Flanagan, Hutchinson win Roughwater Swim

By Mike Tymn
Special to The Advertiser

With about 600 yards to go in the 32nd annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim yesterday morning, six swimmers were battling for the victory. Then, suddenly, John Flanagan had several strokes on the others.

Trudee Hutchinson, a 20-year-old from Queensland, Australia, comes ashore at Duke Kahanamoku Beach to win the women's race in 57:31.5. Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

In winning for the second straight year, Flanagan, 26, covered the 2.384-mile endurance challenge from San Souci Beach to Duke Kahanamoku Beach in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in 52 minutes, 40.4 seconds. Leonard, 23, recorded 53:02.2, while Noa Sakamoto, a 15-year-old Punahou School sophomore, took third in 53:04.2.

Finishing 14th overall, Trudee Hutchinson, a 20-year-old resident of Queensland, Australia, captured the women's race in 57:31.5. Amanda Beard, 19, the 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes now living in Irvine, Calif., was second in 59:29.30. Laurie Vidal, 39, from Orinda, Calif., took third, another 45 seconds back.

"I had no idea," said Hutchinson when asked if she knew where she stood among the women competitors. "I just followed the swimmers ahead of me. It was pretty good going all the way." It was Hutchinson's first attempt in the annual event.

With around 1,000 swimmers, the race got under way at 9 a.m.

Alex Kostich, the 1994 winner who was a close second to Flanagan last year, set the pace for most of the race.

John Flanagan won the Waikiki Roughwater Swim for the second year in a row; women's champ Trudee Hutchinson was 14th overall. Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

Kostich ended up fifth in 53:10, less than a second behind fourth-place finisher Ryk Neethling.

Flanagan said he was concerned when they made the turn for the finish, about a half-mile out from the beach.

"We kind of followed Alex up until then, but the four of us went wide at the buoy,"said Flanagan. "Initially, I thought we might have gone too wide and I freaked out a little. But I guess it worked out for us."

Leonard, Sakamoto and Australian Mark Saliba all reached the beach together, but Leonard was the fastest in the 20-yard run to the finish line.

Saliba edged Sakamoto but was not officially entered in the race.

Finishing fifth overall among the women, Deidre Tennant, 29, was the first female finisher from Hawai'i.

Male

Overall: 1, John Flanagan 52:40.4. 2, Mark Leonard 53:02.2. 3, Noa Sakamoto 53:04.2.

10 and under: 1, Kent Yamada 1:28:04.9. 2, Kirby Al 1:39:20.1. 3, Joshua Schretenthaler 1:48:06.3. 4, Garrett Costello 2:06:59.9.

11-12: 1, Mitchell Chong 1:09:14.0. 2, Sho Fujikawa 1:10:12.1. 3, Brett Johnson 1:25:46.0. 4, Rayfe Gaspar Asaoka 1:27:48.9. 5, Daniel Ramos 1:27:50.3.

13-14: 1, Marcus Gallagher 1:05:19.8. 2, Yusuke Kobayashi 1:06:35.8. 3, Dustin Fukuda 1:07:11.3. 4, Sean Steele 1:12:21.6. 5, Douglas Dudley 1:12:22.2.

15-18: 1, Hong Zhe Sun 56:33.4. 2, Kimo Yamashiro 57:11.5. 3, Mark Eckert 1:02:32.2. 4, Tatsuya Kobayashi 1:05:44.6. 5, Jonathan Ching 1:09:42.9.

19-24: 1, Ryk Neethling 53:09.6. 2, Josh Santacaterina 53:31.8. 3, Ben Weston 56:26.5. 4, Niklas Larson 58:38.6. 5, Yukio Asakura 1:01:35.6.

25-29: 1, Peter Hursty 59:19.5. 2, Eric Seversen 1:02:13.9. 3, Jeffrey Geary 1:05:19.0. 4, Alex Dailey 1:06:07.3. 5, Kakwira Cook 1:07:41.9.

30-34: 1, Alex Kostich 53:10.2. 2, Todd Robinson 56:30.9. 3, Hamish Cameron 58:54.0. 4, Roque Santos 59:49.7. 5, Robert Childs 1:00:25.8.

35-39: 1, Darryl Johnson 54:51.1. 2, Bobby Patten 56:07.0. 3, Chris Yontez 56:23.9. 4, Todd Arrix 1:02:14.5. 5, Scott Mefford 1:03:33.4.

40-44: 1, Robert Placak 57:34.1. 2, David Lundberg 58:44.8. 3, Brett Phillip 59:29.3. 4, Mike Keck 59:51.5. 5, Kirk Anderson 1:00:10.8.

45-49: 1, Michael McCaffery 59:58.0. 2, Bill Goding 1:02:48.9. 3, Jim Montgomery 1:03:08.2. 4, Brad Levinson 1:04:00.0. 5, Stuart Corliss 1:05:24.8.

