Local paddlers have strong showing
at Meduxnekeag River race
The results of the Meduxnekeag River Canoe Race, which included 86 canoes or kayaks and 145 paddlers and was held May 1 in Houlton, are as follows:
K-1 Long: first, Fred Ludwig, 1:17:01.
OC-1: first, Fran Cyr, 1:39:02.
OC-2 Medium: first, Dick and Brian Kelly, 1:34:30 and second, D.W. Smith and Sean Soucy, 1:40:04.
OC-2 Mixed: first, Mary Hart and Bob Martin, 1:37:16; second, Terry Wescott and Sandra Mitchell, 1:43:40 and third, Dale and Kate Cross, 1:46:04.
OC-1: first, Brian Galipeau, 1:44:41 and second, Peter Blood, 1:47:04.
OC-2 Medium: first, Chris and John Neptune, 1:43:30.
OC-2 Mixed: first, Tammy Kelly and Chip Loring, 1:37:31 and second, Bob and Katie Hessler, 1:39:58.
OC-2 Junior/Senior: first, Maxwell and Matt Dingle, 1:38:10.
OC-2 Short: first, Bruce and Mitchell Currie, 1:52:53; second, Robert Spinney and Chris Logan, 1:58:08 and third, Clay White and Mitch Spear, 2:03:45.
OC-2 Medium (15 percent class): first, Michael Sussman and Andy Mention, 1:41:10 and second, Kyle Stevens and Patrick Ward, 1:48:13.
OC-2 Medium Rec: first, Allen and Jody Sharpe, 1:49:41 and second, Jim McPartland and Al Cowperthwaite, 2:46:43.
OC-2 Junior/Senior local (junior 12 and under): first, Pete and Tanner White, 1:57:29; second, Hadley and Ben Boutilier, 2:14:43 and third, Nic and Jarret Fournier, 2:18:31.
OC-2 Junior/Senior local (junior 13 and older): first, Neil Noble and David Conley, 1:44:13; second, Brian and Greg Griffin, 2:02:43 and third, Winarske and Michale Armstrong, 2:05:34.
OC-2 Mixed: first, Dennis and Dawn Kerekes, 1:54:19 and second, Rob and Tina Brown, 1:59:05.
OC-2 Women: first, Amber Howe and Rhonda Ireland, 1:59:59; second, Ashley Laking and Taylor Cochran, 2:06:58 and third, Pat Allen and Andrea Brabek, 2:16:40.
K-1 Short (men): first, Aaron Anderson, 1:59:45; second, Mike Gudreau, 2:05:47 and third, Nick Putnam, 2:38:37.
K-1 Short (women): first, Christa Galipeau, 2:07:21; second, Margaret Chabot, 2:10:46 and third, Melissa Wilcox, 2:35:34.
K-1 Long: first, George Niles, 1:46:44.
Rotary Business: first, Rod Hemingway and Kevin Winslow, 1:45:31; second, Shane Quint and Kevin Carton, 1:48:14 and third, Dave Bates and Fay York, 2:05:33.
Law Enforcement: first, Aaron Cross, 1:45:35; second, Gary Ferrell and Aaron Bell, 1:51:50 and third, Jason Monarca and Mitchell McPhee, 2:00:51.
High School: first, Schyler Collett and Brandon Smith (Orono), 1:47:40; second, Andrew Gilman and Aaron Henn (Danforth), 1:48:04 and third, Nic Tarr and Logan Desmond (Southern Aroostook), 1:51:35.
College student: first, Jason Cross and Dan Flammin, 1:41:14.
K-1 student: first, Crystal Nason, 1:36:35 and second, Jenica Frasier and Kristen Tarr, 2:08:15.
Century (recreation local): first, Bradley and Garth Bean, 1:56:20.
Century (recreation ex-MaCKRO): first, Tom and Mabert Cronkite, 1:36:34 and second, Tom Towle and Von Perry, 1:37:21.
