Yukon River Quest :: 2004 Team Bios

2004 Yukon River Quest
Entrants

CANOE CLASS
TEAM #	Team Name	Entrants	Home Town	Age	Gender
3	Century Plus	Richard Scott	Olean, N.Y.	56	M
3	Century Plus	Michael Meyers	Olean, N.Y.	46	M
4	Cuz	Mark Roberts	New York, N.Y.	40	M
4	Cuz	Willard Moulton	Syracuse, N.Y.	55	M
6	Scratched	Jiska Westbroek	Thunder Bay, ON	32	F
6	Scratched	Kevin Paradis	Thunder Bay, ON	33	M
8	Faded Glory	Michael Gregory	Brampton, ON	20	M
8	Faded Glory	Laura Gregory	Brampton, ON	18	F
9	Les Portageurs	Claude Thivierge	Boisbriand, PQ	57	M
9	Les Portageurs	Louis Pelletier	Whitehorse, YT	40	M
10	S.A.S. Chase 1	Ray Dobie	Surrey, England	42	M
10	S.A.S. Chase 1	Edmound Morris	Surrey, England	44	M
11	S.A.S. Chase 2	Lynn Streeter	Surrey, England	32	F
11	S.A.S. Chase 2	Jon Salmon	Surrey, England	36	M
15	Och Aye Canoe	Michael Wilson	Glasgow, Scotland	22	M
15	Och Aye Canoe	Ian McMair	Glasgow, Scotland	22	M
18	Gerwing/Hodgson	Chris Gerwing	Winnipeg, MB	46	M
18	Gerwing/Hodgson	Tim Hodgson	Whitehorse YT	36	M
19	Naughty Girls	Lynda Campbell	Whitehorse, YT	41	F
19	Naughty Girls	Tunde Fulop	Whitehorse, YT	38	F
20	Michigan	Bruce Barton	Marquette, MI	47	M
20	Michigan	Steven Landick	Marquette, MI	51	M
23	Yukon Water Women	Yvonne Harris	Whitehorse, YT	68	F
23	Yukon Water Women	Patricia McKenna	Whitehorse, YT	38	F
24	Sister Act	Ginger Turner	Austin, TX, USA	51	F
24	Sister Act	Kaki Burrus	Hollywood, MD, USA	59	F
25	Shutup and Paddle	Ray Hononich	Boise, Idaho, USA	38	M
25	Shutup and Paddle	Jeff Jager	Novad, CA, USA	37	M
26	Scratched	Shelley Gellatly	Whitehorse, YT	40	F
26	Scratched	Michelle Christensen-Toews	Whitehorse, YT	38	F
27	Back Channel Paddlers	Darin Zandee	Ft McMurray, AB	34	M
27	Back Channel Paddlers	Trent Enzsol	Calgary, AB	40	M
28	The Lady & The Tramp	Erin Newfeld	Whitehorse, YT	20	F
28	The Lady & The Tramp	Stephen Horton	Whitehorse, YT	20	M
30	Aussie Invaders	Terry Bolland	West Australia	53	M
30	Aussie Invaders	Edgar Vaneer	West Australia	20	M
31	Channel Surfers	Peter Coates	Whitehorse, YT	49	M
31	Channel Surfers	Liz Bosely	Whitehorse, YT	40	F
32	Potato Barge II	Kent Fenton	DeWinton, AB	33	M
32	Potato Barge II	Rick Brown	Whitehorse, YT	32	M
33	Blazing Paddles	John Little	Edmonton, AB	45	M
33	Blazing Paddles	Bill Butler	Edmonton, AB	57	M
34		John Ronayne	Pemberton, BC	60	M
34		Marie Ronayne	Pemberton, BC	43	F
35	15 X 0	Larry Seethaler	Anchorage, Alaska	61	M
35	15 X 0	Brenda Forsythe	Anchorage, Alaska	46	F
37	Beauty & the Beast	Leah Anderson	Prince Rupert, BC	32	F
37	Beauty & the Beast	Terry Ramin	Prince Rupert, BC	45	M
38	All North / Waterstone / Frontec	Francis Roy	Whitehorse, Yukon	39	M
38	All North / Waterstone / Frontec	Jean-Francois Latour	Whitehorse, Yukon	40	M
39	Skagway Siblings	John O'Daniel	Skagway, AK, USA	52	M
39	Skagway Siblings	Kathleen O'Daniel	Juneau, AK, USA	54	F
42	SCAR	David Kelly	Fairfax, CA, USA	39	M
42	SCAR	Curt Green	Avon, CO, USA	49	M
49	Persevering Prudence	Tammy DaSilva	Whitehorse, Yukon	34	F
49	Persevering Prudence	Kate Weeks	Whitehorse, Yukon	21	F
52		Tony Arcand	Whitehorse, Yukon		M
52		Kevin Mellis	Whitehorse, Yukon		M
SOLO KAYAK CLASS
TEAM #	Team Name	Entrants	Home Town	Age	Gender
1	Fox Catchers #1	Oliver Hicks	London, England	21	M
2	Fox Catchers #2	Charles Budget	Kirtlington, England	22	M
5	Hexham C.C.	Maitland Hyslop	Hexham, England	49
12		Christine Irving	Toronto, Ontario	31	F
13	Burnin' Daylight	Jeffrey Bannish	Anchorage, Alaska	42	M
14	Grandma Bun Bun	Linda Bourassa	Whitehorse, Yukon	51	F
16	Bunt	Brent Williams	Chatham, NJ	31	M
17	Lubbock Flower Power	Ingrid Wilcox	Whitehorse, Yukon		F
21	Fram	Kevin Stalheim	Milwaukee, WI	50	M
29	The Austrian	Heinz Rodinger	Gramastetten, Austria	63	M
36	3-D Man-Go Kayaker	Derek Crook	Nanaimo, BC	48	M
41	YK Jack	Jack Simpson	Yellowknife, NWT	39	M
43		David Sevdy	Juneau, Alaska	41	M
44		Juergen Buschner	Germany		M
45	Alaska Kayak	Greg Tibbetts	Anchorage, Alaska	56	M
47	Solojo	Joe Bishop	Whitehorse, Yukon	43	M
48	Promithian	Stephen Mooney	Whitehorse, Yukon	41	M
50		Eric Kocher	Atlanta, GA, USA	56	M
TANDEM KAYAK CLASS
TEAM #	Team Name	Entrants	Home Town	Age	Gender
7	Fookawi	Sam Van der Merwe	Victoria, BC	47	M
7	Fookawi	Mark Cluttey	Orange County, CA, USA	48	M
22	Sanguine	Jim Jager	Anchorage, AK, USA	44	M
22	Sanguine	Edward Jager	North Ogden, UT, USA	70	M
51	Yaks from Nike peak	Jason Merron	London, England	33	M
51	Yaks from Nike peak	Charmian Gradwell	New Malden, England	44	F
53		Amy Byers	Danville, CA, USA	34	F
53		Denise Kimball	Danville, CA, USA	32	F
VOYAGEUR CANOE
TEAM #	Team Name	Entrants	Home Town	Age	Gender
40	Paddlers Abreast	Dawn Rralick	Whitehorse, Yukon	53	F
		Lynn Meehan		57	F
		Lynn Rice-Rideout		31	F
		Linda Rapp			F
		Faye Swerhun			F
		Myrna Lowe		57	F
		Karen Thompson		49	F
		Cindy Gilday		50	F
46	Scarlet Fever	Tom Wyers	Whitehorse, Yukon		M
		Guy Rook			M
		Jeff Monkman			M
		Eywi Smith			M
		John Grant			M
		Rick Aird			M
		Marc Gabrier			M
		Tony Park			M
		Mike Stewart			M
		Karen Olito			F