50-54: 1, Todd Bryan 1:00:28.2. 2, Alan Bell 1:00:29.7. 3, Bob Momsen 1:02:09.8. 4, Mike Sherrill 1:06:51.5. 5, Patrick Dixon 1:08:34.7.

55-59: 1, John Koorey 1:07:58.4. 2, Jim Merchant 1:09:36.1. 3, James Budde 1:10:31.8. 4, James Beglinger 1:11:36.8. 5, Doug Rice 1:12:05.8.

60-64: 1, David Harrison 1:13:05.2. 2, Ernie Leskovitz 1:16:51.4. 3, Russell Jackson 1:24:47.0. 4, Jim Wiencke 1:31:05.4. 5, Patrick Duffy 1:31:37.7.

65-69: 1, Jim Gaughran 1:39:09.3. 2, Joe Nagi 1:43:00.8. 3, Vernon Knight 1:44:28.3. 4, David Lamott 1:47:31.4. 5, John Weiser 1:48:30.2.

70-74: 1, Graham Johnston 1:11:21.7. 2, Roger Campbell 1:26:33.9. 3, Mo Mathews 1:38:21.4. 4, Donald Baker 1:45:49.1. 5, William Burgess 2:18:17.1. 80-84: 1, Ray Taft 1:46:28.6.

Female

Overall: 1, Trudee Hutchinson 57:31.5. 2, Amanda Beard 59:40.9. 3, Laurie Vidal 1:00:15.1.

10 and under: 1, Christel Simms 1:32:50.5. 2, Elise Baker 1:36:53.0. 3, Remy Hirai 1:44:47.1. 4, Shanelle Choi 1:44:50.7.

11-12: 1, Nicole Hagi 1:17:08.7. 2, Dawn Simunovich 1:17:43.9. 3, Courtney Weigand 1:20:26.5. 4, Jessica Lau 1:20:30.2. 5, Kaylen Baker 1:20:31.1.

13-14: 1, Elizabeth-Rose 1:09:04.2. 2, Emma Berry 1:11:37.4. 3, Summer Nakasato 1:15:02.3. 4, Whitney Nekoba 1:17:09.8. 5, Valerie Ka'ahanui 1:17:23.1.

15-18: 1, Ashley Swart 1:04:06.0. 2, Jennifer Baker 1:04:29.2. 3, Kim Ono 1:09:16.0. 4, Karan Toews 1:11:12.9. 5, Natalie Noborikawa 1:13:01.0.

19-24: 1, Adrienne Mason 1:04:06.2. 2, Brandie Smith 1:04:17.6. 3, Pia Chock 1:04:19.0. 4, Candice Cabebe 1:05:09.6. 5, Aimee Cantrell 1:05:26.8.

25-29: 1, Deidre Tennant 1:03:13.9. 2, Erica Quam 1:03:37.0. 3, Maureen McLaren 1:05:16.5. 4, Michelle Deasy 1:05:28.0. 5, Amy Meschke 1:10:47.1.

30-34: 1, Jennifer Jordan 1:04:53.1. 2, Carla Wentink 1:05:28.3. 3, Sheri Lehmer 1:07:25.0. 4, Cindy Miller 1:12:59.4. 5, Jeni Buys 1:14:12.1.

35-39: 1, Laureen K. Welting 1:00:53.5. 2, Joan Schriger 1:03:57.5. 3, June McLain 1:08:43.4. 4, Janet Renner 1:11:20.2. 5, Lynn Jolly 1:12:39.1.

40-44: 1, Jenny Cook 1:04:11.0. 2, Marguerite Meyer 1:07:07.6. 3, Maureen O'Toole 1:07:46.3. 4, Andrea Woods 1:09:46.9. 5, Monica Bailey 1:11:27.9.

45-49: 1, Carol Hamilton 1:14:03.6. 2, Phyllis Quinn 1:15:15.2. 3, Laurie Foster 1:23:17.1. 4, Rene Murphy 1:25:32.1. 5, Jill Buss 1:34:29.1.

50-54: 1, Linda Kaiser 1:19:06.4. 2, Lynn Bell 1:20:27.8. 3, Jeanne Knapp 1:28:38.2. 4, Sui-lan Ellsworth 1:31:01.4. 5, Jane Dierenfield 1:33:1.0.

55-59: 1, Betty Ann Barnett-Sallee 1:12:38.0. 2, Ellen Shockro 1:46:12.7. 3, Peg Pashkow 1:53:26.1. 4, Wendy Minor 1:57:43.0. 5, Brenda Hamill 1:59:59.8.

60-64: 1, Betsy Jordan 1:37:31.3. 2, Carol Sing 1:40:06.2. 3, Elizabeth Johnson 1:45:43.2. 4, Deborah Peckham 1:48:52.9. 5, Sandra Vickers 1:56:36.4.

65-69: 1, Diane Stowell 1:29:06.8. 2, Janet Lamott 2:03:19.1. 3, Lori Auhil 2:04:42.9. 70-74: 1, Ann Lambertson 2:46:56.6. 75-79: 1, Beth Blickfeldt 3:04:40.7.