Race Results

2015
Race Results for the 17th Annual Tybee Island Sea Kayak Races

Little Tybee Challenge
High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Eric Mims  49:13
2. Chris Hipgrave  50:20
3. Mark Volkmann  51:04
4. Laurens Willard  53:56
5. Waylon Willis  57:20
6. Xavier Comelli  57:58

High Performance Kayak, Men Masters
1. Pete Greene  51:48
2. Rick Carter  56:13
3. Larry Dixon  56:20
4. John Mitchell  58:40
5. Rick Baker  59:31
6. William Schaet  1:02:00
7. Mike Allen  1:06:55

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Trish Hipgrave  1:08:21
2. Kay Hess  1:16:28

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Darren Crozier  58.31
2. Joseph Dichiacchio  1:00:51
3. Joe Hester  1:06:01

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Robert Gordon  1:09:33

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Rebecca Amerson  1:31:02

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Steve Braden  1:07:14
2. Robin Williams  1:08:24
3. Preston Orr  1:10:24
4. Tim Brown  1:38:13

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Todd Hyatt  1:10:57
2. Mark Gibbs 1:12:23
3. Cardwell Smith 1:26:19
4. Dan Lockwood 1:26:26
5. Frank Wooldridge  >2:00:00

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Anne Kelly  1:20:15
2. Anna Butler  1:25:14

Tandem Open
1. Marsha Henson & Ronnie Kemp  1:09:43

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men Overall
1. Jonathan Felix  1:29:15

River Race
High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Michael Herrin  49.13
2. Kevan Richardson  1:02:21

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Dana Richardson  52:30
2. Lindsey O’Shea  52:32

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Mark Poole  49:47
2. Frank Gable  57:00
3. Phil Perrone  1:00:53

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Myrlene Marsa  53:59
2. Lynn Marie King  54:22
3. Christina Curtis  1:26:09

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Austin Wessel  57:45
2. Steve Rayburn  57.50
3. Mack Kelly 1:01:13
4. Tom Smith 1:03:49
5. Ben Frick  1:23:04
6. Jackson Robinson 1:25:32
7. Mike Robinson 1:25:38

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Randy Tate  1:08:47

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Brenda Tolksdorf  1:27:40
2. Barbara Norman

General Purpose Kayak, Men Overall
1. Marshall Angle  1:52:00

Tandem Open
1. Richard Bink & David Ackerman  52:58

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men Overall
1. Patrick Carver  1:05:15
2. Dave Britt  1:23:19

Stand Up Paddleboard, Women Overall
1. Jennifer Carver  1:26:49

OC-1 Open Class, Men
1. Bill Gardner  52:34

Casual Paddlers
Blake Gray
Catherine Gordon
Taylor Gordon
Allison Gordon
Claudia Venherm
Debbie Loughney

Gold Sponsors Race Across the River
Grand Prize Winner Austin Hendrix for North Beach Bar & Grill
Karl Frianele for Tybee Beach Vacation Rentals
Kayla Weaver for A-J’s Dockside

Cathy J. Sakas for Cathy J. Sakas






2014
Race Results for the 16th Annual Tybee Island Sea Kayak Races

Little Tybee Challenge
High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Chris Hipgrave   48:14
2. Eric Mims   50:22
3. Waylon Willis   54:33
4. Laurens Willard 59:06

High Performance Kayak, Men Masters
1. Rick Carter   55:29
2. Rick Baker   1:03:39
3. Glenn Forhan    1:06:23

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Kata Dismukes   1:01:05
2. Mary Siceloff   1:11:44
3. Kay Hess   1:15:57
4. Dana Richardson   1:17:25
5. Karen Vinson   1:22:39

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Bill Gardner   1:02:03
2. Darren Crozier   1:05:03
3. Mark Poole   1:05:15

