2008
Yukon River Quest Race Awards
Spirit of the Yukon Award
(sponsored by Raven Ink):
Team #2 solo kayaker Dave Hutchinson
for stopping to get a fire going for
canoe team Team #51, which had capsized,
and then making up his time to finish
third in his class. Special thanks
to others who assisted from Team 87
and Team 31 and to videographer Allan
Cole’s boat crew which brought
the team to Little Salmon.
10-Year Awards
Larry Seethaler of Team #18 and Tony
Arcand of Team #92
Top
Yukoners (sponsored
by Chilkoot Brewery):
Men: Tim Hodgson of #15 (VC), Steve
Mooney of # 23 Enerconnex (K1), and
Matt Landry of #38 Pipe It Up (VC)
Women: Jane Vincent of #88 Combined
Hemispheres (C2) and Dianne Villeseche
of #38 Pipe It Up (VC)
Fastest Seniors - oldest team
55 and over to finish: (sponsored
by Inanda Images):
Foolish and Feeble #27, Bob McBeath
and Dan Cantrell (C2)
Fastest
Women's Team (sponsored by Skaguay
News Depot & Books):
Liz Bosely and Pat McKenna, #69 Yukon
Water Women 2 (C2)
Red
Stove Award for winning the end
of the race (sponsored by Haywire
Industries and Griffith’s)
Jean-Guy Sauriol, #6 1234 (solo kayak),
finished in 68:40, about 3 hours ahead
of #81 Deisleen Shaawat
Fastest Overall Team (free
entry in 2009 YRQ):
Voyageur Team #15 Kisseynew, Martin
Bernardin - captain (new voyageur and
course record of 39 hours, 32 minutes,
43 seconds)
CLASS WINNERS – Prize
Money
Solo Kayak Women
1st. Team 31 Ingrid Wilcox, 57:44 -
$1400
2nd Team 41 Susan Dunsmore, 65:41 -
$600
3rd. none
Solo Kayak Men
1st. Team 17 Chasing Daylight, Brad
Pennington, 44:14 (new record) -
$1400
2nd. Team 23 Enerconnex, Steve Mooney,
45:28 - $600 and $500 for being the
Top Yukon Kayak
3rd. Team 2 Time To Go, David Hutchinson,
47:25 - $300
Solo Canoe Open
1st. Team 16 Alberta Beef Kevin Mellis,
53:03 (new record) - $1400
2nd Team 37 Team B Joe Evans, 53:56
- $600 (donated to Paddlers Abreast
in memory of his wife)
3rd. none
Tandem Canoe Men
1st. Team 67 Moose and Jim, Steve Wallick
and Jim Bates, 47:08 - $1700
2nd. Team 27 Foolish and Feeble, Bob
McBeath and Dan Cantrell, 48:41 - $800
3rd. Team 54 Latvian Canoe, Jurijs
Seieznous and Jevgenijs Blazevics,
50:05 - $500
Tandem Canoe Mixed
1st. Team 89 That’s What I’m
Talking About, Gloria Wesley and Gary
Aprea, 44:13 – (new record) $1700
2nd. Team 88 Combined Hemispheres,
Bodo Lenitschek and Jane Vincent, 46:44
- $800
3rd. Team 39 740 Under 50, Jim and
Pam Boyde, 49:53 - $500 and $500 for
being the Top Yukon Canoe
Tandem Canoe Women
1st. Team 25 Yukon Water Women II,
Elizabeth Bosely and Patricia McKenna,
50:24 - $1700
2nd. Team 61 Yakumama, Joanie Pelletier
and Kari Johnston, 54:52 - $800
3rd. Team 87 The Lady Bums, Meghann
Leigh-Willard and Laura Sly, 57:22
- $500
Tandem Kayak Men
1st. Team 20 RBSI Make It Happen, Robert
Cassin and Carl Clinton, 47:07 -
$1700
2nd. Team 42 Kutsua, Lyndon Anderson
and Simon Knapper, 48:00 - $800
3rd. Team 65 Checkpoint Zero, Paul
Cox and Allen McAdams, 48:09 - $500
Tandem Mixed Kayak
1st. Team 78 All In One, Peter Mygil
and Vibe Sandbery, 54:33 - $1700
2nd. Team 86 Sea Joiners, Ugis Gutmanis
and Ilze Plakane, 57:25, $800
3rd. Team 76 Fisherman’s Friend,
Briana Wood and Benoit Bernard, 58:39,
$500
Tandem
Women’s Kayak
1st. Team 60 The Incredigirls, Lisa
McGee and Kim Petherick, 53:55 (new
record) - $1700
2nd. Team 73 Dangerous Turtles, Louise
Hamlin and Synthia Auligne, 58:39,
$800
3rd. none
Voyageur Class Open
1st. Team 15 Kisseynew, (Martin Bernardin
, Tony Bond , David Dahl, Dennis
Fosseneuve, Tim Hodgson, Paul Pageau)
39:32:43 (new record) - $3200
2nd. Team 1 Texas, (Richard Ameen,
John Qualls, Liam Price, W. Grady Hicks,
Jerry Cochran, Pete Binion , John Hoffart,
Pete Binion) 40:05 - $1200
3rd. Team 59 Hatchet Lake (Bart Tsannie,
Jamie Tsannie, Nap Kkaikka, Ernest
Joseyounen, Andy St. Pierre, Christopher
Denechezhe, Charlie Tssessaze, Gordon
Moise), 44:01 - $700
Top Mixed - Team 3 Adirondack Voyageurs
(Kerry Newell, Celia Evans, Paul Repak,
John Ders, Phillip Bridgman, Mike Trump)
45:03 - $1,000
Top Women – Team 33 Paddlers
Abreast (Linda Rapp, Cindy Gilday,
Maralyn Rogers, Faye Swerhun, Asa Berg,
Karin Stephens, Claire Desmarias, Lynn
Rice-Rideout, Dawn Fralick) 53:56 -
$1,000
