Baic and Dawson win Gran Travers

Sun, Feb  9, 2014 - By Mike Muha

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. It was a close race: Baic was only 6 seconds ahead of second place finisher Dan Yankus (52:13 to 52:19), with Ryan Harris just seconds behind in 52:33.

Natalie Dawson was tops in the women's race, finishing in 1:02:52, well ahead of second and third place finishers Jessica Schwab and Rebecca Davis (1:04:15 and 1:04:50).

Dan Yankus, Milan Baic, and Ryan Harris at 3 km to go at the 2014 Gran Travers 16 K Classic cross country ski race

In the 6k race, Ian Durand finished first in 23:20, followed by Kyl Dotterrer (23:32) and David Butryn (23:36). Erin Lipp continued her winning ways by taking first for the women in 25:29. She was followed by Heidi Schwab (25:58) and Sarah Goble (26:20.

16 K Results

Place	Bib	Athlete Name	City	State	Age	Gender	Finish Time
1	7125	Milan Baic	Williamsburg	MI	54	Male	52:13
2	7118	Daniel Yankus	Milford	MI	32	Male	52:19
3	7333	Ryan Harris	Grayling	MI	23	Male	52:33
4	7117	Daivd Lomas	Sault Ste. Marie	ON	24	Male	52:44
5	7225	Clay Darling	Traverse City	MI	16	Male	53:32
6	7122	Ryan Halstead	Grayling	MI	26	Male	54:16
7	7140	Alex Smith	Ann Arbor	MI	30	Male	55:07
8	7102	Glenn Goodman	Bellaire	MI	47	Male	55:33
9	7105	Stephen Smigiel	Rockford	MI	47	Male	56:05
10	7139	Robert Fairman	Ann Arbor	MI	56	Male	57:32
11	7115	Randal Bladel	Granger	IN	58	Male	57:59
12	7108	Allen Sorgenfrei	Bloomfield	MI	49	Male	58:20
13	7112	Michael Davis	Homer	MI	22	Male	58:22
14	7109	Michael Schaefer	Grafton	OH	41	Male	59:28
15	7120	Steve Seager	Grayling	MI	55	Male	59:48
16	7123	Jacob Ellis	Traverse City	MI	27	Male	59:58
17	7119	Jim Anderson	Fort Wayne	IN	59	Male	1:00:00
18	7127	Brian Beauchamp	Traverse City	MI	36	Male	1:00:00
19	7126	Randy Smith	Acme	MI	52	Male	1:00:02
20	7135	Larry Kanaby	Bad Axe	MI	52	Male	1:00:20
21	7103	Clifford Onthank	Traverse City	MI	60	Male	1:00:49
22	7235	John Britton	Zanesfield	MI	51	Male	1:01:27
23	7217	Steve Steffke	Wiedman	MI	51	Male	1:01:27
24	7334	Robert Smith	Roscommon	MI	40	Male	1:01:35
25	7136	Chris Weingartz	Petoskey	MI	58	Male	1:01:37
26	7130	Ethan Kennedy	Montague	MI	17	Male	1:01:48
27	7110	Doug Heady	Ann Arbor	MI	56	Male	1:02:36
28	7107	William Kaltz	Pinckney	MI	66	Male	1:02:39
29	7331	Natalie Dawson	Missoula	mt	33	Female	1:02:52
30	7124	Robert Nadler	Chicago	IL	50	Male	1:03:15
31	7114	Tom Sutter	Cedar	MI	66	Male	1:03:34
32	7215	Jukka Pietila	Rockford	MI	49	Male	1:03:52
33	7206	Jessica Schwab	Williamsburg	MI	39	Female	1:04:15
34	7111	Rebecca Davis	Homer	MI	24	Female	1:04:50
35	7138	Stuart Colie	Roscommon	MI	32	Male	1:05:05
36	7133	Michael Seaman	Mt Pleasant	MI	49	Male	1:05:10
37	7213	Bob Triebold	South Bend	IN	51	Male	1:05:35
38	7104	Don Camp	Grand Haven	MI	61	Male	1:05:40