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Margaret Baxley   1:11:34

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Steve Braden   1:04:40
2. Anthony Varvoutis   1:09:52
3. Robin Williams   1:10:12
4. Ben Fonteneot   1:13:15
5. Thomas Smith   1:24:59
6. Tim Brown   1:41:28

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Todd Hyatt   1:10:47
2. Mike Thomas   1:13:49
3. Mark Gibbs   1:17:20
4. Peter Saxon   1:19:19
5. Ralph Fermin   1:25:58

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1.  Anna Butler   1:26:47

Tandem, Open Class
1. Marsha Henson/ Carol Kammer   1:16:02
2. Mike Robinson/ Jack Robinson   1:20:51

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men Overall
1. Ronnie Kemp   1:37:13

Tybee River Race
High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Pete Greene   54:07
2. Joseph Vinson   1:09:40

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Trish Hipgrave

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Mark Kammer   1:10:03
2. Kevan Richardson   1:13:02
3. Phil Perrone   1:17:04

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Dionyz Juhasz   1:20:59

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Mack Kelly   1:13:01
2. Cary Popour   1:18:42
3. David Winters   1:23:35
4. Chris Jones   1:25:30

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Randy Tate   1:32:46

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Anne Kelly   1:18:56
2. Carol Santos   1:29:00
3. Erin Krebs   1:34:50
4. Maria Ghys   1:55:11

Sea Kayak, Women Masters
1. Barbara Norman   1:53:45

General Purpose Kayak, Men Overall
1. Stephen Penley   1:23:19
2. Ray Peterson   1:34:23
3. James Weston 1:35:33

General Purpose Kayak, Men Masters
1. Jefferson Gordon   1:55:52
General Purpose Kayak, Women Overall
1. Allison Gordon   1:48:33
2. Catherine Gordon   2:09:00

Tandem, Open Class
1. David Ackerman/ Richard Bink   1:08:20

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men Overall
1. Barrett Hoard   1:15:06
2. Michael Bandy   1:22:26
3. Patrick Carver   1:26:19
4. James Moore   1:26:26
5. Patrick Kent   1:34:44
6. Jonathan Felix   1:36:58

Stand Up Paddleboard, Women Overall
1. Jennifer Hoard   1:29:19
2. Abby Maiorano  1:47:05

Casual Paddlers
Angie Penley
Tim Tatum

Platinum and Gold Sponsors Race Across the River
Grand Prize Winner Will Curry for North Beach Bar & Grill
Dan Leonard for Tybee Beach Vacation Rentals






2013 
Race Results for the 15th Annual Tybee Island Sea Kayak Races

Little Tybee Challenge
High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Eric Mims  52:56
2. Laurens Willard   55:35
3. Andrew McMarlin   56:59
4. Justin Fisher   1:00:43
5. Waylon Willis 1:01:04
6. Lee Hollingsworth  1:04:25
7.  Andrew Binks    1:09:01
8. Mark Smith  1:09:12
9.  Chris Williams  2:04:11

High Performance Kayak, Men Masters
1. Rick Carter  1:06:23
2. Jim Foster 1:09:12
3. Glenn Forhan  1:11:46
4. Rick Baker    1:23:05

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Bil Aylor    1:05:45
2. Scott Maher    1:13:14
3. Darren Crozier   1:15:07

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Margaret Baxley   1:18:21
2. Wyndy Amerson   1:33:12

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Steve Braden 1:09:23
2. Larry Dixon  1:11:32
3. Robin Williams   1:16:26
4. Craig Palubinski  1:28:39
5. Benjamin Fontenot 1:29:54
6. Mark Ray  1:46:30

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Kay Hess  1:29:16
2. Anna Butler  1:35:35
3. Beth Sullivan  2:07:30

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Ralph Fermin   1:29:57
2. Dan Lockwood   1:46:25
3. Fred Williams  1:46:40


Tandem Open
1. James Budi/ Pete Green  53:40
2. John and Karen Wellens 1:09:11

Outrigger Canoe 2
1. William Dion/Bill Gardner 1:04:41

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men Overall
1. Rand Perkins 1:21:15
2. Corey Taylor 1:54:30

