2015 Vancouver SUP Challenge Results are up

Paddle Surf | August 17, 2015 | Events, Featured, Paddle Surf News | No Comments

Another great race day put on by Gary Parsons and his team with the fifth instalment of the Vancouver SUP Challenge.

This year was highlighted with the attendance of Travis Grant, one of the World’s fastest paddlers and recent winner of the Molokai to Oahu SUP race. Travis conducted an incredibly informative paddle/race clinic in the morning. First hour was indoors, away from the gusty winds and threats of rain, with the second hour being held on the water, with Travis providing in-depth feedback and opinion on all the padders’ strokes and technique.

Then from there, the avalanche of events commenced… 5km distance, 2 km recreational and kids, 3 km short course, sprints, relays and more. As expected, Travis Grant took the win on the mens’ side of things, and Shannon Bell handily took the women’s side of things.

A truly awesome day that will have everyone in attendance feverishly looking forward to next year’s edition!

Check out the complete results below

5 km Distance Race

Place	Bib	Racer name	Age	Gender	Finish time	Difference
1	2	Travis Grant		M	37:35.4	–
2	61	Matthew Abbott	28	M	39:28.7	+1:53.3
3	10	Stu Robinson	35	M	40:12.4	+2:37.0
4	27	Ken Larsen	35	M	40:17.1	+2:41.7
5	8	Mike Darbyshire	28	M	40:49.7	+3:14.3
6	9	Gary Parsons	55	M	41:25.9	+3:50.5
7	40	Ben Wright	35	M	41:41.6	+4:06.2
8	64	James Thesiger	34	M	42:27.6	+4:52.2
9	59	David Jianu	44	M	42:30.2	+4:54.8
10	93	Beau Whitehead	46	M	42:30.5	+4:55.1
11	65	Jason Bennett	29	M	43:05.0	+5:29.6
12	50	Jeff Fink	47	M	43:20.6	+5:45.2
13	63	Rob Hansen	53	M	43:23.3	+5:47.9
13	68	Marco Procopio	31	M	43:23.3	+5:47.9
15	38	Kelvin Humenny	47	M	43:59.0	+6:23.6
16	3	Geordie Goodman	27	M	44:01.3	+6:25.9
17	1	Shannon Bell		F	44:10.6	+6:35.2
18	4	Paul Torriero	48	M	44:23.2	+6:47.8
19	47	Doug Thomas	48	M	44:25.0	+6:49.6
20	58	David Peabody	25	M	44:37.2	+7:01.8
21	79	Mike Hammer	53	M	44:37.3	+7:01.9
22	25	Jeff Chandler	37	M	44:48.8	+7:13.4
23	35	Evan Gerbrecht	15	M	44:54.1	+7:18.7
24	67	Tim Quarles	56	M	45:05.7	+7:30.3
25	62	Harry Saini	41	M	45:12.9	+7:37.5
26	15	Scott Burton	39	M	45:30.1	+7:54.7
27	55	Peter Allen	31	M	45:49.9	+8:14.5
28	24	Liam Cursley	15	M	45:56.7	+8:21.3
29	33	David Smart	47	M	46:10.5	+8:35.1
30	14	Mike Clarke	46	M	46:27.2	+8:51.8
31	54	Gage Bergez	18	M	46:38.1	+9:02.7
32	7	Sacha Levandusky	35	M	46:49.0	+9:13.6
32	78	Dale Plant	51	M	46:49.0	+9:13.6
34	69	Adam Schell	37	M	46:51.7	+9:16.3
35	32	Jon Little	47	M	47:50.2	+10:14.8
36	31	Chris Spotzl	39	M	48:50.3	+11:14.9
37	70	Brian Smart	48	M	48:56.7	+11:21.3
38	28	Rupert Wong	52	M	49:08.2	+11:32.8
39	74	Ian Green	51	M	49:20.6	+11:45.2
40	43	Melvin Palmiano	40	M	49:51.3	+12:15.9
41	19	Alex Vaughan	38	M	50:34.5	+12:59.1
42	66	Carmen Merkel	31	F	51:04.2	+13:28.8
43	45	Niles Hayes	39	M	53:39.9	+16:04.5
44	60	Dan Plante	37	M	54:42.7	+17:07.3
45	73	Jennifer Lawson	34	F	55:16.2	+17:40.8
46	17	Kathleen Mccormick	47	F	55:32.3	+17:56.9
47	42	Taylor Fulde	43	M	57:49.2	+20:13.8
47	57	Chris Grieve	45	M	57:49.2	+20:13.8
49	22	Scott Thomas	40	M	57:57.0	+20:21.6
50	56	Graham Gee	41	M	58:52.7	+21:17.3
51	51	Jenny Poppitt	37	F	59:18.7	+21:43.3
52	44	Shona Thomas	51	F	1:01:05.0	+23:29.6
53	26	Jake Filush	46	M	1:02:26.3	+24:50.9
54	53	Bob Purdy	62	M	1:02:31.2	+24:55.8
55	18	Sydney Delacruz	28	F	1:03:34.4	+25:59.0

