Vanias and Ross crowned 2020 Michigan Cup Freestyle Champions

Mon, Feb  17, 2020 - By Mike Muha

It was a close race, but Alex Vanias finished ahead of Sam Holmes by 8 seconds to be crowned Men's 2020 Michigan Cup Freestyle Champion. Vanais raced the 17km course in 43:45; Holmes finished in 4:53. Third was Lars Hallstrom in 45:27.

Jordyn Ross took the title of Women's 2020 Michigan Cup Freestyle Champion with a time of 49:57. Kaitlyn Patterson was second in 50:20, just ahead of third place Erin Lipp (50:46).

In the 8km race, Carter Dean won in 17:01.0.Top women was Courtney Kent in 23:54.8.

The race was held at Forbush Corners and was also part of the Meijer State Games Of Michigan.

The crowning of the champions in previous years was based on a racers three best freestyle events. The Michigan Cup Committee, after quite a bit of discussion, voted to make it winner-take-all in one event for 2020.

Results: 2020 Michigan Cup Freestyle

Position	Bib	Name	Time	Group
1	112	Alex Vanias	0:43:45	Mens 20-29
2	63	Sam Holmes	0:43:53	Mens 20-29
3	81	Lars Hallstrom	0:45:27	Mens 20-29
4	19	Kyle Hanson	0:46:12	Mens 20-29
5	61	Ryan Harris	0:46:38	Mens 20-29
6	21	Ethan Kennedy	0:46:46	Mens 20-29
7	14	Jacob Dean	0:47:18	Mens 20-29
8	65	Milan Baic	0:47:23	Mens 60-69
9	67	Kevin Tarras	0:48:00	Mens 30-39
10	44	Eric Parrot	0:49:51	Mens 20-29
11	66	Jordyn Ross	0:49:57	W 20-29
12	80	Stephen Smigiel	0:50:14	Mens 50-59
13	99	Kaitlyn Patterson	0:50:20	W 20-29
14	83	Erin Lipp	0:50:46	W 20-29
15	28	Dave O’neil	0:50:48	Mens 50-59
16	51	Doug Heady	0:51:10	Mens 60-69
17	49	Michael Davis	0:51:21	Mens 20-29
18	113	Dave Smith	0:51:22	Mens 30-39
19	73	James Beebe	0:51:23	Mens 50-59
20	25	Charles Moore	0:51:39	Mens 40 - 49
21	52	Dave Hietikko	0:52:22	Mens 50-59
22	53	Cliff Onthank	0:53:11	Mens 60-69
23	23	Ricardo Lung	0:53:12	Mens 40 - 49
24	18	John Gravlin	0:53:39	Mens 60-69
25	11	Don Camp	0:54:00	Mens 60-69
26	17	Glenn Goodman	0:54:02	Mens 50-59
27	84	Jim Doull	0:54:29	Mens 60-69
28	88	Ken Dawson	0:54:32	Mens 60-69
29	47	Jim Anderson	0:54:33	Mens 60-69
30	46	Mike Everts	0:54:43	Mens 50-59
31	37	Elizabeth Callison	0:55:01	W 20-29
32	75	Bruce Daman	0:55:19	Mens 50-59
33	74	Scott Baker	0:55:22	Mens 50-59
34	60	Stephen Van Dam	0:55:41	Mens 60-69
35	43	Tom Franek	0:55:59	Mens 50-59
36	20	John Hubbard	0:56:08	Mens 40 - 49
37	13	Douglas Cornell	0:56:10	Mens 60-69
38	117	Detlef Berndt	0:56:58	Mens 60-69
39	45	Robin Luce	0:57:20	Mens 60-69
