RESULTS: Another Frosty Freestyle miracle!

Another Frosty Freestyle miracle!

Once again, Adam Haberkorn and the crew at Huron Meadows Metropark in Brighton, Michagin, performed a miracle to get man-made snow down on the course in time for the Frosty Freestyle. The trail in the woods was firm and very skiable (excellent!), but part of the trail leading back to the lodge was only completed a couple hours before the start. That's fourteen years in a row without a race cancellation, in southeastern, a place not known for consistent snow.

The trail was the widest it's every been after the removal of over 200 trees during the off season. The sun was out, there was little wind, and the temperatures was cool but comfortable.

2.0km was groomed. We shortened the race to 10k so skiers only needed to count five laps. The short race (5K) was two laps.

Team NordicSkiRacer's Brad Baas did it again. In his third appearance at Frosty Fest (the first being last year's 2022 Frosty Fest), he took another victory, winning the 2023 Frosty Freestyle. Baas took the lead from the start and never looked back, crushing the competition in the 10k event in 22:57. Michael Davis was second in 24:48, just ahead of Glenn Goodman in 24:50.

Brad Bass skis away from the competition

Not to be outdone, Sarah Duclos has a great race, finishing in 24:57 (that's 6th overall in the race, including men). Elizabeth Collisan was second in 26:31, with Mariah Frye third in 26:32.

Sarah Duclos in the pack chashing Brad Baas

Sarah Duclos in the lead pack chashing Brad Baas. (From the front: Vladimir Barmin, Sarah Duclos, Jason Zimmerman, Allen Sorgenfrei, and Doug Heady)

In the 5k race, Thomas Franzon finished first in 10:10. Steve Lamarra was second in 12:06 followed not too far behind by Anders Franzon. Hilary Schwafel was the fastest female in 15:24, followed by Shirel Temkin (yes, Mike's daughter!) in 16:21. Mechthild Heerde-Olind was close behind in third in 16:33.

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Full Results of the 2023 Frosty Freestyle cross country ski race

Original detailed results from RF Timing are here.

