Koch and Vigland win Cote Dame Marie

Michigan Cup: Cote Dame Marie

Sun, Jan  22, 2012 - By Mike Muha

Finally! A race with decent snow with - GASP! -set tracks. Skiers who avoided last week's iffy snow at the Frosty Freestyle and Krazy Klassic came out in droves for the 2012 Cote Dame Marie at Hanson Hills in Grayling, MI.

Men's 30k start. All photos by Peter Bruning.

Jeff Koch (Priority Health) pulled away from last weekend's double winner, Dan Yankus (Team NordicSkiRacer/Priority Health) to win the men's 30k freestyle in 1:20:01.6. Yankus was about a minute and a half behind in 1:21:34.4. Twenty-on year old Alex Vanias (Cross Country Ski Headquarters) was third in 1:22:19.5.

Women's 15K start

Three VASA Ski Club racers topped the podium in the women's 15k freestyle. Susan Vigland narrowly beat Amy Powell 48:09.0 to 48:10.4, with teammate Laura Webb taking third in 50:52.9.

Junior Boys 8k Start

Ian Durand, Sean Brownell, and Charles Needham were the top Junior Boys 8k freestyle, with times of 28:57.3, 30:17.0 and 30:27.7 In the Junior Girls 8k freestyle, Erin Lipp was first in 30:30.5 followed by Lauren Pflughoeft in 31:36.5 and Hannah Davis in 35:23.5.

Junior Girls 8k Start

Citizen races

There were also 8k Classic and Skate citizen races as part of the Cote Dam Marie. In the Men's 8k Classic, Jeff Hervels was first 33:22.0 while Gabe Williams and Andrew Temme came in second and third less than a second apart (35:41.1 and 35:41.8)

Chasing pack at the half-way feed station

Hannah Steffke, Hanna Miller, and Gwenn Stevenson were the top three classic women in 43:25.5, 43:47.6 and 1:00:33.6.

In the Men's Citizen skate race, Yenson Schwab won in 27:41.9, followed by Matt Durand (33:59.7) and Hap Wright (35:55.7). Oni Mitchell was the only skate women, finishing in 1:33:10.1.

