Liz Stephen crushes competition in Climb to the Castle

Liz Stephen handily won the 2012 Climb to the Castle roller ski race yesterday by a commanding 5 minutes and 5 seconds over Jessie Diggins, 43:33 to 48:38. Ida Sargent was third in 48:55.

The men's race was closer, with Tad Elliot's tie of 39:28 ten seconds faster than Patrick O'Brien's 39:38. Julian Dorais was third in 39:46.

MEN
Rank	Bib	Last Name	First Name	Class	Team	Time
1	56	Elliot	Tad	SR	USST	39:28
2	63	O'Brien	Patrick	SR	CGRP	39:38
3	108	Dorais	Julian	M1		39:46
4	64	Ellefson	Sylvan	SR	SSCV	40:33
5	54	Newell	Andrew	SR	USST	40:40
6	65	Reynolds	Tim	SR	CGRP	41:23
7	51	Bailey	Lowell	M1	USBA	41:28
8	66	Cook	Bryan	SR	CGRP	41:46
9	61	Koons	Nils	SR	CGRP	42:23
10	86	Scott	Ryan	SR	SSCV	43:17
11	62	McGuffin	Dylan	SR	CGRP	43:26
12	80	Caldwell	Patrick	OJ	SMS	43:28
12	76	Scrimgeour	Max	OJ	SSCV	43:28
14	73	Vermeer	Gordon	U23	CGRP	43:40
15	82	McCrerey	Tucker	OJ	SNSC	43:47
16	52	Doherty	Sean	J1	USBA	44:02
17	55	Davis	Skyler	U23	USST	44:04
18	81	Fields	Jordan	OJ	SMS	44:16
19	72	Tarling	Sam	U23	Dartm	44:29
20	74	Martin	Adam	OJ	CXC	44:37
21	85	Wicherski	Will	OJ	Willi	44:39
22	71	Packer	Eric	U23	SMST2	45:25
23	83	VonThaden	Charlie	OJ	Univ.	45:45
24	67	Lusgarten	Eric	U23	SLU	45:47
25	70	Ryerson	Tony	U23	SSCV	46:32
26	84	Saxton	Benjamin	OJ	FAST	46:36
27	78	Shanley	Christian	OJ	SSCV	47:45
28	90	Hegman	Ben	J1	MNC	47:49
29	69	Martell	Evan	U23	SLU	48:06
30	68	Michaud	Nicholas	U23	Bates	48:24
31	59	Howe	Alex	SR	CNGT	48:29
32	87	LaChance	Max	J1	CSU	49:04
33	88	Taylor	Warren	J1	BMAN	49:18
34	75	Pastore	Gino	OJ	SMS	49:49
35	60	Taska	Ben	SR		50:22
36	104	Korzenecki	Joseph	M6		50:43
37	58	Terko	Adam	SR	SLU	50:56
38	77	Curry	Kyle	OJ	SLU	51:01
39	94	Skahen	Sean	J1	CSU	51:12
40	57	DeBold	Doug	SR	CXC	52:03
41	97	Nottonson	Lewis	J2	CSU	52:28
42	96	Neal	Peter	J2	Burke	52:50
43	99	Kobak	Jim	M3	Peru	52:52
44	91	Doyle	Matthew	J1	AOC	53:21
45	105	Roberts	Conrad	U23		53:33
46	89	Daniels	Luke	J1	NYSEF	54:02
47	95	Schulz	Karl	J2	NYSEF	54:26
48	103	Bradlee	Robert	M6	CSU	55:53
49	53	Whitcomb	Matt	M1	USST	56:35
50	98	Torniainen	Matthew	M2	HURT	58:14
51	100	Schafer	Jon	M4	FBDR	59:30
52	79	Smith	Evan	OJ	SLU	1:00:40
53	102	Minde	Peter	M6		1:01:13
54	107	Miller	Gary			1:01:17
55	93	Owens	Trevor	J1	CSU	1:09:16
	101	Iwan	Joseph	M4	Sarat	DNF
	106	Dalberg	Jake	OJ		DNF
	92	Deline	Cal	J1	Vail	DNS
	50	Burke	Tim	M1	USBA	DNS
		Novak	Jack	OJ		DNS
WOMEN
Rank	Bib	Last Name	First Name	Class	Team	Time
1	1	Stephen	Elizabeth	SR	USST	43:33
2	3	Diggins	Jessie	U23	USST	48:38
3	2	Sargent	Ida	SR	USST	48:55
4	6	Dreissigacker	Hannah	SR	USBA	50:10
5	17	Egan	Clare	SR	CGRP	50:10
6	10	Caldwell	Sophie	U23	SMS-T	50:56
7	14	Hart	Anne	U23	Dartm	51:38
8	8	Patterson	Caitlin	U23	CGRP	52:13
9	20	Flowers	Erika	SR	SMST	52:33
10	22	Mooney	Heather	OJ	Middl	57:24
11	19	Rozina	Liza	SR	XCOt	57:30
12	18	Vanderzwet	Kyla	SR	XCOt	57:42
13	9	Drolet	Caroline	U23		58:19
14	25	Sapp	Maile	J1	NYSEF	58:28
15	29	Sonnesyn	Alayna	J1	SISU	58:43
16	12	Hagberg	Ingrid	U23	XCOt	1:00:17
17	16	Mulcahy	Kate	U23	SLU	1:01:03
18	32	Knight	Charlotte	M4		1:01:46
19	31	Kern	Julia	J2	CSU	1:01:57
20	27	Halvorsen	Heidi	J1	GMVS	1:02:45
21	23	Nitschke	Margot	OJ	SLU	1:03:00
22	13	Jones	Holly	U23		1:03:42
23	24	Humphries	Tara	J1	Burke	1:04:21
24	21	Manning	Melissa	OJ	Vermo	1:06:35
25	26	Bathe	Nichole	J1	CXC	1:07:46
26	30	Armstrong	Nina	J2	NYSEF	1:09:08
27	33	Frittelli	Gabriella	M4		1:16:10
28	28	Smith	Rebecca	J1	CSU	1:17:57
	34	Chadha	Jyoti	M2		DNF
	4	Cook	Annelies	SR	USBA	DNS
	5	Malcolm	Corrine	U23	USBA	DNS
	7	Dunklee	Susan	SR	USBA	DNS
	11	Glen	Amy	U23	CGRP	DNS
	15	Pokorny	Annie	U23		DNS

Liz Stephen crushes competition in Climb to the Castle

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 - By Mike Muha