Michigan Canoe Racing Association s September 2017 … ò- î ó Mio's "First Dam"...

Tentative 2017 MCRA Schedule

April 1-2 * Klondike Rod Matthews 989-254-7815 rodmatthews29@yahoo.com

April 29* Hugh Heward Challenge Kruger Memorial Fundraiser www.verlenkrugermemorial.org May 13-14 Roscommon Bill Torongo torongow@gmail.com May 20 Paddle for the Cure Josh Taylor 989-297-5684 joshuataylor13@gmail.com June 3 Black River Race Jim Wier jimwier@firststep.net June 10-11 Power Paddle Gabe Slominski (773) 983-3103 gabriel@NewaygoNationals.org June 17 Huron River Canoe Challenge Tim Feldkamp (734) 668-7049 aacx19@yahoo.com July 8-9 Paddle Hard Chase Race Hailey Halstead 989-710-0155 hailey_mcmahon09@hotmail.com July 15-16 Harry Curley Memorial Justin Griffith 989-820-5196 riverjustin@gmail.com July 22-23 Spikes Challenge Paddlers Tribute John Lucey jclucey46@gmail.com July 29-30* AuSable River Canoe Marathon http://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org August 9-13* USCA Nationals Rebecca Davis www.uscanoe.com August 20 Canoer’s Memorial Monument Induction Ceremony Bob Bradford 810-664-8005 August 26-27 Mio's "First Dam" Canoe Race Peg Smutek 989-826-5382 September 16 Tahquamenon Wilderness Race Cecilia Woolever 906-492-3325 cecilia@haberconstruction.com

Michigan Canoe Racing Association’s September 2017 Newsletter

*Non-points race What’s Happening: Interested in serving on the MCRA board of direc-tors in 2018? Please con-tact a current board mem-ber today and run for a 2018 position. Minimum duties include attending 2 meet-ings per year– one in De-cember where most of our business is conducted, and one at the Klondike in

Board of Directors President– Lynne Witte 586-201-5695 lynnewitte@juno.com Vice President– Pete Mead 989-710-0224 Treasurer/ Insurance– Cheryl Lucey 989-348-0148 jclucey46@gmail.com Secretary-/ Newsletter– Rebecca Davis 517-227-4794 canoe_run_ski@hotmail.com Membership/ Numbers– Tom Cannon 517-332-1701 thomascannon@Juno.com Times Secretary– Weston Willoughby 989-745-5165 34willou@gmail.com Monument Committee– Bob Bradford 810-664-8005 nnavigator00@aol.com Michael Davis 989-370-0782 mikedavis56@hotmail.com Sean Brabant 989-205-1369 Sean.g.brabant@gmail.com USCA Delegate- Chris Hewitt 989-751-4324 hewittc08@gmail.com Dwight Walker 269-330-5302 canoeracer27@yahoo.com Webmaster– Doug Heady dheady@gmail.com

Congratulations to the 2017 award recipients!

Harry Curley Award— for outstanding race went to Hastings Race for the Cure headed up by Josh Tay-lor. Bank Runners- Swander Family for always reach out to help those who need feeders Peterson Bow Award—recognizes positive contri-bution to canoe racing - Jon Webb and Pete Mead for leading paddle clinics Stern Award— Mike Davis and Danny Medina who tipped and swam across the finish line at the Pad-dle Hard Chase Race Most Improved— Kristi and Katie Treston

President’s Trophy— outstanding contribution to canoe racing in Michigan - Triple Crown Founders who 25 years ago had the vision to have a common canoe spec and form a North America canoe racing championship . C-2 Expert Points Champion— Mike Davis and Mary Schlimmer (women's division) C-2 Expert 2- Marcia Rimer C-1- Mike Davis and Rebecca Davis (women’s division) Fledgling– Ben Owens & Ben Fields Junior– Ally Doderlein & Katie Mahaffy

