48th Canton Canoe Weekend

Rushton Memorial Races

May 2 & 3, 2009

Race Results

Special Awards:

SLVP: Marc Gillespie receives 2008 Rip Friot Award for service to paddlesport.

"Steve Huczel Award" recognizing outstanding effort by a volunteer to Carole Moreau.

GIVING BACK - Local Food Pantries receive checks from the CCW raffle as well as boxes of food donated by paddlers.

Rushton 5-Miler Awards recognizing effort in the "traditional" Rushton Race
"Frank White" award to fastest solo canoe to Doug Porschett of Sodus NY
"Rushton Cup" to the fastest men's team to Jason Streeter and Ryan Sweeney of Canton NY
"Grasse River" Award to the fastest women's team, not awarded, no women's teams

Click on link below to go directly to race results:

C-1 Pro Championship - 14 miles
C-2 Amateur Marathon - 12 miles*
*NYMCRA Points Race
Saturday May 2, 12:30pm
Boat# Racer's Name(s) Town State Time Place
           
C-1PRO MEN        
3 Kyle Kiser Rochester NY 2:09:05 1
10 Steve Rankinen Williamsport PA 2:09:06 2
5 Matt Rudnitsky Gilbertsville NY 2:11:51 3
1 Marc Gillespie Rochester NY 2:12:07 4
4 Steve Lajoie Mirabel Que 2:12:56 5
11 Jeff Rankinen Jersey Shore PA 2:16:18 6
12 Todd Roadman Beford PA 2:16:20 7
9 John Edwards St. Petersburg FL 2:17:02 8
6 Dylan Freedman Rochester NY 2:18:46 9
8 Ben Schlimmer Cortland NY 2:20:50 10
7 Michael Schlimmer Cortland NY 2:21:41 11
2 Holly Reynolds Rochester NY 2:25:12 12
C-1Men<50        
A6 Jon Santor Plattsburgh NY 2:03:22 1
A5 Randy Bailey Driftwood PA 2:06:12 2
A1 Jeff Pedersen Gilbertsville NY 2:08:52 3
A3 Gunther Krausbar Ottawa Ont 2:11:33 4
A4 Phil Millspaugh Ithaca NY 2:16:55 5
A2 Stephen Hebert Ottawa Ont 2:18:31 6
C-1Men>50        
B7 Larry Frederick Archer FL 2:07:36 1
B9 Dave Hunter Lake Placid NY 2:07:38 2
B2 David Thomas Watertown NY 2:07:44 3
B8 Jim Dipelesi Kings Park NY 2:07:51 4
B3 Dave Sennett Auburn NY 2:08:51 5
B1 John Young Portlandville NY 2:08:59 6
B5 Gene Newman Canton NY 2:16:12 7
B4 Dale Carpenter Glenville NY 2:17:02 8
B10 Dan Littlejohn Union Springs NY 2:19:17 9
B6 Chas Billingsley Lake Clear NY 2:20:44 10
C-1Men>60        
C5 Richard Rankinen S Willamsport PA 2:09:56 1
C4 BobFisher Delhi NY 2:10:39 2
C1 Bill Robinson Canandaigua NY 2:13:00 3
C3 Jim Genkos Auburn NY 2:15:44 4
C2 Jim Cunningham Ticonderoga NY 2:25:52 5
C-1Men>70        
R1 Glen Vandewinckel Webster NY 2:29:18 1
C-1Women<50        
W1 Phoebe Reese Endwell NY 2:19:46 1
           
StockMen<50        
D1 Brian Watson Watertown NY 2:34:26 1
StockMen>50        
E3 Fred Goodnough Theresa NY 2:29:08 1
E1 Jim Minnie Saranac Lake NY 2:41:42 2
E2 Kerry Newell Heuvelton NY 2:43:32 3
StockWomen>50        
F11 Dianne Billingsley Lake Clear NY 2:36:02 1
           
