Baic & Madion Win Chestnut Valley under Great Conditions

It was Milan Baic again, beating out David Mcclean by 17 seconds with a time of 30:37 to win the Chestnut Valley 12Km Freestyle. Mikael Kilpela finished third.

In a competitive women's field, Megan Madion finished first in 36:49, beating out Erica Baic and Julie Houle.

The three laps of exactly 4km each had plenty of snow. Conditions were soft in places but no one was complaining - most competitors thought the trail had the best snow in the lower peninsula! As Mike Tarnow said, "We've been skiing on the Vasa Trail in Traverse City, but this is REAL snow here. There must be a couple feet out there!"

In the Junior races, Emilay Westerman, Catarina Gulledge won the J2 and J1 two-lap 8km races. Aaron Jaffe finished first in the J2 male 8km race, while Jesse Smith and Morgan Weir won the 12km J1 and OJ divisions.

The race grew this year to 147 competitors. The race is growing in popularity, partly because of the reliable snow, the nice flow of the trail, and a good early race that's not too hilly or technical. Thanks to Nick Baic for putting on a great race.

See many photos from the race here.

Tomorrow is the Boyne Highlands Classic - and the race director promises hills for everyone. Conditions are reported to be great!

Place	Bib	Last	First	City	Time	Overall
J2 Female 15 & Under - 8 Km
1	167	Westerman	Emily	Traverse City	0;28;15	7
2	252	Wunsch	Adele	Traverse City	0;34;21	13
3	207	Dornbusch	Kara	Traverse City	0;35;48	15
4	46	Timm	Alexandra	Bay City	0;37;27	16
J1 Female 16-17 - 8 Km
1	30	Gulledge	Catarina	Roscommon	0;27;22	5
2	168	Hemming	Jesse	Traverse City	0;28;06	6
3	204	Ciesla	Hannah	Traverse City	0;28;35	8
4	165	Tiffany	Bridget	Traverse City	0;33;01	10
5	163	Bradley	Sarah	Traverse City	0;33;28	11
Female 20 to 48 - 12 Km
1	124	Madion	Megan	Traverse City	0;36;49	33
2	93	Baic	Erica	Williamsburg	0;38;46	49
3	59	Houle	Julia	Brighton	0;38;49	50
4	37	Gebhart	Daniela	Richards Lodge	0;39;43	61
5	133	Zimmer	Leah	Alanson	0;40;04	64
6	71	Goble	Tracy	Harbor Springs	0;40;36	67
7	64	Baic-Berkshire	Ivanka	Traverse City	0;41;18	74
8	91	Baic	Carrie	Williamsburg	0;45;32	96
9	119	Todd	Amy	Grand Rapids	0;48;29	108
10	34	Cavaletto	Joann	Ann Arbor	0;51;55	114
Female 49 & Over - 12 Km
1	27	Peterson	Gussie	Midland	0;38;57	54
2	60	Hardin	Tracy	Cheboygan	0;40;05	65
3	149	Dawson	Karen	Farmington Hills	0;45;38	97
4	108	Beatty	Barb	Harbor Springs	0;46;20	101
5	134	Grambeau	Sue	Harbor Springs	0;46;24	102
6	12	Wilks	Amelia	Mancelona	1;03;13	123
7	128	Caldwell	Beth	Ann Arbor	1;07;09	125
8	126	Murray	Jean	Mt. Pleasant	1;07;24	126