2 km Recreational & Youth Race

2km Recreational and Youth (Under 16) Race
Overall			Men
Place	Name	Category	Place	Name
1	Adam Gerbrecht	Youth – Male	1	Paul McNamara
2	Paul McNamara	Men	2	Rob Monterio
3	Rob Monterio	Men	3	Ashley James
4	Ashley James	Men	4	Ron Garza
5	Kyler Garza	Youth – Male	5	Bob Purdy
6	Owen Wright	Youth – Male	6	Chico Autio
7	Robin Craig	Youth – Female	7	Simon Walter
8	Sam Fitz-James	Youth – Male
9	Emma Wong	Youth – Female	Women
10	Ron Garza	Men	Place	Name
11	Bob Purdy	Men	1	Sarah Sjovold
12	Sarah Sjovold	Women	2	Estelle Matheson
13	Kealin Sacre	Youth – Female	3	Darby Ponich
14	Ocean Bell Parsons	Youth – Male	4	Leah Messier
15	Sage Heyer	Youth – Female	5	Shawna Thomas
16	Estelle Matheson	Women
17	Heather O’Donnell	Youth – Female	Youth – Male
18	Jacob Thomas	Youth – Male	1	Adam Gerbrecht
19	Darby Ponich	Women	2	Kyler Garza
20	Chico Autio	Men	3	Owen Wright
21	Simon Walter	Men	4	Sam Fitz-James
22	Joe Wright	Youth – Male	5	Ocean Bell Parsons
23	Shawna Thomas	Women	6	Jacob Thomas
24	Leah Messier	Women	7	Joe Wright

			Youth – Female
			1	Robin Craig
			2	Emma Wong
			3	Kealin Sacre
			4	Sage Heyer
			5	Heather O’Donnell

3 km

Place	Bib	Racer name	Age	Gender	Finish time	Difference
1	2	Travis Grant		M	25:48.3	–
2	61	Matthew Abbott	28	M	27:03.1	+1:14.8
3	27	Ken Larsen	35	M	27:16.3	+1:28.0
4	65	Jason Bennett	29	M	27:24.7	+1:36.4
5	8	Mike Darbyshire	28	M	27:53.5	+2:05.2
6	93	Beau Whitehead	46	M	28:37.8	+2:49.5
7	38	Kelvin Humenny	47	M	28:49.1	+3:00.8
8	50	Jeff Fink	47	M	29:40.5	+3:52.2
9	3	Geordie Goodman	27	M	29:42.0	+3:53.7
10	1	Shannon Bell		F	29:59.0	+4:10.7
11	67	Tim Quarles	56	M	30:02.0	+4:13.7
12	58	David Peabody	25	M	30:28.9	+4:40.6
13	54	Gage Bergez	18	M	30:45.7	+4:57.4
14	62	Harry Saini	41	M	30:57.3	+5:09.0
15	14	Mike Clarke	46	M	31:20.7	+5:32.4
16	79	Mike Hammer	53	M	31:27.5	+5:39.2
17	25	Jeff Chandler	37	M	31:33.4	+5:45.1
18	47	Doug Thomas	48	M	31:37.0	+5:48.7
19	78	Dale Plant	51	M	31:41.4	+5:53.1
20	33	David Smart	47	M	31:42.7	+5:54.4
21	28	Rupert Wong	46	M	32:12.1	+6:23.8
22	55	Peter Allen	31	M	32:29.0	+6:40.7
23	32	Jon Little	47	M	32:47.2	+6:58.9
24	43	Melvin Palmiano	40	M	33:09.0	+7:20.7
25	34	Adam Gerbrecht	13	M	33:12.7	+7:24.4
26	97	Ben Land	38	M	33:50.7	+8:02.4
27	75	Holly Newcombe	37	F	34:48.5	+9:00.2
28	30	Kyler Garza	13	M	35:03.0	+9:14.7
29	66	Carmen Merkel	31	F	35:11.3	+9:23.0
30	22	Scott Thomas	40	M	35:42.8	+9:54.5
31	57	Chris Grieve	45	M	36:08.9	+10:20.6
32	36	Owen Wright	11	M	36:15.0	+10:26.7
33	12	Mia Wheatley-Maltais	14	F	36:25.7	+10:37.4
34	76	Riley Harris	15	M	36:38.4	+10:50.1
35	11	Sam Fitz-Simmons	12	M	37:10.7	+11:22.4
36	23	Emma Wong	12	F	37:21.1	+11:32.8
37	73	Jennifer Lawson	34	F	37:33.2	+11:44.9
38	56	Graham Gee	41	M	37:44.9	+11:56.6
39	95	Susie Inkpen	33	F	39:10.8	+13:22.5
40	39	Sarah Wright	35	F	40:49.2	+15:00.9
41	46	Jen Hayes	38	F	41:01.5	+15:13.2
42	13	Sage Heyer	12	F	42:19.6	+16:31.3