Tybee River Race

High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. William Allen   55:20
2. Marvin Dukes    59:27

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Dana Richardson  1:00:26
2. Karen Vinson   1:14:56

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Mark Poole   56:35
2. Mitch Cohen  1:05:46

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Susan Kubik  1:11:06

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Robert Basha  1:04:26
2. Philip Render 1:05:51
3. Cary Popour  1:09:19

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Carol Santos  1:18:22

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Phil Perrone 1:09:50
2. Rocky Keith  1:13:31
3. George Evans  1:20:54
General Purpose Kayak, Men Overall
1. Raymond Peterson  1:14:06
2. James Richard  1:51:47

General Purpose Kayak, Women Overall
1. Lynn King  1:11:40

Tandem Open
1. David Ackerman/ Richard Bink 58:19
2. Daniel and Michael Muldrew 1:36:57

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men Overall
1. Roddy Medders  1:03:31
2. John Heidel   1:06:55
3. Patrick Carver   1:09:58
4. Barclay McCurdy   1:11:49

Stand Up Paddleboard, Women Overall
1. Jennifer Carver  1:39:40
2. Lisa Johnson  1:48:05
3. Megan Mack  1:50:11
4. Ann Shields  1:52:50
5. Teresa Rogers  1:53:40

Casual Paddlers
Beth Bradshaw
Beverly Hollingsworth
Alison Larkin
Don Gordon
Crisley McCarson
Danielle Blanton
Laurie deVegter

Gold Sponsors Race Across the River
Grand Prize Winner  Keith Drazek for Latitude 32
Dan Leonard for Tybee Beach Vacation Rentals
Nancy Evans for Tybee Spades Girls
Hunter Mullen for North Beach Bar & Grill





2012
Race Results for the 14th Annual Tybee Island Sea Kayak Races
Little Tybee Challenge
High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Eric Mims  52:24
2. Chris Hargrave  53:18
3. Carl Moore  56:41
4. John Radel  59:59
5. Lee Hollingsworth  1:06:18
6. Mark Smith  1:10:26

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Lisa Williams 1:23:56

High Performance Kayak, Men Masters
1. Rick Carter  1:02:32

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Laurens Willard  1:03:05
2. Waylon Willis  1:05:30
3. Will Rice 1:06:23
4. Tom Smith 1:40:48
Matthew Bruce (1:19:57 did not round check boat)

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Kay Hess  1:25:38

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Scott Maher 1:12:47
2. Pete Chaplin 1:14:37

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Steve Braden 1:06:50
2. Larry Dixon  1:08:36
3. Jeremy Mitchler 1:15:22
4. David Gorzynski  1:20:13
5. Brian Hjemvik 1:21:53
    and Russ Goeken  1:21:53
7. Brian Jolly 1:35:45

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Anna Butler 1:35:44
2. Nancy Evans  1:44:54
3. Leslie Chaplin  1:46:57

Tandem Open
1. John and Karen Wellens 59:00
2. Casey and Terry Allen  1:15:52

Outrigger Canoe 2
1. William Dion/Bill Gardner 1:02:36
2. Lynda Rock/Peter Kingsley-Smith  1:11:12

Tybee River Race

High Performance Kayak, Men Overall
1. Jim Foster 1:01:31

High Performance Kayak, Women Overall
1. Carrie Manson 1:09:04
2. Mary Siceloff 1:11:18
3. Trish Hipgrave 1:15:51

Fast Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Billy Wilkie 1:21:49

Fast Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Carmen Rice 1:22:22

Sea Kayak, Men Overall
1. Craig Palubinski 1:10:35
2. Mark Poole  1:10:51
3. Phil Perrone  1:12:04
4. Mack Kelly  1:14:20
5. Paul Hadavas  1:26:14