9	44	Timm	Cheryl	Bay City	1;23;56	128
10	182	Fershee	Wendy	Harbor Springs
J2 Male 15 & Under - 8 Km
1	205	Jaffe	Aaron	Traverse City	0;25;09	1
2	63	Baic	Brendan	Walloon Lake	0;25;25	2
3	43	Brennan	Mac	East Jordan	0;25;52	3
4	169	Williams	Ross	Williamsburg	0;26;20	4
5	202	Alanson	Mark	Traverse City	0;32;33	9
6	180	Harris	Kirk	Traverse City	0;34;03	12
7	177	Temkin	Daniel	Troy	0;35;39	14
J1 Male 16-17 - 12 Km
1	181	Smith	Jesse	Traverse City	0;31;31	4
2	206	Endicott	Kyle	Traverse City	0;34;15	15
3	197	Ward	William	Traverse City	0;35;46	25
4	104	Beatty	Spencer	Harbor Springs	0;36;33	30
5	203	Harris	Ben	Traverse City	0;47;21	104
6	68	Kroondyk	Beau	Boyne City	0;47;30	105
OJ Male 18-19 - 12 Km
1	142	Weir	Morgan	Rapid City	0;36;09	28
2	201	Golden	Cory	Traverse City	0;38;24	45
Male 20 to 39 - 12 Km
1	88	Kilpela	Mikael	Traverse City	0;31;27	3
2	83	Samuels	Jim	Erie	0;32;23	5
3	141	Byar	Christian	Spring Lake	0;32;43	7
4	58	Stevens	Andy	Lansing	0;33;11	8
5	41	Foltz	Jon	Boyne City	0;33;38	9
6	33	Fanslow	Dave	Ann Arbor	0;33;53	10
7	79	Stern	Brian	Kirtland	0;33;54	11
8	131	Vigland	Todd	Interlochen	0;33;57	13
9	139	Smigiel	Stephen	Cedar Springs	0;34;18	16
10	146	Coulter	Melzar	Grand Rapids	0;34;32	17
11	42	Mitchell	Robert	Jackson	0;34;34	18
12	115	Todd	Dell	Grand Rapids	0;34;38	20
13	26	Dalley	Josh	Chagrin Falls	0;35;50	26
14	140	Smith	Robert	Roscommon	0;37;24	37
15	8	Goodman	Glenn	Bellaire	0;37;38	41
16	96	Deegan	Jack	Harbor Springs	0;38;08	43
17	25	Rudl	Greg	Concord	0;39;05	56
18	95	Bowman	Andrew	Harbor Springs	0;41;02	71
19	94	O'Hern	John	Traverse City	0;42;12	81
20	24	Svoren	Derek	Cleveland Heights	0;42;24	82
21	85	VonWallmenich	Theo	Alma	0;42;33	84
22	31	Bolton	Todd	Canton	0;43;07	89
23	32	Baal	Jim	Novi	0;49;09	111
Male 40 to 47 - 12 Km
1	92	Baic	Milan	Williamsburg	0;30;37	1
2	147	Maclean	David	Ludington	0;30;54	2
3	69	Kanaby	Larry	Bad Axe	0;35;37	23
4	127	Seaman	Michael	Mt. Pleasant	0;35;53	27
5	171	Doull	James	Petoskey	0;36;46	32
6	1	Moore	Joel	Harbor springs	0;36;52	35
7	138	Rudolph	Steve	Harbor Springs	0;37;14	36
8	100	Seager	Steve	Grayling	0;37;35	38
9	56	Green	Jamie	Gaylord	0;37;37	40
10	52	Cornell	Doug	Corunna	0;38;36	47
11	130	Feldkamp	Tim	Ann Arbor	0;40;00	63
12	176	Temkin	Mike	Troy	0;41;03	72
13	170	Weiss	Jerry	Gaylord	0;41;33	76
14	66	Maunders	Ross	Clarkston	0;42;26	83
15	103	Buday	Mark	Harbor Springs	0;42;34	85
16	49	Auomaranta	Lauri	Sault Ste. Marie	0;42;57	87
17	123	Knight	Kip	Elk Rapids	0;43;06	88
18	164	Endicott	Doug	Traverse City	0;43;49	90
19	145	Cook	Tim	Freeland	0;44;31	92
20	29	Griffith	Conrad	Chagrin Falls	0;46;11	99
