Outrigger Wins 9th Straight state Hawaiian canoe Racing Association Championship By Marilyn Kali

After a slow start at the beginning of the regatta season, Outrigger

Canoe Club paddlers rallied to win the 1992 Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association State Championship on August 1 at the new Keehi Lagoon Canoe Competition Center.

It was OCC's 9th straight HCRA title.

Outrigger won nine events, was second in five, third in five, and took a fourth and a fifth to tally 155 points in the AAA Division to run­nerup Hui Nalu's 102. Kai Opua was third with 89.

It was a long, hot day at Keehi Lagoon, but ail agreed that the new Canoe Competition facility was world-class and a major improve­ment over the dusty, coral-topped old Keehi.

State officials dedicated the facil­ity prior to the first race remember­ing the late Bob Fischer who lobbied so hard for so many years to get a championship course built.

The new course has 12 lanes (the usltal number for regattas), but not the 14 needed for the state champi­onships. The 14 lanes were set but were only 67 feet wide and race rules require the lanes to be 80 feet wide. HCRA officials decided to reconfigure the course to make ali · the lanes 80 feet. In order to do this, it meant moving the course about 150 feet seaward and using a quarter-mile course for ail races, in­stead of a half-mile course for the longer races. This meant that the Senior Men had to make seven turns instead of the usual three in

their 2-mile race. The corrections to

the course took sev­eral hours, so the first race didn't start until 11 a.m., with the fi­nal race of the day not completed until 6:30p.m.

These women won both the Sophomore and Senior Women's races--Kisi Haine, Diana Clifford, Sara Acker­man, Kaili Chun, Paula Crabb and Katy Bourne.

"I was really proud of all our paddlers," said head coach Di Guild. "Seven of our crews didn't qualify for states this year, so it meant that all of

our other crews had to be that much better in order for us to win.

The upper division women set the pace with victories in the Fresh­men, Sophomore, and Senior races, with the Mixed Open and Men's Open 4 also bringing home the top points.

The Senior Masters Men had been second most of the season but came through with a victory.

And the Masters Women cinched the championship with a win in their 1-mile race, the last event of the day for OCC.

Sadly, the OCC Senior Masters Women saw their victory string bro­ken. They had won the state title for eight straight years, since the event was started . They finished second, 12.5 seconds behind 1-Iui Nalu. OCC's Senior Masters aver­aged 55 years, while Hui Nalu's av­eraged 46. Four of the six OCC women have bee n on the Senior Masters crew for nine years.

Our thanks to all the paddlers who gave their time and energy, to Di Guild and her coaches who shared their e>-:pertise, to the fami­lies and other Club members who su pp01ted us at regattas, and espe­cially to Terri Pynchon and the Ca­noe Racing Committee for all their behind the scenes work in making 1992 a winning season. @>

Victorious Senior Masters Men--Bruce Ames, Rick Mant, John Finney, Tim Guard, Tay Perry and Mike Clifford.

Gold medal winners--Masters Women, Bea Cromwell, Evie Black, Ann Cundall, Sharon Bintliff, Maureen Kilcoyne, Kathy Clifford and Pam Zak. Front, Coach Di Guild.

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Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association Championships August 1, 1992 Keehi Lagoon

Winning Crews

Girls 13 (1/4 mile)--Laura Osborne, Tiare Larsen, Siana Austin, Angela Adams, Sandi Dunn, Nanea Tannehill, 2:20.01. Boys 18 (1 mile)-Chuck Watanabe, David Buck, Matt Corboy, Ikaika Kincaid, Ivan Gale, Sage Spalding, 7:57.78. Freshmen Women (1 mile)--Nicole Wil­cox, Donna Kahakui, Joanna Reinhardt, Pam Clifford, Sheila Stehouwer, Missy Mowat, 8:49.61. Sophomore Women (1 mile)-Sara Acker­man, Kaili Chun, Katy Bourne, Diana Clifford, Kisi Haine, Paula Crabb, 8:42.82. Senior Women (1 1/2 miles)-Sara Acker­man, Kaili Chun, Katy Bourne, Diana Clifford, Kisi Haine, Paula Crabb, B·.G4.79. Mixed Men/Women (112 mile)--Norma Santiago, Robbie Harrison, Bill Danford, Mark Buck, Kehau Kali, Colleen Kelley, 3:49.34. Men Open 4 (1/2 mile)--Mark Sandvold, Jimmy Kincaid, Age Ellis Jr., H eath Hem­mings, 4:09.15.

