2011 Dates (tentative)

Looks like we are shooting for the weekend of July 23-24. With the snow pack we have this year in western MT and the and a few other factors the race has been moved back about a month. Tentatively we are looking at July 23 and 24, with slalom course hanging on Thursday the 21st and Friday the 22nd. Slalom clinic Friday night, downriver Sat. morning/ afternoon and sprints in the afternoon/ eve, then slalom all day Sunday. UPDATE-- Sent off insurance forms today, so when those are accepted the race is a go!!

Results

Sorry for the delay but here they are:

Downriver:
Race Kayak
1 Eric Young 59:29
2 John Schuki 1:02:12

Race Canoe
1 Roger Martens/ Will Schmautz 1:03:22
2 Ben & Alison Zmud/Schmidt 1:04:22

Tour Kayak
1 Tor Anderson 1:05:22
2 Russell Mills 1:08:47

Standard Canoe
1 Rany Moss/ Molly Skorpik 1:11:10
2 Chet Morris/ John Scott 1:25:20

Rec Kayak
1 Tom Yule 1:11:24
2 Jon Gebert 1:15:52
3 Aiden Amtmann 1:21:57
4 Krista Gebert 1:22:21
5 John Gardner 1:24:41
6 Kirk Vischer 1:24:47
7 Lynda Dale 1:24:52
8 Hannah Amtmann 1:28:11
9 John Amtmann 1:29:18
10 Devin Amtmann 1:29:25

Rec Canoe
1 John Anderson/ Judy Vischer 1:09:32


Slalom:
K1 Race
1 Lisa Day 2:13:84
2 Ben Schmidt 2:21:72

K1 Creek
1 Marc Leonard 2:03:25
2 Lisa Day 2:27:16
3 John Amtmann 2:32:63
4 Paul Blumenthal 2:49:78
5 Megan Burgmuller 2:58:31

K1 Playboat
1 Travis 2:19:93
2 Brian French 2:32:91
3 Aidan Amtmann 2:55:50
4 Hannah Amtmann 3:11:91
5 Christian Guttierez 3:31:32
6 Gary Milner 5:19:84
7 Devin Amtmann DNF

K2
1 Tor & John Anderson 2:43:00
2 Hannah & John Amtmann 3:02:13
3 Travis/ Ben Schmidt 4:04:81

C1
1 Chet Morris 2:12:10

OC1
1 Brandon Salayi 2:14:78
2 Marc Leonard 2:15:07
3 Chet Morris 2:21:50
4 Alan Burgmuller 2:26:37
5 John Gallagher 2:32:41
6 Ben Schmidt 2:37:53
7 Jeff Styles 2:48:16
8 John Anderson 2:48:63
9 Alan Sillars 2:58:75
10 Matt Quillin 2:58:88
11 Megan Burgmuller 3:25:37

OC2
1 Brandon Salayi/ Ben Schmidt 2:33:18
2 Jeff Styles/ Matt Quillin 2:52:19
3 Alan & Megan Burgmuller 2:53:50
4 Alli/ John Anderson 3:04:22
5 Nick Deyo/ Jenny 4:41:28

Slalom times posted is the best of 2 runs

Clinics

There will be a Slalom clinic and a downriver clinic. Both will be Friday at 6 pm. The Downriver clinic will start at Marco Flats a few miles from Bonner and will float to the Weigh Station access. Plan on 2-3 hours. The Slalom clinic will be held at Roundup Rapid. You must pre register or at least email me and let me know you are coming. You will need to bring all of your own equipment and boats. Nothing will be supplied. Cost is $5 with a food donation or $10 without.

Directions

Click Race Site Locations then click on the Blackfoot River Challenge link

Slalom Gate Hanging Seeking Volunteers

We will be hanging the gates for the slalom course starting on Thursday morning. We need as many hands as we can get to get the course set up. We will be starting sometime around 10 am thursday morning. The course is above the bridge at Roundup Rapid. Bring gloves and a needle nose plier if you have on. Email with any questions. Hope to see you up there.

Schedule of Events

The schedule will be as follows:

Friday June 18--

6pm Clinics-- We will be offering a general river running clinic, which would be good for beginner to intermediate paddlers, would benefit the downriver race. Meet at Marco Flats. We will also be offering a slalom clinic, which will be good for intermediate and above paddlers, would benefit the slalom and more advanced river running techniques. Meet at Roundup. THESE ARE PRE REGISTRATION REQUIRED CLINICS. If people don't sign up we will not be holding the clinics.

Saturday June 19--

Up to 10:30 Registration @ Johnsrud

10:30 Down River Racers Meeting @ Johnsrud

11:00 Down River Race START @ Johnsrud

Awards after all have finished @ Weigh Station

4:00 Sprint Cross Meeting @ Roundup

4:30 Sprint Cross START @ Roundup

Awards after all have finished @ Roundup



Sunday June 20 --

Up to 9:30 Registration @ Roundup

9:30 Slalom Racers Meeting

10:00 Slalom START @ Roundup

After finish course take down then awards @ Roundup

Registration Form

Please email blackfootriverchallenge@gmail.com and I will send you one. You can print it, fill it out and send it to me early if you would like. The clinics are a pre sign up only.