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WCDO News — Tuesday 5-31-22 3 matching stories
THE 60TH GENERAL CLINTON CANOE REGATTA WAS HELD OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH PARTICIPATION FROM 28 STATES AND CANADA. THE WEEKEND EVENT FEATURED OVER 800 CANOE RACERS OF ALL AGES INCLUDING THE FAMOUS 70 MILE ENDURANCES FROM COOPERSTOWN TO BAINBRIDGE. IN THE TWO PERSON PRO RACE, STEVE LAJOIE FROM QUEBEC AND MIKE DAVIS FROM MICHIGAN TOOK FIRST PLACE HONORS. IT WAS LAJOIE'S 11TH REGATTA VICTORY AND DAVIS' FIRST WIN. FIRST TIME REGATTA PADDLER, JAKE CROTSER FROM ONEONTA AND HIS PARTNER MATT MEERSMAN FROM INDIANA WERE 6TH OVERALL. CROTSER SPOKE WITH CRAIG STEVENS AFTER THE RACE...

(NEWS REGATTA 2022-JAKE CROTSER)

REBECCA DAVIS FROM MICHIGAN PADDLED WITH 6 TIME PRO WINNER NORMAN MAINGUY FROM QUEBEC AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY COMMUNICATED, SINCE MAINGUY DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

(NEWS REGATTA 2022-REBECCA DAVIS)

DAVIS AND MAINGUY WERE 10TH OVERALL IN THE 49 TEAM FIELD AND THE FIRST MIXED TEAM TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE. REBECCA IS THE DAUGHTER OF LONGTIME MICHIGAN PADDLERS BRUCE AND ROXANNE BARTON. NORMAND HAS WON THE CLINTON PRO CLASS 6 TIMES WITH ALL TIME REGATTA CHAMPION SERGE CORBIN. CORBIN HAS 28 WINS AT THE CLINTON.
A.M. NEWS Tuesday 5-31-22

THE 60TH RUNNING OF THE GENERAL CLINTON CANOE REGATTA WAS HELD OVER THE WEEKEND WITH OVER 800 CANOE RACERS ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. THIS YEAR'S 70 MILE ENDURANCE RACES WERE HELD ON SUNDAY AND FEATURED PADDLERS FROM 28 STATES AND CANADA. WCDO'S CRAIG STEVENS SPOKE WITH LONG TIME PADDLERS GARY APREA FROM AUSTERLITZ NEW YORK AND GLORIA WESLEY FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 2 OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS YEAR'S FIRST PLACE 4 PERSON PRO RACE...

(NEWS REGATTA 2022-GLORIA & GARY)

THEY BEAT THE 2ND PLACE CANOE BY 3 MINUTES AND 33 SECONDS. GARY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE REGATTA HALL OF FAME IN 2014 AND THIS YEAR MARKED HIS 44TH REGATTA FINISH. IN THE 70 MILE ONE PERSON PRO RACE, BEN SCHLIMMER FROM CAMILLUS, NEW YORK TOOK TOP HONORS FINISHING THE RACE IN 8 HOURS 41 MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS. SCHLIMMER TALKED ABOUT THE LOW WATER LEVELS THIS YEAR.

(NEWS REGATTA 2022-BEN SCHLIMMER)

2ND PLACE C1 PRO, KEVIN OLSON FROM FLORIDA CROSSED THE FINISH LINE 10 MINUTES BEHIND SCHLIMMER AND SAID BEN IS AT ANOTHER LEVEL...

(NEWS REGATTA 2022-KEVIN OLSON)

KEVIN'S FATHER, RICK OLSON HAS RACED THE CLINTON OVER 30 TIMES AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME IN 2019.
THE 60TH GENERAL CLINTON CANOE REGATTA WAS HELD OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND . SCOUT, YOUTH, SPRINT, AND RELAY RACERS COMPETED ON SATURDAY AND THE FAMOUS 70 MILE ENDURANCE RACES FROM COOPERSTOWN TO BAINBRIDGE WERE HELD ON SUNDAY. OVER 800 PADDLERS FROM 28 STATES AND CANADA COMPETED. IN THE TWO PERSON PRO RACE, CANADA'S STEVE LAJIOE WON HIS 11TH CLINTON WITH PARTNER, MICHAEL DAVIS FROM MICHIGAN. THEY SPOKE WITH CRAIG STEVENS AFTER THE RACE...

(NEWS REGATTA 2022-LAJOIE & DAVIS)

THIS YEAR'S TWO PERSON PRO RACE FEATURED ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIELDS IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS WITH 49 TEAMS AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN CANOE RACING COMPETING FOR THE 3 THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZE. LOCAL TOP TEN PRO FINISHERS INCLUDED JAKE CROTSER FROM ONEONTA AND HIS PARTNER, MATT MEERSMAN FROM INDIANA IN 6TH PLACE AND RYAN ZAVERAL FROM UNADILLA WITH HIS PARTNER, PATRICK MADDEN FROM SCOTIA, NEW YORK IN 9TH PLACE.
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WCDO News — Tuesday 5-26-15 2 matching stories
The 53rd General Clinton Canoe Regatta Was held this past weekend; paddlers from 25 states, Canada & even the Untied Kingdom participated.
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THE NEW 4 PERSON DIVISION SAW A MICHIGAN TEAM TAKE FIRST PLACE. JEFF KOLKA, TIM TREEBOLD, BILL TORON-JOE AND ROXANNE BARTON FINISHED THE 70-MILE COURSE IN 8 HOURS AND 18 MINUTES. WCDO’S CRAIG STEVENS SPOKE WITH TORON-JOE AFTER THE RACE:

(TORONJOE 2015)

Tim Triebold SAID HOW TOUGH IT WAS TO PADDLE THE 4 PERSON BOAT IN THE LOW WATER:

(TIM TRIEBOLD 2015)

TRiEBOLD'S SON ANDY FROM MICHIGAN AND STEVE LAJWA FROM QUEBEC won the 1st PLACE TROPHY FOR 7th TIME TOGETHER, TAKING HOME THE $3300 PRIZE. PRO PADDLER BOB ZAVERAL SPOKE WITH CRAIG STEVENS ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE PRO TEAM:

(ZAVERAL 2015)

CRAIG SPOKE WITH TREE-BOLD AFTER THE RACE:

(ANDY TRIEBOLD 2015)

YESTERDAY'S 70 MILER WAS TREEBOLD'S 9TH VICTORY, PUTTING HIM 2nd all time BEHIND CANADA'S SERGE CORBIN. Lajoie NOW HAS 7 GENERAL CLINTON WINS.
LOW WATER AND HOT TEMPERATURES MADE THE 53RD GENERAL CLINTON CANOE REGATTA A TOUGH RACE FOR BOTH PRO AND AMATEUR PADDLERS YESTERDAY DURING THE 70-MILE RACES FROM COOPERSTOWN TO BAINBRIDGE. NICK WALTON FROM MICHIGAN WON THE ONE-MAN PRO DIVISION BY ABOUT 7 MINUTES WITH A TIME OF 8 HOURS AND 42 MINUTES. HE SPOKE WITH CRAIG STEVENS AFTER THE RACE...

(NICK WALTON 2015)

TWO CANADIANS FROM ONTARIO, GAYTON PLOURD AND JEFF BRAINARD TOOK FIRST PLACE HONORS IN THE NYMCRA STOCK RACE...THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS...

(PLOURD 2015)

NEARLY 170 TEAMS RACED THE FAMOUS 70 MILER YESTERDAY
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