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

PlaceClassNameTime% 
1C-1Tom Wier39:05:000wildwater boat
2K-1WJennie Goldberg42:25:008.53wildwater boat
3K-1Steve Andrews54:31:00 Plastic boat

Results - Sprint

PlaceName
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