While it probably won't happen at Martin Stadium next month, the Cougars have won the Apple Cup on the water!
The ERCU version of the Apple Cup, that is.
Using their best driver high points totals of the season, Cougar Racing Team (made up of Bob VandenAkker, Nelson Holmberg, Brian Gilmore, Rick Lentz, Mick Shutt, Ron Hartley and Patrick Gleason) scored a total of 46,912 high points this season in ERCU.
The "Elite" Husky Racing Team (Ron Daum, Gary Hansen, Doug Brow, Mark Gran, Steve Twardus, Mark Hansen and Scott Fetterly), on the other hand, scored a total of 33,016.
Honorary CRT Captain WSU football coach Paul Wulff said, "Go Cougs! I love model hydrofoil racing!" After that, Gilmore took the coach (and former WSU football teammate) Wulff aside, in a dark back room, and "explained" the whole point of ERCU, and the difference between hydroplanes and hydrofoils.
In its first official year, the ERCU Apple Cup pitted teams of seven drivers with loyalty or preference to one of the two major universities in the state of Washington in a head-to-head competition that ran the course of the entire season.
When EHRT starter Ralph Jorgenson decided to not race this season, Husky captain Ron Daum decided to burn the redshirt of Mark Hansen, and placed him into the starting lineup.
"Mark is a great young driver," Daum said. "He won another race this year and everything, but it just wasn't enough for us this year. We bow down to Washington State."
The Elite Husky Racing Team will be honored at a membership meeting this winter by being required to sing the Cougar Fight Song (in barbershop quartet) to the entire membership amassed at the meeting. Additionally, each EHRT member will be required to wear a Cougar hat throughout the entire meeting.
The final standings (using the best driver points total turned in by each member, regardless of class):
Cougar Racing Team
1. Bob VandenAkker, 11,055 points
2. Nelson Holmberg, 9,905 points
3. Brian Gilmore, 9,682 points
4. Rick Lentz, 8,771 points
5. Mick Shutt, 4,250 points
6. Ron Hartley, 2,029 points
7. Patrick Gleason, 1,220 points
Total - 46,912 points
Elite Husky Racing Team
1. Ron Daum, 7,515 points
2. Gary Hansen, 6,657 points
3. Mark Gran, 5,147 points
4. Doug Brow, 4,630 points
5. Steve Twardus, 3,140 points
6. Mark Hansen, 2,970 points
7. Scott Fetterly, 2,957 points
Total - 33,016 points
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4 comments:
I think you left Craig Mullen off the Husky list. You may want to re-calculate the total. I know it may take a while for a Coug to add, but it may change the results.
Love,
Craig "Sparticus" Mullen (UW '85)
Sparticus:
There was no math error. It's our understanding that you were on redshirt status in 2008. Maybe you'll be on the roster in '09.
Love,
-Butch the Coug
(you graduated in '85? Man you're old)
Who the heck is "Butch"?
P.S. could it be a purple shirt?
I'm not really into red.
Sparticus
Butch is the national mascot of the year (2007) from WAZZU baby!
How about we make the shirt crimson. That's a compromise between red and purple.
Go COUGS!
-Your buddy Butch
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