2001 USA Wildwater Kayak Rankings

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Wildwater Mens - Mens Jr – Womens - Womens Jr - C1 - C2

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
		K1M WW
1	Andrew McEwan	K1M WW	MA	16	98.47
2	Chris Hipgrave	K1M WW	SE	10	96.66
3	Steve Kauffman	K1M WW	MA	20	95.05
4	Ted Newton	K1M WW	MA	8	94.6
5	Dave Bonomo	K1M WW	MA	8	94.59
6	Middy Tilghman	K1M WW	MA	8	94.55
7	Jesse Whittemore	K1M WW	MA	17	92.55
8	Chris Norbury	K1M WW	MA	13	90.24
9	David Jacobson	K1M WW	SE	2	84.01
10	Simon Beardmore	K1M WW	MA	5	83.86
11	Scott Leroux	K1M WW	MA	7	82.23
12	Bob Vernon	K1M WW/NR	MA	10	81.42
13	Heinz Roethenmund	K1M WW	MA	4	81.41
14	Paul Hoda	K1M WW	MA	4	80.16
15	Mark Moore	K1M WW	MA	4	79.39
16	David Ward	K1M WW	SE	8	78.78
17	Scott Stough	K1M WW/NR	MA	12	77.31
18	John Day	K1M WW	NW	3	76.72
19	Greg Akins	K1M WW/NR	MA	9	74.97
20	David Jones	K1M WW	SE	2	72.81
21	Cory Nielsen	K1M WW	CO	1	71.4
22	Neil Gerrard	K1M WW	CAN	1	71.19
23	Andy Corra	K1M WW	CO	1	70.99
24	Mike Freeburn	K1M WW	CO	1	70.65
25	David Zimmerman	K1M WW	NW	2	70.57
26	Brent Reitz	K1M WW	CAL	1	70.54
27	Chuck Stump	K1M WW/NR	MA	6	70.51
28	Chris Martino	K1M WW	NE	2	69.86
29	Brain Homberg	K1M WW	MA	2	68.42
30	Mark Hei	K1M WW/WH	MA	8	66.98
31	Eric Freeburg	K1M WW	MA	1	65.81
32	Nelson Oldham	K1M WH	CO	1	65
33	Ed Winnicott	K1M WW	CAN	1	64.55
34	Peter Braul	K1M WW	CAN	1	63.31
35	Victor Kress	K1M WW	NW	2	62.96
36	Louis Geltman	K1M WH	MA	1	62.68
37	Stephen Hunt	K1M WH	SE	3	62.42
38	Charlie MacArthur	K1M WH	CO	1	61.63
39	Harold Von Winson	K1M WW	CAN	1	61.44
40	Jesse Shimrock	K1M WH	MA	2	60.94
41	Douglas Hughes	K1M WW	CO	1	59.77
42	Aaron Pruzan	K1M WH	CO	1	59.59
43	Sven Hoosen	K1M WW	SE	2	58.94
44	Dave Collins	K1M WH	CO	1	58.34
45	Dan Murn	K1M WW	NE	1	58.26
46	Mike Balster	K1M WH	CO	1	57.6
47	Pat Reilly	K1M WW	MA	1	57.57
48	Tom Moore	K1M WW	CAL	1	56.94
49	Bryan Dreher	K1M WH	CO	1	56.88
50	Shaun Smith	K1M WH	SE	1	56.66
51	Tony Mieler	K1M WH	CO	1	56.57
52	Rick Gusic	K1M NR/WW	MA	3	56.19
53	Matt Weldon	K1M WW	MA	1	55.99
54	Eric Young	K1M WH	MA	1	55.7
55	Dave Hammond	K1M WW/NR	MA	2	53.68
56	Paul Grabow	K1M WH	MA	2	53.1
57	John Weld	K1M WH	MA	1	51.66
58	John Weed	K1M WW	CAL	1	50.92
59	Arlo Grammatica	K1M WH	CO	1	50.4
60	Mike Warren	K1M WW	MA	1	49.86
61	Paul Byars	K1M WH	CO	1	49.13
62	Andy Alexander	K1M WW	MA	1	48.49
63	Morgan Langille	K1M WW	CAN	1	44.53
64	Gary Hayes	K1M WW	MA	1	41.88
65	Robert Van Gessell	K1M WH	CAL	1	1

MA 31 of 65

CO 13 of 63

SE 7 of 63

CAL 4 of 63

CAN 5 of 63

NW 3 of 63

NE 2 of 63

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
1	Joe Barkley	K1M WW JR	SE	6	84.43
2	Clay Wilder	K1M WW JR	SE	10	83.69
3	Tyler Dyer	K1M WW JR	SE	4	68.97
4	Patrick Mason	K1M WW JR	CO	2	67.86
5	Andrew Waxman	K1M WW JR	MA	2	53.95
6	Aaron McDonald	K1M WW JR	CO	1	52.96
7	Fletcher Kasmer	K1M WW JR	CO	1	51.44
8	Toby Britt	K1M WW JR	CO	1	48.94
9	Will Seeley	K1M WW JR	MA	1	46.86
10	Moore Trautman	K1M WWJR	CO	1	28.01
11	Elliott Poe	K1M NR/WH JR	SE	2	19.49

