Vanias and Patterson win Cote Dame Marie
Michigan Cup: Cote Dame Marie
Sun, Jan 19, 2014 - By Mike Muha
Repeating the results at last Saturday's Frosty Freestyle, Alex Vanias and Dan Yankus, both of Athletic Mentor, finished first and second at the 2014 Cote Dame Marie 26.5K skate race. Vanias took a commanding lead to finish almost a minute and a half in front of Yankus, 1:16:03 to 1:17:25. Yankus just nipped Vasa Ski Club's Milan Biac, who finished in 1:17:27.
All photos: Hanson Hills
The women's 13.3k race was tight at the finish, just three seconds separating the top three finishers. Kaitlyn Patterson (Athletic Mentor) pulled it off, finishing first in 45:37, two seconds faster than Laura Webb and three seconds faster than Susan Vigland, both from the Vasa Ski Club.
The men raced two laps and the women one lap around the Michigan Cup course at Hanson Hills Recreation Area in Grayling, MI.
In the 7.5K Junior boy's race, Traverse City students finished first, second and third. Adnrew Dyke was firts in 28:20 followed by Tim Brownnell in 28:24. Both are from TC West. Connor Hanson from TC Central was third in 28:34 - another close race.
Vasa Ski Club's Heidi Schwab was the top Junior girl in 28:59. Kelley Peregine (TC Central) was second in 30:10, with Emma Schwab (Vasa Ski Club) third in 30:53.
There were also Citizens 7.5K classic and skate races. George Gamgbert, Matt Walling, and Tony Thomas were the top striders in 43:55, 45:48 and 53:37. Joanne Keeling and Paula Dreeszen finshed 1-2 in the classic women's race, 41:16 to 48:30.
In the Citizens Skate Division, Kaymoud Dean, Tim Sheldon, and Duane Amato finished in 30:11, 32:26, and 32:37. The top woman was Sandra Burks in 57:53.
Conditions were great for the race, with a little softness to the trail from the recent heavy snow. Temperatures were warmer than expected, the starting temperature close to 20F.
| Citizens 7.5k Classic - Men | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 897 | George | Gambert | 1 | 43:55 | |
| 1071 | Matt | Walling | 2 | 45:48 | GRNST |
| 1038 | Tony | Thomas | 3 | 53:37 | |
| 1080 | Tom | Wernette | 4 | 1:01:43 | XCSKIHQ |
| 873 | Marvin | Stevenson | 5 | 1:15:02 | XCSKIHQ |
| Citizens 7.5k Classic - Women | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 1074 | Joanne | Keeling | 1 | 41:16 | |
| 866 | Paula | Dreeszen | 2 | 48:30 | Vasa Ski Club |
| Citizens 7.5k Skate - Men | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 1076 | Kaymoud | Dean | 1 | 30:11 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 1073 | Tim | Sheldon | 2 | 32:26 | HH/CCSS |
| 915 | Duane | Amato | 3 | 32:37 | |
| 998 | Timothy | Clulo | 4 | 36:11 | |
| 910 | Rob | Butryn | 5 | 36:21 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 916 | Andrew | Amato | 6 | 37:07 | |
| 909 | Daniel | Dutryn | 7 | 39:56 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 865 | Carl | Ridgway | 8 | 41:44 | |
