Chase Kosterlitz has defended his crown at a race in Florida for the umpteenth time, taking out Saturday’s Florida Cup race in St. Pete Beach. Chase was quickest around the 10 mile Tampa Bay course, finishing three minutes clear of the very talented Ryan Helm.

It was an impressive performance from Chase, who has showed similar early season form at last month’s Carolina Cup. The big guy from Florida (who recently moved to San Diego) hasn’t lost in his home state since 2011. Not a bad track record. So while he’s yet to crack the podium at his non-preferred BOP Elite Race, if there’s ever a hard, grinding, long distance race, you’d be a brave punter to bet against Chase finishing near the front of the pack.

Meanwhile Jenny Kalmbach, who hosted a couple of technique clinics across the weekend, was too strong in the women’s, coming home ahead of East Coast warrior Helga Goebel.

The 2014 Florida Cup appears to have been a big success. Over 200 paddlers turned out, with 113 finishing the Elite 10 race alone, quite an impressive number for a distance event. The East Coast, especially Florida, seems to be fast becoming the biggest market for SUP racing in terms of participation numbers.

Full results below…

Seems the race wasn’t totally without drama though, as there was a bit of confusion about the start/finish (there’s been a bit of that lately…). Apparently the officials changed the rules about which finishing buoys to go around after the race briefing but right before the start of the race, which caused confusion to some of the finishers.

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2014 Florida Cup: 10 Mile SUP Race Results

