Sinnott and McCabe win 2009 Noquemanon Ski Marathon

51K Classic

Michael Sinnott and Laura McCabe, both from the Saab Salomon Factory Team won the 51K classic Noquemanon Ski Marathon. Sinnott times was 2:28:38.4, about two minutes ahead of Houghton's Adam Airoldi (2:30:27.6). Two seconds behind Airoldi was Anders Osthus in third.

Laura McCabe was the top women and 16th overall (men and women combined) in 3:00:40.8. Martina Stursova was second in 3:04:53.9, followed by Kelly Skillicorn in 3:12:18.2.

The top Michigan Cup skiers were Steve Kuhl (Team NordicSkiRacer.com) in 2:50:14.3, 7th place overall and Lorraine Lund, 22nd in the women's division in 4:47:17.8.

51K Freestyle

Nikolai Anikin, Matt Weier, and Chip Tabor were the top three in the 51K Freestyle, in 2:24:17.3, 2:24:28.9, and 2:30:31.5. In the women's division, the top three were Paulette Niemi, Vicki Asmus, and Team NordicSkiRacer and Michiga Cup racer Natalie Dawson in 2:49:07.4, 2:59:51.4, and 3:07:59.9.

Top Michigan Cup male was Grand Rapid Nordic's David Mclean in 2:42:15.3 in 8th place.

Noquemanon Ski Marathon
Superior Dome
Marquette, MI
January 24 2009