Hawaii Island pre-season: SeaMan race results
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The 9th Annual SeaMan Race, in memory of Abbott Galaher was held today at Keauhou, Kona.
This HIPA/Keauhou Canoe Club sponsored event was conceived 9 years ago by the late Abbott Galaher, a long time paddler and friend of all at Keauhou Canoe Club. Abbott loved the concept of a pre-season fun event that would collect food for the Hawaii Island Food Bank, and only in recent years have we had to charge a nominal entry fee to cover the insurance fees for the race.
The course is named "I ke Halawai, i mua, i hope" (to the horizon, forward and back), and with 102 paddlers participating today in calm waters on the 3 mile short course and 5 mile long course, there were several divisions that were hotly contested.
Lunch and awards followed the completion of the out and back course at Keauhou Canoe Club's halau.
Long Course
PLACE NAME TIME DIVISION PLACE 1 Leo Santimer& Steve Arnett 44:03 1st OC-2 Men 50+ 2 George Abood 44:56 1st Surfski Men 3 Lyle Palakiko 46:49 1st 40-49 Men 4 Bob Bruce & Richard Everett 47:11 2nd OC-2 Men 50+ 5 Peter Greenwell & Jim Uding 47:26 3rd OC-2 Men 50+ 6 Felix Rabanal 47:35 1st 21-39 Men 7 Gene McNerny 47:48 2nd 40-49 Men 8 Chandler Palakiko & Shawn Von Nordheim 48:08 1st 12-19 Jr. Men 9 Ivan McIvor 48:19 2nd 21-39 Men 10 Barry Francis 48:31 1st 50-59 Men 11 Mel Pauole 48:57 1st 60+ Men 12 Jan Tillman 49:03 3rd 21-39 Men 13 Lani & Dave Higgins 49:34 1st OC-2 Mixed 50+ 14 Jacques Blais 49:38 2nd 50-59 Men 15 Susie Shaw & Mark Wormley 49:57 2nd OC-2 Mixed 50+ 16 Moke Hauanio & Danny Bassett 50:03 4th OC-2 Men 50+ 17 Lauren Foo & Michelle Bono 50:05 1st OC-2 Women 21-49 18 Chuck Santiago & James Machan 50:43 1st OC-2 Men 20-49 19 Jeff King 50:50 3rd 40-49 Men 20 Caleb Freitas 50:54 1st 12-19 Jr. Men 21 Allen Daniels 51:38 4th 21-39 Men 22 Egon Horcajo 51:52 3rd 50-59 Men 23 Dani Ho & Jacque Wikum 52:08 2nd OC-2 Women 21-49 24 Chris Grogan 52:15 4th 50-59 Men 25 Bruce Clifford 52:24 2nd 60+ Men 26 Ronona Della Cioppa 52:33 1st 40-49 Women 27 Paul Streiter 53:10 4th 40-49 Men 28 Nolan Chock 53:41 5th 50-59 Men 29 Mike Woodbury & Rafael Ramirez 53:50 5th OC-2 Men 50+ 30 Jennifer McDaniel 53:55 2nd 40-49 Women 31 Paul Jeffries 54:03 6th 50-59 Men 32 Kelley Davis 54:32 3rd 40-49 Women 33 Skip Derieg 54:43 3rd 60+ Men 34 Dee Ruzicka 55:27 7th 50-59 Men 35 Jane Dulaney 55:51 4th 40-49 Women 36 Greg Knapp 56:00 8th 50-59 Men 37 Mike Ben 56:36 9th 50-59 Men 38 Stan Roehrig 56:55 4th 60+ Men 39 Ed Van Pelt 57:00 5th 60+ Men 40 Johnny McElroe 57:38 10th 50-59 Men 41 Carol Farkas 58:05 1st 50-59 Women 42 Leila Duim 58:12 5th 40-49 Women 43 Kaeti Ecker 1:00:18 2nd 50-59 Women 44 Bill Armer 1:00:40 7th 50-59 Men 45 Dixie Newman 1:00:02 6th 40-49 Women
Short Course
PLACE NAME TIME DIVISION PLACE 1 Kit Roehrig & John Sherman 25:46 1st OC-2 Men 50+ 2 Gerard Santos 27:04 1st 40-49 Men 3 Joseph Hing-Medeiros & Ryan Pilanca 27:35 1st OC-2 Jr. Men 4 Eric Goertz 28:25 2nd 40-49 Men 5 Mary & Bill Brado 28:35 1st OC-2 Mixed 50+ 6 Janine Caro & Leah Winkler 29:04 1st OC-2 Women 20-49 7 Frank Snow 29:16 1st 50-59 Men 8 Chase Von Nordheim 29:19 1st 12-19 Jr. Men 9 Marah Anderson & Angela Rey 29:24 2nd OC-2 Women 20-49 10 Barbara & Ken Pool 29:30 2nd OC-2 Mixed 50+ 11 Al Conrad 30:01 2nd 50-59 Men 12 Jeanne Knapp 30:10 1st Novice B Women 13 Mark Crawford 30:41 1st Novice B Men 14 Dona & David Martinson 30:51 3rd OC-2 Mixed 50+ 15 Leslie Crawford 31:05 1st 40-49 Women 16 Debra Trinidad 31:10 2nd Novice B Women 17 Gina Torres 31:25 1st 20-39 Women 18 Heather Cromwell 31:27 2nd 20-39 Women 19 Alan Lipp 31:38 1st Paddleboard Men 20 Ralph Adams 32:05 3rd 50-59 Men 21 Austin Kano 32:31 2nd 12-19 Jr. Men 22 Sayer Palakiko 32:35 3rd 12-19 Jr. Men 23 Carolyn Parnell 32:59 1st 50-59 Women 24 Nancy Collins & Stephanie Amick 33:14 1st OC-2 Women 50+ 25 Karen Calrk 33:26 3rd Novice B Women 26 Karen Van Pelt 33:32 1st 60+ Women 27 Sherri Carney & Kapiolani Tachera 33:41 3rd OC-2 Women 50+ 28 Ciana Matsuoka & Wayne Togia 33:57 1st OC-2 Mixed Juniors 29 Vicki Atherton 35:38 2nd 50-59 Women 30 Anuhea Ku 35:55 4th Novice B Women 31 Ellie & Ray Weismann 37:00 4th OC-2 Mixed 50+ 32 Makana Keaaina 37:14 4th 12-19 Jr. Men 33 Denise Ulrich 41:45 4th 50-59 Women 34 Kathleen Leahy 44:09 1st Paddleboard Women 35 Sue LaLanne 44:27 2nd Paddleboard Women
Posted by keizo on Sat, 11/18/2006 - 6:51pm