Mike Davis and Guillaume Blais sit in first after day two of the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon Time Trials

GRAYLING - After day two of time trials, Mike Davis and Guillaume Blais have the fastest time at 4:53.21. The pair is ready for Saturday and had this to say after their time trial today.

“The water is pretty low compared to past years, so I think our time is pretty fast out there it was good water for falling off the bottom. But on a few spots, it’s easy to get knocked off when you had a kind of a shallow bar, so it was really technical out there,” said Mike Davis.

The team sitting in second place, Ryan Halstead and a member of last years’ winning team, Wesley Dean, broke the record for the fastest spring by an all-Michigan team at 4:54.31.

“It feels good that we’re both local boys here from Grayling and we got a chance to maybe win the marathon and, you know, doing a sprint like that from our hometown, it’s like, awesome. It always feels like you leave a second or two out there. But yeah, overall, pretty good and just happy to have it done,” said Halstead and Dean.

Time trials will conclude on Friday, with the race scheduled for Saturday night.