Sea Kayak, Women Overall
1. Carol Santos  1:29:27
2. Margery Diamond 1:44:43
3. Cathy Ey 1:44:45
4. Erin Krebs  1:44:48
5. Paula Kessler 1:56:06

Sea Kayak, Men Masters
1. Cary Popour 1:22:05
2. Ralph Barlow 1:34:35
3. James Marlow 1:43:11
4. Phillip Hodges 1:43:12

Tandem Open
1. Dana Ehde and Richard Bink 1:12:47
2. Joseph and Michael Muldrew 1:48:36

Stand Up Paddleboard, Men
1. Tim Malins 1:21:42
2. Marvin Dukes 1:30:13
3. Demery Bishop 1:34:29
4. Richard Klapper  1:38:22
5. Greg Chambers 1:49:58

Casual Paddlers
Gene Reynolds
Maureen DiPilato
Valerie Baronkin
Karen Baker
Cindy and Jack Robinson
James Robinson
Joel Prevendido
Sean Ward

Gold Sponsors Race Across the River
Grand Prize Winner  Sam Dolan for North Beach Grill
Max Buckner for Brighter Day Natural Foods
Jane Wood for Latitude 32
Dan Leonard for Tybee Beach Vacation Rentals
Brian Jolly for Half-Moon Outfitters
Cale Hall for Creative Approach
Jason Buelterman for Tybee City Council
Lyn Randall for Tybee Spades Girls





2011

Race results for the 13th Annual Tybee Island 
Sea Kayak Races 

Little Tybee Challenge

 Race Class, Men 
1. John Radel 56:22
2. Rick Carter 56:25 
3. Larry Dixon 1:02:49 
4. Lee Hollingsworth 1:03:17 
5. Chris Williams 1:04:40 
6. Edward Dukes 1:05:25 
7. Marvin Dukes 1:05:36 
8. Mark Smith 1:10:11

Race class, Women 
Elizabeth Prout 1:10:59

Sea Kayak Men Overall 
1. Steve Braden 1:06:13 (#1 men over 50 also) 
2. Stephen Dmetruk 1:17:51 
3. Zach Morgan 1:22:26 
4. Arthur Benson 1:24:38 (#2 men over 50) 
5. Dustin Burch 1:33:46 
6. Mark Gibbs 1:41:19 (#3 men over 50) 
7. Greg Hurchalla 1:47:12 
8. Robert Rollings in an outrigger 1:47:44 (#4 men over 50)

Sea Kayak Women Overall 
1. Lisa Williams 1:11:51 
2. Kelly Dmetruk 1:15:05
3. Caitlin Yaeger 1:25:02 
4. Kay Hess 1:25:08 (#1 women over 50)
Anna Butler 1:28:08 (#2 women over 50)

Tandem
1. Bill Gardener/Dave Gottschault 56:39 
2. Terry & Casey Allen 1:12:09 
3. Mike & Jack Robinson 1:17:48 
4. Brad & Susanne McManus 1:22:41

River Race 

Race class, Men 
1. Jim Foster 53:11 
2. James Chaffin 56:00 

Race class, Women 
1. WyndyAmerson 1:01:01

Sea Kayak Women
1. Mary Siceloff 1:04:31

Tandem
1. Barry & Dinah Brock 51:53 
2. Cindy & Rebecca Robinson 1:25:48 
Demery Bishop on a paddleboard 1:25:48

Casual Paddlers in the River Race 
Anna Jackson 
Pat Shows 
Kristen Danielson 
Stephanie Ey 
Doug Carroll 
Scott Roth 
Kris Alderson 
Linda Asher 
Robert Murphy

Race Across the River 

1. Jason Alstad for North Beach Grill (Grand Prize Winner for Gold Sponsors Award) 
2. Dave Reid for Tybee City Council 
3. Chris Pettis for Tybee Tightliners 
4. Erin Pettis for Tybee Spades Girls 
5. Jonathan Gallup for Dr. Pamela Gallup 
6. Kason Fritts for Savannah Bar Pilots Association