MA 2 of 11

CO 5 of 11

SE 4 of 11

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
1	Jennie Goldberg	K1W WW	NW	9	80.46
2	Chara O'Brien	K1W WW/NR	MA	14	77.13
3	Caroline Domenghino	K1W WW	MA	2	72.86
4	Kari Crowe	K1W WW	SE	3	70.27
5	Boo Turner	K1W WW	NW	2	68.25
6	Lane Errickson	K1W WW	NE	2	61.89
7	Trish Chambers	K1W WW	SE	2	61.5
8	Zuzana Vanha	K1W WW	MA	2	60.83
9	Cheryl Shiber	K1W WH	MA	2	54.4
10	Raychel Moldover	K1W WH	NW	2	52.27
11	Katharine Haines	K1W WW	CAL	1	49.16
12	Colleen Laffey	K1W WH	MA	1	33.3

MA 5 of 12

SE 2 of 12

NW 3 of 12

CAL, NE

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
1	Shannon Reeves	K1W WW JR	MA	7	72.12
2	Kathryn Dyer	K1W WH/WW JR	SE	9	72.09
3	Beth Karp	K1W WW JR	MA	8	68.49
4	Eleanor Perry	K1W WW JR	CO	1	62.56
5	Lindsay Burr	K1W WW JR	CO	2	56.05
6	Maria Kallman	K1W WW/NR JR	MA	2	52.3
7	Candice Wilder	K1W WH JR	SE	1	51.66
8	Ali Wade	K1W WH JR	CO	1	45.65
9	Candice Caldwell	K1W WH JR	SE	2	37.54

MA 3 of 9

SE 3 of 9

CO 3 of 9

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
1	Michael Beavers	C1 WW	SE	7	83.12
2	Tom Wier	C1 WW	NW	4	78.2
3	Chris Osment	C1 WW	SE	6	77.43
4	Bob Bofinger	C1 WW	MA	6	70.89
5	Lecky Haller	C1 WW	SE	3	70.64
6	Andy Bridge	C1 WW	NW	1	62.11
7	George Lhota	C1 WW	NE	2	47.62
8	Carter Hearn	C1 WW	MA	1	44.69
9	Reid Bailey	C1 WW	MA	2	40.92
10	Michael Harris	C1 WW	SE	3	35.68

MA 3 of 10

SE 4 of 10

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
1	Russell Johnson	C1 WW JR	SE	6	74.39
2	David Moore	C1 WW JR	CO	2	53.82
3	Chris Davis	C1 WW JR	SE	2	45.67
4	Jeffrey Poe	C1 WW JR	SE	1	1

SE 3 of 4

Position	Name	Class	Location	No. of Races	Overall Ranking
	Albright/Gordon	C2 WW	CAL	1	46.57
	Zimmerman/Miller	C2 WW	MA	1	45.11

