Cross Quetico Canoe Race

     There hasn’t been much word on the Cross Quetico Canoe Race.  I was able to find the race results online to at least determine the times and the winners of the race.  It looks like some teams chose not to finish the race but all teams made it to Prairie Portage, the half-way point.   I can’t say that I blame them as most people take days or weeks to accomplish what the racers accomplished in a very short period of time.  Kjell Peterson and Joe Manns finished the race in 23 hours 14 minutes and 17 seconds securing the first place win.  James Burns and Dusty Olsen were less than 5 minutes behind them in 2nd place; talk about a close race!  Third place finishers took over 25 hours and Robin Reilly, Quetico Park Superintendent secured last place with a finish time of 34 hours and 28 minutes.  Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Centennial Event and attempted the almost 120 mile wilderness race. 

Team

Prairie P.

French Lake 

Total Time

Final Place

1.Bob Vincent

Stephen Tait

13:26:53

13:00:16

26:27:09

8

2.Keith Canny

Jonathan Sanborn

14:41:11

13:54:01

28:35:12

11

3.David Harrington

Larry Kimball

16:06:51

14:51:21

30:58:12

14

4.Warren Kerola

Matthew Kerola

15:21:06

14:51:31

30:12:37

13

5.Darcy Matichuk

Fred Raymon

13:09:10

12:34:49

25:43:59

4

6.Peter Burton

Bob Nault

14:00:31

12:23:33

26:24:04

7

7.Kjell Peterson

Joe Manns

11:57:10

11:17:07

23:14:17

1

8.Branweyn Hughes

Holly Armstrong

13:26:54

12:42:08

26:09:02

6

9.James Burns

Dusty Olsen

11:58:42

11:20:17

23:18:59

2

10.Bill Dossett

Craig Rudd

13:12:36

12:41:26

25:54:02

5

11.Robin Reilly

Morgan Reilly

17:57:00

16:13:00

34:28:00

17

12.Kate Ellis

Todd Ellison

14:37:45

12:34:41

27:12:33

10

13.Al Rudquist

Tim Triebold

14:37:45

12:34:42

27:12:27

9

14.Warren Paulson

Bruce Slater

17:57:00

14:30:56

32:17:56

15

15.Dan Litchfield

Steve Parks

13:12:27

12:18:07

25:30:34

3

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No Show

17.Doug Coutts

Josh Robinson

17:57:00

15:12:00

33:09:00

16

18.Karl Huemiller

Erick Huemiller

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Did Not Finish

19.Reijo Peltoniemi

Jim Spence

15:08:45

13:54:05

29:02:50

12

20.Luke Mislinski

Phil Mislinski

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Did Not Finish