Cote Dame Marie Ski Loppet (Overall Results)
January 21, 2012

Citizen Men’s 8K Classic
Place	Bib	First	Last	Gender	Age	Time	Team Name
1	234	Jeff	Hervels	M	46	33:22.0
2	236	Gabe	Williams	M	37	35:41.1
3	230	Andrew	Temme	M	24	35:41.8
4	246	George	Gambert	M	63	42:23.6
5	226	Paul	Jansen	M	60	46:16.7
6	207	Ned	Rambo	M	71	53:57.0
7	229	Jim	Linsell	M	61	1:08:16.8
8	251	Marvin	Stevenson	M	77	1:17:30.0	XC Ski HQ Team
Citizen Women’s 8K Classic
1	255	Hannah	Steffke	F	13	43:25.5
2	231	Hanna	Miller	F	22	43:47.6
3	247	Gwenn	Stevenson	F	45	1:00:33.6	XC Ski HQ Team
4	248	Renee	Bancroft	F	30	1:01:32.6	GRNST
5	254	Madeline	Steffke	F	11	1:12:41.2
Citizen Men’s 8k Skate
1	224	Yensen	Schwab	M	38	27:41.9
2	228	Matt	Durand	M	44	33:59.7	VASA Ski Club
3	252	Hap	Wright	M	65	35:55.7	Straits Striders
4	245	Fred	Arnold	M	67	41:22.8
5	227	Rob	Butryn	M	43	42:00.9	VASA Ski Club
6	233	John	McKeon	M	51	44:17.5	XC Ski HQ Team
7	250	Carl	Ridgway	M	71	44:36.3
8	249	John	Johnson	M	68	54:21.4
Citizen Women’s 8k Skate
1	223	Oni	Mitchell	F	63	1:33:10.1	HH/CCSS
Junior Boys 8k Skate
1	201	Ian	Durand	M	13	28:57.3	VASA Ski Club
2	215	Sean	Brownell	M	15	30:17.0
3	212	Charles	Needham	M	16	30:27.7	Central HS Boys
4	243	Mark	Smith	M	15	30:29.9
5	209	Kyle	Dotterrer	M	15	30:46.4	Central HS Boys
6	203	David	Butryn	M	15	33:35.5	VASA Junior Race Team
7	216	Tim	Brownell	M	15	33:37.9	West Boys
8	213	Mike	Siciliano	M	16	34:20.9	Central HS Boys
9	202	Luke	Rambo	M	12	34:33.8
10	232	Forrest	Lewallen	M	16	35:01.3	Traverse City Central Nordic
11	242	Clay	Darling	M	14	35:01.6	VASA Ski Club
12	214	Nicholas	Amato	M	15	36:04.2	West Boys
13	241	Frank	Leahy	M	16	37:06.6	Central HS Boys
14	237	Joe	Banish	M	16	37:28.6	Traverse City Central Nordic
15	208	Graham	Bevier	M	15	38:17.2	Central HS Boys
16	204	Garrett	Gabalis	M	16	39:01.0	XC Ski HQ Team
17	211	Jacob	Myers	M	15	41:05.7	Central HS Boys
18	253	Levi	Gournie	M	0	41:24.3	West Boys
19	240	Colton	Gerler	M	15	41:48.0	Traverse City Central Nordic
20	235	Jack	Hervela	M	11	45:48.8
21	210	Peter	Jacobson	M	16	45:59.0	Central HS Boys
22	205	Gage	Gabalis	M	14	50:23.2
23	244	Garrett	Ruffner	M	13	52:08.1	Nordic Ski Racer
Junior Girls 8k Skate
1	219	Erin	Lipp	F	14	30:30.5	Central HS Girls
2	221	Lauren	Pflughoeft	F	16	31:36.5	Central HS Girls
3	218	Hannah	Davis	F	15	35:23.8	Central HS Girls
4	225	Heidi	Schwab	F	13	35:29.6	VASA Ski Club
5	222	Kendall	Minor	F	16	39:03.2	Central HS Girls
6	206	Emily	Steffke	F	14	39:58.5	HH/CCSS
7	217	Jami	Chung	F	15	40:29.4	Central HS Girls
8	220	Hayley	Padden	F	15	41:29.5	Central HS Girls
9	238	Katie	Cooney	F	16	43:38.3	Traverse City Central Nordic
10	239	Clara	Trippe	F	16	49:41.2	Traverse City Central Nordic
Michigan Cup Men’s 30k
