US Team Trials in full force today!!!

August 29, 2004

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Today was a good day. Dane made the cut getting 5th in the prelims for junior boys, while Emily took first place in the junior women and is now on the US Team for her second time out of two attempts! I paddled today as well. I will start off by saying that I flushed out of the wave three times out of three rides, that is a very bad thing, and it was giving me the willies. However, when all was said and done, I came in second place behind another Rock Island local, Chris Stafford (member of the US Team in 2003).

The prelims results for the top 21 who qualify for the quarter-finals in Men’s kayak:

  1. Chris Stafford- 886.125
  2. Eric Jackson- 870.875
  3. Dustin Urban- 816.5
  4. Jay Kincaid- 816.375
  5. Bryan Kirk- 775
  6. Pat Keller- 684
  7. Jesse Murphy-654
  8. Jed Selby- 646
  9. Andre Spino-Smith- 640
  10. Josh Matsell- 603
  11. Javid Grubbs- 585
  12. Ted Devo- 582
  13. Andrew Holcombe- 564
  14. Jimmy Blakeney- 538
  15. Sean Brabant- 493
  16. Brian Jennings- 465
  17. Jon Meyers- 453
  18. Corey Volt- 441
  19. Stephen Wright- 439
  20. Marlow Long- 428
  21. Clay Wright- 404

My rides went really well when I was in the wave. I just got a little excited and hit the rock trying aerial righty backstab once, then a reverse pan am, then a simple blunt once. Tomorrow I will do 45 second rides, instead of 30 second rides and get much bigger scores, at least that is the plan.

I just got back from the Tommy Gunn concert- awesome!

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