The Great Race Down The Rio Grande

The Great Race on June 7, 2008 was a rousing success!

525 crafts, including kayaks, canoes, and homemade crafts, carrying an estimated 1500 people particpated in the race, breaking all known records.

Check out the photos!

Results

One Person Kayak

Total Craft - 97

• 1st Place - Graham Ansell
• 2nd Place - Patrick Trujillo
• 3rd Place - Robert DiGiulio

Two Person Kayak

Total Craft - 29

• 1st Place - Rosel Simons
• 2nd Place - Kevin Goodluck
• 3rd Place - Glen Clark

One Person Canoe

Total Craft - 4

• 1st Place - Tom Willmon

Two Person Canoe

Total Craft - 39

• 1st Place - Sander Rue
• 2nd Place - Scott Strosminer
• 3rd Place - Penny Dudly

3 Person Canoe

Total Craft - 81

• 1st Place - Hannah Littlefield
• 2nd Place - Kyler Gale
• 3rd Place - Miguel Ortiz

Two Person Raft

Total Craft - 98

• 1st Place - Gabriel Padilla
• 2nd Place - Burke Klustin
• 3rd Place - Saxon Garcia

Three Person Raft

Total Craft - 39

• 1st Place - Steven Baca
• 2nd Place - Mark Holy
• 3rd Place - Ben Vigil

4 Person Raft

Total Craft - 44

• 1st Place - David Castilli/Jim Williams
• 2nd Place - Lance Erickson

Five & Up Raft

Total Craft - 30

• 1st Place - Mike Greir
• 2nd Place - Wes Moore

Homemade Craft

Total Craft - 58

• 1st Place - Benjamin Glick
• 2nd Place - Eugene Rooney
• 3rd Place - Del Anderson

2 - Person Inflatable

Total Craft - 6

• 1st Place - Adondakis