Elm Creek Relays/TT Results

by Melinda Silbernick
January 18, 2006

Race condition: Icy, fast condition, snow covered the entire 5K race course including Valley, Thicket, and Northern Light trails, 28F, no wind.

Race format of the night: Individual time trial, mass start.

Race results: Tonight’s individual time trial posted one of the most competitive fields of this season, in both men and women fields. 27 skiers battled tonight’s race from start to end. It was about trying to get ahead of Laurin Sean-Pascal and Caitlin Compton both from Subaru Factory Team. Laurin lead the pack and held his split second win over Paul Olson at 11:41. Paul Olson, Ben Kremer, Andy Schakel, and Brandan Ostroot were neck to neck with Laurin to the end and each posted their respective time at 11:42, 11:44, 11:46, and 11:47. In the women’s field, Caitlin took a near 3-second lead over Anna McLoon and posted the fastest women time in the season. Caitlin finished at 12:19. Anna McLoon and Maria Steward took the second and third places.

The individual times are:
Laurin Sean-Pascal	11:41
Paul Olson 11:42
Ben Kremer 11:44
Andy Schakel 11:46
Brandan Ostroot 11:47
Brodie Rau 11:53
Caitlin Compton 12:19
Anna McLoon 12:22
John Keane 12:54
Mike Noonan 13:04
John Lynch 13:05
Ken Mogren 13:07
John Hopkins 13:11
Mark Rathbun 13:17
Scott Niemela 13:22
Richard Chin 13:39
Tom Nowak 13:45
George Strickler 13:49
Maria Stewart 14:05
Joe Mundenar 14:13
John Boller 14:25
Dave Kallemeyn 14:40
Leif Carlson 14:47
Ray Aponte 15:20
Melinda Silbernick 15:34
Kris Bjerkness 16:19
Andrea Oman 16:27
The race series continues on every Wed. night at 7:45pm. Registration opens at about 7:15pm and closes about 10 minutes before the race.