The Michigan Cup Relays was a blast on Sunday, with 135 skiers from all over the state (and beyond) racing on teams of three. Each skier skied twice around the 2.5km 'Relay Loop' on the Headquarters Trappers Cabin and Rolling Hills trails, with great conditions and cool temps.
The race was followed by some very fun live music from Camp, Shell, Gravlin and Robin, plus food, beer, and the Michigan Cup Awards Party. The Cross Country Ski Headquarters team was victorious in taking back the Michigan Cup this year, in the tightest race in recent history! A big congrats to team Nordic Ski Racer for giving us a major run for our money – it really came down to the relays, and it was a fight to the finish!
A PDF of the results below can be downloaded here: 2023 MI Cup Relays Overall Results (PDF)
Photos from Doug Cornell, Mariah Frye, and Ceri Faas of the 2023 MI Cup Relays and after party are in the NordicSkiRacer photo gallery.
2023 MI CUP RELAYS OVERALL RESULTS
Combined age 149 and under, Male |
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| Overall | Division Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | MI Cup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1:01:17 | 311 | Brumbaugh Cup Dudes #1 | Nordic Ski Racer | Allen Sorgenfrei | Sean Newmister | Ricardo Lung | 600 |
| 6 | 2 | 1:05:20 | 351 | Velociraptors Rawr | VASA | Robert Myler | Than Dyskstra | Michael DeBruyn | 450 |
| 16 | 3 | 1:15:38 | 302 | Insert Name Here | VASA | Franklin Andrews | Bode Dykstra | Salomon DeBruyn | 300 |
| 30 | 4 | 1:27:43 | 346 | Doesn’t Matter To Me | XC Ski HQ | Kris Nitz | Drew Vandegrift | Branden Morley | 150 |
Combined age 150 and older, Male |
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| Overall | Division Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | MI Cup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 1:04:56 | 321 | Brumbaugh Cup Dudes #2 | Nordic Ski Racer | Yvon Dufour | Charles Moore | Doug Heady | 600 |
| 9 | 2 | 1:09:59 | 325 | Brumbaugh Cup Dudes #3 | Nordic Ski Racer | Keven Vasquez | Tony Percha | Doug Cornell | 545 |
| 10 | 3 | 1:11:43 | 313 | Tread Lightly | VASA | Paul Crowley | Jeremy Treadwell | Glenn Goodman | 491 |
| 11 | 4 | 1:12:41 | 308 | Banana Belt Crew | GRNST | Bob Trebold | Blair Zordell | Jukka Prettw | 436 |
| 12 | 5 | 1:13:04 | 340 | Look At Those Guys! | XC Ski HQ | Rick Neier | Steve Steffke | John Hubbard | 382 |
| 13 | 6 | 1:13:38 | 303 | Fast and Furious | XC Ski HQ | Tom Wernette | Stu Colie | Brian Stauffer | 327 |
| 19 | 7 | 1:18:30 | 349 | The Founders | 2/3 GRNST | Ernie Brumbaugh | Rob Cool | Scott McCrone | 273 |
| 25 | 8 | 1:23:01 | 328 | GRNST #10 | GRNST | Dan Nolan | Stuart Picard | Steve Smigiel | 218 |
| 26 | 9 | 1:24:26 | 350 | Cannon Brewing | none | Tony Brownwell | Michael Fehrenbach | Rob Bacigalupi | 164 |
| 36 | 10 | 1:39:57 | 339 | The Unforgotten | XC Ski HQ | Gary Kalieta | Kevin Jacobs | Daniel Rimer | 109 |
| 42 | 11 | 2:19:05 | 335 | Over 200 | XC Ski HQ | Bob Frye | Lloyd Anderson | Richard Wells | 55 |
Combined age 149 and under, Female |
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| Overall | Division Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | MI Cup Points |
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| 21 | 1 | 1:20:43 | 338 | The Rat Skis | VASA | Ava Zeratsky | Anna Sketch | Gwyneth Shullick | 600 |
| 22 | 2 | 1:20:51 | 358 | Sparkle Chipmunks | Nordic Ski Racer | Amy Kostrzewa | Sarah Newmister | Ellen Thompson | 525 |
| 24 | 3 | 1:22:16 | 343 | Klister Sisters | VASA | Natalie Crowley | Kinsey Hintz | Katie Clark | 450 |
| 27 | 4 | 1:26:31 | 330 | Megan's Support Crew | VASA | Hannah Goss | Linda Walker | Megan Spears | 375 |