1	48	Jeff	Koch	M	40	1:20:01.6	Priority Health
2	79	Daniel	Yankos	M	30	1:21:34.5	Priority Health
3	73	Alex	Vanias	M	21	1:22:19.5	XC Ski HQ Team
4	50	John	O'Hearn	M	31	1:23:20.5	Priority Health
5	49	Milan	Baic	M	52	1:23:30.0	Priority Health
6	75	Denny	Paull	M	47	1:23:49.5	Straits Striders
7	30	Ryan	Halstead	M	24	1:23:57.4	XC Ski HQ Team
8	4	Glenn	Goodman	M	45	1:24:11.8	VASA Ski Club
9	6	Ryan	Harris	M	20	1:25:37.2	HH/CCSS
10	25	Jim	Harrington	M	46	1:25:39.8
11	81	Jon	Foltz	M	45	1:25:50.8	Straits Striders
12	28	Andrew	Bruning	M	16	1:26:24.2
13	13	Kyle	Rambo	M	46	1:26:30.1	Team Rambo
14	84	John	Gravlin	M	57	1:26:35.9	Straits Striders
15	62	Clifford	Onthank	M	58	1:26:39.0	VASA Ski Club
16	59	Randal	Blodel	M	55	1:27:03.3	GRNST
17	58	Dell	Todd	M	43	1:27:24.6	GRNST
18	57	Gregory	Worsnop	M	57	1:29:19.1	GRNST
19	89	Jon	Morgan	M	47	1:29:55.7	Priority Health
20	65	Tim	Jenema	M	42	1:30:10.4	VASA Ski Club
21	32	Robert	Smith	M	38	1:30:17.4
22	19	Matthew	Stuber	M	29	1:30:32.6	XC Ski HQ Team
23	3	Don	Camp	M	59	1:30:43.0	GRNST
24	91	Dave	Smith	M	27	1:30:51.0
25	74	Doug	Heady	M	54	1:32:55.7	Nordic Ski Racer
26	69	Alexey	Vermeulen	M	17	1:32:56.5	Nordic Ski Racer
27	61	Steve	Andriese	M	46	1:33:37.8	VASA Ski Club
28	71	Douglas	Cornell	M	52	1:33:47.2	Nordic Ski Racer
29	77	Steve	Van Dam	M	61	1:34:03.2	Straits Striders
30	46	Chris	Weingartz	M	56	1:34:08.8	Straits Striders
31	15	Stephen	Smigiel	M	45	1:34:11.5	GRNST
32	64	Tim	Onthank	M	60	1:36:32.6
33	8	William	Kaltz	M	64	1:36:48.4	Nordic Ski Racer
34	12	Curt	Peterson	M	62	1:38:04.9	VASA Ski Club
35	70	Larry	Kanaby	M	50	1:38:51.0	XC Ski HQ Team
36	85	Michael	Seaman	M	47	1:39:20.8	GRNST
37	86	Jerry	Weiss	M	51	1:39:30.4	HH/CCSS
38	56	Robin	Luce	M	60	1:39:44.3	HH/CCSS
39	14	Steve	Seager	M	53	1:41:20.8	HH/CCSS
40	51	Kip	Knight	M	48	1:41:39.5	VASA Ski Club
41	87	Steve	Brown	M	54	1:42:07.5	VASA Ski Club
42	88	Robert	Fairmeh	M	54	1:42:16.0	Nordic Ski Racer
43	42	Jim	Anderson	M	57	1:42:47.7	HH/CCSS
44	18	Steve	Steffke	M	49	1:43:21.6	HH/CCSS
45	5	Jamie	Green	M	51	1:44:08.3	HH/CCSS
46	27	Chris	Maltby	M	39	1:44:10.7	Hanson Hills
47	45	Frank	Rynalski	M	57	1:44:21.5	XC Ski HQ Team
48	67	John	Britton	M	49	1:45:12.0	HH/CCSS
49	9	Fred	Mills	M	57	1:46:05.4	HH/CCSS
50	31	Josh	Sheldon	M	30	1:46:26.1	XC Ski HQ Team
51	43	Mike	Temkin	M	48	1:46:43.6	XC Ski HQ Team
52	72	Tony	Percha	M	52	1:46:55.3	Nordic Ski Racer
53	60	Stuburug	Biders	M	36	1:48:28.1	Stuburug Riders
54	16	Steve	Smigiel	M	66	1:48:33.4	GRNST
55	47	Brian	Beanchaup	M	34	1:49:41.2	VASA Ski Club
56	38	Alex	Jakle	M	27	1:50:10.3	VASA Ski Club
57	26	John	Schuld	M	54	1:51:33.3
58	52	Blair	Zorvell	M	51	1:51:43.0	GRNST
59	93	Tim	Cook	M	48	1:52:10.8	XC Ski HQ Team
60	29	Tom	Baron	M	57	1:53:40.3	XC Ski HQ Team
