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Racers were rewarded with more k's for the dollar: the race length was increased from 12k to 14k with the additional of Hanson Hills single-track "Wilderness Trail" to the race course. No one complained...
Kaitlin Patterson cruised in for the win, while Ryan Halstead had to fight off John O'Hearn and Ryan Harris for the win on the hilly course of the Forbush Corner Freestyle.
What an amazing race for the overall team championship. Only a few hundred points separate 1st from 3rd. Scoring includes Juniors x.2 and Seniors. X.8 including 6 Hour Team Relays.
These are the Michigan Cup Individual Results to date. Note, I scored the Juniors in both the 6K Vasa and Grand Traverse even though the brochure says it should be the longer races.
Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop has commanding lead in Brumbaugh Cup. In a series where the lowest score is best, HH/CCSS leads with 236 points. Second place? Vasa Ski Club with 597 points.
Milan Baic came back from a third place finish in yesterday's brutal North American Vasa 50K Freestyle to win today's 16K Gran Traverse Classic race at Timber Ridge Resort in Traverse City Michigan. Natalie Dawson was tops in the women's race.
Full results for the 2014 North Americna Vasa 12 K and 6 K cross country ski races, held Saturday, February 8, 2014
Full results for the 2014 North Americna Vasa 27 K cross country ski race, held Saturday, February 8, 2014
Full results for the 2014 North Americna Vasa 50 K cross country ski race, held Saturday, February 8, 2014
Eli Brown made it three in a row by winning the 2014 North American Vasa. Erica O'Hearn, coming off in win in last week's 20K White Pine Stampede Freestyle, took home the women's title in her first VASA 50K Freestyle race.
UPDATED: Superb conditions greeted racers in the 2014 White Pine Stampede. These were the best conditions the White Pine has had in years!
These are the update results through the Noque race. Remember the Michigan Cup Points for the Noque only count if you are on a Michigan Cup ski team.