371 Sudbury Road Stow, MA [email protected]

Bill Corrigan (513) 530-92495888 E. Kemper Road Cincinnati, OH [email protected]

Lee Deviney (512) 306-8085212 Ashworth Drive Austin, TX [email protected]

Jim Dipelesi (631) 366-00454 Round Tree Drive Kings Park, NY [email protected]

John Edwards (727) 522-33481929 Arrowhead Drive St Petersburg, FL [email protected]

Kathy Edwards (727) 522-3348 USCA Treasurer1929 Arrowhead Drive NESt Petersburg, FL [email protected]

Sonja Gilman (574) 633-497863073 SR 331South Bend, IN [email protected]

Glen Green (609) 468-4646312 Duff Avenue Wenonah, NJ 08090(609) [email protected]

Judy Jeanes (610) 622-7000Box 708 Mendenhall, PA [email protected]

David Hillman (319) 362-75061630 19th Street NW Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 [email protected]

Rex Klein (708) 747-030222633 Richton Square Richton Park, IL [email protected]

Tave Lamperez (630) 584-693124 Roosevelt StreetSt. Charles, IL [email protected]@alcatel-lucent.com

Maria Liquori (631) 269-9696Box 667, Kings Park, NY [email protected]

Norm Ludwig (570) 753-51362006 West Side Road Jersey Shore, PA [email protected]

Jerry Patton (814) 642-9161743 Two Mile Road Port Allegany, PA 16743

Janet Perry (630) 584-693124 Roosevelt Street St. Charles, IL 60174

Mary Ann Pontius (765) 474-98772536 Lafayette Drive Lafayette, IN [email protected]

Priscilla Reinertsen (603) 746-6491582 East Penacook Road Contoocook, NH [email protected]

Steve Rosenau, NCCRA 2771 Trillium Trail (704) 483-4130Denver, NC [email protected]

Miranda Robinson (607) 437-41954 Meadow Street Otego, NY 13825 [email protected]

Bob Spain (512) 302-1005401 Little Texas Lane Apt 110Austin, TX [email protected]

Gareth Stevens h (262) 628-9991PO Box 56 c (262) 853-5453Hubertus, WI [email protected]

Teresa Stout (814) 856-23303563 Roller Coaster Road Corsica, PA [email protected]

Joan Theiss (352) 588-987712802 Lake Jovita Boulevard Dade City, FL [email protected]

Paula Thiel (860) 564-2443487 Wylie School RdVoluntown, CT [email protected]

Chuck Weis (765) 477-79482509 Kickapoo Drive Lafayette, IN [email protected]

Jan Whitaker (585) 292-6107560 Shore Drive West Henrietta, NY [email protected]

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United States Canoe Association 487 Wylie School RoadVoluntown, CT 06384

Change Service Requested

Are you moving? New postal address? Have you changed your email address? Or your phone number?

Please email your change of address or phone number to:Membership Chair, Paula Thiel, [email protected]

Or if by mail, see address in notice to the left, on this back cover.

It’s time to renew your membership in the USCAPlease use the handy envelope mailed with this issue and get

your dues in to Paula Thiel early.Paula Thiel (860) 564-2443

487 Wylie School RdVoluntown, CT [email protected]

Envelope missing ? No worries. There is also an application form on page 8�

Mark your calendars for 2008!USCA Canoe & Kayak Nationals

Aug 5-10, 2008: Elkhart County, IN6 days of Sprint, Orienteering, & Marathon

USCA Aluminum Nationals September 27-28, 2008: Bastrop, TX

Mark your calendars for 2009!

USCA Canoe & Kayak NationalsAug 11-16, 2009