| 28 | 5 | 1:26:39 | 316 | Cookie Monsters | 1/3 XC Ski HQ | Mary Mattson | Rachel Rosenbaum | Kari Paine | 300 |
| 32 | 6 | 1:34:21 | 331 | Speedy Skiers | XC Ski HQ | Sandra Jacobs | Shirel Temkin | Josie Fairbanks | 225 |
| 33 | 7 | 1:35:32 | 305 | Egg's Over Easy :) | XC Ski HQ | Gwenn Stevenson | Erin Gielincki | Gillian Carroll | 150 |
| 34 | 8 | 1:37:30 | 336 | Mystery Women | GRNST | Kelly Morrissey | Julie Olson | Ellie Johnson | 75 |
Combined age 150 and older, Female |
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| Overall | Division Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | MI Cup Points |
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| 38 | 1 | 1:41:21 | 306 | Brumbaugh Cup Chicks #2 | Nordic Ski Racer | Kirsten Hensley | Ceri Faas | Mechthild Heerde-Olind | 600 |
| 39 | 2 | 1:43:59 | 329 | Jammin' Like Jesse | VASA | Anna Bachman | Julie Clark | Melinda Mitchell | 400 |
| 44 | 3 | 2:19:21 | 334 | Classic Ladies | XC Ski HQ | Lynne Frye | Lorin Zimmerman | Carol Schadd | 200 |
Combined age 149 and under, Co-ed |
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| Overall | Division Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | MI Cup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | 1:13:49 | 304 | Viking Wannabee's | XC Ski HQ | Brett Manary | Wendy Anderson | Mike Temkin | 600 |
| 15 | 2 | 1:14:37 | 310 | Son of a Baic | VASA | Milan Baic | Ivanka Baic | Nickola Baic | 540 |
| 17 | 3 | 1:17:13 | 312 | Three's Company | VASA | Jennifer Brown | Judy Vajda | Matt Vajda | 480 |
| 18 | 4 | 1:18:22 | 322 | Brumbaugh Cup Chick & Dudes #1 | Nordic Ski Racer | Zbigy Zlobicki | Cathy Susan | William Kaltz | 420 |
| 20 | 5 | 1:20:34 | 344 | Snow Fleas | 2/3 GRNST 1/3 HH/CCSS | Robin Luce | Don Camp | Rachelle Howe | 360 |
| 23 | 6 | 1:21:34 | 342 | Two Old Guys & A Babe | XC Ski HQ | Devan Thielfoldt | Linda Weeks | Mark Smith | 300 |
| 37 | 7 | 1:41:00 | 333 | TC Trio | VASA | Alison Quiring | Dovs Austin | John Bachman | 240 |
| 40 | 8 | 1:44:47 | 319 | Here For Beer | XC Ski HQ | Courtney Butcher | Doug Ball | John McKeon | 180 |
| 41 | 9 | 1:57:13 | 314 | Snow Makers | Nordic Ski Racer | Frank Nizio | Linda Allen | Greg Worrel | 120 |
| 43 | 10 | 2:19:20 | 348 | FRP | XC Ski HQ | Patrick Butcher | Robin Wiszowaty | Frank Rynalski | 60 |
Combined age 150 and older, Co-ed |
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| Overall | Division Place | Time | Finishing Bib | Team Name | Club Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | Individual Name | MI Cup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:00:47 | 332 | Sugar Snack Forge | VASA | Carter DeBruyn | Ella DeBruyn | Ryan Donnell | 600 |
| 3 | 2 | 1:01:28 | 317 | Age Before Beauty | Hanson Hills / CCSS | John Gravlin | Mandy Paull | Ryan Harris | 533 |
| 4 | 3 | 1:03:05 | 318 | GRNST North | 2/3 GRNST | Stephan Smigiel | Hailey McMahon | Eric Parrott | 467 |
| 7 | 4 | 1:07:29 | 326 | The Ghost of Zimmy Stardust | XC Ski HQ | Mariah Frye | George Frye | Jason Zimmerman | 400 |
| 8 | 5 | 1:08:46 | 347 | XC Addiction | Hanson Hills / CCSS | Steve Seager | Robert Smith | Marry Schimbly | 333 |
| 29 | 6 | 1:27:39 | 309 | Brumbaugh Cup Chick & Dudes #2 | Nordic Ski Racer | Terri Thelen | Mike McCoy | Tim Faas | 267 |
| 31 | 7 | 1:30:26 | 323 | Team Spencer | - | Davis Spencer | Timothy Spencer | Deanna Spener | 200 |
| 35 | 8 | 1:38:55 | 315 | Ski LMC | 1/3 XC Ski HQ | Mary Boyd | Troy Fairbanks | Courtney Kent | 133 |
| 45 | 9 | 2:22:22 | 353 | The Little Ones | 2/3 Nordic Ski Racer | Avery Newmister | Avery Ludlow | Rayne Newmister | 67 |