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adise Results

C-2

1. Mike Davis/Kyle Stonehouse 2:12:46

2. Tim Chapple/Peter Mead 2:12:59

3. Jeff Kolka/Russ Reker 2:13:51

4. Weston Willoughby/Dave Lawe 2:13:56

5. Steve Watson/Jason Hatfeild 2:14:47

6. Bruce Barton/Rebecca Davis 2:15:51

7. Ryan Peterson/Maria Schilling 2:16:53

8. Tony Short/Bud Short 2:16:59

9. Flash Marsh/Mike Hale 2:19:42

10. Ralph Scofield/John Hollands 2:22:31

11. Adam Steuer/Rodney Elliot 2:23:01

12. Jim Cerva/Jerry Killingbeck 2:24:53

13. Mike Kellogg/Josh Kellogg 2:25:20

14. Roy Sowersby/Dwight Walker 2:27:14

15. Jeff Steffey/Jon Webb 1:19:09

16. Mikayla Erickson/Fred Mills 2:30:16

17. Lynne Witte/Paddi Thornburg 2:30:59

18. Nickie Owens/Andy Weeks 2:31:40

19. Jeremy Kellogg/Jerry Kellogg 2:32:14

20. Chris Gallagher/Jordan Jamison 2:36:08

21. Jon Thompson/Lauren Chapple 2:42:21

C-1

1. Mike Davis 1:06:49

2. Tim Chapple 1:06:51

3. Weston Willoughby 1:06:55

4. Jason Hatfield 1:08:44

5. Rebecca Davis 1:09:01

6. Steve Watson 1:09:10

7. Russ Reker 1:09:48

8. Eric Batway 1:09:52

9. Ryan Peterson 1:10:07

10. Joe Johnson 1:12:16

11. Jordan Jamison 1:12:55

12. Rodney Elliot 1:12:59

13. Fred Mills 1:15:07

14. Maria Schilling 1:15:09

15. Mike Kellogg 1:16:59

16. Ralph Scofield 1:19:11

17. Andy Weeks 1:19:34

18. Dwight Walker 1:20:29

19. Jeremy Kellogg 1:21:06

20. Bob Bradford 1:22:15

21. Paddi Thornburg 1:22:34

22. Russ Barkman 1:23:58

23. Nickie Owens 1:26:40

24. Josh Kellogg 1:27:34

25. Lauren Chapple 1:39:54

26. Malcolm McDougall 1:40:36

27. Al Robinson 1:46:33

Mio "First Dam" Race Results 2017

C2 Expert I

1. Mike Davis/ Kyle Stonehouse 1:53:05

2. Richard Lauth/ Weston Willoughby 1:53:16

3. Matt Gabriel/ Nick Walton 1:54:52

4. Jeff Kolka/ Ryan Halstead 1:54:52

5. Pete Mead/ Russ Reker 1:55:37

6. Ted Smutek/ Matt Meersman 1:56:18

7. Wes Dean/ Danny Medina 1:59:25

8. Rick Joy/ Rod Matthews 2:00:12

9. Tim Sheldon/ Mandy Trudgeon 2:00:42

10. Sean Brabant/ Jason Hatfield 2:01:25

11. Bruce Barton/ Solomon Carriere2:01:54

12. Jon Webb/ Jordan Jamieson 2:01:58

13. Tim Chapple/Hailey Halstead 2:03:39

14. Steve Watson/ Austin Weiler 2:04:11

15. Sean Casey/ Gwen Hills 2:04:14

16. Lynne Witte/ Rebecca Davis 2:05:23

17. Tad Hill/ Mary Schlimmer 2:05:49

18. Tony Short/ Bud Short 2:06:28

19. Mike Garon/ Dave Timmerman 2:07:14

20. Todd Kaems / Jerry Killingbeck 2:07:16

21. Roxanne Barton/ Amy Solak 2:07:43

22. Stan Anusiewicz/ John Hollands 2:08:36

23. Bill Mahaffy/ Katie Treston 2:08:40

24. Tom Cannon/ Adam Fujita 2:08:48

25. Nate Tate/ Kristi Treston 2:10:35

26. Chris Ecker/ Kevin Stalheim 2:10:47

27. Mikayla Erickson/ Fred Mills 2:10:58

28. Mike Kellogg/ Josh Kellogg 2:11:00

29. Andy Weeks/ Dwight Walker 2:12:08