40	116	Daniela Gebhart	0:58:02	W 50-59
41	3	Steve Seager	0:58:29	Mens 60-69
42	114	Josh Franek	0:58:36	Mens 20-29
43	76	Ray Dean	0:58:40	Mens 40 - 49
44	1	William Kaltz	0:58:46	Mens 70-
45	85	Cheryl Darnton	0:59:21	W 50-59
46	118	Mary Schlimmer	1:00:23	W 20-29
47	34	Dan Wisneski	1:00:36	Mens 50-59
48	15	Wes Fermanich	1:01:15	Mens 20-29
49	12	Bryan Carps	1:01:17	Mens 30-39
50	86	Bejamin Brelje	1:01:50	Mens 20-29
51	10	John Britton	1:02:08	Mens 50-59
52	110	Thomas Markley	1:02:09	Mens 50-59
53	24	Brad Miller	1:02:10	Mens 60-69
54	41	Abby Potts	1:02:17	W 20-29
55	58	Abby Johnson	1:02:28	W 30-39
56	50	Anthony Percha	1:02:37	Mens 60-69
57	36	Blair Zordell	1:03:40	Mens 50-59
58	64	John Harris	1:04:07	Mens 60-69
59	77	Mariah Frye Colie	1:04:31	W 30-39
60	26	Dan Mullins	1:04:37	Mens 50-59
61	55	Curt Peterson	1:05:51	Mens 70-
62	22	Greg Kil	1:06:26	Mens 60-69
63	69	Rick Neier	1:06:29	Mens 60-69
64	87	Joe Malecki	1:06:39	Mens 60-69
65	40	Elizabeth Osteen	1:07:21	W 30-39
66	27	Dan Nolan	1:07:23	Mens 60-69
67	111	Lisa Markley	1:07:47	W 50-59
68	48	Ernie Braumbaugh	1:08:01	Mens 70-
69	79	Steve Smigiel	1:08:08	Mens 70-
70	62	John Deleon	1:08:47	Mens 50-59
71	9	Tom Baron	1:08:53	Mens 60-69
72	8	Ken Ames	1:09:00	60-69
73	29	Jeremiah Osteen	1:09:44	Mens 30-39
74	54	Gussie Peterson	1:09:49	W 70-
75	59	Cris Jones	1:10:25	Mens 70-
76	89	Karen Dawson	1:10:57	W 60-69
77	42	Frank Rynalski	1:12:13	Mens 60-69
78	30	Stuart Picard	1:12:34	Mens 60-69
79	38	Isabel Carr	1:13:47	W 19 And Under
80	6	Frank Nizio	1:15:03	Mens 70-
81	70	Mark Smith	1:15:21	Mens 50-59
82	57	Jeremy Treadwell	1:16:17	Mens 50-59
83	71	Linda Kaleita	1:16:41	W 60-69
84	2	Christine Seager	1:17:55	W 50-59
85	56	Melinda Mitchell	1:18:14	W 60-69
86	39	Ceri Faas	1:18:33	W 50-59
87	7	Rick Kraai	1:22:19	Mens 60-69
88	68	Lorraine Lund	1:23:44	W 70-
89	32	Michael Stemo	1:29:17	Mens 60-69
90	31	Joesph Schluer	1:30:01	Mens 20-29
91	82	Isabelle Sally	1:31:30	W 20-29
92	4	Spencer Ruffner	1:32:07	Mens 60-69
93	72	Gary Kaleita	1:38:38	Mens 60-69
94	78	Gwenn Stevenson	1:44:44	W 50-59
95	98	Ellis Boal	1:50:20	Mens 70-
96	5	Julie Hewlett	2:17:20	W 60-69
Position	Bib	Name	Time	Group
1	96	Carter Dean	17:01.0	Mens 19 And Under
2	100	Mikel Cuerda	18:35.0	Mens 19 And Under
3	90	Peter Block	18:35.5	Mens 60-69
4	95	Brian Kilbourn	21:34.2	Mens 19 And Under
5	100	Courtney Kent	23:54.8	W 30-39
6	92	Branden Morley	28:37.4	Mens 19 And Under
7	93	Giulia Johnson	37:37.0	W 20-29
8	115	Hap Wright	44:05.0	Mens 70 -