Press Release:
Waterville native, John Mathieu, teamed with Brent
Lyesick of Orange, Massachusetts to win the Southside Tavern Sundowner
Pro-Canoe race Thursday night in Skowhegan in a convincing manner posting a
time of 1:09:02. Topsham’s Eric and Cindy McNett claimed second with a
photo finish sprint over Lee Martin of Bangor and Steve McAleer of
Fredericton, New Brunswick. John Neptune and Joe Dane of Old Town took first
in the amateur class and Steve Dionne of Skowhegan repeated again as kayak
champ!
35 boats participated in the fifth annual event held on
the Kennebec River in Skowhegan. Race sponsor, Bart Hughes, of the Southside
Tavern was pleased with the turnout. "It is a great event that gets
bigger every year" said Hughes.
Race Results:
Pro Class
1) John Mathieu Brent Lyesick
1:08:00
2) Cindy McNett Eric McNett
1:09:03
3) Lee
Martin
Steve McAleer 1:09:03.2
4) John Alsop
Colleen Moore 1:11:29
5) Greg McMorrow Peter Heed
5th 1:11:29.1
6) Matthieu Turcotte Berthier Rodrigue 1:11:45
7) Chip Loring
Peter McAlister 1:13:20
8) Phil Soule
Ralph Vincent 1:14:22
9) Bill Ellsworth Ellen
Ellsworth 1:14:39
10) Francis Cyr Don
Wescott 1:16:46
11) Jeremy Tripp Terry Wescott
1:25:45
Kayak
1) Steve
Dionne
42:51
2) Jim Veilleux
43:04
3) Lee
Locke
45:32
4) Michael Whittemore 50:22
5) Shawn Washburn 51:48
6) Jennifer
Dionne 51:58
7) Richard Washburn 53:43
8) Brandon Whittemore 56:09
9) Toby
Wagg
57:25
10) Barbara Whittemore 59:39
11) Jason
Brown
1:00:35
12) Cypi Johnson
1:09:09
13) Tiger Armstrong 1:12:37
14) Andy
Davis
1:12:37
15) Linda Steeveshaith 1:15:43
16) Cindy Johnson 1:20:16
Recreational
Canoe
1) John Neptune Joe
Dane 39:10
2) Jim Cook Joy
Cook 45:18
3) Randy Dore Josh Dore
45:37
4) Michael Sproul Travis Sproul 51:00
5) Tom Davidson Sara Robinson 55:03
6) Pam Lattin Jamie
Jones 58:53
7) Mike Starr Kayla
Starr 1:17:58
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