Mokelumne River Races Past Race Results

2009 - Sept 19 & 20 - 850 cfs

88º

It was another beautiful race weekend on the Mokelumne River.  We had great weather, over 40 racers and everything ran smoothly all weekend thanks to the volunteers and racers that helped out with judging, scoring, start, finish, downriver, designing and setting up the course, registration, BBQ and hauling gear.  Thank you! Keith once again designed a nice course, bringing variety and challenges to this stretch of river.  It looked like the move from gate 8 to gate 9 was the toughest for most racers.   This weekend overlapped with the Great Sierra River Cleanup and their volunteers came through on Saturday, picking up litter along the river corridor.  We also had some young men from the Sierra Ridge Academy carry boats from the take-out back to the put-in for a $1 a carry.  Money well spent for some people's shoulders.

Slalom course diagram

Slalom sorted by class
Slalom sorted by time
Downriver sorted by class
Downriver sorted by time
All race results in PDF format
Weekend river flows

2008 - Sept 20 & 21 - 800 cfs

76º

The turnout was fantastic for the races this year. We had over 20 people come and help setup the course on Friday and join the BBQ that evening. On Saturday there were 30 downriver racers and Sunday we had 75 racers working their way through the slalom gates.  Here's a photo of part of the group after the awards ceremony. With the huge slalom turnout we had a bit of a backlog around mid-day as everybody seemed to leave their judging station at the same time to get in a run. Later in the day we were able to pickup the starting pace and we had the last racer cross the finish line at 3:20. We'll be looking at some changes for next year to try and elimate that long starting line at mid-day. In the downriver race the mass start for the plastic playboats was fun to watch. Twenty-some mintues and 3.2 miles later there were some tired paddlers moving those Jackson 4Funs downstream. Next year we'll separate the men's and women's categories and we'll see if we can come up with a better definition of what's a riverboat and a playboat. Any ideas? There were lots of new faces at the races and several we hadn't seen in many years. Albert, who was the first race organizer for LPP back in 1978, joined us again in his custom downriver boat. Jim & Jan came down from Oregon with their OC-2 and it was always good to see the folks from Nevada, Bakersfield, LA and San Diego. Jacob, Sage & Ben rounded out the field in the Cadet category. Our thanks to everybody who raced and volunteered this year. It wouldn't happen without you.

Slalom course diagram

Slalom sorted by class
Slalom sorted by time
Downriver sorted by class
Downriver sorted by time
Weekend river flows

2007 - Sept 15 & 16 - 800 cfs

85º	We had a good turn out with 53 boaters in kayaks and open and closed canoes.  There were also a growing number of spectators who came just to watch the races.  Thanks to everyone who turned out to lend a hand, watch and race and to PG&E who found us water in a low water year!

Slalom course diagram

Slalom sorted by class
Slalom sorted by time
Downriver sorted by class
Downriver sorted by time
Weekend river flows

2006 - Sept 23 & 24 - 800 cfs

92º

We had another nice turnout this year for the downriver and slalom races, a good group of spectators and great group of volunteers helping with course setup, the BBQ and running the races. The weather cooperated nicely and PG&E once again came through about 800cfs of  water; although we were getting nervous when the scheduled dam maintenance didn't finish until late Thursday afternoon before race weekend.  In the downriver this year we had a couple of sea kayaks turning in the fastest times at under 20 minutes and a great C-1 paddle in a WaveSport Transformer - one blade and a short boat! On the slalom course the general consensus was that this course was a bit tougher than last year's.  Gates 10 & 12, both ups, required some of the more challenging moves.  Gate 10 was on the left side of the course, just downstream of a pour-over, and was not run by Novice, Junior, Cadet and C-2 classes.   We used radios for the first time this year to get scores posted quicker than in previous years.  It wasn't without it's first year hiccups, but overall it was a success.

What a difference a year makes.  Blue skies and a pleasant high of 86 degrees.  It was a fantastic turnout this year with 65 slalom racers and 28 competing in the downriver race.  Thanks to everyone who lent a hand making the races go smoothly.  The slalom and downriver results are now posted.   If you see any errors please let us know, especially with partner names for the C2 and OC2 classes. The best run on the course was a clean run by Jessica Subido in 126.77 seconds.  Gate 11 wins the award for the toughest gate with just under a third of the runs having a 50.  Gates 9 & 10 weren't far behind.

2004 - Sept. 18 & 19 - 1000 cfs 

It was a different story on the river this year compared to last year's 99 degree days.  It was cool and overcast on Friday and Saturday and then Sunday mother nature dumped the first rainstorm of the season on us just after the racer's meeting.  It rained fairly hard at times and there were some creative uses of tarps, ropes, sticks and paddles to put together shelters to try and keep everybody dry at the judging stations.  The rain lasted until about 1:00 then it held off while we finished the races and took down the course.   As the last awards were being handed out the rain started again and hadn't let up as we all headed home.

All-in-all it was a another fun weekend on the Moke.  Lots of a returning racers and new faces as well.   Thanks to all who came to race and volunteer and to PG&E for the on-the-money water releases, the Moke Lodge for letting us use their property for the downriver takeout, the BLM and the Sierra Club

Slalom course diagram
Slalom sorted by class
Slalom sorted by time
Downriver sorted by class
Downriver sorted by time
Weekend river flows

2003 - Sept. 20 & 21 - 700 cfs

Slalom Course Diagram
Slalom sorted by class
Slalom sorted by time
Downriver sorted by class
Downriver sorted by time

2002 - Sept. 21 & 22

Slalom Course Diagram
Slalom sorted by class
Downriver sorted by class

2001

The 2001 races were canceled due to lack of water.

2000 - Oct. 14 & 15

Slalom sorted by class

1999 - Oct. 2 & 3

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