UnlimitedKayakMen>50        
H2 Michael Littlejohn King Ferry NY 1:57:45 1
H1 Dave McAdoo Ogdensburg NY 2:06:27 2
TourKayakMen<50        
K1 Tom Tarbell Akwasasne NY 2:21:54 1
TourKayakMen>50        
K11 Fred Caryle Seeley's Bay Ont 2:17:06 1
TourKayakWomen<50        
L1 Sandy Waters Saranac Lake NY 2:51:18 1
TourKayakWomen>50        
L12 Kathy Sennett Auburn NY 2:38:08 1
L11 Nina Sennett Auburn NY DNF  
           

 

C-2 Pro - 14 miles
C-2 Amateur Marathon - 12 miles*
*NYMCRA Points Race
Sunday May 3, 9:30AM
# Racer's Name(s) Town State Time Place
           
C-2PRO Men        
6 Steve Rankinen & Steve Lajoie Williamsport, Mirabel PA, Que 2:05:24 1
2 Kyle Kiser & Matt Rudnitsky Rochester, Gilbertsville NY 2:06:36 2
4 Todd Roadman & Jeff Rankinen Beford, Jersey Shore PA 2:07:40 3
5 Michael & Ben Schlimmer Cortland NY 2:07:43 4
10 Eric Gagnon & Guy Rosseau Shawinigan, Trois- Rivieres Que 2:08:32 5
1 Marc Gillespie & Holly Reynolds Rochester NY 2:08:49 6
9 Shane Lynch & Patrick Armstrong Shawinigan, Lac-A-La-Torte Que 2:10:00 7
3 John Edwards & Joanna Faloon St. Petersburg, Ottawa FL, Ont 2:10:25 8
12 Fred Blais & Daniel Gelinas St. Boniface, Trois-Rivieres Que 2:12:05 9
7 Kevin Petit & Alendre Gauthier Trois-Rivieres, St. Boniface Que 2:15:02 10
11 Tommy & Jimmy Pellerin Shawinigan-Sud Que 2:15:17 11
8 Audrey Matteau & Pascab Frigon Trois-Rivieres, Shawinigan Que 2:35:05 12
           
M<50        
A1 Dave Sennett & Dylan Freedman Auburn, Rochester NY 1:52:08 1
A5 Chad Kennedy & Jon Santor Bloomingdale, Plattsburgh NY 1:55:00 2
A8 Ed Wagner & Matt Belknap Auburn, Cortland NY 1:55:24 3
A3 Rich Butts & Kevin Berl Rochester, Macedon NY 1:57:46 4
A4 Randy Bailey & Rich Rankinen Driftwood, Williamsport PA 2:00:02 5
A2 Jeff Pedersen & Gene Newman Gilvertsville, Canton NY 2:01:17 6
A6 Brian Watson & Fred Goodnough Watertown, Theresa NY 2:06:36 7
A7 John & Brian Young Portlandville, Berne NY 2:09:43 8
           
M>50        
B1 Jim Dipelesi & Larry Frederick Kings Park, Archer NY, FL 1:57:18 1
B4 Michael Delisle, Danny Stacey Kahwawake Que 2:00:35 2
B5 Gordy Santor & Mark McAndrew Plattsburgh, East Hardwick Vt 2:02:37 3
B2 Jim Genkos & Gary Place Auburn, Elbridge NY 2:03:25 4
B3 Tom Necrason & Bruce Kennedy Saranac, Plattsburgh NY 2:06:11 5
           
Mx<50        
D1 Ed & Kim Greiner Esperance NY 2:13:12 1
           
Mx>50        
D11 Joan & Roger Henry Rexford NY 2:05:10 1
D13 Janet Findlay & Dave Hunter Lake Placid NY 2:08:05 2
D12 Bob & Linda Cooley Scotia NY 2:12:22 3
           
