2010 Cedar River Downriver Sprint and Classic Races Northwest Cup races 1 & 2

by Tom Wier USA Canoe/Kayak Wildwater Committee Western U.S. Athlete Rep. wierc1@yahoo.com

March 19, 2010 -- Snohomish, WA The 2010 Cedar River Races were held March 13th just south of Seattle. While winter has been very dry, and the river is at it's minimum flow of 390 cfs, we had a record number of participants in the sprint races. We had only two wildwater boats, but 23 total racers. For next year, we hope to have a few more paddlers in faster boats. Overall the fastest sprint runs were both by Tom Wier, who completed the course in 72 and 74 seconds. Second was Jennie Goldberg, our other wildwater paddler, at 82 and 84 seconds, 13.6% back. The classic was long and shallow due to the low water, which discouraged participation. Three boats headed downriver. Tom Wier again won, with a time of 39:05. Jennie Goldberg was second with a time of 42:25. Steve Andrews, paddling a plastic boat, finished in 54:21 after a long and hard effort. Results - Classic Place Class Name Time %   1 C-1 Tom Wier 39:05:00 0 wildwater boat 2 K-1W Jennie Goldberg 42:25:00 8.53 wildwater boat 3 K-1 Steve Andrews 54:31:00   Plastic boat Results - Sprint Place Name Run 1 Run 2 Total % C-1 Wildwater         1 Tom Wier 72 74 146 0 K-1W Wildwater         1 Jennie Goldberg 82 84 166 13.7 K-1 Men Rec         1 William Day 96 99 195   2 Ken Daughtery 107 106 213   3 Matt LeBlanc 113 111 224   4 Vaughn Boerner 139 128 267   K-1 Men Slalom         1 Rufus Knapp 90 92 182   2 Rick Ratcliff 89 94 183   3 David Zimmerman 94 91 185   4 Allan Hall 101 97 198   K-1 Men Slalom Junior         1 Jordan Gollner 95 92 187   K-1 Women Slalom         1 Dawn Meekhof 105 104 209   K-1 Women Slalom Junior         1 Jazmyne Denhollander 100 96 196   K-1 Women Rec         1 Nicole LeBlanc 122 118 240   2 Marie Vickstra 123 122 245   3 Laura Orr 134 124 258   C-1 Men Slalom         1 Tim Marks 99 103 202   C-1 W Slalom Junior         1 Cara Marks 113 112 225   C-1 Women Slalom         1 Idamay Curtis 143 142 285   OC-1         1 Marc Leonard 99 100 199   2 William Day 106 103 209   3 Allan Burgmuller 113 105 218   4 Allan Sillars 118 114 232