Elm Creek Series Results

by Melinda Silbernick
December 10, 2014

Conditions: Air Temp. 28F, light wind, slower conditions than last week however still fast times. There was a thaw and freeze of snow over the past few days that created some of the up hills to be soft and mushy.

Unbelievable skiing field! This is one of the strongest fields the Elm Creek Time Trial has ever posted both in numbers and fast times. Records were not broken but efforts where 110 percent, leaving a lot of skiers with little left in the tank for the classic race that followed. Matt Liebsch just about missed the finish line by stopping to soon. He took video pictures throughout the race and still made everyone hurt, coming in first on the freestyle race. Cory Ellertson 2nd place Freestyle finisher shouted at Matt to keep going, because he didn’t want to” win a race that way”. Cory took home the fastest time in the classic race. Top female finisher for both Freestyle and classic was Kathleen Danielson from Woodbury. There were many close and memorable finishes, congratulations to all the skiers.

Race course 2 laps of 2.5k(valley trail), race distance 5(K0 both Freestyle/classic, Mass start / self-seeding.

ECTT Results: 12/10/2014

Matt Liebsch        11:34 (F)    male winner of skate race
Cory Ellertson      11:37(F)  15:25 (C)  male winner of classic race
Alex Reich          11:47 (F)
John Wessling       12:04 (F)  16:22 (C)
Anders Bowman       12:27(F) 16:52(C)
Craig Stolen        12:45(F) 15:26(C)
Daniel Luoma        13:21(F) 17:50(C)
Dennis Curran       13:24(F)
Mike Brumbough      13:26(F) 17:52(C)
Tim Kufahl          13:28(F)  17:37(C)
Clayton Keim        13:29(F)
Pat Nelson          13:42(F) 17:19(C)
John Hopkins        13:45(F)
Sam Phipps          13:55(F)
Grant Davis         13:58(F)
Paul Olson          14:03(F)
Paul Henning        14:08(F)
Kory Freeberg       14:10(F)
Artie Huber         14:23(F)
Doug Samg           14:29 (F)
Tom Lyscio          14:34(F)
Jake Fabro          14:42(F)
Beau Buckeye        15:15(F)
Kathleen Danielson  15:24(F) 19:07(C) Female winner of Skate/Classic
Nathan Strom        15:30(F)
John Boller         15:44(F)
Anna Meyer          15:53(F)
Megan Schiferl      15:54(F)
Tim Hieb            15:55(F)
Jennifer Olink      15:57(F)
Hannah Specht       15:58(F)
Cody Gustafson      16:23(F)
Zach Marien         16:41(F)
Andrea Potyondy-Smith 16:54(F) 23:47(C)
Blake Slette        17:05(F)
Cat Henning         17:12(F)
Jennifer Bennett    17:15(F) 21:44(C)
Olivia Hummel       17:18(F)
Margo McKlveen      17:25(F)

On Dec 30th Tues our ECTT will be putting on a team competition that includes combining times of team members for a total score. Beer will be served after the race and awards will be given out to winners. For more information contact Craig Stolen … [email protected] or Registration forms may be found on www.Rainbow Resort.com

We will not be holding our traditional ECTT on Wed. Dec. 31.