StkM<50        
E1 Don Lafever & Rich Hall Norwich, Gilbertsville NY 2:04:22 1
E4 Peter Ross & Tim Henning Ontario, Marion NY 2:07:14 2
E3 David & Chris Donner Amherst, Williamsville NY 2:31:15 3
           
F0 StkM>50        
F2 Soern Petersen & Glen Vandewinckel Clarence Creek, Webster Ont, NY 2:08:29 1
F1 John Newman & Bill Nearing Canton, Cranberry Lake NY 2:14:04 2
           
StkMx<50        
H2 Becky Sutter & Guy Middleton Saranac Lake NY 2:12:29 1
H1 Scott & Torey Jerauld Sidney, Otego NY 2:17:04 2
H3 Francis & Theresa Schlimmer Cortland NY 2:24:14 3
           
StkMx>50        
H11 Dave & Denise Paddock Lake George NY 2:19:10 1
H12 Rodger & Nancy Dempster Saranac Lake NY 2:21:58 2
           
K-2 Open        
K1 Roxanne Miller & Robin Hills Cato, Warners NY 2:06:43 1
           

 

Rushton Recreational Race
Saturday May 2, 9:30am
# Racer's Name(s) Town State Time Pl
  Solo Canoe Man        
A1 Doug Porschet Sodus NY 1:08:04 1
A2 Rand Snyder Stratham NY 1:10:42 2
  Solo Kayak Man        
C1 Art Milburn Brockville Ont 1:06:48 1
  Solo Kayak Women        
B1 Christine Murphy Colton NY 1:07:15 1
D1 Terri Persons Heuvelton NY 1:46:00 3
D2 Marilyn Fayette Colton NY 1:08:45 2
  Open Kayak        
E1 Don Roy Fine NY 0:57:17 1
  Men - Tandem Canoe        
G2 Allan Powers, Matt Erdman Mt. Vernon,Tareytown NH, MD 1:00:04 1
G1 Jason Streeter, Ryan Sweeney Canton NY 1:30:58 2
  Mixed - Tandem Canoe        
J2 Bob Rogers, Stephanie O'Brien Potsdam NY 0:57:55 1
J1 Elizabeth Quandt, Seth Credison Scotia, Scottsville NY 1:07:36 2
J3 Ernest & Judy Olin (paddled 3 miles with daughters) Canton NY 1:15:28  
  Adult/Youth        
K1 Glen VandeWinckel & Annie Ripton Webster NY 1:04:32 1
K2 Cameron & Alan Thorbahn (29th consecutive Rushton Race) Canton NY 1:24:17 2
  Children's Kayak- 3 miles        
K22 Claire Olin Canton NY 1:13:00 1
K21 Sara Olin Canton NY 1:16:38 2
  Adult/Child        
L21 Gunther & Ingrid Krausbar Ottawa Ont 0:56:35 1
  Family        
F1 Will, Tera, Ellie Siegfried Potsdam NY 1:12:48 1
  Tandem Kayak        
T2 Tom VandeWater & Jay Kepes Colton NY 1:05:21 1
T1 Michael Rose, Al Hill Oswego, Russell NY 1:06:40 2
C2 Al Olin Clay NY 1:53:35 3
  Mixed - Unlimited        
J4 Dean & Mary Ducas Cornwall Ont 0:56:03 1
  Men - Unlimited        
L1 David & Chris Donner Amherst NY 1:03:34 2
L2 Joseph Brant, Philippe Roques Potsdam, San Fransico NY. CA 1:18:42 3
  Antique Canoe - 3 miles        
Q1 Joe & Justin Steinman Syracuse NY 0:46:30 1
Q3 Joe Randi & Ben Budelman Potsdam, Canton NY 0:49:21 2
Q2 Elizabeth & Frank Becht Canton, Snyder NY 1:15:17 3
  War Canoe - 8 miles        
Z1 Joan & Roger Henry, Alec Davis, Bob Cooley, Brian Young, Geoff Moore, Ed & Kim Grenier Rexford, Ballston Lake, Scotia, Berne, Loudinville, Esperance NY 1:08:06 1
  Early Enders War Canoe - 5 miles        
Z2 Kerry & Andrea, & Noah Newell, Heidi Perez, Marissa Wood, Anna Watrous Heuvelton NY 0:59:14 1
  C-4 - 8 miles        
1 Stefan Bibb, Lyndon Bombard, Anthony Lisella, Mat Piper Paul Smiths NY 1:16:27 1
           

