2005 North American Championships results and story by Will Richardson | Sep 6, 2005 | Whitewater | 0 comments September 6, 2005 Two events, back to back on two completely different rivers, in two different countries, to crown the 2005 North American Freestyle Champions was a great time. Sunday was the quarter, semi, and final rounds. It is bedtime for me- the day after the event, and I am not really in a story telling mood (I’m ready for bed!), however, I put this off a day already. So on a personal note- this event is the last chapter of a story called, “The reign of EJ, undefeated.” I finished 6th place. I figured I should get that out of the way first. I will also get right on the fact that I am so proud of Team JK’s original member, Clay Wright, who finished second, only two points behind first place. Clay is no stranger to the podium, however, he hasn’t really had results that reflect his skills in a while. Nearly winning it all on the Garberator, Clay showed everyone just what he has got. OK, the competition and results: In the junior men’s class- Joel Kowalski showed his skills as the best paddler on the Garberator on that day, nailing sweet moves, one after the next. Nick Troutman was on his heels all day and had a shot at taking him down, even tying Joel in the final round, forcing a rematch, but Joel was a freestyle machine, winning it all. In the Senior women’s class- Emily won prelims, then got second in semi-finals, and then got third overall. Ruth Gordon was the girl to beat, however, looking like a computer model of what a freestyle boater should look like on the wave. Ruth was smooth as silk, and as effective at nailing one move after the next as a gymnast in a well practiced routine. Cindy Jamison was the story of the day, however, not taking no for an answer, she ticked off on round after another without getting eliminated and even got the final round to win it all. In the Men’s Pro class- I won quarter finals on me last ride and was in good position for semis. In the semis, it was Andrew Holcomb, Clay Wright, and Anthony Yapp who made it through. Billy Harris (silver medal in 2005 world championships) and I blew it big time getting last and second from last, flushing off the wave before we even got started. My winning streak was called to a halt. Shane Benedict was 4th and was paddling like the shane of old, looking awesome. Stephen Wright was 5th and I was behind him with Billy in last in the semis. In the finals: Andrew (Ice Man) Holcomb was on it. Andrew was the smoothest paddler out there. Clay was on fire going big on the aerial moves and looking sticky like crazy. Anthony Yapp flushed early to take third. In the last ride for the gold, Clay got a 22 point ride and Andrew got a 24 point ride, making it quite close! The music was blaring and the weather PERFECT! Bed time! Results for this event and the overall North American Championships are: Overall Junior Men 1 Joel Kowalski 60 2 Nick Troutman 43 3 Todd Baker 43 4 Dane Jackson 26 5 Thomas Farhun 24 6 Khyber Miller 18 7 Tyler Martin 17 8 Billy Boylan 15 9 Keegan Grady 14 10 Evan Garcia 14 11 Ian McClaren 13 12 Logan Grayling 12 13 Phil Sheppard 10 