Team Biographies

Below are brief bios for the teams.

Team Name:	Fox Catchers #1
Members:	Oliver Hicks - London, England
Race Goals:	To finish race compeditively and in thge top 50%
Previous experience:	Completed the Devises to Westminster Kayak Marathon in 2003 (non-stop category, 52nd place). Also ran in the Marathon Des Sables in April 2003 finishing in top 45%.
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Team Name:	Fox Catchers #2
Members:	Charles Budget - Kirtlington, England
Race Goals:	To achieve a good pace and see another part of the world.
Previous experience:	Raced the 2003 Devises to Westminster race (non-stop and came in 52nd, 1st in university section).
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Team Name:	Century Plus
Members:	Richard Scott - Olean, N.Y. Michael Meyers - Olean, N.Y.
Race Goals:	Be safe, have fun, learn something, finish the race with a good time (our hierarchy of goals).
Previous experience:	Richard - Serious recreational paddler. I love my Wenonah Advantage! Michael - Whitewater raft guide, swim dad - "if my kid can swim D-1, I can do this!"
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Team Name:	Cuz
Members:	Mark Roberts - New York, N.Y. Willard Moulton - Syracuse, N.Y.
Race Goals:	Mark - Finish in less than 96 hours without learning to truly hate each other. If there is such a thing as "controlled adventure", this may be it. And, my cousin is making me do this. Willard - Finish in less than 96 hours without learning to truly hate each other. If there is such a thing as "controlled adventure", this may be it. And, my cousin is making me do this.
Previous experience:	Mark - I read a book on canoe racing once. Okay, I just looked at the pictures. Willard - I've had ten years experience with marathon canoe racing (though not in the recent past) and plenty of wilderness trips.
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Team Name:
Members:	Jiska Westbroek, Thunder Bay, ON Kevin Paradis, Thunder Bay, ON
Race Goals:	To finish the race with both shoulders still intact and be able to enjoy the sites, sounds and smells of the Yukon River
Previous experience:	Jiska - Raced in two short eco-adventures but real paddling experience comes primarily from canoe tripping. Kevin - Former national cyclist and now I enjoy using my fitness to enjoy the outdoors.
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Team Name:	Hexham C.C.
Members:	Maitland Hyslop
Race Goals:	Finish in 3 days, chance to do something different after kayaking for 3 years.
Previous experience:	Previous experience with triathlons, marathons