Mar 14 - Victory at sea for Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a Paddlers
[Photos] by Makana Denton
Recap by Kimberlee Stuart
In a word, "Epic" is probably the best way to describe the conditions and performances in the Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a race this weekend. Blustery wind and wave predictions made for a last-minute course change from the north shore to a Kalapaki to Poipu and Port Allen run. Paddlers braved wild seas for what many will call the best run of the year. Many enjoyed three and four-wave ride connections with fierce wind gusts on their backs helping the down-wind push.
Noe Sawyer has established herself as Kauai's top OC1 women paddler in her show of three races, three wins. Laurie Denton was close behind on her surfski and Margie Goodno and Laura Anderson placed second and third respectively. The top three contenders for the Men's division were, once again, David Beck in first with Steve Cole and Hipo Princena placing second and third. The short course was won by a season's newcomer Togo Hermosura and Nancy Greff won for the women's short course.
The Hanalei Dolphin and Kai Kane's sponsored the YMCA & Steinlager Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a Race and paddlers were treated to goodies from these sponsors during the after-race festivities. Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a looks foward to both state and world-wide competition as the Kaua'i World Challenge looms closer. The event is pegged for May 8th and registration can be accomplished through the website posted here.
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YMCA
Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a
Steinlager Series
Race Results for March 14th, 2004
Sponsored by:
Kai Kane and the Dolphin Restaurant
Long Course - Kalapaki Bay to Waiohai (Poipu) (approx. 11 miles)
Name Overall Time Division
Beck, David 1st 1:12:50 1st Men Open
Cole, Steve 2nd 1:14:22 2nd Men Open
Princena, Hipo 3rd 1:15:44 3rd Men Open
Lett, Gordon 4th 1:16:22 1st Men 40-49
Deblin, Bret 5th 1:17:11 1st Men 30-39
Fujita, Chris 6th 1:17:45 2nd Men 30-39
Jumper, Leroy 7th 1:17:46 3rd Men 30-39
Rafter, Eric 8th 1:18:43 1st Men 20-29
Acoba, Chris 9th 1:19:42 2nd Men 40-49
Hudson, Devon 10th 1:20:22 4th Men 30-39
Denton, Ken 11th 1:20:54 3rd Men 40-49
Tabalno, Justin/Hookano, Sanoe 12th 1:21:07 1st OC-2 Mixed
Goodale, Kawika 13th 1:21:51 1st Men 50-59
Chow, Arthur 14th 1:22:14 2nd Men 50-59
Baker, Steve 15th 1:23:52 3rd Men 50-59
Sawyer, Noe 16th 1:24:01 1st Women Open
Celestino, Marshall 17th 1:24:43 4th Men 50-59
Beck, Nick 18th 1:24:47 1st Men 60+
Aea, Kamuela 19th 1:25:19 4th Men 40-49
Atkins, Fred 20th 1:26:03 5th Men 50-59
Denton, Laurie 21st 1:27:03 1st SURFSKI
Goodno, Margie 22nd 1:27:32 2nd Women Open
Kekuawela, Herbert/Higa, Sandy 23rd 1:28:53 2nd OC-2 Mixed
Kegle, Jon 24th 1:29:28 5th Men 30-39
Anderson, Laura 25th 1:31:05 3rd Women Open
Scott, Basil 26th 1:33:25 5th Men 40-49
Curtis, Katie 27th 1:34:07 1st Women 30-39
Callahan, Mick 28th 1:34:59 6th Men 50-59
Rapozo, Joe 29th 1:35:02 6th Men 30-39
Otsuji, Katy 30th 1:35:57 1st Women 40-49
Bartlett, Mary 31st 1:36:05 1st Women 50-59
Lake, Laola 32nd 1:36:37 2nd Women 50-59
Horwood, Midge 33rd 1:37:31 2nd Women 40-49
Acoba, Franny 34th 1:38:15 3rd Women 40-49
Amo, Jacques 35th 1:38:35 7th Men 30-39
Stuart, Kimberlee 36th 1:41:09 4th Women 40-49
Chow, Joy 37th 1:45:20 3rd Women 50-59
MacCready, Marshall 38th 1:55:08 2nd SURFSKI
Grubbe, Tom 39th 2:31:38 (unofficial)
Grubbe, Susanna 40th 2:32:30 1st Women 30-39
We would like to acknowledge and thank those paddlers on the long course who stopped to assist, and/or standby to
assist a paddler who's canoe came apart. Safety is always our first concern, especially in conditions such as today.
By stopping, these paddlers lost their true placement in the race finishes: Mick Callahan, Kimberlee Stuart,
Jacques Amo, and Mary Bartlett.
We had two paddlers who experienced equipment breakdowns on the long course and Warwick Gray, our escort
boat driver, did a phenomenal job getting these paddlers up and running again! Mick Callahan stopped to
aasist with both incidents.
Short Course - Waiohai (Poipu) to Port Allen (approx. 8.5 miles)
Name Overall Time Division
Hermosura, Togo 1st 1:17:49 1st Men Open
Lopez, Gene 2nd 1:19:34 2nd Men Open
Pettigrew, Richard 3rd 1:24:23 3rd Men Open
Chow, Arthur Jr. 4th 1:29:22 1st Men 30-39
Bartlett, Tom 5th 1:32:34 1st Men 50-59
Spanski, David 6th 1:37:40 1st Men 40-49
Evslin, Bill 7th 1:46:44 2nd Men 50-59
Graf, Nancy 8th 2:00:52 1st Women Open
Woltzman, Joanne 9th 2:10:38 2nd Women Open
Posted by keizo on Mon, 03/15/2004 - 12:58pm