10K Results

Overall	Race No	Name	Time	Category	Age Class
1	316	Sarah Duclos	0:24:57	Top 3	1
2	307	Elizabeth Callison	0:26:31	Top 3	2
3	446	Mariah Frye	0:26:32	Top 3	3
4	314	Rebecca Davis	0:26:34	30-39	1
5	312	Cheryl Darnton	0:29:12	50-59	1
6	359	Ellen Thompson	0:29:30	30-39	2
7	301	Kari Alsager	0:29:46	30-39	3
8	342	Rachel Rosenbaum	0:29:48	30-39	4
9	335	Sarah Newmister	0:30:49	40-49	1
10	444	Deborah Mizikowski	0:34:17	60-69	1
11	318	Elizabeth Emery	0:34:27	50-59	2
12	344	Isabelle Salley	0:34:33	20-29	1
13	347	Tove Shere	0:34:47	70-79	1
14	319	Ceri Faas	0:35:09	50-59	3
15	363	Linda Weeks-Kaleita	0:35:19	60-69	2
16	324	Kirsten Hensley	0:35:40	40-49	2
17	448	Kirsten Hallstrom	0:35:45	50-59	4
18	310	Catherine Curley	0:36:29	50-59	5
19	355	Gwenn Stevenson	0:56:28	50-59	6
20	440	Julie Hewlett	0:57:53	60-69	3
	338	Margaret Palardy	DNS	50-59
Overall	Race No	Name	Time	Category	Age Class
1	302	Bradley Baas	0:22:57	Top 3	1
2	313	Michael Davis	0:24:48	Top 3	2
3	321	Glenn Goodman	0:24:50	Top 3	3
4	341	Scott Ries	0:24:53	40-49	1
5	367	Jason Zimmerman	0:24:55	50-59	1
6	317	Yvon Dufour	0:25:07	50-59	2
7	353	Allen Sorgenfrei	0:25:08	50-59	3
8	336	Sean Newmister	0:25:09	30-39	1
9	442	Doug Heady	0:25:35	60-69	1
10	304	Vladimir Barmin	0:26:05	20-29	1
11	348	Ty Shesky	0:26:24	40-49	2
12	308	Adam Chrzan	0:26:35	20-29	2
13	331	Michael Franko	0:26:49	40-49	3
14	351	Dominic Smith	0:26:54	30-39	2
15	332	Charles Moore	0:27:23	40-49	4
16	443	Max Olson	0:27:25	20-29	3
17	366	Philip Yeung	0:27:26	30-39	3
18	362	Kevin Vazquez	0:27:40	30-39	4
19	346	Steve Seager	0:27:50	60-69	2
20	309	Douglas Cornell	0:27:57	60-69	3
21	329	Christian Lebutt	0:27:58	40-49	5
22	451	Brad Wattins	0:28:30	40-49	6
23	357	Mike Temkin	0:29:27	50-59	4
24	325	Vasily Ivanov	0:29:45	30-39	5
25	369	Blair Zordell	0:29:49	60-69	4
26	330	Robin Luce	0:29:50	70-79	1
27	339	Anthony Percha	0:29:51	60-69	5
28	360	Bob Triebold	0:29:51	60-69	6
29	306	John Britton	0:29:53	60-69	7
30	356	David Teddy	0:30:00	40-49	7
31	354	Steve Steffke	0:30:09	60-69	8
32	358	Devan Thielfoldt	0:30:34	60-69	9
33	328	Carl + Koschmann	0:30:40	40-49	8
34	361	Andrew Uggeri	0:30:49	20-29	4
35	345	Nathan Schilling	0:31:00	30-39	6
36	322	Cyril Grum	0:31:45	70-79	2
37	333	Jeffois Moore	0:31:48	60-69	10
38	349	Steve Smigiel	0:32:17	70-79	3
39	334	Rick Neier	0:33:13	60-69	11
40	350	Mark Smith	0:33:15	50-59	5
41	305	Marvin Boluyt	0:33:37	60-69	12
42	326	Peter Johnson	0:33:52	70-79	4
43	368	Zbigy Zlobicki	0:34:27	70-79	5
44	445	Von Sigler	0:34:54	50-59	6
45	365	James Wright	0:35:20	60-69	13
46	311	Adam Danes	0:35:40	50-59	7
47	323	Adam Haberkorn	0:35:43	40-49	9
48	447	Brian Hallstrom	0:35:49	50-59	8
49	340	Brad Plymale	0:36:00	50-59	9
50	450	Gregory Kil	0:38:17	60-69	14
51	320	Craig Fortson	0:39:22	60-69	15
52	315	John Dennis	0:40:05	50-59	10
53	337	Johannes Olind	0:41:31	30-39	7
54	364	Tom Wernette	0:41:53	60-69	16
55	343	Frank Rynalski	0:41:55	60-69	17
56	441	Spencer Russaer	0:44:29	70-79	6
57	303	Douglas Ball	0:44:52	60-69	18
58	352	Ilya Snyder	0:48:16	50-59	11
59	327	Gary Kaleita	0:52:18	60-69	19

5K Results

Overall	Race No	Name	Time	Category	Age Class
1	449	Hilary Schwafel	0:15:24	Top 3	1
2	384	Shirel Temkin	0:16:21	Top 3	2
3	378	Mechthild Heerde-Olind	0:16:33	Top 3	3
4	371	Isla Dooley	0:18:12	13 and Under	1
5	376	Jodie Haberkorn	0:24:51	40-49	1
6	383	Avery Newmister	0:29:57	13 and Under	2
7	438	Heidi Aittama-Kirchner	0:31:28	50-59	1
8	381	Bridget Mathias	0:32:20	14-16	1
Overall	Race No	Name	Time	Category	Age Class
1	374	Thomas Franzon	0:10:19	Top 3	1
2	379	Steve Lamarra	0:12:06	Top 3	2
3	373	Anders Franzon	0:12:49	Top 3	3
4	380	Thomas Lodowski	0:14:51	13 and Under	1
5	372	Finian Dooley	0:15:14	13 and Under	2
6	382	Rayne Newmister	0:21:47	13 and Under	3
7	377	Beckham Haberkorn	0:23:39	13 and Under	4
	375	Forrest Gehring	DNS	20-29