Marathon Canoe Team Crushes Competition at 90-Miler
September 12, 2022
Saranac Lake, NY ~ The Paul Smith's College marathon canoe team had an absolutely brilliant three days in the Adirondack Canoe Classic "90-Miler" over the weekend. The race started in Old Forge, NY on Friday and ended in Saranac Lake, NY on Sunday. Paddlers go from Old Forge to Blue Mountain Lake on Friday, from Long Lake to Tupper Lake on Saturday, and from Fish Creek to Saranac Lake on Sunday. They paddle through roughly 90 miles of connected lakes and rivers, with portages/carries at certain places between the bodies of water. With 17 Paul Smith's College athletes competing in four different classes, the Bobcats took first place in all four races.
The Bobcats were led by the C7 Voyageur "War Canoe" which torched the field in the category claiming first place overall and winning the college division by two and half hours. Their time of 13:05:47 represents the fastest time by nearly an hour in Paul Smith's College History in this storied event. The paddlers included Logan Jensen, Timothy Ziegler, Saylor Landrum, Tenzin Mathes, John Thompson, Chaz Forbes, and Head Coach Matt Dougherty.
Not to be outdone was the college's C4 mixed team which blazed to a winning time of 13:39:42, not only winning the category outright, but besting the next collegiate boat by an hour and a half - the time represents another college record for the Bobcats. The C4 boat was paddled by Dolcie Tanguay, Brady Miller, Ezra Webster, and Aidan Ripp. The Bobcats second C4 took 5th place in the category with a time of 15:10:05, paddled by Jessie Church, Jack Fogarty (Alumni), Else Bialerksi, and Sean Jackson (alumni).
The College's all female C2 team of Emily Cieslewitz and Abigail Johnson stormed through the recreation division, besting not just the women's field, but the entire field, to take home top honors with a time of 17:58:27.
The Bobcats will return to action at the Long Lake Long Boat Championships in two weeks.
