Sports
In some sporting events, finishing two seconds behind is not even close, but not in the sport of white water kayak racing.
At last weekend's Mascoma kayak race, the second leg of the four-race New England Cup Series,Ian Stewart '96 finished fourth place, a mere two seconds out of third.
An amazingly close finish considering the event is an individual, "you against clock" race down the river that can take upwards of 20 minutes to complete.
Stewart, who finished third in the first leg New England Cup Series the weekend before, said he had "a good race, hit a few rocks ... missed a couple of lines" in the rapids.
Overall Stewart was happy with his performance and said he looked to pull back those two seconds before the third race in two weeks time.
Stewart said the event brought 10 competitors from as far south as New Jersey, and as far north as Quebec.In the Women's division Jamie Shandro '98, the Race Chief of the Mascoma Race, finished fourth.
On Saturday 84 competitors entered the slalom kayak events.In the men's plastic boat division, which included many Ledyard Canoe Club members, Justin Wells '95 finished first.On the women's side, Jamie Shandro '98 finished first.
Both Shandro and Stewart said the event, the nation's oldest collegiate white water race, went well.
Stewart said the water level was decent, helped by a dam release.Shandro said she was happy with the number of volunteers who helped make the event possible.
