Michigan Cup Marathon Results
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 - By Mike Muha
Steve Kuhl pulled out a narrow victory over Andrew Triebold at the Michigan Cup 30K Marathon on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Although Triebold officially was a second behind Kuhl's 1:07:14, it was a sprint to the finish and only a meter separating the competitors. Clifford Onthank came in third.
Amy Powell defeated in others in the 15K women's race, finishing in 41:56. Gussie Peterson was seoncd in 43:26, with Terri Pomfret third in 45:05.
Ben Harris won the 7K Junior race in 28:26.
Steve Kuhl leads out the pack at the Michigan Cup Marathon
The race was larger than expected, with many racing skipping the Birkie to ski in the Michigan Cup Marathon. The Birkie had such poor snow that the race was shortened to 23K and only the elite wave was timed. Hanson Hills trail, by comparison, had great snow cover and relatively fast conditions.
The race was one 15K lap for the women and two laps for the men. Temperatures started out at in the low teens and warmed into the 20's during the race.
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| Name | Bib # | Age Group | Sex | Time | Club |
| Kristina Kamm | 61 | 12-under | w | 0:50:53 | |
| Garrett Ruffner | 62 | 12-under | m | 1:35:56 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Ben Harris | 63 | 16-19 | m | 0:28:26 | Traverse City West |
| Dan Temkin | 64 | 13-15 | m | 0:31:11 | XCHQ |
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15K (Women) & 30K (Men) Senior Race By Age Group |
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| Name | Sex | Age Group | Age Class | Overall | Bib # | Time | Club |
| Emily Flynn | f | 20-29 | 1 | 4 | 162 | 0:45:46 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
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| Amy Powell | f | 30-39 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 0:41:56 | |
| Amy Todd | f | 30-39 | 2 | 7 | 225 | 0:49:47 | GRNST |
| Karen Kirt | f | 30-39 | 3 | 8 | 207 | 0:50:26 | |
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| Terri Pomfret | f | 40-49 | 1 | 3 | 223 | 0:45:05 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Fran Upton | f | 40-49 | 2 | 9 | 222 | 0:51:05 | XCHQ |
| Chris Seager | f | 40-49 | 3 | 10 | 154 | 0:51:25 | HansonHills/CCSS |
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| Gussie Peterson | f | 50-59 | 1 | 2 | 189 | 0:43:26 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Lorraine Lund | f | 50-59 | 2 | 5 | 160 | 0:49:02 | Straits Striders |
| Karen Dawson | f | 50-59 | 3 | 6 | 230 | 0:49:25 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Barb Betty | f | 50-59 | 4 | 11 | 215 | 0:51:44 | Straits Striders |
| Linda Allen | f | 50-59 | 5 | 13 | 233 | 1:01:29 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
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| Connie Mandyk | f | 60-69 | 1 | 12 | 218 | 0:55:21 | Straits Striders |
| Beth Caldwell | f | 60-69 | 2 | 14 | 184 | 1:04:40 | XCHQ |
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| Ryan Halstead | m | 20-29 | 1 | 6 | 152 | 1:11:58 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Rodney Halstead | m | 20-29 | 2 | 10 | 210 | 1:14:41 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Kyle Endicott | m | 20-29 | 3 | 12 | 192 | 1:15:23 | Junior National |
| John Ohearn | m | 20-29 | 4 | 18 | 196 | 1:16:45 | Traverse Nordic |
| Aaron Tarnow | m | 20-29 | 5 | 22 | 198 | 1:19:02 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
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| Steve Kuhl | m | 30-39 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 1:07:14 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Andrew Triebold | m | 30-39 | 2 | 2 | 172 | 1:07:15 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Todd Vigland | m | 30-39 | 3 | 7 | 174 | 1:12:23 | Traverse Nordic |
| Bob Smith | m | 30-39 | 4 | 8 | 165 | 1:13:47 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Dell Todd | m | 30-39 | 5 | 9 | 224 | 1:13:51 | GRNST |
| Greg Thelen | m | 30-39 | 6 | 34 | 158 | 1:23:04 | XCHQ |
| David Thelen | m | 30-39 | 7 | 37 | 159 | 1:24:48 | XCHQ |
| Terence Cuneo | m | 30-39 | 8 | 43 | 221 | 1:27:37 | GRNST |
| Dan Brickert | m | 30-39 | 9 | 57 | 208 | 1:41:23 | |
