There were several competitions and contests held throughout the Darlington Canoe Festival weekend from June 12-14. Following are the results of some of those contests:
Raffle ticket winners
    The several Canoe Festival raffle ticket winners were announced on Sunday, June 14. A list of winners follows below:
    $1000.00 cash grand prize- Dave Frazier, of Dubuque, Iowa
    Darlington Super 8 one-night stay in bridal suite and $25 gift certificate to Bridges Restaurant- Barb Dinges, of Darlington.
    $20 in Darlington Chamber/Main Street Chamber Bucks - Tina Komprood of  Darlington, Julie Zasada of Darlington, Deb Whalen of Darlington, Lisa Braley of Blanchardville and Beth Hammer.
    D99.3 Summer Fun Packages: Tomah Tractor Pull general admission tickets- Andrew Gruetzmaker of Darlington, Mataya Plenkers of Darlington and Michelle Savatski of Benton.
    Tickets to Summerfest-Matt Kurth of Darlington and Ron Lind of Warren, Ill.
    Tickets to Noahs Ark- Katrena Houtakker of Shullsburg.
    Wisconsin State Fair passes- Carol McDaniel of Darlington and the Bergeson family of Darlington.
    Lafayette County Speedway passes- Pat Keyes of Belmont and Ted Moris of Darlington.
    Gift certificate to Yellowstone Dairy Stand – Bergeson family of Darlington.
    Various CDs from D.99.3 - Bob Wiegel of Darlington, April Dicks of Gratiot, Randy Yodum of Freeport Ill., Jeff Crist of Darlington and Cody Crist of Darlington.
    Wisconsin Distributors Summer Fun winners: umbrella- PC Halverson of Darlington; lawn chair- Maynard Goebel and bean bag toss game- Darlington Boy Scouts.
Talent show winners
    Winners of the talent show at the 2015 Darlington Canoe Festival included the following:
    Youth division: 1st—Lainey, Lexi & Kaci Riechers-vocal trio, 2nd—Lillian King-vocal solo, 3rd—Syndey Wiegel-vocal solo, 4th—Ella Winslow-vocal solo.
    Junior division: 1st—Madyson King & Ellie Hemming-vocal duet, 2nd—Sophie Wiegel on the piano & Grace Wiegel-vocal duet, 3rd—Reagan Russell-vocal solo, 4th—Madyson King-vocal solo.     
    Senior division: 1st—Rose & Rebekah Bendorf-vocal duet, 2nd—Maggie & Clara Bahr-vocal duet, 3rd—Sadie Fitzsimmons-vocal solo, 4th—Levi Kasten, Colin Austin & Dawson Howell-band.
    All divisions had prizes of $100 for 1st place, $60 for 2nd place, $40 for 3rd place and $20 for 4th place.
Road Run winners
    Results of the road run for the 2015 Canoe Festival included the following:
    For the two-mile walk participants estimated what they thought their time would be before starting and the results show those who were the closest to their estimated times: 1st—Joan Thompson was 0:03 seconds off; 2nd—Hailey Winkler was 0:13 seconds off; 3rd—Ashely Buss was 0:14 seconds off.
    For the one-mile run in the boys division: 1st - Manny Parman, 7:22; 2nd – Tye Crist, 7:26; 3rd – Jarren Swigart, 7:52; 4th – Peter Cusick, 8:04; 5th – Reese Schilling, 8:14; 6th – Kaleb King, 8:43; 7th – Bryce Roelli, 8:49; 8th – Landon King, 8:57; 9th – Kevin Mulhern, 9:10; 10th - Ryan Roelli, 9:12; 11th – Ben Weaver, 9:50; 12th: Gabriel Wedig, 10:00; 13th – Alex Stauffacher, 10:10; 14th – Zack Meylor, 10:30; 15th – Logan Kraus, 10:35; 16th - Boyer Watters, 11:27; 17th – Bryce Gempler, 11:43; 18th – Sammy Turpin, 12:07; 19th – Carson Kraus, 13:05; 20th – Christian Heitman, 13:49 and 21st – Cole Pettijohn, 20:45. Girls division: 1st – Hannah Martensen, 7:10; 2nd – Alyza Johnson, 7:18; 3rd – Belle Watters, 7:53; 4th - Abigail Potter, 7:59; 5th – Alyssa Roelli, 8:10; 6th – Gianna Potter, 8:23; 7th – Austia Stauffacher, 8:29; 8th – Sara Siegenthaler, 8:31; 9th – Zorianna Zembroski, 9:00; 10th – Natalie Jentz, 9:00; 11th – Laura Weaver, 9:20; 12th – Maggie Gollmer, 9:25; 13th – Lexie Meyers, 9:59; 14th – Sydney Wiegel, 10:01; 15th – Elizabeth Riechers, 10:39; 16th – Reese Johanningmeier, 10:40; 17th – Braylin Cleary, 10:51; 18th – Adeline Riechers, 11:18; 19th – Paige Douglas, 11:22; 20th – Remie Nyffenegger, 11:25; 21st- Rari Bassert, 11:26; 22nd – Missy Watters, 11:30; 23rd – Ayla Sauffacher, 11:37; 24th – Lilly Ritchie, 11:40; 25th – Juliana Mulhern, 11:56; 26th – Tessa Gempler, 12:35; 27th – Brynee Roelli, 12:45; 28th – Nadia Montgomery, 12:50; 29th – Rebeka Potter, 13:24; 30th – Lilly King, 13:27; 31st – Gabriela Ramos, 15:43 and 32nd – Courtney Pettijohn, 21:04.