 

Rushton Team Relay
Sunday May 3, 1:30pm
Boat# Team Members Time Place
  JUNIOR    
J1 Golden Bears: Maggie Lapinski, Kaitlyn Fanning, Matt Corbine, Zach Kenny, Pat Hostetter, Jordan Foster 0:31:18 1
       
  FAMILY STOCK    
F2 Newman's Own: Gene, Anna, Natalie, Kelli, Johnny & John Newman 0:23:32 1
       
  FAMILY MIXED    
F1 Clay & the Grasse River Warriors: Clay Streit family 0:24:12 1
       
  MIXED    
D2 AARP: Ben & Reggie Bedelmann, Joe and Cindi Randi, John and Sherri Kay 0:28:02 1
D1 Knuckel Hedz: Gemma Del Rossi, Abbie Savage, Beth Pearson, Bill Pearson, Carly Whiteford 0:29:08 2
       
  WOMEN    
W1 Yes We Can: Phoebe Collard, Kira Royce, Caroline Pearson, Allison DelRossi, Theresa Brownell, Janine Crosby 0:23:58 1
       
  COLLEGE STUDENTS    

U1

 Paul Smiths- Little Brown Pig: Allan Powers, Matt Carman, Lyndon LaBombard, Stefan Bibb 0:19:39 1
U2 Paul Smiths- Little Green Pig: Rand Snyder, Seth Crevison, Anthony Lisella, Matthew Piper 0:22:37 2
U3 SLU- Black Panthers:Jessica Venezia, Jennifer Leach, Megan White, Jon Mellinger, Kevin Burrall, Austin Carpenter 0:28:28 3
U4 SLU- Danger Cats: Chelsea Nuffer, Liz Atwood,Mary Kate Curran, Lindsay Bisaccio, Cassie Dimarino, Chelsea McKenzie 0:35:17 4

AWARDED FOR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS

In 2000, the Canton Canoe Weekend community lost a long time friend and volunteer worker, Steve Huczel. For over 10 years Steve had worked in every aspect of the weekend’s races doing all that was asked of him and much more without being asked. Steve was the ideal volunteer, quiet, helpful, tireless and there.

In 2001, the organizing committee instituted the "Steve Huczel Award" recognizing outstanding effort by a volunteer(s). The award recognizes outstanding efforts for a number of years. Past recipients are:
2001- Jack Duffany
2002- Judy Huczel
2003- Marlene Thompson & Dick Miller
2004- Holly Huczel
2005- Rob & CathyJo Brown
2006- Heath Huczel
2007- Cathy Giglio
2008- Kerry Newell
The Canton Canoe Weekend committee is proud to recognize Carole Moreau as the 2009 recipient of this award. Carole has for many years volunteered her time to help during Sunday’s events. When asked to help the expected and given answer is “yes, what time”. Prior to the race she encourages students and offers extra credit to those who participate. Carole is an important part of the race day staff who makes it all work. She has soft words and smiles to all as she goes about her tasks sets and important tone for the day. Like Steve Huczel, she is the ideal volunteer.

Canton Food Patries benefit from the local canoe races.
Local businesses donated items for the raffle and all proceeds went directly to two food pantries. Many racers also donated food items which also were delivered along with the checks.
Director Shari Wilcox receives a check for the Church & Community Worker food pantry from Race chairperson Chuck Bolesh. Director Brian Baxter of the Canton Neighborhood Center also received funds from the CCW raffle.

 

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