Muffin Race skiers celebrate the warmth

Michigan Cup: Muffin Race

Mon, Mar  1, 2010 - By Mike Muha

It was perfect conditions for the 18th Annual Muffin Race at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters in Roscommon, MI on Sunday February 28, 2010. Temperatures were in the mid-30's and the sun played hide-and-seek with the skiers. Celebrating the "warm" weather, several male racers skied in swim suits only. Some female racers, in the spirit of spring skiing, wore their swimming suits over their racing suits!

The Muffin Race was divided into two races: the Senior Muffin for Michigan Cup racers and the Junior Muffin for skies 10 and under.

Senior Muffin Pursuit

The Senior Muffin consisted of a pursuit race. Racers first skied a 4K Classic course, quickly transitioned to freestyle equipment, then skied the same 4K loop again. The loop was the some course used by the Michigan Cup Relay: the combination of the Rolling Hills Trail and the Partridge Alley.

Jane Lively, Kaylee VanDomellen, Nadine Tueck and Ann Ward get into the swim of things before the Senior Muffin starts (photos by Bob Frye)

In the Girls 11-13 age group, Heidi Schwab finished first in 39:02, with Jane Lively taking second in 43:43. Keefer Edwards was the fast boy in the age class, easily beating the rest of the field in 32:19. Second was Even Scheiern and 37:40 and Lars Hallstrom in 38:39.

In the 14-19 age class, Maria Frick finished first in 29:30 - the 6th fastest time among girls and boys in the Senior Muffin. Jane Hinsenkamp was second and Kaylee VanDomellen third with times of 33:50 and 34:16.

Ross Williams had a close race with Ryan Harris. Williams won in 25:12, just 26 seconds ahead of Harris's time of 25:38. Gunnar Brammer was third in 27:16.

Beefcake Matt Heimburger, Josh Lance, ? and Ryen Keenan at the Senior Muffin finish.

Junior Muffin

The Junior Muffin was an untimed event. Avery Smitz and Bryn Patsey were the fastest girels in the 6 and under age class; Drew Taylor, Griffin Schwab and Alec Gardner were the fastest boys.

In the 7-10 age class, Anneka Hallstrom, Kelly Klettner, and Emma Schwab were the fastest girls; Grant Smitz, Max Bernard, and Steven Kamm were the top boys.

7-10 year old Junior Muffin start

 

Full size photos from the race are in the Muffin Race photo gallery.

Senior Muffin Race

Place	Bib	Last Name	First Name	City	CL Time	CL Rank	FS Time	FS Rank	Time
Female 11-13 - 8 Km
1	59	Schwab	Heidi	Williamsburg	0:20:53	24	0:18:09	24	0:39:02
2	60	Lively	Jane	Maple City	0:24:07	30	0:19:36	29	0:43:43
Female 14-19 - 8 Km
1	84	Frick	Maria	Traverse City	0:15:10	10	0:14:20	6	0:29:30
2	91	Hinsenkamp	Jane	Traverse City	0:18:19	16	0:15:31	9	0:33:50
3	82	VanDomellen	Kaylee	Traverse City	0:18:33	19	0:15:43	11	0:34:16
4	80	Hawke	Clancey	Traverse City	0:18:32	18	0:15:46	13	0:34:18
5	88	Tueck	Nadine	Traverse City	0:19:34	21	0:18:22	25	0:37:56
6	79	Ward	Anna	Traverse City	0:19:40	22	0:18:38	27	0:38:18
Male 11-13 - 8 Km
1	65	Edwards	Keefer	Glen Arbor	0:17:03	13	0:15:16	8	0:32:19
2	55	Scheiern	Evan	Cedar	0:20:15	23	0:17:25	22	0:37:40
3	67	Hallstrom	Lars	Ann Arbor	0:21:47	25	0:16:52	21	0:38:39
4	54	Klettner	Michael	Traverse City	0:21:56	26	0:17:29	23	0:39:25
5	53	Club	Ryan	Traverse City	0:24:18	31	0:16:07	18	0:40:25
6	51	Gabalis	Gage	Roscommon	0:23:05	28	0:22:22	30	0:45:27
7	52	Haig	William	Ann Arbor	0:23:23	29	0:22:23	31	0:45:46
8	68	Cook	Anthony	Freeland	0:27:00	33	0:23:11	32	0:50:11
Male 14-19 - 8 Km
1	85	Williams	Ross	Williamsburg	0:12:31	1	0:12:41	1	0:25:12
2	94	Harris	Ryan	Grayling	0:12:52	2	0:12:46	2	0:25:38
3	81	Brammer	Gunnar	Williamsburg	0:13:59	3	0:13:17	4	0:27:16
4	90	Padden	James	Traverse City	0:14:32	4	0:12:57	3	0:27:29
5	99	Anderson	Jonathon	Traverse City	0:14:43	8	0:13:56	5	0:28:39
6	83	Lance	Josh	Traverse City	0:14:33	5	0:14:58	7	0:29:31
7	86	Keenan	Ryen	Traverse City	0:14:33	5	0:15:56	15	0:30:29
8	89	Cover	Evan	Traverse City	0:14:33	5	0:15:57	16	0:30:30
9	92	Heimburger	Matt	Traverse City	0:14:49	9	0:15:43	11	0:30:32
10	87	Jacobson	Alan	Traverse City	0:15:12	11	0:15:42	10	0:30:54
11	100	Gabalis	Garrett	Roscommon	0:16:41	12	0:15:58	17	0:32:39
12	96	Roberts	Travis	Lake City	0:17:35	15	0:16:30	19	0:34:05
13	97	Queen	Clayton	Cedar	0:17:28	14	0:16:40	20	0:34:08
14	78	Ringwelski	Scott	Traverse City	0:18:27	17	0:15:50	14	0:34:17
15	98	Hood	Ian	Cedar	0:19:27	20	0:18:33	26	0:38:00
16	93	Stanton	Johnny	Traverse City	0:22:00	27	0:19:24	28	0:41:24
17	95	Roberts	Kyle	Lake City	0:25:34	32	0:27:09	33	0:52:43

 

 

Junior Muffin Race

Place	Bib	Last Name	First Name	City
Female 6 & Under - 1 Km
1	297	Smitz	Avery	Roscommon
2	75	Patsey	Brynn	Durand
Female 7 -10 - 1 Km
1	66	Hallstrom	Anneka	Ann Arbor
2	56	Klettner	Kelly	Traverse City
3	58	Schwab	Emma	Williamsburg
4	61	Bernard	Ruby	Ann Arbor
5	69	Cook	Betsy	Freeland
6	62	Lively	Anna Lou	Maple City
7	70	Taylor	Camille	Lansing
8	64	Wolfert-Parcia	Kai	Maple City
Male 6 & Under - 1 Km
1	71	Taylor	Drew	Lansing
2	57	Schwab	Griffin	Williamsburg
3	76	Gardiner	Alec	Grayling
4	299	Herbst	Luke	Selna
5	77	Gardiner	Ben	Grayling
Male 7 - 10 - 1 Km
1	298	Smitz	Grant	Roscommon
2	63	Bernard	Max	Ann Arbor
3	74	Kamm	Steven	Grosse Pointe Woods
4	73	Herbst	Alex	Selna
5	72	Herbst	Nathan	Selna