May 5th, 2008
27th Annual Outdoors, Inc. Canoe/Kayak Race Results & Pictures
Barton is in seventh heaven on Mississippi
Different look to river, but same finish
By Bryan Brasher
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Greg Barton spent most of the day Friday driving 12 hours to Memphis from his home in Charleston, S.C., with a white Legacy kayak in tow.
Today, he’ll turn around and drive another 12 hours back home to finish an exhausting weekend journey.
It seems like a lot of traveling to take part in an event that lasts barely 15 minutes.
But Barton insists the annual Outdoors, Inc., Canoe & Kayak Race is well worth the drive — and his amazing record in the race seems to back up the statement.
At just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Barton crossed the finish line at the 27th renewal of the Outdoors, Inc., Canoe & Kayak Race with a first-place time of 16:01 in the men’s open kayaking division. He finished just ahead of Arkansas paddler Michael Herbert, who placed second in 16:20.
During the past decade, Barton has participated in the Outdoors, Inc., race nine times, winning seven of them — and he plans to keep coming back, no matter how long it takes him to get here. For Full Article Click Here
For The Race Results Click Here
For Race Pictures Click Here
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