7th Annual Goshen Pass Race Results
The Annual Goshen Pass Race in Rockbridge County, VA is always the first weekend in March with flows of 600 cfs or higher. Last year, 47 racers participated with Gordon Dalton coming in 1st, Tate Huffman in 2nd, and Luke Hopkins in 3rd. Appomattox River Company is always psyched to help sponsor this grassroots race in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It gets at the heart of what we love, community.
Below is the email Gordon Dalton, our local VA Team Pyranha Kayaks guy, sent us. Gordon has been a part of the PaddleVa Family for a long time, having paddled, over the years, with; my father-in-law and ARC owner, Bob Taylor, my wife Harriet Taylor Vincent and ARC General Manager, Tom Detrick. There are few people I've heard them all speak about as highly as Gordon. We are proud to add him as a contributor to our blog this year. We are in the process of working on a new website and we'll elaborate on the PaddleVa Family contributors at that time, but be on the lookout for more local VA voices, from people who paddle our waters. It is not a team we are forming, but a family of contributors, who operate as ambassadors on these VA waters, and want to cultivate our community.
-- "I want to send my sincere thanks for your generous and ongoing support of the Goshen Pass Race! The race has quadrupled in size over the years. Thanks to Appomattox River Company, and Pyranha Kayaks, we had prizes for every single one of our 48 racers this year, without a single sticker or key chain remaining. It was a gorgeous, warm, bluebird day on the Maury River and everyone was super stoked with the event. The event was won by a Pyranha Speeder again, but there were plenty of Green Boats and Stingers, complimented by a few old-school long boats. As usual we had our share of canoes - single and tandem - as well as a couple rafts. Regardless of boat style or racing intensity everyone had equal chance at the top prizes and some folks just join us for the camaraderie and to experience the spectacle of the "mass start."
Thanks again for making this the biggest and best Goshen Race yet. Looking forward to 2015.
Sincerely,
Gordon Dalton" --
Race Results:
7th Annual Goshen Pass Race: 3/9/2014 (760 cfs) 48 racers total PROVISIONAL RESULTS
- Gordon Dalton
- Josh Tracey
- Cameron Hall
- Andrew Epperley
- Ian Fuze
- Sam Purdom
- Steve Powers
- Adam Freeman
- Trafford McRae
- Jeremy Hutchins
- Isaac Hull
- Nick Milo
- David Bruce
- Hank Wilkinson
- Emily Powell
- Sage Otto
- Will Hagy
- Andrew McCarty
- Dustin Hinkle
- Matt Bentley
- Hunter Bell
- Jon Dzielak
- Will Moran
- Thorpe Moeckel
- Jesse Taylor
- John Moran
- George Kinch
- Steve Kvech
- Eric Bailey
- Austin Moran
- Renee Lavin
- David Suits
- Justin Unger
- Phillip Flip Merica (OC-1)
- Craig Plaisance
- David Smith
- Hannah Kessenrich
- Chris Hull
- Lee Williams (OC-1) winner of the flag thong
- Ed Stelter
- Alicia Jahsman & Ken Dubel (OC-2)
- Bruce Walker (OC-1)
- Nathan Sims (OC-1)
- Aaron Erdrich (Shredder)
- Phil Groseclose (R-1)
- Penelope Davenport
- Charlie Coleman winner of red thong
(48 racers total)
Congratulations to everyone who paddled the Goshen Pass Race! It looks like it was the perfect day!