North American Championships, Day 1 completed!

August 27, 2005

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Today was a green wave competition at the Route 3 Wave
on the Black River in Watertown, NY. It was day one of the two day competition
and three day festival. Live music, wine and cheese tasting, beer, VIP
tent, camping at the site, etc., are making for a great festival atmosphere.

The competition today was prelims, taking all classes
down to semi-finals. The junior men were first, followed by the junior
women, then the senior women, senior men, and then the C-1s.

The water is 200 cfs higher than ideal so there is
no foam pile on the wave, however, it makes for a great green wave competition.

The Results were:

Junior Mens Prelims Results

1 Todd Baker 58
2 Joel Kowalski 43
3 Nick Troutman 32
4 Dane Jackson 31
5 Thomas Fahrun 14
6 Tyler Martin 11
7 Sam Mershon 10
8 Khyber Miller 9
9 Christian Cook 6
10 Phil Sheppard 2
11 Ben Natusch 2
12 Keegan Grady 1

Junior Women

1 Charlene Hulbert 3
2 Katie Kowaski 3
3 Nicole Harsanyi 0

Women

Emily Jackson 37
Ruth Gordon 37
Tanya Shuman 23 tie broken by biggest ride
Devon Barker 23

Men

1 Eric Jackson All-Star 125
2 Jimmy Blakeney- 98
3 Stephen Wright 91
4 Bryan Kirk 75
5 Andrew Holcombe 72
6 Andre Hongach 68
7 Clay Wright 64
8 Corey Volt 56
9 Bryan Hartman 45
10 Luke Hopkins 42
11 Brady Johnston 39
12 Zavier Mendoza 36
13 Aaron Reimer 33
14 Matt Hamilton 32
15 Justin McGiver 27
16 Jeremy Laucks17
17 Adam Horton 14

1 Seth Chapelle 62
2 Joe Stumpfel 57
3 Jeremy Laucks 8

Tomorrow perhaps I can put up photos (see below) and
the finals, however, I am going to the Ottawa River as soon as the competition
is over so I won’t be online anytime soon.

🙂 EJ