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Steve Scoggins
08/04/17 #21757

Hey there folks!

After two days of off and on racing due to lightning and storms, it was ON today down here at Sprint Nationals

The first two days were filled up with 1000m heats and finals, a Bantam 500 and storms.
Our Bellingham Ladies, Abby, Elena, Milan, and Emma really put it out there, ALL making PRs and check this out……

Abby Scoggins Gold Bantam K1 1000
Elena Wolgamot Gold JUV K1 1000
Milan Gauthier Bronze JUV K1 1000
Abby Scoggins Gold Bantam K1 500

Finally, today we got to play.
Day started off strong at 7:05

JUV K-4 with Emma Elena Milan plus Trisha from Gig jammed out a 1.56 to get Gold

Abby paired up with Audrey from OKC for a Gold in K2 500 Bantam

Milan Elena Emma all made final in the K1 500 and went on to get
Gold Elena
Silver Milan
8th in nation Emma

Abby went on to 200m to cruise to a Gold in K1 and a clean sweep of Bantam K1 events

K2 JUV 500
Elena paired with Hawaiian Kali Wilding for Gold
Emma and Milan went for a close Silver

After all that…..the ladies went in for some Distance racing, completely dominating the 5K
Emma/Milan took the K2 for gold and first overall(including JR and SR)
Elena took Gold
Abby took Silver

That was a big day folks! Keep your ears on for tomorrow as we race the 200s in K1 and K2.

Steve Scoggins
08/05/17 #21763

Recap

Day 4 was like any other with BHAM raging it! 200 meter races were hard charging and crazy to watch.

Elena and her island friend Kali nabbed a K2 200m Gold with Milan and Emma close behind for Bronze.

Abby, Milan, and Elena made the finals for JUV K1-200m. This is one tough field of competitors. The top 14 ladies in this group are some of the fastest seen in the US for this age group.

By the end, after much ado about all kinds of things, it ended up as
Elena Gold with a 46.06(??? THATS CRAZY)
Milan 4th, and Abby 5th!
There's a lot of fast going on.

Both Emma and Elena were selected for the OHR team and will compete in the Czech Republic this September!
Congratulations to all of them and the team that supported them during their training.

See y'all back in the ham,

Steve

Matthew D McCoy <mccoymatt@…>

08/06/17 #21767

As the proud parent of Emma McCoy, one of the kids going to the Olympic Hopes Regatta in Prague next month, let me shout out a huge THANK YOU to Steve and Sharon Scoggins!

Steve has been such a great coach for Emma over the last two years. He’s been patient with her as she started learning to paddle, he’s encouraged her and helped her develop at her own pace, and helped her discover that she had skills that she didn’t knew she possessed (and certainly I had no clue, either). When Emma wanted to paddle a superlancer at nationals last year, he was super supportive of her being comfortable in the boat she wanted to paddle in, and helping her grow at a pace that worked for who she is, even if she was in the slowest boat.

In a world that is pushing kids to be the best they can be RIGHT NOW, I’m grateful we’ve got a coach like Steve who’s cultivating life-long lovers of paddling who also happen to post incredible times at nationals.

About a month ago I saw Emma get put in a K-2 with a kid who was brand new to paddling, in order to help this new kid learn how to feel comfortable on the water. In a world that would push Emma to think only of herself and getting prepped for nationals, I pulled Steve aside and thanked him for making sure Emma kept an eye on the new kids even while she was preparing for nationals. This isn’t just about Emma, this is about how her excellence integrates into a much larger community, and I’m so grateful that Emma has a coach like Steve who cares about who these kids are becoming on the way to where they’re going.

Steve and Sharon have sacrificed much more than I’m aware of, and I’m very aware that I’m getting to go to Prague to watch my daughter race because of their sacrifice, dedication, care and passion for these Bellingham kids.

Thank you,

Matt McCoy

Dale McKinnon

08/06/17 #21768

There are good coaches and there are a few bad coaches. I wish all parents understood the sacrifices so many good coaches make in their lives for their athletes… but when you have an extraordinary coach, you see amazing things happen to young athletes. Steve seems to be the extraordinary kind, the kind that lets kids understand excellence. Best of luck in Prague, all!

Thank you Bellingham for supporting these kids!
Just after the 5K

Olympic Hopes Regatta
Dan
08/08/17 #21771

Congratulations to Sierra Noskof and Neha Harle, Independent sprint flat-water youth kayakers from Bellingham, that have been named to Team USA for the 2017 Olympic Hopes Regatta ( OHR), Recice, Czech Republic, next month. Sierra and Neha, who are trained with Dan Baharav, competed at the USA sprint c/k Nationals in Florida this last weekend. They made all their age group finals, collected few medals, had fun, and are elated to represent USA in the OHR which is actually the World youth 15-17 years old Championships. Two other young kayakers, Elena Wolgamot and Emma McCoy from Bellingham were named to Team USA as well. This is incredible, only 5 years after founding the BCKST youth flat-water olympic style kayak program that our city young kayakers are reaching outstanding international level !! Best of time at OHR !!

Dan B