    For the two-mile run in the male division: 13 & under: 1st—Ben Tuescher, 11:44; 2nd—Dylan Heim, 12:29; 3rd—Chandlar Kelly, 12:49. 14-18: 1st—Noah Schuetz, 11:35; 2nd—Alex Sonsalla, 13:42; 3rd—Chad Kelly, 13:46. 19-29: 1st—Isaac Scheutz, 10:40; 2nd—Jake Winkler, 15:34; 3rd—Nathan Schuetz, 15:35. 30-39: 1st—Patrick Cleary, 12:38; 2nd—Andy Heitman, 14:07; 3rd—Tony Buss, 15:52. 40-49:1st—James Schuetz, 12:05; 2nd—Jeff Stauffacher, 13:15; 3rd—Jeff Tuescher, 14:39. 50-59: 1st—Arnie Miehe, 14:39; 2nd—Glen Polnow, 15:04; 3rd—Reg Gill, 24:03. 60 & over: 1st—Lee Smith, 16:24; 2nd—John Sonsalla, 20:25. Female division: 13 & under: 1st—Kayci Martensen, 13:21; 2nd—Judith Meister, 14:36; 3rd—Allyson Meyers, 14:58. 14-18: 1st—Paige Schilling, 14:20; 2nd—Meghan Douglas, 15:16; 3rd—Bailey McDonald, 16:16. 19-29: 1st—Shea Bierman, 11:47; 2nd—Courtney Jentz, 16:05 3rd—Rebekah Bendorf, 16:11. 30-39: 1st—Angela Mulhern, 14:36; 2nd—Angela Stauffacher, 15:55; 3rd—Lisa Heitman, 15:57. 40-49: 1st—Michelle Roelli, 16:12; 2nd—Kimberly Baber, 16:30; 3rd—Valerie Parman, 17:07. 50-59: 1st—Ann Miehe, 16:20; 2nd—Donna Seman, 16:30; 3rd—Teresa Metz, 19:55.
    For the five-mile run in the male division: 18 & under: 1st—Brian Mathews, 29:21; 2nd—Thomas Schultz, 29:42; 3rd—Blake Cwynar, 30:38. 19-29: 1st—Tyson Miehe, 26.19; 2nd—Kent Miehe, 27:40; 3rd—Connor Roche, 27:54. 30-39: 1st—Erik Van Etten, 44:59. 40-49: 1st—Joseph Bendorf, 35:08; 2nd—Tom Franklin, 35:24; 3rd—Brian Mulhern, 38:24. 50 & over: 1st—Steve Ingram, 34:40; 2nd—Tom Wolfe, 39:25; 3rd—Max Anderson, 42:23. Female division: 18 & under: 1st—Grace Ingam, 34:52; 2nd—Rose Bendorf,39:50; 3rd—Amy English, 39:59. 19-29: 1st—Olivia Bolsowks, 34:41; 2nd—Rebecca Mathias, 35:48; 3rd—Emily Whalen, 37:11. 30-39: 1st—Macia Taddy, 31:56; 2nd—Christina Ramos, 40:11; 3rd—Ashley Van Etten, 43:50. 40-49: 1st—Peg Boom, 48:27; 2nd—Dianne Jentz, no time available; 3rd—Kathy Lange, 49:58.