61	40	Theo	Von Wallmenich	M	41	1:54:37.3	XC Ski HQ Team
62	76	Karl	Trost Jr	M	53	1:55:26.7	Straits Striders
63	23	Dan	Wisneski	M	51	1:55:41.9	GRNST
64	1	Duane	Amato	M	61	1:55:42.7	VASA Ski Club
65	80	Doug	Endicott	M	51	1:57:26.4	VASA Ski Club
66	82	Rick	Neiver	M	54	1:57:51.2	XC Ski HQ Team
67	44	Devon	Thielfoldt	M	55	1:58:58.5	XC Ski HQ Team
68	53	John	Harris	M	57	2:00:59.9
69	33	Ernie	Brumbaugh	M	65	2:01:54.8	GRNST
70	90	Jeff	Pike	M	57	2:02:04.8	XC Ski HQ Team
71	94	Bill	Haefner	M	74	2:03:19.0	Nordic Ski Racer
72	35	David	Mitchell	M	62	2:03:30.5	HH/CCSS
73	36	Walter	Johnson	M	62	2:04:04.1	HH/CCSS
74	10	Travis	Moser	M	47	2:04:22.3	HH/CCSS
75	24	Dan	Nolan	M	60	2:06:08.2	GRNST
76	34	Joe	Seifert	M	60	2:07:37.4	HH/CCSS
77	7	Peter	Johnson	M	66	2:08:10.1	GRNST
78	22	Dennis	West	M	65	2:09:31.5
79	55	Bob	Triebold	M	49	2:10:13.2	GRNST
80	11	Frank	Nizio	M	63	2:10:55.4	Nordic Ski Racer
81	68	Steve	Biggs	M	65	2:11:23.7	Straits Striders
82	21	Larry	Timm	M	62	2:12:59.5	XC Ski HQ Team
83	92	Ellis	Boal	M	67	2:13:24.3	Straits Striders
84	20	Scott	Taylor	M	57	2:16:34.2
85	54	Marvin	Boluyt	M	58	2:18:12.1
86	17	Michael	Southwell	M	32	2:18:33.8
87	78	Spencer	Ruffner	M	60	2:23:11.6	Nordic Ski Racer
88	66	David	Beier	M	63	2:26:38.9	Straits Striders
89	2	Christopher	Anderson	M	37	2:34:06.2	GRNST
90	41	Rick	Kraai	M	59	2:40:47.4	GRNST
91	83	Rian	Mintek	M	60	2:45:23.5	Bittersweet Uphill Ski Team
92	37	Bob	Welsch	M	69		HH/CCSS
93	39	Dale	Ernst	M	48		XC Ski HQ Team
94	63	Sam	Shoup	M	61		Straits Striders
Michigan Cup Women’s 15k
1	135	Susan	Vigland	F	43	48:09.0	VASA Ski Club
2	127	Amy	Powell	F	43	48:10.4	VASA Ski Club
3	145	Laura	Webb	F	51	50:52.9	VASA Ski Club
4	144	Tracy	Hardin	F	55	53:19.6	Straits Striders
5	133	Brenda	Carlson	F	51	54:23.6	HH/CCSS
6	139	Ann	Wagar	F	46	55:23.1	HH/CCSS
7	126	Gussie	Peterson	F	62	55:38.3	VASA Ski Club
8	138	Jean	Van Dam	F	62	55:41.2	Straits Striders
9	134	Bonnie	Karas	F	47	57:38.9	HH/CCSS
10	142	Mariah	Frye	F	25	58:47.0	XC Ski HQ Team
11	143	Bridget	Faltr	F	41	59:01.5	Straits Striders
12	146	Karen	Kirt	F	44	59:02.0	VASA Ski Club
13	147	Hilary	Witbrodt	F	31	1:03:30.2	HH/CCSS
14	130	Linda	Weeks	F	57	1:04:17.4	XC Ski HQ Team
15	148	Fran	Upton	F	52	1:07:40.3	XC Ski HQ Team
16	150	Vickie	Putnam	F	63	1:08:17.6	Nordic Ski Racer
17	128	Christine	Seager	F	49	1:10:12.3	HH/CCSS
18	132	Linda	Allen	F	59	1:25:52.3	Nordic Ski Racer
19	136	Emily	McKeon	F	17	1:28:54.2	XC Ski HQ Team
20	140	Amelia	Wilks	F	64	1:34:38.8	Straits Striders
21	137	Christine	Fowler	F	60	1:36:06.0	XC Ski HQ Team
22	149	Jean	Murray	F	74	1:48:33.6
23	129	Barbara	Slovisky	F	56	1:51:37.5	XC Ski HQ Team
24	131	Cheryl	Timm	F	62	1:59:21.0	XC Ski HQ Team
25	141	Julie	Hewlett	F	58	2:01:49.6	Nordic Ski Racer