Elm Creek Series Results
December 23, 2009Conditions: Temperature: 27F, starting with a little wind and no blowing snow (for the skate race) to the light blizzard condition (towards the end of the classic race); full 2.5 km man-made Valley Trail loop; mostly natural snow, hard-packed fast crystal/heavy moisture type for the skate race, to new moist snow on top towards the end of the classic race; classic tracks are set well until the arrival of the new snow.
Race distance: 2 laps of 2.5km (5K total), both classic and freestyle, mass start.
Freestyle(F)/Classic(C) Anders Bowman 12:13 (F) male winner (F) Jon Miller 12:22 (F)/15:30 (C) John Kallemeyn 12:26 (F) Blake Gust 12:29 (F) Logan Smestad 12:44 (F)/15:31 (C) Ethan Evenson 13:20 (F) Erick Anderson 13:23 (F) Oumar Cherif 13:53 (F) Brett LaPlante 13:57 (F) Ken Gilkerson 14:21 (F) Brandon Wold 14:27 (F)/18:24 (C) Jenny Beckman 14:32 (F) female winner (F) Christi Nowak 14:41 (F) Michael Meehlhause 15:02 (F) Sarah Fleming 15:13 (F) Unknown/unregistered skier /15:26 (C) male winner (C) Robert Nelson 15:30 (F) Danielle Berndt 15:43 (F)/20:41(C) female winner (C) Jason Bolz 15:47 (F) William Risse 15:50 (F) Ben Dubay /16:02 (C) Danielle Buymeier 16:12 (F) Dave Kallemeyn 16:17 (F) Julie Kallemeyn 16:18 (F) Rich Spielberg 16:46 (F)/23:23 (C) Mary Kallemeyn 16:57 (F) Annika Ferber 17:25 (F) Mike Risse 17:47 (F) Andrea Polyondy-Smith 17:59 (F) Max Maimel 19:13 (F) Else Gale 19:44 (F) Owen Eerdmans/Team Strong Heart /16:35 (C) – 1 lap (8 year-old!!!) Rose Eerdmans/Team Strong Heart /18:41 (C) – 1 lap (10 year-old!!!)
Owen & Rose, you are the trooper!!! No hills can stop you two!!! Your mom, dad and the rest of Team Strong Hearts are so proud of you!!!
Happy holiday!!! See you next Wednesday.
Race Director -- Melinda SilbernickTimer/Results -- Amy Xu