RESULTS: Hanson and Lipp take Krazy Klassic

Mon, Jan  27, 2020 - By Mike Muha

The 10th anniversary of the Krazy Klassic was all but forgotten as race organizers Mike Muha, Adam Haberkorn, and Ken Roth worked to reschedule the race after it's rain cancellation on January 5.  Epic Races, who has been managing the Frosty Fest for the past three years, didn't have staff to run a rescheduled race, so the "Three Musketeers" had to marshal their own resources and come up with a timer, bibs, prizes, insurance, food, beer, entry forms, and more in just a few days. 

Emily Blackner, Erin Lipp, Cheryl Darnton

The weekend directly after the original date featured great snow on the original Krazy Klassic course, but "The Three" were unable to put all the pieces together in time to hold the race then. By the time the race was held this past weekend, a warm and wet spell befell southeast Michigan. The natural snow didn't entirely disappear, but it did preclude having the race on the natural snow trails.

Fortunately the man-made snow loop, Buck's Run, came through again. Huron Meadows Metropark worked the trail to get it in great shape for the race. As Frank Rynalski (Team Captain for the Cross Country Ski Headquarters) commented after the race,

"Bucks Run didn't disappoint. Triple tracked course for todays' Krazy Classic with fast and firm tracks, actually some [of the sections between tracks] were surprisingly faster than some of the tracked sections, with controllable firm granular mix! Mix of racers doublepoling w/ skate ski's / poles and dedicated classic equipment. Thanks to the race organizers for their hard work and dedication to make this race happen despite what mother natures' intentions were."

Kyle Hanson and Ricardo Lung. Second place finisher Jay Woodbeck had to leave right after the race, missing his 15 minutes of fame.

Although there was a little drizzle for a few minutes before the 9:00am kids race, both the kids race (also rescheduled) and the Michigan Cup race were held in warm, dry conditions - right around 34 degrees F. The main Buck's Run loop (approximately one mile long) was in very good shape, but the spur to the Nordic center was in poor condition, so the start / finish line was moved to the loop. Chip timing was used.

The race was unusually small this year. Typically having over 100 racers, less than half that number raced this year. We believe this was due to three reasons: The driving distance from Saturday's Noquemanon Ski Marathon, a chance (although very small) for light rain, and better snow "up north".

They missed out on a great race!

Tony Percha, Mike "I finally get to be in a picture AND beat the guys on either side of me" Muha, Doug Cornell

Race Results

Michigan Cup racers did 6 laps for about 10km.

Team NordicSkiRacer swept the men's podium. Kyle Hanson (29:54) and Jay Woodbeck (30:10 finished just 16 seconds apart, and Ricardo Lung was another minute behind in 31:25.

Erin Lipp (Team NordicSkiRacer) held off Emily Blackner (Cross Country Ski Headquarters) to win by 5 seconds (32:10 vs. 32:15). The Cross Country Ski Headquarters' Cheryl Darnton was third in 44:37.

A shorter race was also held: 3 laps for about 5km.

Carol Morrissey (42:12) held off Ann Ray (42:21) for first, with Heidi Aittama-Kirchner third in 45:44. For the men, Keith McCaffery held a commanding lead to win in 21:37.  Victor Argueta and Walter Zechmeister finished second and third in 29:11 and 30:14.

Overall and By Age Class results below.