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Full Table of 2001 Racers

Name	Class	Region	No of Races	Best Total
Andrew McEwan	K1M WW	MA	16	98.47
Chris Hipgrave	K1M WW	SE	10	96.66
Steve Kauffman	K1M WW	MA	20	95.05
Ted Newton	K1M WW	MA	8	94.6
Dave Bonomo	K1M WW	MA	8	94.59
Middy Tilghman	K1M WW	MA	8	94.55
Jesse Whittemore	K1M WW	MA	17	92.55
Chris Norbury	K1M WW	MA	13	90.24
David Jacobson	K1M WW	SE	2	84.01
Simon Beardmore	K1M WW	MA	5	83.86
Scott Leroux	K1M WW	MA	7	82.23
Bob Vernon	K1M WW/NR	MA	10	81.42
Heinz Roethenmund	K1M WW	MA	4	81.41
Paul Hoda	K1M WW	MA	4	80.16
Mark Moore	K1M WW	MA	4	79.39
David Ward	K1M WW	SE	8	78.78
Scott Stough	K1M WW/NR	MA	12	77.31
John Day	K1M WW	NW	3	76.72
Greg Akins	K1M WW/NR	MA	9	74.97
David Jones	K1M WW	SE	2	72.81
Cory Nielsen	K1M WW	CO	1	71.4
Neil Gerrard	K1M WW	CAN	1	71.19
Andy Corra	K1M WW	CO	1	70.99
Mike Freeburn	K1M WW	CO	1	70.65
David Zimmerman	K1M WW	NW	2	70.57
Brent Reitz	K1M WW	CAL	1	70.54
Chuck Stump	K1M WW/NR	MA	6	70.51
Chris Martino	K1M WW	NE	2	69.86
Brain Homberg	K1M WW	MA	2	68.42
Mark Hei	K1M WW/WH	MA	8	66.98
Sam Drevo	K1M NR	MA	3	66.05
Eric Freeburg	K1M WW	MA	1	65.81
Nelson Oldham	K1M WH	CO	1	65
Mike Moore	K1M NR	MA	3	64.83
Ed Winnicott	K1M WW	CAN	1	64.55
Peter Braul	K1M WW	CAN	1	63.31
Victor Kress	K1M WW	NW	2	62.96
Louis Geltman	K1M WH	MA	1	62.68
Stephen Hunt	K1M WH	SE	3	62.42
Steven Exe	K1M NR	NW	1	62.28
Charlie MacArthur	K1M WH	CO	1	61.63
Jim Good	K1M NR	NW	3	61.53
Harold Von Winson	K1M WW	CAN	1	61.44
Jesse Shimrock	K1M WH	MA	2	60.94
Ken Kyser	K1M NR	MA	1	60.66
Jaren Meehan	K1M NR	MA	1	60.31
Tao Berman	K1M NR	CO		60.25
Dan Gavere	K1M NR	UN	2	60.24
Douglas Hughes	K1M WW	CO	1	59.77
Aaron Pruzan	K1M WH	CO	1	59.59
Sven Hoosen	K1M WW	SE	2	58.94
Andy O'Rielly	K1M NR	CO	1	58.93
John Warnier	K1M NR	MA	1	58.76
Pablo McCandless	K1M NR	MA	1	58.67
Josh Bechtel	K1M NR	CO	1	58.57
Dave Collins	K1M WH	CO	1	58.34
Dan Murn	K1M WW	NE	1	58.26
Ken Oliver	K1M NR	CO	1	58.12
Jeff Hazboun	K1M NR	MA	1	57.78
Mike Balster	K1M WH	CO	1	57.6
Pat Reilly	K1M WW	MA	1	57.57
David Zinn	K1M NR	CO	1	57.54
Bob Gedekoh	K1M NR	MA	3	57.31
Beau Wallace	K1M NR	CO	1	57.1
Tom Moore	K1M WW	CAL	1	56.94
Bryan Dreher	K1M WH	CO	1	56.88
Shaun Smith	K1M WH	SE	1	56.66
Tony Mieler	K1M WH	CO	1	56.57
Jono Stevens	K1M NR	CO	1	56.52
Stuart Moonsey	K1M NR	NW	1	56.46
Tim Kennedy	K1M NR	CO	1	56.37
Rick Gusic	K1M NR/WW	MA	3	56.19
Jeff Parker	K1M NR	CO	1	56.08
Peter Persolja	K1M NR	MA	2	56.04
Matt Weldon	K1M WW	MA	1	55.99
Clay Wright	K1M NR	CO	1	55.71
Eric Young	K1M WH	MA	1	55.7
Shad Knupp	K1M NR	MA	1	55.35
Andy Bleddingfield	K1M NR	CO	1	55.12
Forrest Noble	K1M NR	CO	1	54.9
Al Gregory	K1M NR	CO	1	54.76
Andy Round	K1M NR	MA	1	54.59
Kent Ford	K1M NR	CO	1	54.33
Dave Hammond	K1M WW/NR	MA	2	53.68
John Cooper	K1M NR	MA	1	53.63
Steve Barnard	K1M NR	MA	2	53.41
Allen Mayers	K1M NR	MA	1	53.41
Rob Bart	K1M NR	CO	1	53.37
Tor Anderson	K1M NR	CO	1	53.37
Sam Hess	K1M NR	MA	2	53.34
George Rogers	K1M NR	MA	1	53.31
Bryan Lyzko	K1M NR	CO	1	53.15
Paul Grabow	K1M WH	MA	2	53.1
Elmore Holmes	K1M NR	SE	1	52.56
Charlie Ebel	K1M NR	CO	1	52.34
Thomas Aex	K1M NR	CO	1	52.28
Shane Benedict	K1M NR	CO	1	52.12
