February 27, 2006
-- Bryson City, NC
In addition to the 25mph gusts that made racing so difficult this weekend, a different wind of
change is clearly in effect in the South East. A motivated young group of racers that are either
Juniors or new Senior graduates are making their mark on the race circuit with fast improvements
that have them nipping on the heels of the southeast’s core of wildwater racers. This emerging
young group is led by Chan and Casey Jones. Chan who has just turned 17 has his sights firmly set
on a good finish at the 2007 Junior World Championships, while Casey has made some dramatic
performance improvements of his own over the past 6 months. In addition to this new school of racers,
some of the more experienced racers have committed themselves to improvement and that was clearly
evident this weekend as well. Specifically, Rob Murphy has really made some substantial improvements
in speed and technique over the past year.
| |
Name |
Class |
Time |
% |
| 1 |
Chris Hipgrave |
K1 |
19:32.0 |
100% |
| 2 |
Rob Murphy |
K1 |
20:12.0 |
103% |
| 3 |
Chan Jones |
K1-JR |
20:22.0 |
104% |
| 4 |
Terry Smith |
K1 |
21:19.0 |
109% |
| 5 |
Bern Collins |
K1 |
22:11.0 |
114% |
| 6 |
John Pinyerd |
C1 |
22:43.0 |
116% |
| 7 |
Casey Jones |
K1-JR |
22:43.0 |
116% |
| 8 |
Blake Sparks |
K1 |
23:06.0 |
118% |
| 9 |
Shaun Smith |
C1 |
23:40.0 |
121% |
| 10 |
Emily Stein |
K1W |
23:41.0 |
121% |
| 11 |
Lincoln Williams |
K1 |
23:42.0 |
121% |
| 12 |
Maria Noakes |
K1W |
24:31.0 |
126% |
| 13 |
Al Grubb |
K1 |
25:01.0 |
128% |
| 14 |
Thomas Williams |
K1-JR |
26:05.0 |
134% |
| 15 |
Wil Beckman |
K1-JR |
27:21.0 |
140% |
