RESULTS: Rebecca Davis and Denny Paull win Mike Seaman Memorial Classic

Mon, Feb  4, 2019 - By Mike Muha

You couldn't have asked for nicer conditions at the Mike Seaman Memorial 10k Classic. Originally scheduled for the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, personal changes there caused the event to be relocated to Forbush Corner in Frederick at the last moment (thanks Forbush!). The advance weather forecast called for rain and mid-to-upper thirties, but the rain was postponed and the race was held in warmish, slightly foggy conditions, fast but controllable conditions.

The race course was immaculate: Double tracked, except for uphills (one track on the right, with the left groomed for herringboners) and the big downhills (one track on the right, with the left groomed for snowplowing and braking). I don't think I've ever been to a race where this kind of attention to detail was paid to skier ability and trail grooming!

Lining up at the start

The race was an interval start, with four racers starting in waves every 30 seconds. The course was actually closer to 8km, starting with Green Trail out to the Back Forty and back on the Green Tail. Not that anyone complained about the distance, given most of the racers were recovering from the previous day's White Pine Stampede!

Waxing was the big discussion. Zeros? Skin skis? Fishscales? Hard wax? Klister? Klister with a cover?

I think the consensus was Yes and everyone had their own solution to damp to wet barely transformed snow in warm conditions.

In case you were wondering I tried Fischer Zeros, Rex OI klister, and Rex OI covered in Rex Hydrex. Zeros - great kick and glide. Klister - pretty good kick, OK glide, minor icing. Same klister covered in Hydrex - great kick and glide, no icing. I decided to use my Zeros because I thought conditions might be more variable out on the course, and I thought they'd handle it better. I also used the Hydrex on top of my Zero hairies - it greatly minimized drag.

 

Results

Once again, Rebecca Davis (Hanson Hills/ Cross Country Ski Shop) enters a race...and wins! Her time of 31:28 put her in front of Mariah Frye-Colie (34:39, Cross Country Ski Headquarters) and Tracy Garvin (36:11, Hanson Hills/ Cross Country Ski Shop)

For the men, Denny Paull (Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team) held on to the win by 1 second over Allen Sorgenfrei (Team NordicSkiRacer), 28:44 to 28:45. Mike Davis (Hanson Hills/ Cross Country Ski Shop) was just a little behind in 29:14.

Women

Overall	Age Place	Last	First	Age Grp	Team	Time
1	1	Davis	Rebecca	20-29	HHCCSS	31:28
2	1	Frye-Colie	Mariah	30-39	XCHQ	34:39
11	1	Shannon	Kelsey	40-49		54:17
4	1	Wagar	Ann	50-59	HHCCSS	38:30
5	2	Anderson	Wendy	50-59	XCHQ	39:55
6	3	Darnton	Cheryl	50-59	XCHQ	39:58
9	4	Stevenson	Gwenn	50-59	XCHQ	50:51
3	1	Gavlin	Tracy	60-69	HHCCSS	36:11
7	2	Mueller-Brumbaugh	Carole	60-69	GRNST	44:36
8	3	Weeks	Linda	60-69	XCHQ	47:26
10	4	Mitchell	Melinda	60-69	VASA	54:13
12	5	Alsager	Mary	60-69	XCHQ	54:38

Men

Overall	Age Place	Last	First	Age Grp	Team	Time
3	1	Davis	Mike	20-29	HHCCSS	29:14
8	1	Barton	Dave	30-39	HHCCSS	31:08
11	1	Lung	Ricardo	40-49	NSR	32:29
12	2	Moore	Charles	40-49	NSR	33:08
22	3	Vonwallmenich	Theo	40-49	XCHQ	35:59
31	4	Sweeney	David	40-49		41:24
40	5	Argueta	Victor	40-49	XCHQ	53:34
1	1	Paull	Denny	50-59	GRNST	28:44
2	2	Sorgenfrei	Allen	50-59	NSR	28:45
4	3	Dufour	Yvon	50-59	NSR	29:43
5	4	Goodman	Glenn	50-59	VASA	29:44
7	5	Beebe	James	50-59	GRNST	30:22
15	6	Kanaby	Larry	50-59	XCHQ	33:53
16	7	Temkin	Mike	50-59	XCHQ	34:26
21	8	Zordell	Blair	50-59	GRNST	35:46
25	9	Wernette	Tom	50-59	XCHQ	37:50
26	10	Kil	Gregory	50-59	GRNST	38:04
34	11	Treadwell	Jeremy	50-59	VASA	44:58
35	12	Miller	Brad	50-59	VASA	45:15
6	1	Gavlin	John	60-69	HHCCSS	29:50
9	2	Anderson	Jim	60-69	HHCCSS	32:00
10	3	Luce	Robin	60-69	HHCCSS	32:15
13	4	Seager	Steve	60-69	HHCCSS	33:36
14	5	Barton	B	60-69	HHCCSS	33:48
17	6	Muha	Mike	60-69	NSR	34:28
18	7	Camp	Don	60-69	GRNST	34:33
20	8	Weingartz	Chris	60-69	HHCCSS	35:00
28	9	Neier	Rick	60-69	XCHQ	38:42
29	10	Nolan	Dan	60-69	GRNST	39:51
30	11	Thielfodlt	Devan	60-69	XCHQ	40:31
32	12	Kraai	Rick	60-69	GRNST	42:18
38	13	Kaleita	Gary	60-69	XCHQ	50:30
39	14	Rimer	Daniel	60-69	XCHQ	52:32
41	15	Hebert	Larry	60-69	XCHQ	1:01:33
19	1	Kaltz	William	70-79	GRNST	34:44
23	2	Smigiel	Steve	70-79	GRNST	36:51
24	3	Johnson	Peter	70-79	GRNST	37:46
27	4	Jones	Chris	70-79	HHCCSS	38:10
33	5	Brumbaugh	Ernie	70-79	GRNST	42:49
36	6	Nizio	Frank	70-79	NSR	46:59
37	7	Wright	Hap	70-79	VASA	49:05
42	8	Wells	Richard	70-79	XCHQ	1:29:30