oh man, it was an amazing day of racing. the weather held up and we all got to stay dray and even see the sun. but the racing was just incredible. lots of close races. lots of teams making their move at the finish line to grab victory in the last strokes. i can't remember having to look at the video quite so much in previous years.
yes lincoln took the championship spot this year, just edging out lowell. and yes sun dragons are from portland.
the most noteable feature of this race is that it had a full 24 mixed youth crews. that is 700+ teenagers in one place. it is really quite a sight. this is the biggest field of youth teams we have seen in a cdba race. I'd like to see any teams from out of town come race with us next year. i'm not sure but this might be the biggest (and best?) youth race around.
while we don't have laoyam, i think the competition here is pretty substantial. having loayam and phily youth would make this the fiercest youth race in north america. so come on everybody come on down!
as for who is going to alcan. i know that lowell high will be taking up 2 crews. as for hot hs girls luke, maybe they get older when they cross the border???....
i'm not sure if any other HS teams are going up this year.
as per local adult teams i haven't heard much. i do know for sure that DieselFish will be skipping Alcan this year for Victoria so hey todd, the fish will be back on the island. i won't be there however. i'll be in hawaii for my sisters wedding. for the other travelling teams i just don't know for sure. there hasn't been any firm news. Dragon warriors, BAD, Ripple Effect, Absolute Dragons, Dragon max, Rainbow koi, all have the organization in place to travel so it's anyone's guess right now.
