Racer Bios for Spot enabled boats in 2008 YRQ

Team #: 6
Team Name: 1234
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Jean-Guy Sayriol Toronto, ON, Canada 54 male
Bios
Jean-Guy Sayriol 2005, 2006, 2007 Yukon River Quest: canoe camping in Ontario.
Race Goals
Jean-Guy Sayriol To continue to make friends in the Yukon, have fun, finish.
Team #: 8
Team Name: Superoxide
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Peter Coates Whitehorse, YT, Canada 53 male
Bios
Peter Coates Yukon River Quest 2001, 2002, 2004: wilderness river experience on the Yukon, Pelly, etc.
Race Goals
Peter Coates To beat Bumbazer. "Superoxide: toxic free radical possibly associated with aging."
Team #: 15
Team Name: Kisseynewcanoecompany.com
Class: voyageur
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Martin Bernadin
Tony Bond
Alex Buck
Dennis Fosseneuve
Tim Hodgeson
Paul Pageau		 Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Echuca, VIC, Australia
Cumberland House, SK, Canada
Prince Albert, SK, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada		 35
35
32
40
40
36		 male
male
male
male
male
male
Bios
Martin Bernadin YRQ 2005, 2006: Turtle River, MB.
Tony Bond 30 Red Cross Murray River Marathon (400 km), Hawksberry River Marathon (110 km) 17 times, South Australian Murray (200 km): no wilderness river experience
Alex Buck Saskatchewan Centennial Quest, 14 years canoe racing experience
Dennis Fosseneuve 16 years race experience, done the YRQ twice: most Saskatchewan rivers in the north, as well as Manitoba and Michigan
Tim Hodgeson Several YRQ, three finishes: many Yukon rivers
Paul Pageau YRQ 2002, 2003: Stikine River in BC, Moose and Missinaachne River in Ontario, as well as various other Ontario rivers
Race Goals
Martin Bernadin To better my time from last year.
Tony Bond To have a go
Alex Buck To finish well and have a good time in Dawson Saturday night
Dennis Fosseneuve Grind it all the way to the finish, so I can call Last Call at Dawson, but in first place
Tim Hodgeson To finish
Paul Pageau To finish business
Team #: 16
Team Name: Alberta Beef
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Kevin Mellis Calgary, AB, Canada 34 male
Bios
Kevin Mellis Yukon River Quest 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Race Goals
Kevin Mellis To come in under fifty hours.
Team #: 17
Team Name: Chasing Daylight
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Brad Pennington Houston, TX, USA 41 male
Bios
Brad Pennington Yukon River Quest 2007: Vietnam, Borneo, Norway, France, etc.
Race Goals
Brad Pennington To bleed less than last year!
Team #: 18
Team Name: 15 x 0
Class: canoe
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Larry Seethaler
Brenda Forsythe		 Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA		 65
50		 male
female
Bios
Larry Seethaler Both Dyea to Dawson and all the Yukon River Quests: a lot!
Brenda Forsythe 98 Dyea to Dawson, Yukon River Quest 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005.
Race Goals
Larry Seethaler Same as always: paddle well and finish in a respectable time.
Brenda Forsythe To paddle well and have fun.
Team #: 24
Team Name: Death Wish 1
Class: kayak
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Peter Mey
Jean Van Eeden		 Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Fort St. John, BC, Canada		 35
35		 male
male
Bios
Peter Mey No race experience: recreational trips, various rivers in Africa - Orange River, Okauawgo River, Zambezi River.
Jean Van Eeden No race experience: Bowran Lake circuit, river camping trips, multiple hiking trails.
Race Goals
Peter Mey To Finish
Jean Van Eeden To finish and have fun despite blood, sweat, and tears to keep up with Moertoe and Verzupte Schuit and maybe even beat them!
Team #: 37
Team Name: Team B
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Joe Evans Walterville, OR, USA 57 male
Bios
Joe Evans Solo Canoe 2007 Yukon River Quest: Yukon River.
Race Goals
Joe Evans To show what Old Hippies are made of.
Team #: 43
Team Name: Upright
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Wallace Woodbury Waverley, NS, Canada 54 male
Bios
Wallace Woodbury Have done some marathon canoe races, adventure races, a couple of sea kayak races: not much river experience but have done sea-kayaking trips on the ocean.
