Along with the mako sharks, sunfish, and dolphins that kept the paddlers company this year, there were several whale
sightings. One of them was captured on video by Pat Kennedy's support crew as they were filming him paddling.
Video by Ryan, and thanks to Pat for sending this in!

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Here's a few photos of some more of the women that made the 32 mile crossing during last Sunday's Catalina
Classic. It was great to see more women completing the race and hopefully now that there is a specific women's
division, the number of girls paddling will continue to rise.

All photos courtesy of Amanda Calhoun (Amanda wasn't able to do the Classic this year due to the fact she has been doing this!)













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  This year's Classic saw one, if not two, mako sharks harassing the paddlers about 10 miles into the race. According to Michelle Carr who was on a boat supporting for her husband Jeff, a 6-8 foot mako circled several of the paddlers including her husband before it was driven off by one of the other boats. It then proceeded down the line of racers, startling and bothering about 10 people until it finally swam off. Around the same time, but a little to the north, several other paddlers reported being bothered by a 8-10 foot mako. Whether or not it was the same shark is unknown, but 10 miles off the island, in the middle of the channel, it's not an uncommon event for the racers to run into sharks. All just a part of the bigger picture known as the Catalina Classic.

photos courtesy of Michelle ...

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The final results are still being sorted out, but here are the top 6 in each division for now. Should have full
results soon.

Unlimited:
1. Chad Carvin
2. Kyle Power
3. George Plsek
4. John Engel
5. Keoni Watson
6. Jay Miller

Stock:
1. Mike Carr
2. Brian Szymanski
3. Tito Bourget
4. Brian Spear
5. Bert Charlton
6. Steve Reinsch

Women:
1. Jo Ambrosi
2. Cori Raffaelli
3. Jane Cairns
4. Shannon Delaney
5. Edessa Foster



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Article in the Daily Breeze about yesterday's Catalina Classic. I think they got the top 5 wrong though..



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1ST Place Chad Carvin, 2ND Place Kyle Power, 3RD Place George Plsek, 4TH Place John Engel, 5TH Place Keoni Watson

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Chad Carvin Wins the 2008 Catalina Classic in near record time of 05:04:16.

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The first three men in the stock division just rounded the R10 bouy. In 1st - Tito Bourget, 2nd - Mike Carr, and 3rd - Brian Szymanski

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With three quarters of a mile ahead of the field, Chad Carvin is in the lead. Kyle Power holding 2nd. Still tied for 3rd are: John Engel, Keoni Watson, George Plsek, Brad Thomas and Jay Miller.

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This is in no particular order because it is still too spread out to tell who is ahead, but here are the Top Five Stock Division. Mike Carr, Tito Bourget, Brian Szymanski, Shane Scoggins, Matt Walls. For the Womens: Jo Ambrosi, and Cori Raffaelli Also, a 6-8 foot Mako shark has been harassing the paddlers in the middle of pack.



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