| 887 | Mark | Smith | 9 | 42:52 | XCSKIHQ |
| 908 | Dale | Ernst | 10 | 44:22 | XCSKIHQ |
| 999 | Robb | Lover | 11 | 56:02 | |
| 875 | Tom | Hord | 12 | 58:07 | |
| Citizens 7.5k Skate - Women | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 997 | Sandra | Burks | 1 | 57:53 | |
| Junior 7.5k - Women | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 1030 | Heidi | Schwab | 1 | 28:59 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 1025 | Kelly | Peregrine | 2 | 30:10 | TC Central |
| 1029 | Emma | Schwab | 3 | 30:53 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 914 | Emily | Steffke | 4 | 33:01 | XCSKIHQ |
| 1024 | Hayley | Padden | 5 | 33:03 | TC Central |
| 1018 | Katie | Cooney | 6 | 33:49 | TC Central |
| 1019 | Hannah | Keyser | 7 | 33:50 | TC Central |
| 1022 | Kendall | Minor | 8 | 34:14 | TC Central |
| 985 | Kelly | Klettner | 9 | 34:15 | St. Francis High School |
| 1023 | Katie | Moses | 10 | 35:31 | TC Central |
| 1026 | Dana | Pflughoeft | 11 | 35:34 | TC Central |
| 1020 | Melissa | Lance | 12 | 35:41 | TC Central |
| 988 | Katie | Clulo | 13 | 39:45 | St. Francis High School |
| 891 | Hope | Schepke | 14 | 40:59 | XCSKIHQ |
| 1028 | Kyla | Foley | 15 | 45:29 | TC Central |
| 1021 | Erin | Lipp | 16 | 46:37 | TC Central |
| 913 | Hannah | Steffke | 17 | 46:42 | XCSKIHQ |
| 983 | Katie | Erhardt | 18 | 46:43 | St. Francis High School |
| 892 | Kerrigan | Fitzpatrick | 19 | 47:06 | XCSKIHQ |
| 893 | Shelby | Schank | 20 | 47:19 | XCSKIHQ |
| 1017 | Kami | Chung | 21 | 50:15 | TC Central |
| 1027 | Leni | Weingartner | 22 | 1:05:15 | TC Central |
| Junior 7.5k - Men | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 1015 | Andrew | Dyke | 1 | 28:20 | TC West |
| 1013 | Tim | Brownell | 2 | 28:24 | TC West |
| 1006 | Connor | Hansen | 3 | 28:34 | TC Central |
| 1014 | Jacob | Dean | 4 | 28:37 | TC West |
| 984 | Michael | Klettner | 5 | 28:44 | St. Francis High School |
| 1008 | Forrest | Lewallen | 6 | 28:47 | TC Central |
| 989 | Nathan | Tafelsky | 7 | 28:53 | St. Francis High School |
| 1007 | Jacob | Lesoski | 8 | 31:27 | TC Central |
| 1001 | Christopher | Wilson | 9 | 31:30 | TC Central |
| 1002 | William | Chown | 10 | 31:32 | TC Central |
| 1009 | Jacob | Myers | 11 | 33:23 | TC Central |
| 1005 | Colton | Gerber | 12 | 33:45 | TC Central |
| 1016 | Samuel | Elmi | 13 | 34:20 | TC West |
| 1003 | Jack | Cooney | 14 | 35:27 | TC Central |
| 1010 | Aidan | Stiebel | 15 | 35:47 | TC Central |
| 894 | Michael | Faulkner | 16 | 37:37 | XCSKIHQ |
| 986 | Jack | Rehmann | 17 | 38:33 | |
| 890 | Gage | Gabalie | 18 | 39:46 | XCSKIHQ |
| 907 | David | Butryn | 19 | 43:26 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 1004 | Kyle | Dotterrer | 20 | 43:28 | TC Central |
| 1012 | Sean | Brownell | 21 | 43:39 | TC West |
| 987 | Ryan | Clulo | 22 | 46:21 | St. Francis High School |