Brian Eustis	K1M NR	MA	1	52.01
Don Smith	K1M NR	MA	1	51.93
Tim Hall	K1M NR	MA	1	51.92
Brent Toepper	K1M NR	CO	1	51.83
John Weld	K1M WH	MA	1	51.66
Rusty Sage	K1M NR	CO	1	51.54
Terrance Campbell	K1M NR	CO	1	51.54
Johnny Kern	K1M NR	CO	1	51.47
Polk Deters	K1M NR	CO	1	51.4
Keith Heasley	K1M NR	MA	1	51.22
Jim Snyder	K1M NR	MA	1	51.22
Sean Vierling	K1M NR	CO	1	51.1
Matt Terry	K1M NR	CO	1	51.1
John Weed	K1M WW	CAL	1	50.92
Patrick Myers	K1M NR	MA	1	50.89
Ken Hobie	K1M NR	CO	1	50.8
Arlo Grammatica	K1M WH	CO	1	50.4
Ian Alexander	K1M NR	CO	1	50.01
Frank Pickell	K1M NR	CO	1	50.01
Mike Warren	K1M WW	MA	1	49.86
Tom O'Keefe	K1M NR	NW	1	49.66
Scott Alexander	K1M NR	CO	1	49.42
Paul Byars	K1M WH	CO	1	49.13
Jason Black	K1M NR	MA	2	49.09
Jacob Blevins	K1M NR	CO	1	48.98
Tommy Hilleke	K1M NR	MA	1	48.96
Kevin Kurcina	K1M NR	MA	1	48.81
Bob Wallace	K1M NR	MA	1	48.78
Dave Carrol	K1M NR	CO	1	48.54
Andy Alexander	K1M WW	MA	1	48.49
Barry Tuscano	K1M NR	MA	2	48.36
Heath Allen	K1M NR	CO	1	48.28
Nathan Sullivan	K1M NR	CO	1	48.18
Randy Robinson	K1M NR	MA	1	48.11
Joe Blair	K1M NR	CO	1	48.1
John Metts	K1M NR	MA	1	48
Mike Kinney	K1M NR	MA	2	47.94
Nate Lucas	K1M NR	MA	1	47.86
Bob Allen	K1M NR	MA	1	47.7
Dan Herring	K1M NR	MA	1	47.48
Keith Fortin	K1M NR	CO	1	47.45
Ron Whitney	K1M NR	MA	1	47.4
Craig Kisker	K1M NR	CO	1	47.15
Blues Voisard	K1M NR	CO	1	47.15
Clay Staley	K1M NR	CO	1	47.01
Stan Prichard	K1M NR	CO	1	46.99
Thomas Morgan	K1M NR	CO	1	46.93
Doug Schmitt	K1M NR	MA	1	46.79
David Knox	K1M NR	MA	1	46.6
Troy Dyke	K1M NR	MA	1	46.09
Jason Hale	K1M NR	MA	1	46.01
Alan Small	K1M NR	CO	1	45.7
Bill Branson	K1M NR	MA	1	45.7
Brad Atkins	K1M NR	MA	1	45.34
Charlie Bokor	K1M NR	MA	1	45.11
Paul Kremer	K1M NR	MA	1	45.1
Evan Ross	K1M NR	CO	1	44.96
Matt Mehall	K1M NR	CO	1	44.96
Trevor Metzger	K1M NR	CO	1	44.88
Don Besom	K1M NR	MA	1	44.54
Morgan Langille	K1M WW	CAN	1	44.53
Alex Henes	K1M NR	CO	1	44.08
B. Googins	K1M NR	MA	1	44.02
Rocky Rockwell	K1M NR	MA	1	43.95
Gio Gori	K1M NR	MA	1	43.53
Corey Volt	K1M NR	CO	1	43.5
Johnathon Fuqua	K1M NR	CO	1	43.5
Patrick Whitehead	K1M NR	CO	1	43.45
Eric Quigley	K1M NR	MA	2	42.9
Ben Horton	K1M NR	CO	1	42.76
Trip Kinney	K1M NR	MA	1	42.63
Tim Kallman	K1M NR	MA	1	42.54
Chuck Singer	K1M NR	MA	1	42.45
Jason Hale	K1M NR	CO	1	42.09
Michael Dee	K1M NR	NW	1	41.96
Andrew Bowman	K1M NR	MA	1	41.93
Paul Camozzi	K1M NR	CAL	1	41.91
Gary Hayes	K1M WW	MA	1	41.88
John Jeffries	K1M NR	MA	1	41.7
Brad Goettemueller	K1M NR	CO	1	41.59
Jerry Cline	K1M NR	MA	1	41.37
Greg Chirieleison	K1M NR	MA	1	40.85
Ryan Gaujot	K1M NR	MA	1	40.7
Sage Loth	K1M NR	CO	1	40.64
Justin Jeffers	K1M NR	MA	1	40.16
Patrick Gerstenberger	K1M NR	CO	1	39.98
Chuck Morris	K1M NR	MA	1	39.73
Matt Muir	K1M NR	MA	3	39.55
Mike Annese	K1M NR	CO	1	39.54
Dave Hough	K1M NR	MA	1	39.29
Nick Bowling	K1M NR	NW	3	39.2
Jason Roberts	K1M NR	CO	1	39.18
Skipper Beck	K1M NR	MA	1	39.06
T Yester	K1M NR	MA	1	39.06
Chris Spencer	K1M NR	CO	1	38.74
Adrian Glasenapp	K1M NR	CO	1	38.74
David W. Repsher	K1M NR	MA	1	38.49
Nate Ober	K1M NR	MA	2	38.47
David Stang	K1M NR	MA	1	38.44
William Carr	K1M NR	MA	1	38.33
Ambrose Tuscano	K1M NR	MA	1	38.27
Keith Strausbaugh	K1M NR	MA	1	38.18