Sprint Races

Men – Heats
	Heat 1 **			Heat 2 **
	Name	#		Name	#
1	Gary Parson	9	1	Travis Grant	2
2	Matthew Abbott	61	2	Mike Darbyshire	8
3	Beau Whitehead	93	2	Stu Robinson	10
4	Ben Wright	40	4	Dan Gavere	—
5	Evan Gerbrecht	35	5	Ken Larsen	27
6	Geordie Goodman	3	6	Jason Bennett	65
7	Gage Bergez	54	7	Kelvin Humenny	38
8	David Peabody	58	8	Melvin Palmiano	43
9	Scott Thomas	22	9	David Smart	33
10	Dale Plant	78	10	Tim Quarles	67
11	Adam Schell	69	11	Liam Cursley	24
12	Michael Hammer	79	12	Mike Clarke	14
13	Adam Gerbrecht	34	13	Peter Allen	55
14	Jon Little	32	14	Doug Thomas	47
15	Kyler Garza	30	15	Harry Saini	62
16	Owen Wright	36	16	Chris Spotzl	31
17	Sam Fitz-James	11	17	Riley Harris	76
** Top eight finishers move on to the Final.

Sprint Races				Sprint Races
Men – A FINAL				Men – B FINAL
	Name	#
1	Travis Grant	2	17	Harry Saini	62
2	Stu Robinson	10	18	Tim Quarles	67
3	Mike Darbyshire	8	19	David Smart	33
4	Matthew Abbott	61	20	Peter Allen	55
5	Gary Parson	9	21	Liam Cursley	24
6	Jason Bennett	65	22	(missed paddler)
7	Ben Wright	40	23	Doug Thomas	47
8	Dan Gavere	—	24	Jon Little	32
9	Ken Larsen	27	25	Dale Plant	78
10	Geordie Goodman	3	26	Michael Hammer	79
11	Evan Gerbrecht	35	27	Kyler Garza	30
12	Gage Bergez	54	28	Owen Wright	36
13	David Peabody	58	29	Sam Fitz-James	11
14	Melvin Palmiano	43
15	Kelvin Humenny	38
16	Beau Whitehead	93


Sprint Races
Women – FINAL
	Name	#		Time
1	Shannon Bell	1		4:10.62
2	Mia Wheatley-Maltais	12		4:38.35
3	Isabelle Humenny	—		4:43.32
4	Holly Newcombe	75		4:45.99
5	Carmen Merkel	60		4:48.41
6	Kealin Sacre	86		4:55.29
7	Susie Inkpen	95		57:36.00
8	Sarah Sjovold	48		5:17.72
9	Sarah Wright	39		5:52.01

Kids’ Race

Overall
Place	Name	Category	Time	Age
1	Ocean Bell Parson	Boys	9:20.85	9
2	Jacob Thomas	Boys	9:33.62	9
3	Joe Wright	Boys	10:25.17	8
4	Sky Bell Parson	Boys	11:21.79	7
4	Teagan Sacre	Girls	11:21.79	11
6	Skye Higgins	Girls	11:30.06	12
7	Sapphire Angeli	Girls	13:28.78	10
8	Yannick Morgans	Boys	15:31.85	9
9	Joanne Wright	Girls	16:57.43	7
10	Avery Hayes	Girls	17:17.47	6
11	Mykah Saini	Boys	19:43.10	6


Boys
Place	Name	Time
1	Ocean Bell Parson	9:20.85
2	Jacob Thomas	9:33.62
3	Joe Wright	10:25.17
4	Sky Bell Parson	11:21.79
5	Yannick Morgans	15:31.85
6	Mykah Saini	19:43.10

Girls
Place	Name	Time
1	Teagan Sacre	11:21.79
2	Skye Higgins	11:30.06
3	Sapphire Angeli	13:28.78
4	Joanne Wright	16:57.43
5	Avery Hayes	17:17.47

Relay Races

Mixed Relay – all ages		* our apologies – some teams
		were missed at the finish line
Place	Team Name	Team Members
		Liam Cursley
1	Ocean Racing Academy	Stu Robinson
		Mia Wheatley-Maltais
		Adam Gerbrecht
2	Orange Camo Babes	Kyler Garza
(tied)		Evan Gerbrecht
		Mike Darbyshire
2	Mike, Owen, David	Owen Wright
(tied)		David
		David Peabody
4	Bad Mother SUP’ers	Doug Thomas
		Peter Allen
		Kelvin Humenny
5	Wave	Isabelle Humenny
		Matthew
		Ken Larsen
6	Ken, Holly, James	Holly Newcombe
		James Thesiger
		Dan
7	Dan, Declan, Keallin	Declan
		Kealin Sacre
		Jason Bennett
8	3 Pack	Carmen Merkel
		Susie Inkpen
		Gage Bergez
9	Gage, Ben, Riley	Ben
		Riley Harris
		Chris Spotzl
10	Chris, Geordie, Sarah	Geordie Goodman
		Sarah
		Harry Saini
11	SUP Dads	Ron Garza
		Adam Schell

		Mel
12	Mel, Shauna, Catherine	Shauna
(tied)		Catherine
		Chris Grieve
12	Team 206+	Alex Vaughan
(tied)		Sydney Delacruz
		Sage Heyer
14	Ocean Racing Academy Jr.	Emma Wong
		Sam Fitz-James

		Ocean Bell Parsons
?	Team Parsons	Gary Parsons
		Shannon Bell