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Press Release

Triebold and Rimer Win 60^th Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon

Former Champion and partner win North America’s Richest, Longest and Toughest Canoe Race-Margin of Victory 35 seconds

Oscoda, MI July 29, 2007:  

     For the second time in three years the Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon came down to two teams battling for the lead position for the majority of the race. The team Andrew Triebold of Spring Arbor Michigan and Matthew Rimer of Grayling Michigan out dueled Steve Corlew of Grayling Michigan and partner Matt Streib of Bristol Indiana to the finish line in Oscoda Michigan. This is the second win for Triebold and the first win for Rimer. Triebold and Rimer finished the race with a time of 14:48:58 (fourteen hours, forty eight minuets and fifty eight seconds) thirty five seconds ahead of  Corlew and Streib who finished with a time o 14:49:33 (Fourteen hours forty nine minutes and thirty three seconds). Early on in the evening Triebold and Rimer raced out to an early two minute lead, which they held until Mio Dam. Coming over the portage at Mio the two teams were side by side and stayed that way through the rest of the evening. From McKinley Bridge to Foote Dam the teams traded the lead back and forth at the timing points. However in the end it was Triebold and Rimer crossing the finish line first, “We made our move in a good spot where the water is slow and it is hard to follow someone” said Matthew Rimer, he also added winning the race “was a relief, I have put in a lot of time and it feels good to finally win” Rimer placed second in 2005 with partner Andrew Triebold. When asked about the race Triebold said “we tried to get out of town (Grayling) and get a nice lead and Corlew and Streib reeled us in” the end result was the teams were no more than five seconds apart until the end. At the race start Corlew took a spill in the run to the river and it resulted in he and Streib getting into the water in fifteenth place. By the first timing point Corlew and Streib had passed thirteen teams to move into third place.

Rounding out the top ten were:

3^rd    Ryan and Rodney Halstead of Grayling MI 

4^th   John Sullivan and Ted Kolka of Grayling MI

5^th   Tony Short of Sault Saint Marie MI and Brad Bauer of Spokane WA

6^th   Josh Taylor of Grayling MI and Mitch McMillen of Clare MI

7^th   Brad Gross of Pinconning MI and Dave Jensen of Sunnyvale CA

8^th   Bill Torongo of Roscommon MI and Calvin Hassel of Grand Island NE

9^th   Bruce Barton of Homer MI and Matt Meersman of South Bend IN

10^th   Pete Mead of Traverse City MI and Nick Walton of East Lansing MI

The Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon starts in Grayling Michigan and ends in Oscoda Michigan traveling over 120 Miles through Northeast Michigan. The “Marathon” is widely recognized as “North America’s Longest, Richest, Toughest Canoe Race”. 

A complete list of competitors, race information, video and photos can be accessed at www.ausablecanoemararhon.org