Henry Herrman	K1M NR	MA	1	38.16
Turner Resor	K1M NR	CO	1	37.86
Steve Andraka	K1M NR	MA	1	37.67
Mark Brenneman	K1M NR	MA	1	37.63
Chad Preston	K1M NR	CO	1	37.33
Duarte Morais	K1M NR	MA	1	37.24
Dana Chalfont	K1M NR	MA	1	37.02
Ken Clyde	K1M NR	MA	1	36.54
Ants??	K1M NR	CO	1	36.54
Rich Kulawiec	K1M NR	MA	1	36.43
R. Smith	K1M NR	MA	1	36.26
Mark Kennell	K1M NR	MA	1	35.61
Lane Clark	K1M NR	MA	1	35.09
Gilbert Siegel	K1M NR	CAL	1	33.75
Brian Good	K1M NR	MA	1	33.5
Jim Field	K1M NR	MA	1	33.47
Michael Bailey	K1M NR	MA	1	32.71
John Hartman	K1M NR	MA	1	32.59
Frank Collins	K1M NR	MA	1	32.54
Dave Fusilli	K1M NR	MA	1	32.2
Ken Geronilla	K1M NR	MA	2	32.14
Lucas Ramsey	K1M NR	MA	1	31.9
Dan Willaman	K1M NR	MA	1	31.78
Brian Levine	K1M NR	MA	1	31.49
Justin Sider	K1M NR	CO	1	31.49
Brian Schatz	K1M NR	MA	1	30.95
Colin Kennedy	K1M NR	CO	1	30.76
Pete Rainey	K1M NR	NW	1	30.6
Jim James	K1M NR	MA	1	30.17
Robert Thaw	K1M NR	MA	1	29.63
Mark Williams	K1M NR	MA	1	29.54
Leif Dietrichs	K1M NR	CO	1	29.51
Larry Brownson	K1M NR	CAL	1	29.35
Steve Seeber	K1M NR	MA	1	28.99
Mark Konopasek	K1M NR	MA	1	28.9
Dave Robey	K1M NR	MA	1	28.85
Paul Eisner	K1M NR	MA	1	28.84
Mark Buckley	K1M NR	CAL	1	28.83
Chris Piraino	K1M NR	MA	1	28.77
Douglas Ackerman	K1M NR	MA	1	28.47
Brain Barker	K1M NR	MA	1	28.29
Keith Kifer	K1M NR	MA	1	28.01
John Lichter	K1M NR	MA	1	27.76
Rob Anderson	K1M NR	MA	2	27.44
John Greer	K1M NR	MA	1	27.2
Todd Wolownik	K1M NR	CO	1	27.06
Aaron Roos	K1M NR	MA	1	26.6
Peter Roth	K1M NR	CO	1	26.52
Ben Flint	K1M NR	NW	1	26.29
Matt John	K1M NR	SE	1	25.95
James Field	K1M NR	MA	1	25.85
Langdon Gillen	K1M NR	MA	1	25.64
Chris Evans	K1M NR	MA	1	25.62
Jerry Funk	K1M NR	MA	1	25.6
Jason Shephard	K1M NR	SE	1	25.31
Hunter Hollins	K1M NR	MA	1	25.23
John Horrell	K1M NR	MA	1	25.14
Brian Koppel	K1M NR	MA	1	25.1
Dave Campbell	K1M NR	MA	1	25
Wayne E. Taylor	K1M NR	MA	1	24.91
Suhail Baloch	K1M NR	MA	1	24.02
Ross Slater	K1M NR	NW	1	23.92
Tim Bromelkamp	K1M NR	MA	1	23.56
Wayne Carey	K1M NR	MA	1	23.23
Jody Clinger	K1M NR	MA	2	23.17
Steven Chirieleison	K1M NR	MA	1	23.09
Walter Weiss	K1M NR	MA	1	22.42
Jeff Sanderfur	K1M NR	MA	1	22.35
David Schelley	K1M NR	CO	1	21.33
Craig Pavlick	K1M NR	CAL	1	20.67
Benjamin Badger	K1M NR	MA	1	20.21
Rob Hammond	K1M NR	MA	1	19.75
Eric Williams	K1M NR	MA	1	19.69
Gene Behl	K1M NR	CAL	1	19.64
Brian Flynn	K1M NR	MA	1	19.56
Jesse Janicula	K1M NR	SE	1	18.94
Jason Zalewski	K1M NR	MA	1	18.85
Elam Leed	K1M NR	MA	1	18.43
Kevin Yontosh	K1M NR	MA	1	17.86
James Keifer	K1M NR	MA	1	17.74
Jeffrey Moag	K1M NR	MA	1	17.39
Fred Pesorski	K1M NR	MA	1	17.11
Micha Weglinski	K1M NR	MA	1	17.09
Robert Schafer	K1M NR	MA	1	17.09
Jon Love	K1M NR	MA	1	16.94
Tom Land	K1M NR	SE	1	16.71
Dennis Lovell	K1M NR	MA	1	16.64
Nicholas Broskovich	K1M NR	MA	1	16.49
Chris Henry	K1M NR	MA	1	15.63
William Robertson	K1M NR	MA	1	15.47
Sean Glakin	K1M NR	CO	1	15.21
Dave Hams	K1M NR	MA	1	14.23
Jason Jones	K1M NR	MA	1	13.89
Jerry Stanley	K1M NR	MA	1	13.63
Steve Yester	K1M NR	MA	1	12.93
Big Bird	K1M NR	MA	1	11.37
Brian Brown	K1M NR	MA	1	11.29
Darrell Lang	K1M NR	CO	1	11.21
Scott Luke	K1M NR	SE	1	10.82
Pat Norton	K1M NR	MA	2	10.78
David Gunn	K1M NR	MA	1	9.34
