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2007 ACA Whitewater Open Canoe Downriver & Sprint National Championships
The 2007 American Canoe Association’s Whitewater Open Canoe Downriver (WWOCD) and Sprint National Championships will be held on the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle, PA on 10-15 July, 2007. Some of the past venues for this competition include the Arkansas River, Salida, CO: the James River, Richmond, VA: the Nantahala River, Wesser, NC: the Dead River, West Forks ME and in 2006 the Deerfield River in Charlemont, MA.
The WWOCD Nationals have been held before on the Yough in 1978, 1983, 1990, 1995, and 2001. The men and women’s ACA National Champions for solo and tandem classes in Whitewater Open Canoe for both downriver and sprints will be determined during four days of racing on the “Yough” again this year.
On site registration and check-in for the competition will be conducted at the Ohiopyle Community Center in downtown Ohiopyle beginning on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Canoe inspection will be conducted nearby. Starts, by class on one-minute intervals, will begin at 8:30 AM each day. Competitors must be registered for their events the day preceding the competition, i.e. no race day registration. The downriver races are a little over one hour in duration and the sprints are about 11 minutes in duration.