Masters Women (1 mile)--Pam Zak, Kathy Clifford, Ann Cundall, Maureen Kilcoyne, Sharon Bintliff, Evie Black, 9:26.32. Senior Masters Men (1/2 mile)--Mike G ifford, Tim Guard, Tay Perry, John Finney, Rick Mant, Bruce Ames, 3:37.81.

Second Place Crews

Boys 16 (1/2 mile)--Ulake Cherry, Craig Gamble, Koa Ostrem, Kaione Crabb, Tuj McBraun, Ikaika Anderson, 2:05.18. Sophomore Men (1 1/2 miles)-Courtney Seto, Walter Guild, Dean Maeva, Todd Sandvold, Todd Payes, Brant Ackerman, 11:47.86. Senior Men (2 miles)- Courtney Seto, Walter Guild, Dean Maeva, Todd Sand­void, Todd Payes, Brant Ackerman, 15:28.07. Women Open 4 (112 mile)-Mary Smolen­ski, Cathy Ho, Katie Thorndike, Liz Perry-Dugan, 4:51.27. Senior Masters Women (1/2 mile)--Diane Stowell, Gerri Pedesky, Patsy Sheehan, Ruby Ifversen, Peggy Danford, Keanu­enue Rochlen, 4:48.21.

Third Place Crews:

Boys 16 (112 mile)--Garmon Brown, Chris Oliver, Josh O'Connor, Brian Kilcoyne, Alika Williams, J. J. Riley, 4:03.43.

Men Novice A (1 mile)--Mike Schwinn, Scott Bradley, Steve Zak, Doug Rigg, David Potter, Hargon Holland, 8:03.44. Freshmen Men (1 mile)-Tom Damon, Alan Pflueger, Brad Wagenaar, Deke Kil­p atrick, John Eveleth, Dustin Sellers, 7:41.56. Junior Women (1 mile)-Nicole Wilcox, Donna Kahakui, Tiare Finney, Lisa Liv­ingston, Genie Kincaid, Michele St. John, 9:16.59. Junior Men (1 112 miles)- Tom Damon, Alan Pflueger, Grady Bintliff, Chris Kin­caid, Fred N oa, Chad Martin, 11:55.15.

Fourth Place Crews:

Novice B Men (112 mile)-Gunner Schull, Jim Shipman, Chris Dawson, Todd Har­rison, Scott Trickey, Kalani Schrader, 3:50.40.

Fifth Plac,e Crews:

Girls 16 (1/2 mile)- Tiffany Sutherland, Laura Naviaux, Kirsten Dunn, Maya Pau­lin, Nohea Pilner, Reina Ahern, 4:51.33.

Tenth Place Crews :

Girls 12 (1/4 mile)-Lindsey Berg, Cathi Goldsmith, Kia Ostrem, Amy Gamble, Starr Sutherland, Taylor Bechert, 2:54.06. Boys 12 (114 mile)-James Reyes, Keola Keahiolalo, Zac Payne, Kawika Dunn, Duff Janus, Aaron Ackerman, 2:38.66.

The winning Boys 18--Sage Spalding, Ivan Gale, lkaika Kin­caid, Matt Carboy, David Buck, Chuck Watanabe.

The Mixed Open crew won--Mark Buck, Colleen Kelley, Bill Danford, Kehau Kali, Robbie Harrison and Norma Santiago.

State champion Freshmen Women--Joanna Reinhardt, Donna Kahakui, Pam Clifford, Nicole Wilcox and Sheila Stehouwer. Not pictured: Missy Mowat.

The Girls 13--Laura Osborne, Tiare Larsen, Siana Austin, An­gela Adams, Sandi Dunn, Nanea Tannehill.

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