Ernest Braue	K1M NR	MA	1	8.87
James Elmore	K1M NR	MA	1	8.68
Dakota Potenza	K1M NR	MA	1	7.4
Joe Ryan	K1M NR	MA	1	7.18
Doug Rothenberger	K1M NR	NW	1	6.77
Jeff McKenna	K1M NR	MA	1	6.57
Mark DeAgazio	K1M NR	MA	1	5.89
Lon Rudberg	K1M NR	MA	1	5.55
Jeff Keim	K1M NR	MA	1	4.71
Ross Alexander	K1M NR	MA	1	4.56
Kirk Beidle	K1M NR	MA	1	3.64
Rosario Mistowy	K1M NR	MA	1	2.01
Charlie Comly	K1M NR	MA	1	1.84
Spencer Clark	K1M NR	MA	1	1.83
Joe Hatcher	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Robert Van Gessell	K1M WH	CAL	1	1
William Strouse	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Brandon Miller	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Jim Hunt	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Mike Pagel	K1M NR	CO		1
Michael Duvall	K1M NR	MA	1	1
John Stephens	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Isacc Ludwig	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Douglas Schmitt	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Steven Rhoads	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Bill Chavez	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Dave Atkinson	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Chris Leatham	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Sanford Finsilver	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Erik Carlson	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Paul Cline	K1M NR	MA	1	1
Joe Barkley	K1M WW JR	SE	6	84.43
Clay Wilder	K1M WW JR	SE	10	83.69
Tyler Dyer	K1M WW JR	SE	4	68.97
Patrick Mason	K1M WW JR	CO	2	67.86
Andrew Waxman	K1M WW JR	MA	2	53.95
Aaron McDonald	K1M WW JR	CO	1	52.96
John Gerstenberger	K1M NR JR	CO	1	51.47
Fletcher Kasmer	K1M WW JR	CO	1	51.44
Toby Britt	K1M WW JR	CO	1	48.94
Seth Weizenecker	K1M NR JR	CO	1	47.8
Rodney Rice	K1M NR JR	MA	1	47.29
Will Seeley	K1M WW JR	MA	1	46.86
Wil Lokken	K1M NR JR	CO	1	44
Nick Lomas	K1M NR JR	CO	1	43.31
John Seely	K1M NR JR	CO	1	42.09
Jared Leon	K1M NR JR	CO	1	36.04
Javier Torres-Hughes	K1M NR JR	CO	1	35.49
Justin Mitchell	K1M NR JR	CO	1	32.23
Jeffrey Poe	K1M NR JR	SE	1	30.27
Moore Trautman	K1M WWJR	CO	1	28.01
Tanner Duff	K1M NR JR	CO	1	23.8
Elliott Poe	K1M NR/WH JR	SE	2	19.49
Mackie Roberts	K1M NR JR	CO	1	15.77
Mark Taylor	K1M NR JR	SE	1	15.28
Mike Flynn	K1M NR JR	MA	1	7.86
Jennie Goldberg	K1W WW	NW	9	80.46
Chara O'Brien	K1W WW/NR	MA	14	77.13
Caroline Domenghino	K1W WW	MA	2	72.86
Kari Crowe	K1W WW	SE	3	70.27
Boo Turner	K1W WW	NW	2	68.25
Lane Errickson	K1W WW	NE	2	61.89
Trish Chambers	K1W WW	SE	2	61.5
Zuzana Vanha	K1W WW	MA	2	60.83
Buffy Burge	K1W NR	CO	1	55.2
Cheryl Shiber	K1W WH	MA	2	54.4
Anna Jorgenson	K1W NR	CO	1	52.5
Brooke Winger	K1W NR	CO	1	52.28
Raychel Moldover	K1W WH	NW	2	52.27
Cathy Hearn	K1W NR	MA	1	51.81
Amy Dingle	K1W NR	CO	1	51.68
Hannah Larsen	K1W NR	CO	1	51.47
Allison Gober	K1W NR	CO	1	49.64
Katharine Haines	K1W WW	CAL	1	49.16
Mary Marshall Seaver	K1W NR	MA	1	48.89
Amy Conger	K1W NR	SE	3	48.01
Meredith Hamilton	K1W NR	CO	1	48
Tanya Shuman	K1W NR	CO	1	47.96
Courtney Lynch	K1W NR	CO	1	44.08
Polly Green	K1W NR	CO	1	43.72
Dawn Meekhof	K1W NR	NW	1	42.84
Astrid Ensign	K1W NR	CO	1	42.83
Laura Cox	K1W NR	NW	2	41.92