| 911 | Nicholas | Amato | 23 | 48:14 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 1011 | Graham | Bevier | 24 | 50:56 | TC Central |
| Michigan Cup 26.4k - Men | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 1077 | Alex | Vanias | 1 | 1:16:03 | Athletic Mentor |
| 861 | Daniel | Yankus | 2 | 1:17:25 | Athletic Mentor |
| 849 | Milan | Baic | 3 | 1:17:27 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 809 | Rex | O'Connor | 4 | 1:18:59 | HH/CCSS |
| 1037 | Jon | Hunter | 5 | 1:19:14 | XCSKIHQ |
| 851 | John | O'Hearn | 6 | 1:20:35 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 821 | Ryan | Halstead | 7 | 1:20:35 | XCSKIHQ |
| 825 | Ryan | Harris | 8 | 1:20:36 | Athletic Mentor |
| 867 | Philip | Tosteson | 9 | 1:23:15 | XCSKIHQ |
| 804 | Glenn | Goodman | 10 | 1:23:17 | Vasa |
| 992 | Dennis | Paull | 11 | 1:23:25 | Straits Striders |
| 817 | Kyle | Rambo | 12 | 1:24:25 | Superior Land |
| 868 | Alex | Smith | 13 | 1:25:30 | XCSKIHQ |
| 1078 | Yensen | Schwab | 14 | 1:25:33 | Vasa |
| 973 | Ronadal | Bladel | 15 | 1:25:35 | GRNST |
| 869 | Jon | Morgan | 16 | 1:25:36 | Athletic Mentor |
| 826 | Jim | Samvels | 17 | 1:25:36 | XCSKIHQ |
| 848 | Fred | Bunn | 18 | 1:25:37 | |
| 860 | Robert | Fairman | 19 | 1:25:48 | HH/CCSS |
| 883 | Tanner | Pinney | 20 | 1:25:52 | XCSKIHQ |
| 832 | James | Beebe | 21 | 1:26:43 | GRNST |
| 812 | Steve | Seager | 22 | 1:26:50 | HH/CCSS |
| 975 | Brian | Beauchamp | 23 | 1:27:21 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 808 | Michael | Schaefer | 24 | 1:28:01 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 831 | Robert | Smith | 25 | 1:28:11 | HH/CCSS |
| 820 | Josh | Sheldon | 26 | 1:28:58 | HH/CCSS |
| 886 | Stephen | Smigiel | 27 | 1:29:09 | GRNST |
| 819 | Mo | Hammond | 28 | 1:31:03 | HH/CCSS |
| 977 | Dell | Todd | 29 | 1:31:38 | GRNST |
| 802 | Douglas | Cornell | 30 | 1:31:46 | Team Team NordicSkiRacer.com |
| 853 | Michael | Seamon | 31 | 1:31:46 | GRNST |
| 993 | Craig | Webb | 32 | 1:31:47 | Vasa |
| 858 | Dave | Hietikko | 33 | 1:31:47 | |
| 805 | Nicholas | Johnson | 34 | 1:31:49 | |
| 864 | Stephen | Van Dam | 35 | 1:32:08 | Straits Striders |
| 1075 | Denny | Polzin | 36 | 1:32:30 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 837 | Steven | Vreclien | 37 | 1:32:34 | Vasa |
| 874 | James | Doull | 38 | 1:32:35 | Straits Striders |
| 838 | Robin | Luce | 39 | 1:32:39 | HH/CCSS |
| 807 | Valarian | Kanaby | 40 | 1:32:44 | XCSKIHQ |
| 974 | Blair | Zordell | 41 | 1:32:46 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 899 | Dan | Teed | 42 | 1:33:04 | Wilderness Wildcats |
| 806 | William | Kaltz | 43 | 1:33:34 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 814 | Jim | Anderson | 44 | 1:35:10 | HH/CCSS |
| 833 | Guillaume | Girard | 45 | 1:35:21 | |
| 842 | Chris | Weingartz | 46 | 1:35:26 | Straits Striders |
| 846 | Tim | McClone | 47 | 1:35:29 | |
