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The Tupper Lake 9 Mile canoe and kayak races were held in conjunction with the No Octane Regatta Saturday, June 16. Participants from across New York, Vermont, New Jersey, Quebec, and as far away as Iraq came to paddle the Raquette River in the second of a series of paddle sport events sponsored by Adirondack Watershed Alliance. The start line for the Tupper 9 Miler was the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Fishing Access on Routes 3 & 30 East of Tupper Lake. Participants left the Crusher and followed the Raquette River downstream around to the Route 30 Bridge before they turned left into Simond Pond and paddled to the finish line at the Tupper Lake Rod and Gun Club. The Adirondack Watershed Alliance handed out awards to the top three finishers in each category. This year’s event featured 71 boats, including recreation, stock and racing canoes, touring and unlimited kayaks, solo and tandem guideboats and three war canoes.
One participant deserving special recognition was Pam Leary, a paddler from the area who is currently serving in the military and is stationed in Diwaniya, Iraq. Pam is on two weeks leave and thought it would be great to paddle with her sister Robin Leary in the women’s tandem amateur racing category before returning to Iraq to finish her tour. Alain Bullard of Beaconsfield, Quebec had the fastest time of the day and was fastest among the male kayakers crossing the finish line at 59:36. Alain’s fiancée Edit Fried finished first among all female kayakers with a time of 1 hour, 11 minutes and 49 seconds. Gene Newman, owner of GRB Canoes in Canton, led the male solo canoe paddlers with a winning time of 1:07:51. Diana McIsaac, of Lake Clear was the fastest female solo paddler at 1:19:19. Norm Hecker of Queensbury and Casmir Usiatynsk of Oswego, competing as a tandem, topped all canoe racers with a time of 1:02:45. Janet Findley and David Hunter of Lake Placid led a strong field of tandem mixed canoe teams crossing the finish line at 1:03:49. The Snow Monkeys of Saranac Lake placed first in the war canoe category with a time of 1:11:30. The series is sponsored by: We No Nah Canoe, Franklin County Tourism, The Central Adirondack Association, The Blue Moon Café, Campmor, Gauthier’s Saranac Lake Motor Lodge and MAC’S Canoe Livery in Lake Clear. The organizers would like to thank the members Tupper Lake Rod and Gun Club for the use of their terrific facility on Simond Pond, The Tupper Lake Rescue Squad Dive Team for providing a sweep boat, The Adirondack Amateur Radio Communications Team, the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce, and the volunteers who turned out to make the event a success.
Following the 9 Miler, participants headed to the No Octane Regatta at Little Wolf Beach in Tupper Lake to take in the festivities being put on by the Adirondack Museum, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, The Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce and the Adirondack Watershed Alliance. Other races in the Adirondack Canoe Race Series include: 30-mile AWA Marathon to Tupper Lake from Saranac Inn to Tupper Lake on Aug. 12; and The 90-mile Adirondack Canoe Classic from Old Forge to Saranac Lake on Sept. 7, 8 & 9. For more information about the race series call MAC’S Canoe Race Hotline at 518 – 891 - 2744. |
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Bib # Racer's Name (1 and 2) Racer's Town/State TOTAL TIME
176 Mary Brown Saranac Lake 1:32:11 TANDEM GUIDEBOAT 200 Phil Saunders/Gerhard Munger Ossian/Lowville 1:15:21 FOUR PERSON CANOES 205 Benze Boys and Bridgette Tupper Lake 1:07:31 211 Kanawake Women Kanawake 1:10:22 190 Oberding/Streb Saranac Lake 1:13:39 WAR CANOES 219 Snow Monkeys Saranac Lake 1:11:30 151 Team MAC Lake Clear 1:15:42 218 Russ Rayot Ringwood, N.J. 1:27:59 FAMILY CLASS194 Ken / Jared Streb Rochester 1:13:34 164 Ric/Adam Werthmann Wolcott 1:15:11 |
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Men152 David Thomas Watertown 1:09:16 188 Scott Stenberg Moravia 1:13:55 209 Jim Minnie Saranac Lake 1:15:30 154 Bob Bachorik Ellsworth ME 1:20:39 Women155 Diana McIsaac Lake Clear 1:19:19 214 McKenzie Knobel Saranac Lake 1:32:51 SOLO AMATEUR RACING CANOES 187 Gene Newman Canton 1:07:51 203 Dan Karig Ithaca 1:08:03 207 Alec Davis Ballston Lake 1:11:58 153 Chas Billingsley Lake Clear 1:12:18 185 John C. Newman Canton 1:13:04 168 Bill Clark Syracuse 1:18:32 169 Daniel Donavan Wanakena 1:17:33 |
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182 Norm Hecker/Casmir Usiatynski Queensbury/Oswego 1:03:41 171 Fred Goodnough/Brian Watson Theresa/Watertown 1:05:18 Women221 Robin Leary/Pam Leary Ballston Lake, Diwaniya, Iraq 1:28:56 Mixed210 Janet Findlay/David Hunter Lake Placid 1:03:49 204 Kim Greiner/Ed Greiner Esperance 1:07:42 178 Mary Houck/John Ders Clinton, South Otselic 1:07:51 175 Bob/Linda Cooley Scotia 1:08:01 216 Andree / Randy Sapp Morrisonville 1:08:46 167 GlenVandewinckel/Annie Ripton Webster 1:16:18 202 Amy Sauer/Mike Brennan Eagle Bay/Lake Placid 1:17:51 |
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179 George Bellerose Weybridge, Vt. 1:04:40 170 Mike Wolfson Baldwinsville 1:06:12 206 Egon Nickel Roxboro, Quebec 1:07:00 184 Robert Reynolds Beaconsfield, Quebec 1:38:54 Men under 50201 Jim Allott Potsdam 1:02:45 163 Peter Gaaserud Reston VA 1:10:00 166 Doug Roode Pittsford 1:14:08 Women208 Sandy Waters Saranac Lake 1:16:04 162 Micheala Gaaserud Reston VA 1:23:09 |
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181 Alain Buliard Beaconsfield, Quebec 0:59:36 189 Dave McAdoo Ogdensburg 1:03:33 196 Ken Brown Dorval, Quebec 1:17:35 186 Sam Donato Pointe-Claire, Quebec 1:21:02 199 Michel Lizotte Pierrefonds, Quebec 1:22:02 Women 180 Edit Fried Beaconsfield, Quebec 1:11:49 195 MaryLouiseTammaro Dollard des Ormeauy, Quebec 1:15:43 197 Marie Godbout Dorval, Quebec 1:19:08 192 Elizabeth McMahon Pointe-Claire, Quebec 1:20:55 TWO PERSON KAYAK 198 Peter Ball/Mike Archambault Dorval, Quebec 1:01:48 |
| Corrections, suggestions, comments, complaints and compliments to Brian McDonnell 518 – 891 - 2744 |