Jessica Rice	K1W NR	CO	1	39.62
Megan Schott	K1W NR	CO	1	39.11
Cathy Webster	K1W NR	CO	1	38.69
Andi Fortin	K1W NR	CO	1	37.86
Colleen Laffey	K1W WH	MA	1	33.3
Heather Rau	K1W NR	MA	1	33.28
Amada Weldon	K1W NR	MA	1	32.6
Kerry Appleton	K1W NR	SE	1	32.58
Lori Weldon	K1W NR	MA	1	32.42
Nancy Carpenter	K1W NR	MA	1	31.57
Rose Piriano	K1W NR	MA	1	31.25
Linda K. Volpe	K1W NR	MA	1	30.98
Leslie Breisch	K1W NR	MA	1	29.41
Nancy Murbach	K1W NR	CAL	2	29.16
Holly Foy	K1W NR	MA	1	29.14
K. Payne	K1W NR	MA	1	28.92
Ursy Potter	K1W NR	MA	1	27.86
Michelle Rexroad	K1W NR	MA	1	27.38
Gene Smith	K1W NR	SE	1	26.83
Beth Rypins	K1W NR	MA	1	25.9
Lara Voytko	K1W NR	MA	1	23.69
Michelle Campbell	K1W NR	CAL	1	23.65
Susan Okie	K1W NR	MA	1	22.42
Connie Hearn	K1W NR	CAL	1	18.86
Kathy Collins	K1W NR	MA	1	17.5
JoAnn Brown	K1W NR	MA	1	16.66
Denise Mead	K1W NR	CAL	1	13.93
Michelle Aiken	K1W NR	CO	1	11.15
Renee Simmons	K1W NR	SE	1	1
Jenny Scales	K1W NR	SE	1	1
Tamera Griffin	K1W NR	SE	1	1
Mary Radford	K1W NR	SE	1	1
Liz Raenel	K1W NR	SE	1	1
Lizzy Burnett	K1W NR	CO	1	1
Shanna Powell	K1W NR	MA	1	1
Judy Menosky	K1W NR	MA	1	1
Vicki Frobose	K1W NR	MA	1	1
Shannon Reeves	K1W WW JR	MA	7	72.12
Kathryn Dyer	K1W WH/WW JR	SE	9	72.09
Beth Karp	K1W WW JR	MA	8	68.49
Eleanor Perry	K1W WW JR	CO	1	62.56
Lindsay Burr	K1W WW JR	CO	2	56.05
Maria Kallman	K1W WW/NR JR	MA	2	52.3
Candice Wilder	K1W WH JR	SE	1	51.66
Ali Wade	K1W WH JR	CO	1	45.65
Katy Dennis	K1W NR JR	CO	1	43.59
Candice Caldwell	K1W WH JR	SE	2	37.54
Paris Robinson	K1W NR JR	CO	1	37.26
Erin Wilder	K1W NR JR	SE	1	20.46
Michael Beavers	C1 WW	SE	7	83.12
Tom Wier	C1 WW	NW	4	78.2
Chris Osment	C1 WW	SW	6	77.43
Russell Johnson	C1 WW JR	SE	6	74.39
Bob Bofinger	C1 WW	MA	6	70.89
Lecky Haller	C1 WW	SE	3	70.64
Andy Bridge	C1 WW	NW	1	62.11
David Moore	C1 WW JR	CO	2	53.82
Peter Rummel	C1 NR	NW	1	50.16
George Lhota	C1 WW	NE	2	47.62
Steve Frazier	OC-1	MA	3	46.66
Chris Davis	C1 WW JR	SE	2	45.67
Tom Brubach	OC-1	MA	1	45.35
Carter Hearn	C1 WW	MA	1	44.69
Claude Lawrence	OC-1	MA	1	44.48
Reid Bailey	C1 WW	MA	2	40.92
Paul Stanton	OC-1	MA	1	38.84
Eddie Allen	OC-1	SE	1	36.29
Michael Harris	C1 WW	SE	3	35.68
Joel McCune	C1 NR	MA	1	24.71
Dennis Huntley	OC-1	MA	1	23.72
Dale Briggs	C1 NR	MA	2	23.03
Tom Weickert	OC-1	MA	1	22.25
Eli Herbert	OC-1	MA	1	18.78
Kevin Ballard	C1 NR	MA	1	16.61
Mark Pavkovich	OC-1	MA	1	15.17
Lary Costillo	OC-1	SE	2	12.76
Ben Williams III	OC-1	MA	1	6.67
M. Bergeron	OC-1	MA	1	6.25
Travis Graham	OC-1	MA	1	4.32
John Beck	OC-1	MA	1	1.25
David Nickerson	OC-1	MA	1	1
Scott Swafford	OC-1	SE	1	1
Jeff Barrow	OC-1	SE	1	1
W. Louise	OC-1	SE	1	1
Roger Kuiken	OC-1	CAL	1	1
Jeffrey Poe	C1 WW JR	SE	1	1
Paul Gustafsen	OC-1	MA	1	1
Joe Knoopfler	OC-1	MA	1	1
Paul Cline	OC-1	MA	1	1
Larry Lubbers/Bob Davis	OC-2	MA	4	63.19
Albright/Gordon	C2 WW	CAL	1	46.57
Zimmerman/Miller	C2 WW	MA	1	45.11
Eiles/Burgmuller	OC-2	NW	1	42.34
O'Neal/O'Keefe	OC-2 MX	NW	1	42.09
Roberts/Roberst	C2 NR	CO	1	40.19
Lenhart/Whitesell	OC-2 MX	MA	1	36.2
Dalecki/Doherty	OC-2	MA	1	31.94
Heilman/Meleney	OC-2	MA	1	23.94
Yee/Spangler	OC-2 MX	SE	1	22.66
Barthold/Tucker	OC-2	CO	1	18.42
Reed/Robertson	OC-2 MX	SE	1	1
Wilder/Wilder	OC-2 MX	SE	1	1

