{"id":219898,"date":"2016-02-02T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=219898"},"modified":"2016-02-02T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T20:00:25","slug":"father-and-son-triumph-in-timmy-would-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/father-and-son-triumph-in-timmy-would-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and son triumph in \u2018Timmy Would Go\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ketson \u201cJack\u201d Kabiriel smiles as he leads the pack during the 500m stand-up paddling race in last Saturday\u2019s Inaugural \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d Memorial Paddle Classic held at the beachfront of Sandy Beach Homes in Chalan Kanoa. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Father and son Ketson \u201cJack\u201d and Koen Kabiriel led winners in the stand-up paddling competition in last Saturday\u2019s Inaugural \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d Memorial Paddle Classic held at the beachfront of Sandy Beach Homes in Chalan Kanoa.<\/p>\n

The older Kabiriel won the men\u2019s 30 to 49 age group division\u2019s 250m and 500m races. In the 250m event, he was the top finisher in both the qualifying heat and in the finals (times were not listed in the results provided by organizers). Vince Tudela and Ponce Rasa joined Jack in the Top 3 in the 250m event. In the 500m race, Rasa slid to third, as Robin Sapong grabbed the runner-up finish behind Jack. Ten other paddlers competed in the two races for the 30 to 49 age category.<\/p>\n

In the boys 8 to 12\u2019s 250m event, Jack\u2019s son Koen won against Tyler Andrew and Miku Torres, while Ponce\u2019s daughter ruled the girls 8 to 12, beating AC and Donna Kapileo in the finals. Eleven raced in the youngest age group contest.<\/p>\n

In the 13 to 15 division, Misaki Kitami and Deanna Kapileo took the boys and girls top honors. Kitami defeated Vincent Tudela Jr. and Steven Goodwin in the finals, while Deanna beat Newlyn Jeter.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s 16 to 29, Joshua Andrew, Javin Okawa and Carte Calma made it to the podium, placing ahead of 9 others, while Zia Buniag was ranked first in the women\u2019s division, downing Thia Seman.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the winners list in the 250m race were Harumi Suzuki, Tom Torres, and Hirumi Matagolai. Matagolai edged Yuko Togawa in the women\u2019s masters, while Tom prevailed in the men\u2019s masters, and Suzuki finished ahead of Soledad Tenorio in the women\u2019s 30 to 44 age group.<\/p>\n

In the 500m race, Kitami made it two in a row against Vince Tudela Jr. and Goodwin in the boys 13 to 15, while Deanna also earned her second victory against Jeter.<\/p>\n

Joshua Andrew, Buniag, Suzuki, Torres, and Matagolai duplicated Kitami and Deanna\u2019s fetes after ruling their respective divisions in the 500m race. Andrew won against the same foes in the men\u2019s 16 to 29 division with Calma this time getting the runner-up honors and bringing Okawa down to third. Buniag also defeated Seman in the women\u2019s division, while Suzuki won her showdown, too against Tenorio in the women\u2019s 30 to 44 age group. Tom Torres and Matagolai were crowned champions in the masters division.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d competition was made possible through the support of diamond sponsor Win Way Construction Company Saipan and platinum sponsors Best Sunshine International, Joeten, Triple J, Pacific Trading, Co., Bank of Guam, and TSL Foundation and a host of companies and individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Father and son Ketson \u201cJack\u201d and Koen Kabiriel led winners in the stand-up paddling competition…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":219926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1351,2727,6740,9451],"class_list":["post-219898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-chalan-kanoa","tag-joshua-andrew","tag-sandy-beach-homes","tag-tom-torres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}