2015 Final Race Results

Congratulations to all the winners in the #CDBF2015 Dragon Boat Races! Here are the final race results:

 

HONG KONG DIVISION

 

COMPETITIVE 500 METERS

1st Gold PASCO Fighting Dragons - Philippine American Society of Colorado
2nd Silver Lao Buddhist Temple - Epilog Corporation
3rd Bronze Agua Libre - Denver Language School

COMPETITIVE 250 METERS

1st Gold Lao Buddhist Temple - Epilog Corporation
2nd Silver Agua Libre - Denver Language School
3rd Bronze CSU Asian Pacific Americans Cultural Center

RECREATIONAL A 250 METERS

1st Gold Scorch - Orlando Dragon Boat Club
2nd Silver Mutineers - Mile-High Dragon Boat Racing Club
3rd Bronze CU Denver - University of Colorado Denver

RECREATIONAL B 250 METERS

1st Certificate Spirit of Cambodia - Spirit of Cambodia Cultural Alliance
2nd Certificate Wounded Warriors Team - Adaptive Adventures
3rd Certificate Raytheon Space Racers - Raytheon

NOVICE A

1st Gold To Burma With Love - Global Refuge
2nd Silver Mount St. Vincent Nustangs - Mount St. Vincent
3rd Bronze Adaptive Adventures - Civilian Team

NOVICE B

1st Certificate Bonfils-Stanton - Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
2nd Certificate TIAA-CREF - TIAA-CREF
3rd Certificate Kaiser Permanente - Kaiser Permanente

 

FLAG CATCHING

 

SATURDAY A

1st Gold Lightway Lightening - Lightway at Sloans
2nd Silver CH2M HILL Dragons - CH2M HILL
3rd Bronze Ice Dragons - Self-sponsored

SATURDAY B

1st Gold Janus Argonauts - Janus Capital Group
2nd Silver Stanley Sailors - Stanley Marketplace
3rd Bronze OCA DragonFlies - OCA

SATURDAY C

1st Certificate Wells Fargo Got Dim Sum - Wells Fargo

SUNDAY A

1st Gold CU Boulder Asian Unity - CU Boulder, Phuong Smith/Sterling Real Estate
2nd Silver Paddle 4 Possible - Craig Hospital
3rd Bronze CU Denver - University of Colorado Denver

SUNDAY B

1st Gold The Denver Foundation StewardSHIP - The Denver Foundation
2nd Silver Wright Row Group - Wright Group Event Services
3rd Bronze Seas the Dragon - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

SUNDAY C

1st Certificate Dragon this Boat - PorchLight

 

HONG KONG

 

COMPETITIVE 125 METERS

1st Gold Lao Buddhist Temple of Denver – Epilog Corporation
2nd Silver Ice Dragons – Self-sponsored
3rd Bronze CU Boulder – Asian Unity, CU Boulder

RECREATIONAL 125 METERS

1st Gold Mutineers – Mile-High Dragon Boat Racing Club
2nd Silver Los Bomberos – Self-sponsored (Colorado Spring & Pueblo)
3rd Bronze Raytheon Speed Demons – Raytheon

NOVICE 125 METERS

1st Certificate Wells Fargo-Got Dim Sum – Well Fargo
2nd Veterans Administration Team – Adaptive Adventures
3rd CH2M Hill – CH2M HILL



Here's some fun trivia about our dragon boat races by the numbers:

Number of Teams 45
Number of practices by teams 94
Number of Heats 77
Number of Protests 2
Number of Reruns 2
Total Sorties (trips out and back) 234
Saturday Sorties 118
Sunday Sorties 116
Total Distance Traveled Round Trip by Boats 77.2 miles
Number of Paddlers Involved 4842
Number of broken paddles 4
Number of Broken Seats 6
Number of False Starts 0
Number of Injuries 0
Number of spin-outs 0
Number of collisions 0
Number of capsizes 0

If you've never been to the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival or watched a dragon boat race is a very cool aerial view of the festival and one of the races early on Saturday (Lao Buddhist Temple won this race):