| 978 | Ken | Dawson | 48 | 1:35:45 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 828 | Julian | Kuz | 49 | 1:35:48 | GRNST |
| 852 | Mike | Davis | 50 | 1:36:08 | HH/CCSS |
| 1035 | Suneel | Apze | 51 | 1:36:57 | XCSKIHQ |
| 841 | Doug | Heady | 52 | 1:37:07 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 981 | Rene | Harde | 53 | 1:37:12 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 900 | Gregory | Worsnol | 54 | 1:37:26 | GRNST |
| 815 | Joseph | Brown | 55 | 1:37:30 | HH/CCSS |
| 903 | Jared | Mills | 56 | 1:38:18 | HH/CCSS |
| 1079 | Dan | Dubes | 57 | 1:38:43 | |
| 829 | Cris | Jones | 58 | 1:39:12 | HH/CCSS |
| 844 | Bruce | Bonton | 59 | 1:39:45 | HH/CCSS |
| 912 | Steve | Steffke | 60 | 1:39:45 | XCSKIHQ |
| 840 | Mike | Temkin | 61 | 1:41:45 | XCSKIHQ |
| 996 | Mike | Collins | 62 | 1:41:48 | |
| 857 | Chris | Maltby | 63 | 1:41:53 | HH/CCSS |
| 813 | Jeff | Moore | 64 | 1:41:56 | Straits Striders |
| 991 | Julka | Pietila | 65 | 1:42:01 | |
| 982 | Anthony | Percha | 66 | 1:42:05 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 884 | Steve | Smigel | 67 | 1:42:12 | GRNST |
| 811 | Bryce | Dreeszen | 68 | 1:42:36 | Vasa |
| 854 | Bob | Triebold | 69 | 1:44:20 | GRNST |
| 859 | John | Schuld | 70 | 1:44:30 | |
| 843 | Lewis | Tripp | 71 | 1:46:06 | Team NordicSkiRacer.com |
| 870 | Michael | Sullivan | 72 | 1:47:55 | Straits Striders |
| 976 | Ryan | Darnton | 73 | 1:48:02 | XCSKIHQ |
| 895 | Tim | Cook | 74 | 1:48:45 | XCSKIHQ |
| 862 | Dick | Fultz | 75 | 1:48:49 | HH/CCSS |
| 847 | Devan | Thielfoldt | 76 | 1:48:51 | XCSKIHQ |
| 822 | Daniel | Nolan | 77 | 1:50:11 | GRNST |
| 803 | John | Fallon | 78 | 1:51:13 | |
| 1036 | Randy | Smith | 79 | 1:51:44 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 830 | Todd | Gyulveszi | 80 | 1:51:49 | HH/CCSS |
| 905 | Bill | Haefner | 81 | 1:52:15 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 801 | Michael | Bourassa | 82 | 1:52:16 | Straits Striders |
| 818 | Scott | Baker | 83 | 1:54:01 | XCSKIHQ |
| 845 | Brian | Hallstrom | 84 | 1:54:25 | |
| 835 | Thomas | Soave | 85 | 1:54:29 | |
| 850 | Adam | Danes | 86 | 1:54:33 | Straits Striders |
| 827 | Peter | Johnson | 87 | 1:56:14 | GRNST |
| 888 | David | Darnton | 88 | 1:56:44 | XCSKIHQ |
| 824 | Ernie | Brumbaugh | 89 | 1:57:20 | GRNST |
| 836 | Theo | Von Wallmenich | 90 | 1:58:43 | XCSKIHQ |
| 816 | Dan | Wisneski | 91 | 2:01:46 | GRNST |
| 855 | Peter | O'Brien | 92 | 2:02:02 | XCSKIHQ |
| 879 | Spencer | Ruffner | 93 | 2:03:56 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 834 | Kenneth | Soave | 94 | 2:04:31 | |
| 872 | Sam | Sharp | 95 | 2:10:31 | Straits Striders |
| 878 | Garrett | Ruffner | 96 | 2:10:54 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 917 | Mike | Steffke | 97 | 2:13:09 | XCSKIHQ |
| 980 | Dave | Atkins | 98 | 2:13:49 | Straits Striders |
