Karin Rand and Bradley Baas dominate Frosty Freestyle

By Mike Muha — January 10, 2026 12:03pm

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Said Doug Cornell, "There was sugar, there was slush, there was ice. It was good enough considering the balmy temps lately."

Most important, there was a race! The Frosty Freestyle maintained its reputation of putting on the race when others would have screamed "Uncle!". The dense man-made snow at Huron Meadows survived the rain and temperatures in the 50's. It did turn into a slab of ice, but the groomers are Huron Meadows have a secret weapon: The Tornado. The Tornado makes quick work of the ice, converting it into skiable snow.

2026 Frosty Freestyle start

Almost start time...

Was it perfect conditions? No: Sugar, slush, ice...and the classic tracks disintegrated during the race. But we had a race. And skiers had fun!

The course was run in the mile-long wooded section of Buck's Run at Huron Meadows Metropark in Brighton, MI. Since counting laps can be problematic (OK, so I did too many laps in two Frosty Freestyles....), race organizers kept the laps of the long race to 6 or about 10k. The short race was half the laps and distance.

2026 Frosty Freestyle start

And they're off!

Repeat winners

Karin Rand and Bradley Baas made it look easy as they won the Frosty 10km. Both are repeat winner: Rand won in 2024, and 2025 and Baas won in 2022 and 2023. Rand finished about a minute ahead of Rebecca Davis, 30:17 to 31:16, with Elizabeth Callison third in 31:35.

Baas finished in 26:33, one and a half minutes over Michael Davis (28:00), and Jason Zimmerman (28:26).

Brynn Jonker, Shirel Temkin, and Gwendolyn Wright were the top three women in the 5km event with times of 19:05, 20:02, and 21:25. For the men, it was Avrom Lindner, Zbigy Zlobicki, and Frank Rynalski in 16:33, 18:15, and 21:13.

Karin Rand and Bradley Baas race around a corner

Winners Karin Rand and Bradley Baas race around a corner

S curve in the Frosty Freestyle

Isabelle Salley ahead of a chase pack

2026 Frosty Freestyle Summary Results

Saturday, January 10, 2026
Huron Meadows Metropark, Brighton, MI

Lots of pictures from photographer Julie Rasco at https://photos.nordicskiracer.com/Michigan-Cup/Frosty-Freestyle-Krazy-Klassic/2026-Frosty-Freestyle

Complete results that include lap times: 2026-Frosty-Freestyle-results.pdf

Frosty Freestyle 10k (6 laps around a loop)

Women
Overall First name Last name Age category Race number Finish time
1 Karin Rand Top 3 Overall 71 30:17.0
2 Rebecca Davis Top 3 Overall 22 31:16.2
3 Elizabeth Callison Top 3 Overall 14 31:35.4
4 Sarah Newmister 40-49 61 32:57.3
5 Cheryl Darnton 50-59 20 34:22.2
6 Rachel Rosenbaum 30-39 122 34:35.1
7 Kate Griffin 20-29 28 34:53.6
8 Kari Alsager 30-39 2 35:43.3
9 Elisa Malherbe 14-19 51 35:43.8
10 Deanna Spencer 50-59 84 36:16.6
11 Lavinia Raffoul 60-69 70 42:41.3
12 Skye Schultz 40-49 79 42:44.0
13 Kirsten Hensley 40-49 36 42:46.3
14 Sage Brownell 14-19 121 44:16.8
15 Tove Shere 70-79 80 45:31.5
16 Isabelle Salley 20-29 77 47:25.3
17 Linda Weeks-Kaleita 70-79 98 47:51.5
18 Gwenn Stevenson 50-59 88 1:09:33.3
19 Julie Hewlett 70-79 37 1:34:10.3

