From: nkirkwood@tyler.net (Noel Kirkwood)
We had a total of 14 participants. Considering the travel distances from most of the major met. areas I felt that was good. After a weekend of racing we thought it was important to get everyone home at a decent hour so we pushed through the program a little faster than normal. We had both of the trailers loaded & out a little before 2pm.
The lake is acceptable & we got a full 500 meters, barely. On the plus side the park is clean, has picnic tables at lakeside, a shaded pavilion, water, & clean rest rooms. Had a lot of positive comments about how "nice" a race site it was. If we can support an early spring , 2 day clinic, Rusk would make an ideal site. Particularly if I can get something arranged on lodging. The Lake is small, & protected enough, that there is usually a patch , or 2, of calm water even in high wind conditions.
Piggy-backing the sprints with the downriver race was effective. Don't think we would have pulled as many racers to East Texas without it. The Neches Race was very supportive & helped with most of the expensive aspects, like entry form mailing. They donated some overrun T-shirts. from prior races, & had them overprinted with Ironworks Sprints 99, so we were able to give all participants a T-shirt.
Without the help of Nancy Lamb( awards), David Lamb(time keeping) & Ed Furman( starting) the race would not have happened. Thanks to them.
Results:
Adult/Child 200 meters
1:03 Alan Lamb/ Richard Steppe
1:08 Evelyn Lamb/ Jay Waggoner
1;29 Rachel Lamb' Cindy Meurer
1;50 Noel Dominy/ Noel Kirkwood
Adult 500 meter K-1, male
2;04 Roger Myers
2;35 Richard Steppe
2;38 Jay Waggoner
2;57 Ken Keiffer
DNF Tommy Prochaska
Adult 500 meter K-1 , female
2.59 Erin Magee
3;52 Cindy Meurer
Youth C-1 500 meter, female
4.49 Rachel lamb
Youth C-1 500 meter, male
3:12 Todd Sunday
4:02 Alan Lamb
4:10 Michael Cheadle
Adult K-1 1,000 meter, male
4:47 Roger Myers
5:39 Richard Steppe
5:54 Jay Waggoner
6:22 Zoltan Mraz
Adult K-1 1,000 meters, female
6:10 Erin Magee
7:47 Cindy Meurer
Youth C-1 1,000 meters, male
7:11 Todd Sunday
7:26 Alan Lamb
9;21 Michael Cheadle
Youth C-1 1,000 meter, female
9:39 Rachel Lamb
Adult C-1 500 meter, male
2:57 Richard Steppe
2:58 Tommy Prochaska
3:41 Noel Kirkwood
Youth K-1 500 meter, male
2:51 Alan Lamb
3:10 Michael Cheadle
5:06 Todd Sunday
Youth K-1 500 meter, female
3:33 Evelyn Lamb
3:43 Rachel Lamb
Adult C-1 1,000 meters, male
6:45 Tommy Prochaska
7:12 Zoltan Mraz
10:19 Jay Waggoner
Youth K-1 1,000 meters, male
6:22 Alan Lamb
6:42 Todd Sunday
7:16 Michael Cheadle
Youth K-1 1,000 meter, female
7:45 Evelyn Lamb
8:19 Rachel Lamb
K-2 500 meter
2:31 Richard Steppe/ Zoltan Mraz
2:54 Alan Lamb/ Todd Sunday
3:09 Erin Magee/ Cindy Meurer
3:31 Evelyn Lamb/ Michael Cheadle
3:55 Jay Waggoner/ Tommy Prochaska
500 meter Indexed Race
Todd Sunday
Erin Magee
Zoltan Mraz
Michael Cheadle
Richard Steppe
Jay Waggoner
Alan Lamb
Rachel Lamb
Evelyn Lamb( broke paddle)