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And the Winners are...
2002 Michigan Cup Series Final Results & Rankings
May 25, 2002

Ken Dawson has released the official age class, overall individual, and team winners of the 2001-2002 Michigan Cup Series. Overall winners were Tim Triebold and Wendy Anderson (men and women's division), and Mick Tiffany and Cassidy Edwards in the junior division. The Cross Country Ski Shop beat out Cross Country Ski Headquarters for the Team Trophy. For shear number of accumulated points, Sara Cockrell finished the season with 1,240 points for women, with Steve Smigiel Jr. collecting 1,762 among men.

The best four races counted for junior overall points; the best five counted for men and women.


Overall Winners

Tim Triebold Men's
Wendy Anderson Women's
Mick Tiffany Junior Men
Cassidy Edwards Junior Women

Besides overall winners, Tim was also the Classical category winner, and shared the Men's Combined category award with Milan Biac. Wendy picked up both the Freestyle and Women's Combined awards:


Category Race Winners

Freestyle Men Milan Biac
Freestyle Women Wendy Anderson
Classical Men Tim Triebold
Freestyle Women Sara Cockrell
Combined Men Milan Biac & Tim Triebold
Combined Women Wendy Anderson

Grand Rapids Nordic rounded out the top three in the team competition, after CCSS and XCHQ. A new team this year, the Strait Striders took a respectable 6th overall.


Team Results
(Top 30 from each team scored)

  Team Results Total Medals

Relay Pts.

1 Cross Country Ski Shop 22,400 21 1,910
2 Cross Country Ski Headquarters 20,020 17 3,320
3 Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team 16,547 12 2,030
4 Traverse Nordic Ski Team 13,878 11 1,190
5 Ullr / Maybury 9,707 10 0
6 Strait Striders 2,824 1 0
7 Ohio 1,925 1 0
8 Ann Arbor Cross Country 1,187   0
9 White Line Racing Team 512   0

 


Age Class Winners

Name Class Age Range Category
Mick Tiffany A 13-19 Jr. Men
Robert Smith C 20-29 Men
Jeff Koch D 30-39 Men
Tim Triebold G 40-49 Men
Bill Brundage H 50-59 Men
Tom Anderson J 60-69 Men
Arne Borgnes M 70+ Men
Cassidy Edwards B 13-19 Jr. Women
Debbie Van Meter E 20-29 Women
Laura Waldo F 30-39 Women
Wendy Anderson I 40-49 Women
Sara Cockrell K 50-59 Women
Beth Caldwell L 60-69 Women

Given that the best five races counted toward Michigan Cup overall points, it's shocking to see that only 52 men and 19 women completed at least five races (and that includes juniors).


Number of skiers who did...

Races Men Women
9 races 5 -
8 races 5 -
7 races 5 2
6 races 19 8
5 races 18 9
4 races 23 4
3 races 30 7
2 races 77 26
1 race 186 70

Total number of skiers:

368
(Includes 66 junior men)
126
(Includes 44 Junior Women

 


Total Accumulated Points

Women Sara Cockrell 1,240 pts
Men Steve Smigiel Jr. 1762 pts

 

 

Individual Results