Results Overall

Women's 10K
OVERALL	BIB	DIVISION	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TIME	PACE
1	63	F 21 - 29	Erin	Lipp	32:10	4:19
2	61	F 30-39	Emily	Blackner	32:15	4:20
3	79	F 50 - 59	Cheryl	Darnton	44:37	5:59
4	60	F 21 - 29	Julia	Kelson	49:30	6:39
5	73	F 40 - 49	Kirsten	Hensley	55:52	7:30
6	76	F 50 - 59	Gwenn	Stevenson	59:04	7:56
7	70	F 60 - 69	Linda	Weeks	1:00:05	8:04
8	64	F 70 - 79	Carole	Merwin	1:20:41	10:50
Men's 10K
OVERALL	BIB	DIVISION	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TIME	PACE
1	62	M 20-29	Kyle	Hanson	29:54	4:01
2	78	M 20-29	Jay	Woodbeck	30:10	4:03
3	72	M 40-49	Ricardo	Lung	31:25	4:13
4	52	M 60 - 69	Michael	Muha	35:39	4:47
5	81	M 30-39	Sean	Newmister	35:59	4:50
6	58	M 60 - 69	Anthony	Percha	36:01	4:50
7	59	M 60 - 69	Douglas	Cornell	36:08	4:51
8	66	M 50 - 59	Mike	Temkin	38:41	5:12
9	53	M 40 - 49	Theo	Vonwallmenich	40:55	5:30
10	67	M 60 - 69	Devan	Thielfoldt	41:00	5:30
11	55	M 60 - 69	Frank	Rynalski	41:14	5:32
12	57	M 50 - 59	Nickola	Baic	41:37	5:35
13	74	M 50 - 59	Adam	Danes	51:36	6:56
14	84	M 50 - 59	Jim	Kowalski	53:05	7:08
15	75	M 50 - 59	Brad	Plymale	54:50	7:22
16	83	M 40 - 49	Adam	Haberkorn	57:21	7:42
17	51	M 60 - 69	Marvin	Boluyt	57:21	7:42
18	65	M 60 - 69	Daniel	Rimeir	1:00:22	8:06
19	71	M 60 - 69	Gary	Kaleita	1:01:03	8:12
Women's 5k
OVERALL	BIB	DIVISION	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TIME	PACE
1	69	F 50-59	Carol	Morrissey	42:12	8:30
2	68	F 60-69	Ann	Ray	42:21	8:32
3	82	F 50-59	Heidi	Aittama-Kirchner	45:44	9:12
Men's 5k
OVERALL	BIB	DIVISION	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TIME	PACE
1	80	M 30-39	Keith	McCaffery	21:37	4:21
2	54	M 40 -49	Victor	Argueta	29:11	5:53
3	77	M 70-79	Walter	Zechmeister	30:14	6:05
4	56	M 80 - 120	Marvin	Stevenson	1:10:45	14:14

Results by Age Group

Women's 10K
AGE CLASS	AGE RANK	OVERALL	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	BIB	TIME	PACE
F 21 - 29	1	1	Erin	Lipp	63	32:10	4:19
F 21 - 29	2	4	Julia	Kelson	60	49:30	6:39
F 30-39	1	2	Emily	Blackner	61	32:15	4:20
F 40 - 49	1	5	Kirsten	Hensley	73	55:52	7:30
F 50 - 59	1	3	Cheryl	Darnton	79	44:37	5:59
F 50 - 59	2	6	Gwenn	Stevenson	76	59:04	7:56
F 60 - 69	1	7	Linda	Weeks	70	1:00:05	8:04
F 70 - 79	1	8	Carole	Merwin	64	1:20:41	10:50
Men's 10K
AGE CLASS	AGE RANK	OVERALL	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	BIB	TIME	PACE
M 20-29	1	1	Kyle	Hanson	62	29:54	4:01
M 20-29	2	2	Jay	Woodbeck	78	30:10	4:03
M 30-39	1	5	Sean	Newmister	81	35:59	4:50
M 40 - 49	1	9	Theo	Vonwallmenich	53	40:55	5:30
M 40 - 49	2	16	Adam	Hoberkorn	83	57:21	7:42
M 40-49	3	3	Ricardo	Lung	72	31:25	4:13
M 50 - 59	1	8	Mike	Temkin	66	38:41	5:12
M 50 - 59	2	12	Nickola	Barc	57	41:37	5:35
M 50 - 59	3	13	Adam	Danes	74	51:36	6:56
M 50 - 59	4	14	Jim	Kowalski	84	53:05	7:08
M 50 - 59	5	15	Brad	Plymale	75	54:50	7:22
M 60 - 69	1	4	Michael	Muha	52	35:39	4:47
M 60 - 69	2	6	Anthony	Percha	58	36:01	4:50
M 60 - 69	3	7	Douglas	Cornell	59	36:08	4:51
M 60 - 69	4	10	Devan	Thielfoldt	67	41:00	5:30
M 60 - 69	5	11	Frank	Rynalski	55	41:14	5:32
M 60 - 69	6	17	Marvin	Boluyt	51	57:21	7:42
M 60 - 69	7	18	Daniel	Rimeir	65	1:00:22	8:06
M 60 - 69	8	19	Gary	Kaleita	71	1:01:03	8:12
Women's 5K
AGE CLASS	AGE RANK	OVERALL	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	BIB	TIME	PACE
F 50-59	1	1	Carol	Morrissey	69	42:12	8:30
F 50-59	2	3	Heidi	Aittama-kirchner	82	45:44	9:12
F 60-69	1	2	Ann	Ray	68	42:21	8:32
Men's 5K
AGE CLASS	AGE RANK	OVERALL	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	BIB	TIME	PACE
M 30-39	1	1	Keith	McCaffery	80	21:37	4:21
M 40 -49	1	2	Victor	Argueta	54	29:11	5:53
M 70-79	1	3	Walter	Zechmeister	77	30:14	6:05
M 80 - 120	1	4	Marvin	Stevenson	56	1:10:45	14:14