Hobie Treasure Island Ocean Paddling Series draws to a close

[Photos] courtesy Lex Raas
Race 3 dawned with the promise of a hot but beautiful day on the Florida Sunshine Coast. Word was definitely out on this Hobie Series and at the start line we had folks from as far afield as North Carolina and Miami. A record 27 x OC1's as well as 11 x Surfskis, 9 x Sea Kayak, 5 x Paddleboards, 2 x Crazy Stand up Paddleboards, 1 x OC2, 1 x Sit on Top, a really great turn out.

An all in start was signalled at 10am and with temperatures in the mid 90's
and humidity also in the 90's, it was all about endurance in the heat.
However, a blistering pace on flat water was set by the leaders of the long
course.

Reid Hyle, winner in the surfski class averaged 7.4mph while John Edwards
winning the OC1 division managed a solid 6.95mph on his Hurricane. David
Toppi on his Sea Kayak averaged 6mph for the race. Reid managed a
comfortable win in the surfski class, however John Edwards and David Toppi
had to fight hard right up to the end to win their classes.

Andy Benazilla burned up the short course on his OC1 with the well known
Joseph Pettigrew on his Surfski only 59 sec behind. John Keaveny won the
Sea Kayaks. Mike O'Shaughnessy won the Paddleboards with Andy Hill winning
the Stand up Paddleboard division.

A record was set for the youngest competitor, Kaeli Streeter at 9 years
old, paddling with her Dad Tim on an OC2, they completed the short course
in a very respectable 42 minutes.

The third race provided the overall classification for the Inaugural Race
Series with the following results:

LONG COURSE OVERALL SERIES WINNERS
OC1   Open              John Edwards (also overall OC1 Winner)
OC1   Masters           Harry Mountain
OC1   Seniors           Lex Raas
OC1   Veteran           Mike Sieber
OC1   Relay             Rea Sieber and Tonya Streinz

SSki  Open        Reid Hyle (also overall Ski winner)
SSki  Masters     Lonn Benson

SKay  Overall           Paul Mehring

SHORT COURSE OVERALL SERIES WINNERS
OC1   Open              Kevin Kemp
OC1   Ladies Open       Tara Miller
OC1   Ladies Senior     Pat Beyers
OC1   Grand Veteran     Bob Terbush (also overall OC1 winner)

SSki  Ladies Open       Karen Mirlenbrink (also overall Ski winner)

SKay  Overall           Jeannie Schaffer


HOBIE TREASURE ISLAND SUMMER PADDLING SERIES RESULTS RACE #3

      LONG COURSE --- OVERALL
OveralNAME                            COURSE         CLS         DIV       POS     TIME
  1   Reid Hyle                         L    Men     Open        SS         1     1:06:48
  2   Rob Mirlenbrink                   L    Men     Open        SS         2     1:09:12
  3   Alan Poulton                      L    Men     Open        SS         3     1:09:16
  4   Bruce Gibson                      L    Men     Seniors     SS         1     1:10:31
  5   John Edwards                      L    Men     Open        OC1        1     1:10:41
  6   Harry Mountain                    L    Men     Masters     OC1        1     1:11:08
  7   Tony Bond                         L    Men     Seniors     OC1        1     1:12:26
  8   Cortland Reilly                   L    Men     Masters     OC1        2     1:15:34
  9   Jean Raas                         L    Men     Open        OC1        2     1:16:10
  10  Lex Raas                          L    Men     Seniors     OC1        2     1:17:10
  11  Lon Benson                        L    Men     Masters     SS         1     1:18:20
  12  Michael Owens                     L    Men     Open        OC1        3     1:18:37
  13  Ben Stillman                      L    Men     Open        OC1        4     1:19:13
  14  Larry Frederick                   L    Men     Seniors     OC1        3     1:20:01
  15  Karl Vogel                        L    Men     Seniors     OC1        4     1:20:42
  16  Michael Hoffman                   L    Men     Masters     SS         2     1:20:50
  17  Mike Hughes                       L    Men     Open        SS         4     1:20:56
  18  Burch Baskett                     L    Men     Masters     OC1        3     1:21:32
  19  Jonathan Moore                    L    Men     Open        SS         5     1:21:51
  20  David Toppi                       L    Men     Masters     SK         1     1:21:53
  21  Jim Lewis                         L    Men     Open        OC1        5     1:22:08
  22  Paul Mehring                      L    Men     Seniors     SK         1     1:22:17
  23  Stanley Holdquist                 L    Men     Veteran     SK         1     1:25:33
  24  William Brannum                   L    Men     Masters     OC1        4     1:27:08
  25  Mike Sieber                       L    Men     Veteran     OC1        1     1:27:25
  26  Anthony Pasco                     L    Men     Open        OC1        5     1:27:39
  27  Mike Holland                      L    Men     Veteran     OC1        2     1:28:48
  28  Edward Francavilla                L    Men     Masters     SK         2     1:28:50
  29  Louise Vaoala                     L    Women   Open        OC1        1     1:29:15
  30  Tamera Wells                      L    Women   Masters     OC1        1     1:29:38
  31  Dennis Guluzy                     L    Men     Seniors     OC1        5     1:29:38
  32  Lewis Bayers/Deven Antony         R    Men     Relay       OC1        1     1:31:52
  33  Van Perry                         L    Men     Masters     SK         3     1:36:23
  34  Rea Sieber/Tonya Streitz          R    Women   Relay       OC1        1     1:36:53
  35  Wyatt Payne                       L    Men     Masters     ST         1     1:41:39


HOBIE TREASURE ISLAND SUMMER PADDLING SERIES RESULTS RACE #3

      SHORT COURSE
 POS  NAME                            COURSE         CLS         DIV               TIME
  1   Andy Bezanilla                    S    Men     Open        OC1        1     0:39:57
  2   Joseph Pettigrew                  S    Men     Grand MasterSS         1     0:40:56
  3   John Keaveny                      S    Men     Veteran     SK         1     0:41:19
  4   Karen Mirlenbrink                 S    Women   Open        SS         1     0:41:50
  5   Mike Zajac                        S    Men     Senior      OC1        1     0:42:06
  6   Tim/Kaeli Streeter                S    Mixed   Open        OC2        1     0:42:38
  7   Norman Nejdert                    S    Men     Masters     SS         1     0:44:29
  8   Mike O'Shaugnessy                 S    Men     Open        PB         1     0:46:07
  9   Bob Terbush                       S    Men     Grand MasterOC1        1     0:47:21
  10  JP Atherholt                      S    Men     Open        PB         2     0:47:48
  11  Pat Bayers                        S    Ladies  Seniors     OC1        1     0:50:22
  12  Tara Miller                       S    Ladies  Open        OC1        1     0:52:12
  13  Kevin Kemp                        S    Men     Open        OC1        2     0:53:18
  14  Ed Malanik                        S    Men     Seniors     SK         1     0:54:13
  15  Jeannie Shaffer                   S    Women   Open        SK         1     0:55:18
  16  Michael Belsky                    S    Men     Open        PB         3     0:59:09
  17  Daryn Smith                       S    Men     Open        PB         4     1:04:17
  18  Shari Francavilla                 S    Women   Open        SK         2     1:09:35
  19  Andrew Hill                       S    Men     Open        PBS        1     1:18:03
  20  Joe Lipka                         S    Men     Open        PBS        2     1:22:08
  21  Roland Palot                      S    Men     Seniors     PB         1     1:23:13

Posted by keizo on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 3:48pm

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