This year's junior Muffin Race at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters featured a Team Sprint Freestyle Relay as done in the past few years. There were 2 skiers per relay team, each skiing 3 laps (6 laps per team). Laps were around 2km. There were male, female, and mixed teams.
There was also a “Mini Muffin” freestyle races (ages 12 and under) that started after the main event. Kids age 6 and under raced 0.5 km, ages 7-9 did 1.5km, and ages 10-12 skied 2.5km.
The snow was incredibly good. Nice and fast but not icy. It was a really nice day for it.
"Standing On Business" (Olin Kasperowicz Liam Wierzba), "BBN" (Zack Dunne Arabella MacLaughlan), and "Coach Ethan and His Bird" (Emma Dykstra Ella DeBruyn) were the top male, mixed, and female teams.
My favorite team names, however, were "How The Grinch Stole Winter" (Kinsey Hintz, Katie Clark) - very apropos considering all the cancelled races and lack of snow this season - and "The Blizzard of Oz" (Ana Sketch, Sylvia Coulter) - hopefully foretelling next season's snowfall!
Besides the results below, you can also download a PDF of the 2024 Muffin Race results.
You can also download higher resolution photos of the photos in this article. Photos from the Cross Country Ski Headquarters.
2024 Muffin Race Results
Cross County Ski Headquarters
Sunday, Feb 25, 2024
| Overall | Category | Cat Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club | Name | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Male | 1 | 27:30 | 248 | Standing On Business | Vasa | Olin Kasperowicz | Liam Wierzba |
| 2 | Male | 2 | 28:27 | 252 | The Dirty Blondes | None | Willem DeGood | Jack Lindwall |
| 3 | Male | 3 | 29:38 | 247 | The Beach Boys | Vasa | Jack Mazurek | Nate Gorman |
| 4 | Mixed | 1 | 30:46 | 226 | BBN | - | Zack Dunne | Arabella MacLaughlan |
| 5 | Female | 1 | 31:21 | 240 | Coach Ethan and His Bird | Vasa | Emma Dykstra | Ella DeBruyn |
| 6 | Male | 4 | 31:22 | 246 | H&F Ranchers | Vasa | Harrison Jeffries | Finn Frost |
| 7 | Mixed | 2 | 31:56 | 251 | Skitos | Vasa | Bode Dykstra | Ava Zeratsky |
| 8 | Female | 2 | 33:16 | 234 | Team Danger | Vasa | Nora Madion | Marykate Carroll |
| 9 | Male | 5 | 33:17 | 263 | Colorado Supermax | Vasa | Brandon White | Thor Steinorth |
| 10 | Mixed | 3 | 33:47 | 232 | Vasa Lakers | Vasa | Gweneth Schulick | Britton Wheeler |
| 11 | Male | 6 | 33:51 | 262 | Bran Muffins | Vasa | Franklin Andrews | Hudson Potgieter |
| 12 | Female | 3 | 34:10 | 258 | How The Grinch Stole Winter | Vasa | Kinsey Hintz | Katie Clark |
| 13 | Female | 4 | 34:32 | 221 | Flying Puffins who love muffins | Vasa | Mae Madion | Bella Reimers |
| 14 | Female | 5 | 36:45 | 250 | The Blizzard of Oz | Vasa | Ana Sketch | Sylvia Coulter |
| 15 | Mixed | 4 | 36:49 | 225 | Pajama Power | - | Toby Dawson | Celia Voler |