#	Name	Time	Class	#	Division	#
1	Chase Kosterlitz	01:35:38:00	M14'	1	18-49	1
2	Ryan Helm	01:38:00:00	M14'	2	18-49	2
3	Kieran Grant	01:40:00:00	M14'	3	18-49	3
4	Patrick Klemawesch	01:40:40:00	Unlimited	1	18-49	1
5	Bill Kraft	01:41:01:00	M14'	4	18-49	4
6	Matt Arensman	01:41:49:00	M14'	5	18-49	5
7	Garrett Fletcher	01:42:07:00	M14'	6	18-49	6
8	Joseph Morel	01:44:30:00	M14'	7	18-49	7
9	Brad Ward	01:44:59:00	M14'	8	18-49	8
10	Nick Bjork	01:45:19:00	M14'	9	18-49	9
11	Andrew White	01:45:27:00	M14'	10	18-49	10
12	Michael Conlee	01:46:19:00	M14'	11	18-49	11
13	Chip Bock	01:46:38:00	Unlimited	2	18-49	2
14	Rob Mirlenbrink	01:46:41:00	Unlimited	3	18-49	3
15	Jake Portwood	01:48:03:00	M12'6	1	18-49	1
16	Austin Hollingshead	01:48:20:00	M14'	12	U17	1
17	Jenny Kalmbach	01:48:52:00	F12'6	1	18-49	1
18	Rev Thom	01:50:02:00	M14'	13	18-49	12
19	Matt Wise	01:50:56:00	M12'6	2	18-49	2
20	Jamie Twigg	01:50:57:00	M12'6	3	18-49	3
21	Jim Valenti	01:51:45:00	M14'	14	50+	1
22	Trip Saunders	01:51:57:00	M14'	15	18-49	13
23	Quintin Chiapperino	01:52:01:00	M12'6	4	U17	1
24	David Dean	01:52:44:00	M14'	16	50+	2
25	Sam Wessinger	01:53:26:00	M14'	17	U17	2
26	John Meskauskas	01:53:52:00	M12'6	5	18-49	4
27	Carmine Pici	01:54:05:00	M14'	18	50+	3
28	Helga Goebel	01:54:34:00	F12'6	2	18-49	2
29	John Sekas	01:55:20:00	M14'	19	50+	4
30	Chris Murphy	01:55:46:00	M14'	20	18-49	14
31	Cristian Prado	01:55:58:00	M12'6	6	18-49	5
32	Frank Dillenburg	01:57:06:00	M14'	21	50+	5
33	Dennis Navarrete	01:57:38:00	M12'6	7	18-49	6
34	Andrew Gaucho	01:57:49:00	M12'6	8	18-49	7
35	Kristin Apotsos	01:58:18:00	F12'6	3	18-49	3
36	Steve Thomas	02:00:35:00	M14'	22	50+	6
37	Jim Higgins	02:00:51:00	M14'	23	50+	7
38	Patrick Daugherty	02:01:07:00	M12'6	9	18-49	8
39	Edimar Luque	02:01:36:00	F12'6	4	18-49	4
40	Shelby Taylor	02:01:54:00	F12'6	5	18-49	5
41	Mark Roberts	02:03:30:00	M12'6	10	18-49	9
42	Kimberly Barnes	02:03:52:00	F12'6	6	18-49	6
43	Dave Jalving	02:04:27:00	M14'	24	18-49	15
44	Heath Marston	02:05:49:00	M14'	25	18-49	16
45	Neil Uden	02:06:35:00	M12'6	11	18-49	10
46	Ralf Steitz	02:07:17:00	M14'	26	50+	8
47	Karen Mirlenbrink	02:07:36:00	F12'6	7	18-49	7
48	Christian Grause	02:08:15:00	M14'	27	18-49	17
49	Taylor Mock	02:08:17:00	M12'6	12	18-49	11
50	Bailey Rosen	02:08:35:00	F12'6	8	18-49	8
51	Rob Mayhew	02:09:12:00	M14'	28	18-49	18
52	Chris Rockwood	02:09:22:00	M12'6	13	U17	2
53	Connor Rush	02:10:34:00	M12'6	14	U17	3
54	Jeff Walton	02:13:09:00	M14'	29	50+	9
55	Brent Duty	02:15:33:00	M14'	30	18-49	19
56	Michael Maddux	02:17:24:00	M12'6	15	18-49	12
57	Adam Pollock	02:18:59:00	M14'	31	18-49	20
58	Stephen Chase	02:20:07:00	M14'	32	18-49	21
59	David Rush	02:21:45:00	M14'	33	50+	10
60	Heather Kaarup	02:22:19:00	F12'6	9	18-49	9
61	Jeffrey Brown	02:22:27:00	M14'	34	50+	11
62	Will Marston	02:22:34:00	M12'6	16	U17	4
63	Keith Beam	02:22:49:00	M12'6	17	18-49	13
64	Meg Bosi	02:23:10:00	F12'6	10	18-49	10
65	Katie Holz	02:23:20:00	F12'6	11	18-49	11
66	Nannette Prevost	02:23:23:00	F12'6	12	18-49	12
67	Elizabeth Morse	02:23:27:00	F12'6	13	18-49	13
68	Richard Rodriguez	02:23:45:00	M12'6	18	50+	1
69	Jesse Dasilva	02:24:48:00	M14'	35	18-49	22
70	Lloyd Reeves	02:25:37:00	M14'	36	50+	12
71	Marc Kron	02:25:38:00	M14'	37	50+	13
72	Matthew Love	02:26:40:00	M12'6	19	18-49	14
73	Heidi Miller	02:28:31:00	F12'6	14	18-49	14
74	Glenn Jenkins	02:29:25:00	M12'6	20	50+	2
75	Keith Cook	02:29:49:00	M14'	38	50+	14
76	Lindy Carter	02:30:10:00	F14'	1	50+	1
77	Kaleb Cook	02:30:17:00	M12'6	21	U17	5
78	Justin Hayskar	02:30:38:00	M14'	39	18-49	23
79	John Predmore	02:32:32:00	M12'6	22	18-49	15
80	Gabriela Castro	02:33:55:00	F12'6	15	18-49	15
81	Arnold Schmidt	02:35:49:00	M12'6	23	50+	3
82	Monique Walker	02:39:44:00	F12'6	16	18-49	16
83	Lisa Cool	02:40:21:00	F12'6	17	18-49	17
84	Jennifer Crews	02:41:10:00	F12'6	18	18-49	18
85	Matt Kearney	02:41:37:00	M12'6	24	18-49	16
86	Jessi Farber	02:42:16:00	F12'6	19	18-49	19
87	Karen Mayer	02:43:41:00	F12'6	20	18-49	20
88	Evey Hammond	02:45:13:00	F12'6	21	18-49	21
89	Trina Casburn	03:00:29:00	F12'6	22	18-49	22
90	Joe Vetter	03:03:00:00	M12'6	25	50+	4

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