2004 Aluminum Canoe Championships
2004 USCA National Stock Aluminum Canoe Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Davis, American Lung Association of Virginia On behalf of the American Lung Association of Virginia and the 600,000 Virginians who suffer with lung disease I would like to thank Bobby Galbraith, Race Chair and Rusty McClain and the Mid-Atlantic Paddlers for hosting the 2004 Aluminum Nationals. Through their hard work, over $500 was donated to the American Lung Association of Virginia to sponsor two children at next year’s Summer Asthma Camp. While the turnout was not what they were hoping for, those that attended were treated to a great weekend of paddling, food and friendship. This year’s winners, Randy Bailey and Steve Martin, had to work for it beating out locals Rusty McClain and Jim Ferrington by only 40 seconds. The women’s champions, Jeanine Schaffer and Pat Bayers, Þnished the race strong and then raced back to Florida to be with family to wait out Hurricane Ivan.
OfÞcial Race Results:
C2 Men Master 10.5 Miles 1 Randy Bailey (PA)/ Steve Martin (PA) . . . . . . . . . . 1:35:47 2 Jim Farrington (VA)/ Rusty McLain (VA) . . . . . . . 1:36:27 3 Henry Wicker (NC)/ Ed Sharp (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:41:25 C2 Men 10.5 Miles 1 Mike Watson (NC)/ John Beale (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55:36 2 Ron Spivey (VA)/ Bobby Galbraith (VA) . . . . . . . . 2:14:40 C2 Women 10.5 Miles 1 Jeanie Schaffer (FL)/ Pat Bayers (FL) . . . . . . . . . . 2:07:45 A special thank you goes out to Tave Lamperez for his help with boat inspections and serving as the “ofÞcial timer” for the race.
Sunday’s race featured 15 local boats and a 10 knot wind. Results of the 6.1 mile race were: OC1 Jim Ferrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . winning time: 57:59 Ric Rountree Freda Rosso C1 Tim Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . winning time: 1:20:19 Charlie Barton K1 Kyle McLain (51:48) Chuck Conley Glenn Farnsworth C2 Rusty & Leza McLain . . . . . . . . . . . . . winning time: 59:46 Sea Kayak Ron Whitenack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . winning time: 1:03:10 David Hamm Lisa Bechman Below: Participants and timer in this year’s USCA National Stock Aluminum Canoe Championships Back row left to right: Ron Spivey, Bobby Galbraith, Henry Wicker, Ed Sharp, Jim Farrington, Rusty McLain, Tave Lamperez, and Jeanie Schaffer Front row left to right: Mike Watson, John Beale, Randy Bailey, Steve Martin, Pat Bayers
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Canoe News, 2004 Nationals Issue