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Wildwater Rankings 2001 (by Chris Norbury)

Finally the wildwater rankings from 2001 have been completed and analyzed. Many thanks to all of those who contributed results from all over the country – I have done my utmost to do your efforts in running races justice.

The rankings contain results from 38 races nationwide, ranging from the Kern in California to the Snoqualamie in the North West, to the National Championships on the Pigeon in the South East, to the Salmon in the North East. The number of races included has dropped from 52 last year, although this does not represent an outright decline in the number of races held, more the prevailing drought conditions affecting large portions of the country (races from the North West to Mid Atlantic region were cancelled due to lack of water) as well as difficulty in obtaining results from some race organizers. To give examples, it proved impossible to obtain results from such prominent races as FibArk, and the popular Tim Gavin race in West Virginia, so results from these races were not included. To allow the inclusion of as many results as possible, please encourage the organizers of any race in which you participate to send their results to the rankings coordinator. We hope to have details of how to do this posted on usawildwater.com in the near future.

In Men’s K1 there are 331 ranked competitors, of whom 65 were classified as having raced in wildwater boats (in bold). This classification is inherently inaccurate, as the description of a wildwater boat differs widely from organizer to organizer, but serves as an adequate guide for ranking purposes. For the first time since the rankings were resurrected 3 years ago Chris Norbury did not compete in the greatest number of races. This honor fell to Steve Kauffman of Friendsville, MD, who managed to race domestically 20 times throughout the year, not counting races in which he represented the US in Slovenia and Italy this summer. Winner of the Men’s K1 class for the third time in a row was National Champion Andrew McEwan, although his mantle of invincibility slipped a little this year, with defeats in the sprint events at both Team Trials and the National Championships, not to mention the a number of races on the Yough. Whilst he now appears within reach Andrew does remain the gold standard though, with Chris Hipgrave back in second by almost 2%. Whilst Chris did not manage to defeat Andrew, his ranking comes off the back of strong performances at Team Trials and Nationals, especially in the Classic races. In third Steve Kauffman made the most of his large number of races, and his rapid improvement through the year culminated in a strong performance in the sprint event at the pre-World Championships in Italy. It is also worth noting the battle between White Haven neighbors Ted Newton and Dave Bonomo in 4^th and 5^th respectively, with only 0.01% separating them. Jess Whittemore topped those competitors who either did not attend Team Trials or National Championships, in 7^th, courtesy of strong performances on his home river, the Yough. Indeed, those from the Mid-Atlantic region accounted for 13 of the top 15 K1M, the strength of the region stemming form an active all year long racing program incorporating both the Mid Atlantic series as well as the traditional extreme races on rivers such as the Upper Yough and Upper Gauley.

In Women’s K1 64 paddlers raced, with 12 of those in wildwater boats. Jennie Goldberg repeated as National Ranking Champion, edging out newcomer (to wildwater paddling at least) Chara O’Brien, who won at team Trials, and National Champion Caroline Domenghino. Again the Mid Atlantic was the strongest region, with almost half of those competitors racing in wildwater boats hailing from that region. In men’s C1 Mike Beavers managed to win the National Rankings for the first time, jumping from 4^th in 2000, on the back of 7 consistently strong races. He beat out 39 other racers, 10 of whom competed in wildwater boats. In this class the wildwater racers came primarily from the South East and Mid Atlantic regions. National Champion and Team Trials winner Tom Wier came in second, after failing to register 5 results, with Chris Osment coming in third after his trademark consistent season. The results in the C2 class were disappointing, with only 13 boats racing, and only 2 of those being wildwater boats. OC-2 racers Larry Lubbers and Bob Davis attained the highest-ranking score on the back of participation in Mid Atlantic series races, with Californians Albright and Gordon in second and Zimmerman and Miller, racing in an ancient borrowed C2 in third. Given the strong turnout of US C2’s in the World Championships in France less than 2 years ago, where a full compliment was fielded, the low numbers of C2’s is surprising, and will hopefully be remedied in this upcoming Worlds year.

In the junior ranks participation was down, perhaps due to a lack of results from the junior stronghold of Colorado. Joe Barkley won the Junior men’s K1, moving up from 8^th last year, his first year of paddling wildwater. Joe’s ranking of 84.43 would have placed him 10^th in the Men’s K1 ranking, ahead of last years junior winner Simon Beardmore. Despite defeating 2^nd placed Clay Wilder every time they raced, Clay managed to keep the scores close, less than 1% behind, and as Joe turns 18 look for Clay to move in and dominate this class. In third was Tyler Dyer, again competing for the first year in a wildwater boat. All three of these guys hail from the South East, and will hopefully, as they mature, restore prominence to the Men’s K1 class in this region. In the Women’s K1 juniors Shannon Reeves repeated as National Ranking Champion, but not without a fight from Kathryn Dyer and Beth Karp who fought injury to gain a gutsy third. In C1 Russell Johnson dominated the junior ranks with a score that would have placed him fourth in the senior ranks, and paddled well for the senior team at the Pre-Worlds in Italy. Behind him former junior team C2 paddler Dave Moore took second, with Chris Davis in third.

Overall though, the standard of paddlers, as well as the number of races they participated in seems to be improving. This year 16 K1M raced a minimum of 5 times, as compared to 15 last year and only 6 in 1999. The gap between 1^st and 5^th in K1M was 6.33% in 2000, but had narrowed to 3.88% this year, indicating that the standard of racers at the highest national level is getting closer. This trend is mirrored in the C1 rankings, where the gap between first and 5^th, whilst significantly greater than in k1, has narrowed from 15.35 in 2000 to 12.23 this year. This can only lead to greater competition, which in turn should rive up the standard, increasing the enjoyment of all those striving to win in wildwater races across the country.

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