Harris and Frye-Colie tame THE BEAST

Mon, Mar  2, 2020 - By John Gravlin

It was "Blue Sky, Sunshine, Temps in the 20's, and Fast snow conditions" for a second day as skier arrived for the 10km Black Mountain Freestyle on March 1, 2020.

Ryan Harris and Denny Paull again fought each other to reach the podium but Harris held a comfortable lead from start to finish in this one, and a familiar podium it would be with Denny Paull in second. Mike Davis took 3rd place for an identical podium to the Black Mountain Classic. Finish times again indicated a fast course as Harris would conquer "The Beast" in 33:05 for one of the fastest times in the 8 year history of the event.

Mariah Frye-Colie demonstrating her nearly flawless skating technique, would earn the Women's overall victory in a time of 44:17. Lizzie Osteen earned the second spot on the podium, while Katie Damon took 3rd.

Dave O'Neil on his way to forth overall

A heartfelt "Thank You" to all of the skiers who made the effort to support the Black Mountain Ski Club by skiing in these Black Mountain Races. We will hopefully be able to continue our volunteer grooming efforts at the mountain for another season.

Photos from the race can be found on

• NordicSkiRacer photo gallery
• Black Mountain Nordic Ski Trails/ TOMTC Facebook page

2020 Black Mountain Freestyle Results

FIXED! There was an error in the results: Mike Davis' time and place was not correct but is now!

Women
Overall	Bib	Name	Age	Time	Difference	% Back
1	19	Mariah Frye Colie	33	44:15.0	+11:10.0	+33.75%
2	16	Lizzie Osteen	30	48:48.0	+15:43.0	+47.51%
3	18	Katie Damon	39	49:55.0	+16:50.0	+50.88%
4	17	Ceri Faas	56	58:04.0	+24:59.0	+75.52%
5	21	Jolien Ng	25	1:09:00.0	+35:55.0	+108.56%
6	15	Gwen Stevenson	53	1:11:54.0	+38:49.0	+117.33%
7	20	Barbara Iverson	60	1:37:25.0	+1:04:20.0	+194.46%
Men
Overall	Bib	Name	Age	Time	Difference	% Back
1	120	Ryan Harris	29	33:05.0	-	-
2	22	Denny Paull	56	34:14.0	+1:09.0	+3.48%
3	95	Mike Davis	25	34:46.0
4	142	Dave Oneil	51	35:34.0	+2:29.0	+7.51%
5	144	Charles Moore	45	36:05.0	+3:00.0	+9.07%
6	154	Ken Dawson	69	37:42.0	+4:37.0	+13.95%
7	153	Mark Smith	23	37:44.0	+4:39.0	+14.06%
8	143	Cliff Onthank	66	37:45.0	+4:40.0	+14.11%
9	91	James Bebee	59	37:45.5	+4:40.5	+14.13%
10	99	Don Camp	67	38:50.0	+5:45.0	+17.38%
11	89	Robin Luce	68	40:05.0	+7:00.0	+21.16%
12	141	Mike Temkin	56	40:42.0	+7:37.0	+23.02%
13	151	Bruce Damon	51	41:58.0	+8:53.0	+26.85%
14	134	Bryce Dreeszen	63	42:41.0	+9:36.0	+29.02%
15	1	Alan Hough	58	44:42.0	+11:37.0	+35.11%
16	2	John Britton	57	45:13.0	+12:08.0	+36.68%
17	3	Tim Cook	56	46:33.0	+13:28.0	+40.71%
18	4	Chad Cornwell	39	46:45.0	+13:40.0	+41.31%
19	5	Ken Ames	63	47:16.0	+14:11.0	+42.87%
20	6	Dan Nolan	68	49:16.0	+16:11.0	+48.92%
21	7	Chris Weingartz	64	50:04.0	+16:59.0	+51.34%
22	8	Chris Jones	71	50:51.0	+17:46.0	+53.70%
23	9	Rick Neier	62	51:33.0	+18:28.0	+55.82%
24	10	Tom Wernette	57	54:55.0	+21:50.0	+65.99%
25	14	David Barkhausen	70	55:07.0	+22:02.0	+66.60%
26	147	"""hap"" Harry Wright"	73	1:14:00.0	+40:55.0	+123.68%
27	13	Richard Wells	74	1:29:35.0	+56:30.0	+170.78%
28	12	Chris Iverson	64	1:36:30.0	+1:03:25.0	+191.69%