Men
Overall First name Last name Age category Race number Finish time
1 Bradley Baas Top 3 Overall 5 26:33.4
2 Michael Davis Top 3 Overall 21 28:00.6
3 Jason Zimmerman Top 3 Overall 104 28:26.4
4 Yvon Dufour 60-69 24 28:27.4
5 Scott Ries 40-49 72 29:24.2
6 Sean Newmister 40-49 60 29:30.0
7 Ben Kangas 30-39 43 30:04.4
8 Eric Grimes 50-59 29 30:45.3
9 Joel Heeres 40-49 35 30:53.3
10 Steve Steffke 60-69 112 31:52.6
11 Keith Button 30-39 13 31:53.3
12 Elliot Busta 30-39 12 32:18.1
13 Thomas Franzon 30-39 26 32:19.3
14 Patrick Keegan 40-49 116 32:26.6
15 Andrew Miller 30-39 55 32:28.6
16 Vladimir Barmin 20-29 7 32:38.1
17 Douglas Cornell 60-69 17 32:42.8
18 Blair Zordell 60-69 107 33:01.6
19 Doug Heady 60-69 34 34:14.3
20 David Teddy 50-59 90 34:20.0
21 Jonah Hudson-Erdman 20-29 39 34:21.3
22 Mike Temkin 60-69 91 34:28.1
23 Noah Levin 40-49 48 34:30.0
24 Steve Lamarra 50-59 111 35:11.1
25 Anders Franzon 30-39 27 35:23.2
26 Tony Brownell 50-59 120 36:25.3
27 Jesse Crandall 40-49 18 36:29.0
28 John Kusku 40-49 46 36:31.0
29 Cyril Grum 70-79 30 36:58.6
30 Robert Triebold 60-69 94 37:00.1
31 Devan Thielfoldt 60-69 93 37:23.1
32 Nick Rossiter 20-29 117 38:05.5
33 Evan Meffert 40-49 54 38:20.1
34 Mark Smith 60-69 81 39:42.1
35 Anthony Percha 60-69 66 40:07.8
36 Timothy Spencer 50-59 85 40:08.4
37 Rick Neier 60-69 59 40:10.1
38 John Britton 60-69 10 40:11.3
39 Jason Smith 30-39 82 42:11.1
40 Kazie Satoh 50-59 78 42:16.6
41 Marvin Boluyt 70-79 9 42:24.9
42 Gregory Kil 60-69 44 42:53.1
43 Adam Danes 50-59 19 43:23.5
44 Johannes Olind 30-39 64 43:38.7
45 John Clement 70-79 15 44:16.3
46 John Mckeon 60-69 53 44:42.8
47 James Wright 60-69 103 47:03.8
48 Brad Plymale 50-59 67 48:15.0
49 John Dennis 60-69 23 48:32.8
50 Mark Eelnurme 50-59 110 48:56.0
51 Khalil Raffoul 60-69 69 49:36.5
52 Douglas Ball 60-69 6 54:03.7
53 Daniel Rimer 70-79 119 1:00:02.4
54 Kevin Vazquez 30-39 95 1:02:59.1

Frosty Freestyle 5k (3 laps around a loop)

Women
Overall First name Last name Age category Race number Finish time
1 Brynn Jonker Top 3 Overall 41 19:05.8
2 Shirel Temkin Top 3 Overall 92 20:02.7
3 Gwendolyn Wright Top 3 Overall 102 21:25.7
4 Avery Newmister 13 and Under 63 24:42.2
5 Leigh Knaus 40-49 45 27:08.0
6 Carole Mueller-Brumbaugh 70-79 57 30:15.8
7 Molly Ryan-Fisher 50-59 75 32:48.1
8 Linda Mcginess 70-79 52 34:36.8
9 Sanne Cathles 13 and Under 113 40:05.2
10 Lorin Zimmerman 50-59 105 40:21.3
11 Tegan Cathles 13 and Under 114 41:12.6

Men
Overall First name Last name Age category Race number Finish time
1 Avrom Lindner Top 3 Overall 49 16:33.8
2 Zbigy Zlobicki Top 3 Overall 106 18:15.3
3 Frank Rynalski Top 3 Overall 76 21:13.7
4 Beckham Haberkorn 13 and Under 33 24:21.1
5 Steve Smigiel 80+ 118 24:47.4
6 Peter Johnson 80+ 109 31:56.3
7 Ernest Brumbaugh 70-79 11 34:32.0
8 Gary Kaleita 70-79 42 39:00.1
9 Richard Wells 80+ 99 58:54.9
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