14 Zack Miller 9 15 Glenn Dalgleish 6 16 Jesse Hall 5 17 Reid Whitney 3 18 Alex Mohn 2 19 Alex Dalgleish 1 20 Ian Williams 1 21 Jeff Courtland 1 22 Kaleb Grady 1 23 Phil Gordon 1 24 Jake Saxon 1 25 Matt Fithian 1 26 Ryan Koeneke 1 27 Yash Keough 1 28 Phil Quin 1 29 Keith McConnaughey 1 30 Keith Miller 1 Junior Women ties broken 1 Katie Kowalski 60 2 Charlene Hulbert 48 3 Adrienne Leuknecht 19 4 Nicole Harsanyi 19 C-1 Men 1 Jeremy Laucks 43 2 Dylan Boles 30 3 Joe Stumpfel 30 4 Seth Chapelle 24 5 Spencer Pomeroz 19 Women 1 Ruth Gordon 54 2 Emily Jackson 38 3 Cindy Jameison 30 4 Devon Barker 30 5 Tanya Shuman 24 6 Tiffany Manchester 14 7 Valerie Betrand 13 8 Hanna Farrar 12 9 Tanya Faux 11 10 Kate Hines 10 11 Michelle Clifford 9 12 Jen Clarke 8 13 Ashley Courtney 7 14 Whitney Lonsdale 6 Mens K-1 ties broken 1 Andrew Holcombe 54 2 Eric Jackson 43 3 Clay Wright 35 4 Stephen Wright 27 5 Bryan Kirk 20 6 Anthony Yapp 19 7 Matt Hamilton 16 8 Corey Volt 16 9 Shane Benedict 15 10 Jimmy Blakeney 14 11 Billy Harris 12 12 Andre Hongash 12 13 Brad Sutton 10 14 Bryan Hartman 10 15 Brady Johnson 9 16 Dave Neiuenhuis 9 17 Luke Hopkins 9 18 Adam Norfolk 8 19 Joey Hitchins 7 20 Zavier Mendoza 7 21 Zach Bowles 6 22 Aaron Reimer 6 23 Kelsey Thompson 5 24 Tom McKee 4 25 Justin McGiver 4 26 Mo Kelleher 3 27 Jeremy Lauks 2 28 Natty Role 2 29 Adam Horton 2 30 Sean B 1 30 John Best 1 30 Brent Cooper 1 30 Matt McGuire 1 30 Ben Fraser 1 35 Yoshiki Matsueko 1 Results from the Ottawa Garberator rodeo Junior Men 1 Joel Kowalski 30 2 Nick Troutman 24 3 Todd Baker 19 4 Billy Boylan 15 5 Evan Garcia 14 6 Ian McClaren 13 7 Logan Grayling 12 8 Dane Jackson 11 9 Thomas Farhun 10 10 Zack Miller 9 11 Khyber Miller 8 12 Keegan Grady 7 13 Glenn Dalgleish 6 14 Jesse Hall 5 15 Tyler Martin 4 16 Reid Whitney 3 17 Alex Mohn 2 18 Alex Dalgleish 1 19 Ian Williams 1 20 Jeff Courtland 1 21 Kaleb Grady 1 22 Phil Gordon 1 23 Jake Saxon 1 24 Matt Fithian 1 25 Ryan Koeneke 1 26 Yash Keough 1 27 Phil Quin 1 28 Phil Sheppard 1 29 Keith McConnaughey 1 30 Keith Miller 1 Junior Women 1 Katie Kowalski 30 2 Charlene Hulbert 24 3 Adrienne Leuknecht 19 C-1 1 Dylan Boles 30 2 Jeremy Laucks 24 3 Spencer Pomeroz 19 Expert Men 1 Jeremy Lauks 30 2 Tim Rowland 24 3 Brendan Ginter 19 4 Trent Harris 18 5 Tyler Fox 17 6 David Earl 16 Women 1 Cindy Jameison 30 2 Ruth Gordon 24 3 Emily Jackson 19 4 Devon Barker 15 5 Tiffany Manchester 14 6 Valerie Betrand 13 7 Hanna Farrar 12 8 Tanya Faux 11 9 Kate Hines 10 10 Michelle Clifford 9 11 Jen Clarke 8 12 Ashley Courtney 7 13 Whitney Lonsdale 6 14 Tanya Shuman 5 Mens Pro 1 Andrew Holcombe 30 2 Clay Wright 24 3 Anthony Yapp 19 4 Shane Benedict 15 5 Stephen Wright 14 6 Eric Jackson 13 7 Billy Harris 12 8 Matt Hamilton 11 9 Brad Sutton 10 10 Dave Nieuwenhuis 9 11 Adam Norfolk 8 12 Joey Hitchins 7 13 Zach Bowles 6 14 Kelsey Thompson 5 15 Tom McKee 4 16 Mo Kelleher 3 17 Natty Role 2 18 Sean B 1 19 John Best 1 20 Johnathan Souter 1 21 Brady Johnston 1 22 Bryan Kirk 1 23 Brent Cooper 1 24 Corey Volt 1 25 MattMcGuire 1 26 Ben Fraser 1 27 Yoshiki Matsueko 1 Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. 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