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| Jim Harwood | m | 40-49 | 1 | 4 | 155 | 1:10:43 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| David Maclean | m | 40-49 | 2 | 5 | 201 | 1:10:44 | GRNST |
| Mike Muha | m | 40-49 | 3 | 11 | 195 | 1:14:44 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Glen Goodman | m | 40-49 | 4 | 14 | 171 | 1:15:49 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Larry Kanaby | m | 40-49 | 5 | 17 | 194 | 1:15:53 | XCHQ |
| Bill Torongo | m | 40-49 | 6 | 19 | 157 | 1:17:57 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Scott Pedereson | m | 40-49 | 7 | 20 | 204 | 1:18:20 | |
| Michael Seaman | m | 40-49 | 8 | 21 | 202 | 1:18:26 | GRNST |
| Dave Goodspeed | m | 40-49 | 9 | 23 | 226 | 1:19:02 | |
| Steve Seager | m | 40-49 | 10 | 24 | 153 | 1:19:13 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Brian Green | m | 40-49 | 11 | 27 | 180 | 1:20:36 | Traverse Nordic |
| Joel Moore | m | 40-49 | 12 | 28 | 177 | 1:20:50 | Straits Striders |
| Doug Cornell | m | 40-49 | 13 | 31 | 193 | 1:22:28 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Bruce Barton | m | 40-49 | 14 | 32 | 166 | 1:22:47 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Doug Heady | m | 40-49 | 15 | 33 | 197 | 1:22:52 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Jerry Weiss | m | 40-49 | 16 | 36 | 181 | 1:24:09 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Robert Fairman | m | 40-49 | 17 | 39 | 175 | 1:26:44 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Jeff Laprad | m | 40-49 | 18 | 41 | 203 | 1:27:20 | |
| Kip Knight | m | 40-49 | 19 | 42 | 212 | 1:27:20 | XCHQ |
| Doug Endicott | m | 40-49 | 20 | 44 | 191 | 1:29:07 | |
| Mike Temkin | m | 40-49 | 21 | 50 | 220 | 1:31:49 | XCHQ |
| Sam Gillespie | m | 40-49 | 22 | 63 | 217 | 1:54:20 | XCHQ |
| Leonid Tikh | m | 40-49 | 211 | DNF | NordicSkiRacer.com | ||
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| Clifford Onthank | m | 50-59 | 1 | 3 | 173 | 1:10:42 | Traverse Nordic |
| Greg Putalik | m | 50-59 | 2 | 13 | 228 | 1:15:47 | Straits Striders |
| Don Camp | m | 50-59 | 3 | 15 | 164 | 1:15:51 | GRNST |
| Ken Dawson | m | 50-59 | 4 | 16 | 229 | 1:15:52 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Robin Luce | m | 50-59 | 5 | 25 | 170 | 1:19:16 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Cris Jones | m | 50-59 | 6 | 29 | 151 | 1:21:26 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Mike Flynn | m | 50-59 | 7 | 30 | 163 | 1:21:58 | |
| Stuart Picard | m | 50-59 | 8 | 35 | 169 | 1:24:07 | GRNST |
| Mark Finstad | m | 50-59 | 9 | 38 | 188 | 1:26:31 | Straits Striders |
| Frank Rynalski | m | 50-59 | 10 | 40 | 179 | 1:26:55 | XCHQ |
| Larry Timm | m | 50-59 | 11 | 45 | 176 | 1:29:19 | XCHQ |
| Dick Fultz | m | 50-59 | 12 | 46 | 205 | 1:29:27 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Mark Payne | m | 50-59 | 13 | 48 | 182 | 1:30:36 | Traverse Nordic |
| Jeff Moore | m | 50-59 | 14 | 49 | 199 | 1:31:30 | Straits Striders |
| Devan Thielfoldt | m | 50-59 | 15 | 51 | 216 | 1:35:55 | XCHQ |
| Frank Nizio | m | 50-59 | 16 | 53 | 232 | 1:37:58 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Kevin Kelly | m | 50-59 | 17 | 54 | 183 | 1:39:09 | Straits Striders |
| Dave Atkins | m | 50-59 | 18 | 56 | 213 | 1:41:22 | Straits Striders |
| Spencer Ruffner | m | 50-59 | 19 | 59 | 209 | 1:43:02 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| John Geiger | m | 50-59 | 20 | 61 | 186 | 1:49:39 | XCHQ |
| Bob Vande Koppe | m | 50-59 | 21 | 64 | 227 | 1:54:26 | Straits Striders |
| Greg Worrel | m | 50-59 | 22 | 66 | 234 | 1:56:19 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
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| Tom Anderson | m | 60-69 | 1 | 26 | 167 | 1:19:49 | GRNST |
| Bill Haefner | m | 60-69 | 2 | 47 | 231 | 1:29:49 | NordicSkiRacer.com |
| Greg Merwin | m | 60-69 | 3 | 52 | 168 | 1:36:04 | XCHQ |
| John Johnson | m | 60-69 | 4 | 55 | 187 | 1:40:14 | HansonHills/CCSS |
| Jim Meyer | m | 60-69 | 5 | 58 | 219 | 1:41:57 | Straits Striders |
| Ellis Boal | m | 60-69 | 6 | 60 | 200 | 1:43:49 | Straits Striders |
| Max Johnson | m | 60-69 | 7 | 65 | 214 | 1:54:52 | Straits Striders |
| Tom Rushford | m | 60-69 | 8 | 68 | 178 | 2:25:00 | XCHQ |
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| William Matson | m | 70-79 | 1 | 62 | 190 | 1:54:19 | XCHQ |
| John Caldwell | m | 70-79 | 2 | 67 | 185 | 2:06:54 | XCHQ |
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