Race Goals
Wallace Woodbury To take in the scenery, meet new people, have fun, do the best I can, and finish unscathed.
Team #: 60
Team Name: Incredigirls
Class: kayak
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Lisa McGee
Kim Petherick		 Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Garibaldi Highlands, BC, Canada		 21
31		 female
female
Bios
Lisa McGee Yukon River Quest 2006, 2007, and support crew in 2005: Yukon River, western Canadian lakes.
Kim Petherick I've never been in the Yukon River Quest - looking forward to it; I have been paddling rivers and oceans throughout Australia, Alaska, Canada, and Chile over the last seven years, mainly extended, remote expeditions up to 106 days in the inside passage.
Race Goals
Lisa McGee To finish in sub-55 hours and be smiling in Dawson
Kim Petherick To finish!
Team #: 65
Team Name: Checkpoint Zero/Inov-8
Class: kayak
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Paul Cox
Allen McAdams		 Atlanta, GA, USA
Raswell, GA, USA		 38
42		 male
male
Bios
Paul Cox Expedition Adventure Races, Colorado River 100, Suwanee River Challenge, Winner of the Florida Coast to Coast: paddling in expedition-length adventure races up to four days long in such places as Maine, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Florida.
Allen McAdams Long Adventure Races - 120 miles of paddling, Suwannee River Marathon (Canoe Races): Moab Utah (Colorado River), Coast to Coast (Florida - various rivers, swamps, Everglades).
Race Goals
Paul Cox Go fast, finish with a fraction of sanity, and, most of all, have fun and enjoy the scenery!
Allen McAdams To finish - strong!
Team #: 71
Team Name: Goldrush Paddle Handlers
Class: solo
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Pauline Frost-Hanberg
Derek Crook		 Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Nanaimo, BC, Canada		 44
52		 female
male
Bios
Pauline Frost-Hanberg Three Yukon River Quests, Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest: lots of wilderness river experience from the Porcupine to the Yukon.
Derek Crook Three Yukon River Quests, Bowen Island two times, San Juan Challenge two times, and the Great Canadian Canoe Race.
Race Goals
Pauline Frost-Hanberg Stay awake, be safe, and have fun!
Derek Crook Same as last year's.
Team #: 72
Team Name: Yahoos Down the Yukon
Class: voyageur
Members: Name Location Age M/F
Terry Wescott
Sandra Mitchell
Bob Miller
Bill Deighan
Bob Dean
Robert E Mitchell Jr.
Anita Allen		 Thorndike, ME, USA
Buxton, ME, USA
Harmony, ME, USA
Hewbury, ME, USA
Canden, ME, USA
Buxton, ME, USA
Coral Springs, FL, USA		 59
37
62
58
71
49
54		 male
female
male
male
male
male
female
Bios
Terry Wescott 2007 YRQ: 32 years St. John River, Bonaventure River, 38 years WWO racing.
Sandra Mitchell 2007 YRQ, multiple other flat and whitewater races, General Clinton five times finisher: plenty of camping, St. John's wilderness trips.
Bob Miller 12 - 70 mile General Clinton: 25 years of camping and canoeing.
Bill Deighan 2007 YRQ, 6 completions of General Clinton Canoe Regatta, 25 years of WW racing, Maine AC Nationals since 1986, Arkansas, Colorado: St. John River 2006, Bonaventure River 2006, Algonquin River both ways.
Bob Dean 2007 Yukon River Quest.
Robert E Mitchell Jr. Mackro downriver whitewater series, New England downriver w/w series: annual St. John's River wilderness trips.
Anita Allen Suwanne River Race (52 miles) two times under 8 hours 30 minutes, many multi-day adventure races and running races: kayak, canoe, and ocean outrigger canoes, paddling for twelve years, 6 day paddle across the Strait of Florida, 5 day paddling trip Vancouver Island, 7 day paddling trip Prince William Sound, Alaska, two times kayaking in Antarctica, Suwanne River, Florida.
Race Goals
Terry Wescott To have fun, finish, win.
Sandra Mitchell Official finish!!
Bob Miller To finish in good order.
Bill Deighan To have fun, not be unofficial this year! Maybe get a faster, lighter voyageur.
Bob Dean Faster time.
Robert E Mitchell Jr. To finish strong and enjoy the river.
Anita Allen To finish strong and have fun!
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