21	137	Love	John	St. Johns	0;48;08	107
22	72	Ernst	Dale	Sandusky	0;50;45	112
Male 48 to 52 - 12 Km
1	122	Onthank	Clifford	Traverse City	0;32;34	6
2	38	Bladel	Randal	Granger	0;33;55	12
3	132	Putalik	Greg	Harbor Springs	0;34;35	19
4	39	Weingartz	Chris	Petoskey	0;34;48	21
5	73	Muha	Mike	Wixom	0;35;42	24
6	51	Triebold	Tim	Spring Arbor	0;36;42	31
7	172	Kostrzewa	John	Traverse City	0;37;36	39
8	62	Alleva	Dennis	Northport	0;38;37	48
9	136	Stormzand	Mark	Cheboygan	0;38;50	51
10	19	Kessler	Randy	Milford	0;39;20	58
11	36	Berndt	Detlef	Poriyo	0;39;35	59
12	50	Barton	Bruce	Homer	0;39;36	60
13	70	Rynalski	Frank	Bay City	0;39;54	62
14	61	Hardin	John	Cheboygan	0;40;56	69
15	48	Tervo	Mikko`	Sault Ste. Marie	0;41;01	70
16	86	Madorski	Mark	Leonard	0;41;18	74
17	67	Moore	Jeff	Northville	0;41;57	80
18	65	Bourassa	Michael	Harbor Springs	0;42;40	86
19	125	Atkins	Dave	Charlevoix	0;44;35	93
20	173	Thielfoldt	Devan	Troy	0;45;26	95
21	178	Gillespie	Sam	Shelby Twp	0;54;57	121
22	148	Koehler	Fred	Harbor Springs
Male 53 to 59 - 12 Km
1	150	Dawson	Ken	Farmington Hills	0;34;10	14
2	20	Camp	Don	Grand Haven	0;35;08	22
3	28	Peterson	Curt	Midland	0;36;20	29
4	89	Van Dam	Steve	Boyne City	0;36;50	34
5	2	Luce	Robin	Central Lake	0;37;50	42
6	54	Kaltz	William	Pinckney	0;38;09	44
7	74	Greene	Brian	Traverse City	0;38;28	46
8	97	Fultz	Dick	Roscommon	0;38;51	52
9	75	Payne	Mark	Interlochen	0;38;52	53
10	166	Tarnow	Michael	Traverse City	0;40;07	66
11	3	West	Bob	Bloomingdale	0;41;09	73
12	143	Weir	Rick	Rapid City	0;41;34	77
13	45	Timm	Larry	Bay City	0;41;44	78
14	82	Vande Kopple	Bob	Pellston	0;44;25	91
15	87	Nolan	Daniela	Holland	0;44;36	94
16	9	Brumbaugh	Ernie	Rockford	0;46;15	100
17	174	Uhrig	Wolfgang	Troy	0;49;08	110
18	53	Sexton	Ron	South Lyon	0;51;40	113
19	84	Johnson	Max	Brutus	0;51;58	115
20	98	Kraai	Rick	Holland	0;53;24	117
21	135	Sharp	Sam	Petoskey	0;58;48	122
22	57	Ruffner	Spencer	Tecumsah	1;06;01	124
Male 60 & Over - 12 Km
1	35	Mendyk	Marv	Harbor Springs	0;39;02	55
2	175	Woodburne	Jim	Traverse City	0;39;14	57
3	40	Smigiel	Steve Sr	Ada	0;40;41	68
4	22	Johnson	Peter	Whitehall	0;41;45	79
5	99	Irish	David	Harbor Springs	0;45;51	98
6	23	Greening	Tim	North Muskegon	0;47;15	103
7	55	Johnson	John	Midland	0;47;51	106
8	101	Jones	Thomas	Pinckney	0;48;48	109
9	129	Caldwell	John	Ann Arbor	0;52;10	116
10	179	Rushford	Tom	Bay City	0;53;57	118
11	144	Wells	Richard	Hamtrakick	0;54;09	119
12	47	Sturtevant	John	Salida	0;54;18	120
13	183	Fershee	John	Harbor Springs	1;10;34	127

Baic & Madion Win Chestnut Valley under Great Conditions

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Sat, Jan 7, 2006 - By Mike Muha