Friday Results

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First day of racing results: We got 9th in the 200meter.

Not exactly what we were hoping for but we did everything we could do and raced our race. Our friends to the north, False Creek of Vancouver BC WON the 200m, which was very exciting. The times were all within 1-2 seconds, so the races were really close.

The teams that finished ahead of us were mostly Canadian plus a few German and Australian. The good news is that we beat the other US teams here - Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, and Iowa .

Tomorrow we will race the 500m and the 2000m races. We clearly have the heaviest team here so we are hoping our momentum moves us to the finish really fast in those races!

More tomorrow..

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Photos

Steve, Kathleen, Mulu's eyes, Heidi
Before the 1st race on Friday

Teresa and Kelly
7:30am at the race venue...

Don't forget to drum, Chris!
(this is actually synthesized drama, not real)

John and Don
Don is from False Creek in Vancouver BC, his team won the gold in the 200m today.

Tony, Kathleen and Heidi
Listening to pre-race strategy: Pull as hard as you can.

Mark
Coffee - The perfect drink for before or after races, as well as during practices.

Happy Anniversary Mark and Margarita

Ina

Mulu, V, and Brian
Note German team in bumblebee onesies!

George Hamilton
(AKA Mike S) with a fan

Comments

[Dana]

9th place out of how many teams????? Good job! And that's just the beginning! Good luck on the 500m. Yes, there was a nice article in The Oregonian about your team and the race. You guys "made" the paper! That's great! And I bet there will be more when you get back. DC

[Kristen]

Hooray! It must have been the tuna melt that made you paddle fast :) Good luck tomorrow - your blog site is awesome!!

[CP and AB]

Keep going.. good luck today
Good work.. 9th so far, you will do your best. I am so impressed with this blog, it is really, really cool. I agree with kristen.. it had to be tuna melt and the mirror pond.. have fun and good luck.

[Jet]

Good for you and your team!
That is really neat! I trust you will do as well today. I love the pictures of the team, etc. What memories. Safe trip home to everyone! JKC