30. Nickie Owens/ Paddi Thornburg2:12:23

31. Mike Taylor/ Roy Sowersby 2:12:40

32. John Lucey/ Cheryl Lucey 2:15:01

33. Peggy English/ Ellen Thompson 2:15:31

34. Lauren Chapple/ Jon Thompson 2:17:06

35. Lauren Fry/ Mark Rowe 2:18:44

C2 Expert II

1. Adam Steuer/ Rodney Elliott 2:09:41

2. Colin Spies/ Flash Marsh 2:10:07

3. Anna Groll/ Chris Hewitt 2:12:27

4. Zach Childs/ Ryan Childs 2:13:00

5. Jeremy Kellogg / Jerry Kellogg 2:16:40

6. Al Widing Jr./ Nick Egle 2:17:10

7. Marcia Rimer/ Sarah Webb 2:17:23

8. Keith Wojahn/ Chris Lovelace 2:20:23

9. Grant Shepard/Bryce De Grammont 2:26:29

10. Bob Bradford/ Janet Bradford 2:26:49

Fledgling Race

1. Ben Owens/ Ben Fields

Junior Race

1. Mitchell Harrington/ Anthony Harrington

2. Haley Scott/ Corey Conley

Mentor Race Participants

Morgan Dimonte/ Mike Garon

Dale Gust/ Doug Gillin

Natalie Kellogg / Mike Kellogg

Olivia Gust/ Lynne Witte

Wyatt Gust/ Eric Batway

Andy Owens/ Nickie Owens

Ally Doederlein/ Rebecca Davis

Brittlynn Elliott/ Rodney Elliott

Madalynn Elliott/ Tom Cannon

Nelson Chapple/ Tim Chapple

Liam Mahaffyffy/ Bill Mahaffy

Nolan Tribu/ Tony Short

Kendall Chapple/ Jeff Kolka

Katie Mahaffy/ Katie Treston

Dane Trudgeon/ Weston Willoughby

Evie Trudgeon/ Mike Davis

Keil Trudgeon/ Matt Meersman

Avery Trudgeon/ Tom Trudgeon

Morgan Schultz/ Jon Webb

Reid Hill/ Tad Hill

Tess Hill/ Mary Schlimmer

Brenden Tribu/ Lauren Chapple

Griffith King/ Amy Solak

Daniel Conley/ Dave Timmerman

Nick Egle/ Al Widing Jr.

C1 Women

1. Rebecca Davis 1:11:10

2. Mary Schlimmer 1:13:04

3. Roxanne Barton 1:14:20

4. Hailey Halstead 1:14:43

5. Amy Solak 1:15:17

6. Katie Treston 1:16:29

7. Nickie Owens 1:19:33

8. Lynne Witte 1:19:53

9. Paddi Thornburg 1:20:26

10. Sarah Webb 1:22:03

11. Marcia Rimer 1:25:52

C1 Men

1. Mike Davis 1:04:51

2. John Kasik 1:05:37

3. Weston Willoughby 1:06:09

4. Danny Medina 1:06:47

5. Russ Reker 1:06:49

6. Matt Meersman 1:06:59

7. Jeff Kolka 1:07:13

8. Jason Hatfield 1:07:32

9. Tim Chapple 1:07:51

10. Steve Watson 1:07:54

11. Rick Joy 1:08:33

12. Tony Short 1:09:55

13. Tom Trudgeon 1:10:14

14. Jon Webb 1:10:15

15. Rodney Elliott 1:10:31

16. Tom Cannon 1:10:41

17. Fred Mills 1:12:12

18. Jordan Jamieson 1:12:27

19. Rod Matthews 1:12:48

20. Bill Mahaffey 1:13:27

21. Dave Timmerman 1:13:40

22. Eric Batway 1:14:04

23. Andy Weeks 1:14:07

24. Stan Anuesiewcz 1:14:37

25. Chuck Hewitt 1:15:46

26. Dwight Walker 1:16:03

27. Adam Steuer 1:16:16

28. Bud Short 1:16:34

29. Rob Bable 1:20:10

30. Bob Bradford 1:20:34

31. Keith Wojahn 1:21:54

32. Chris Kalbfleisch 1:22:10

33. Richard Scott 1:24:28

34. Lauren Chapple 1:24:34

35. Al Robinson 1:30:54

36. Malcom McDougall 1:31:02

37. Mike Haggerty 1:31:39

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