2001 Distance Races
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2001 Duke Kahanamoku Races
Outrigger's iron women won the 7-mile Duke race in Kailua Bay. Front: Susan Heitzman, Brooke Berrington, Kisi Haine, Genie Kincaid, Jen Thayer, Mary Smolenski, Jen Bossert, Tiare Richert-Finney. Back: Kaili Chun, Meleana Blaich, Paula Crabb, Starr Dawson, Kristen Lee, Lisa Livingston, Ann Cundall, Wendy Wichman.
2001 Kailua Bay Challenge
Outrigger's Boys 15, 16 and 18 crews entered their first distance race. Here they learned what it's like to race a 40-foot outrigger canoe in the surf and slop around Rock Island in Kailua Bay.
2001 Queen Liliuokalani Races
Outrigger's women finished second of 119 crews in the 18-mile race from Kailua Bay, Kona to Honaunau. They also took first in the koa division.
2001 Queen Liliuokalani Races
Outrigger's men finished fifth overall among 57 entries in the race from Honaunau to Kailua Bay. From left: Craig Gamble, Will Estes, Mike Pietsch, Ryan McLaughlin, Luke Estes, Bret Chuckovich, Zak Payne, Jeff Brown and Billy Foytich.
2001 Queen Liliuokalani Race
Another Outrigger's men raced toward Kona: David Stackhouse, Jon Bryan, Rick Hobson, Bret Chuckovich, Paki Vaughan and Billy Philpotts.
2001 Skippy Kamakawiwoole Race
The OCC men finished 10th overall in the fabled Kakina, the only koa canoe in the race: Byron Ho, John Eveleth, Jeff Brown, Bret Chuckovich, Will Estes, Billy Philpotts.