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Photo finish of Heat # 2 Aqualand Crabby 500 2004.
Legal Information.
Aqualand Pets Plus held their first hermit crab race March 20, 2004.
Their event was sanctioned by the International Hermit Crab Racing
Association. All participants were certified by the IHCRA
prior to the event and agreed to comply with their stringent rules and
regulations. Safety crews were on duty and no hermit crabs were
injured in the event.
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Early strategizing among the entrants and their racing crabs.
Heat # 1 @ 2 pm
1st Luke Cianciaruso/Greedy
2nd Michael Miller/Crabby
3rd Kaylee Schroeder/Pincher
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Gentle crabs, start your engines. Actually, the winners had already won.
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Smiling winner, Misty, waves at the crowd.
Heat # 2 @ 2:30
1st Michael Miller/Misty
2nd Kaylee Schroeder/Pincher
3rd Logan Reding/2
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Grabbing the winners before they fall off, crash, and burn.
Heat # 3 @ 3 pm
1st Brandon Reding/2
2nd Logan Reding/1
3rd Jacob Foltz/Climber
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Local press covering the event. Read about it in the Register's
Around Town section.
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Words of advice from competitor, Mighty Mike Miller.
Heat # 4 @ 3:30 pm
1st Luke Cianciaruso/Grandpa
2nd Logan Reding/3
3rd Brandon Reding/2
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Smiling Luke, the big winner of the Mr. Mike hand-crafted Aqualand Crabby 500
trophy.
Heat # 5 @ 4 pm -- Finals
1st Luke Cianciaruso/Greedy
2nd Michael Miller/Misty
3rd Luke Cianciaruso/Grandpa
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More of the winners. Their moms know they'll grow into them.
Crab Biographies (not everyone
submitted their crab bios).
Shelby likes me
to play with her and water her.
Angela McCann
Pincher likes to
play in his water and run all over. He runs very fast and gets lost.
Kaylee Schroeder
Munchi likes to
run around and eat.
Jasmina Lopez
IHCRA
Statement. Aqualand Pets Plus belongs to the IHRCA and strongly
believes in their code of conduct. No mechanical aids, drugs, or
artificial stimulants were administered to the participants or their
owners. Final results (including the photo finishes) were submitted
to the IHCRA for review and archiving.
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