| 810 | Rick | Neier | 99 | 2:17:40 | XCSKIHQ |
| 823 | Rick | Kraai | 100 | 3:11:30 | GRNST |
| Michigan Cup 13.3k - Women | |||||
| Bib | First | Last | Division Place | Chip Time | Team Name |
| 970 | Kaitlyn | Patterson | 1 | 45:37 | Athletic Mentor |
| 995 | Laura | Webb | 2 | 45:39 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 1034 | Susan | Vigland | 3 | 45:40 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 967 | Erica | O'Hearn | 4 | 45:41 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 964 | Rebecca | Davis | 5 | 47:53 | HH/CCSS |
| 885 | Mariah | Frye Colie | 6 | 48:34 | XCSKIHQ |
| 972 | Brenda | Carlson | 7 | 49:33 | HH/CCSS |
| 961 | Gwen | Junker | 8 | 49:57 | XCSKIHQ |
| 955 | Ann | Wagar | 9 | 50:48 | HH/CCSS |
| 889 | Cheryl | Darnton | 10 | 51:35 | XCSKIHQ |
| 953 | Gussie | Peterson | 11 | 54:54 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 990 | Karen | Dawson | 12 | 56:04 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 896 | Linda | Weeks | 13 | 56:34 | XCSKIHQ |
| 963 | Catarina | Gulledge | 14 | 56:59 | XCSKIHQ |
| 902 | Hilary | Witbrodt | 15 | 57:11 | HH/CCSS |
| 965 | Samantha | Barton | 16 | 58:54 | HH/CCSS |
| 904 | Louise | Johnson | 17 | 59:00 | GRNST |
| 863 | Jackie | Ankerson | 18 | 59:42 | HH/CCSS |
| 959 | Christine | Seager | 19 | 1:00:56 | HH/CCSS |
| 971 | Cyndi | Houdey | 20 | 1:01:08 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 994 | Fran | Upton | 21 | 1:02:04 | XCSKIHQ |
| 954 | Tami | Stagman | 22 | 1:02:04 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 906 | Anna | Szczotkor | 23 | 1:03:21 | |
| 952 | Maria | Iwaniec | 24 | 1:05:41 | Straits Striders |
| 979 | Linda | Atkins | 25 | 1:06:49 | Straits Striders |
| 968 | Maxi | Neugebauer | 26 | 1:07:33 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 958 | Melinda | Mitchell | 27 | 1:12:01 | Vasa |
| 951 | Nancy | Briggs | 28 | 1:16:29 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 901 | Carol | Poeniscg | 29 | 1:17:36 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 1000 | Daryl | Allison-Busch | 30 | 1:18:47 | Straits Striders |
| 962 | Becca | Beebe | 31 | 1:19:14 | GRNST |
| 957 | Amy | Wilks | 32 | 1:19:58 | Straits Striders |
| 882 | Gwenn | Stevenson | 33 | 1:21:57 | XCSKIHQ |
| 966 | Linda | McGiness | 34 | 1:25:21 | XCSKIHQ |
| 956 | Fran | Alfs | 35 | 1:28:23 | Straits Striders |
| 877 | Linda | Allen | 36 | 1:30:33 | Team NordicSkiRacer |
| 876 | Mary | Wieter-Horn | 37 | 1:31:25 | |
| 918 | Leigh | Whetstone | 38 | 1:33:07 | XCSKIHQ |
| 1040 | Irma | Brownley | 39 | 1:34:34 | Vasa |
| 871 | Kelly | Guswiler | 40 | 1:35:08 | Vasa Ski Club |
| 969 | Renee | Bancroft | 41 | 1:35:55 | GRNST |
| 898 | Jean | Murray | 42 | 1:43:52 | XCSKIHQ |
| 881 | Carole | Merwin | 43 | 1:45:01 | XCSKIHQ |
| 1039 | Barb | Slovisky | 44 | 1:52:10 | XCSKIHQ |
| 880 | Julie | Hewlett | 45 | 2:00:03 | Team NordicSkiRacer |