39	7214	Suneel Apte	Shaker Heights	OH	52	Male	1:06:01
40	7209	Robin Luce	Central Lake	MI	62	Male	1:06:45
41	7238	Guillaume Girard	Lansing	MI	34	Male	1:07:48
42	7224	Alex Dennis	Whitehall	MI	16	Male	1:07:55
43	7210	Jeffois Moore	Northville	MI	57	Male	1:08:03
44	7113	Blair Zordell	Berrien Springs	MI	53	Male	1:08:35
45	7232	Randy Kessler	Milford	MI	59	Male	1:08:50
46	7137	Theo Vonwallmenich	Alma	MI	43	Male	1:09:13
47	7231	Steve Smigiel	Ada	MI	68	Male	1:09:14
48	7211	Ann Wagar	Gaylord	MI	48	Female	1:09:20
49	7236	Chris Maltby	Mt Pleasant	MI	41	Male	1:10:00
50	7205	Joseph Brown	Grayling	MI	62	Male	1:10:08
51	7129	Karl Trost Sr	Cheboygan	MI	55	Male	1:10:09
52	7116	Julian Kuz	Ada	MI	49	Male	1:10:15
53	7204	Brenda Carlson-Brown	Grayling	MI	53	Female	1:10:34
54	7223	Dennis Miller	Gaylord	MI	57	Male	1:10:51
55	7315	Stephen Andriese	Traverse City	MI	48	Male	1:11:08
56	7338	Mike Steffke	Mt Pleasant	MI	50	Male	1:11:24
57	7230	Tomas Matousek	Baden	PA	62	Male	1:11:32
58	7239	Adam Danes	Northville	MI	46	Male	1:11:53
59	7212	Dan Wisneski	Grand Rapids	MI	53	Male	1:12:24
60	7222	John Paul	Traverse City	MI	32	Male	1:12:31
61	7201	Ernie Brumbaugh	Rockford	MI	67	Male	1:12:50
62	7229	Hilary Witbrodt	Auburn	MI	33	Female	1:13:48
63	7219	Mike Keenan	Scottville	MI	74	Male	1:14:44
64	7203	Gussie Peterson	Traverse City	MI	64	Female	1:14:55
65	7237	Ray Schmekel	Traverse City	MI	65	Male	1:15:36
66	7220	Jan Merka	Clarksville	MD	41	Male	1:15:47
67	7218	Steve Van Nocker	.	.	48	Male	1:15:50
68	7234	Catarina Gulledge	Ann Arbor	MI	25	Female	1:16:00
69	7207	Bill Danly	North Muskegon	MI	58	Male	1:16:10
70	7329	Rick Neier	Tawas City	MI	56	Male	1:16:38
71	7132	James Monroe	Traverse City	MI	66	Male	1:17:02
72	7208	Lee Ries	Howell	MI	66	Male	1:17:12
73	7320	Christopher Anderson	East Grand Ra	MI	39	Male	1:19:11
74	7228	Ed Clary	Amherst	OH	73	Male	1:21:19
75	7202	Mark Camp	Darien	IL	50	Male	1:21:47
76	7306	Karen Kirt	Lake Leelanau	MI	46	Female	1:22:05
77	7134	Dale Ernst	Sandusky	MI	50	Male	1:22:42
78	7319	Linda Weeks	Williamsburg	MI	60	Female	1:23:42
79	7318	Mike Stemo	Williamsburg	MI	56	Male	1:23:52
80	7314	Patrick Tobin	Traverse City	MI	75	Male	1:24:41
81	7216	Paul Heflin	Downers Grove	IL	50	Male	1:24:57
82	7301	Peter Heflin	Milwaukee	WI	54	Male	1:25:06
83	7332	Karen Dawson	Farmington Hills	MI	60	Female	1:25:19
84	7330	Spencer Ruffner	Tecumseh	MI	62	Male	1:25:39
85	7321	Clare Tanner	East Lansing	MI	46	Female	1:26:45
86	7307	Brad Plymale	Northville	MI	45	Male	1:29:35
87	7312	Matthew Walling	Comstock Park	MI	50	Male	1:30:09
88	7233	George Gambert	Bellaire	MI	66	Male	1:31:06
89	7328	Victor Dolzan	Elkhart	in	54	Male	1:32:36
90	7317	Andrew White	Traverse City	MI	60	Male	1:32:58
91	7226	Gwenn Stevenson	Oxford	MI	47	Female	1:37:50
92	7302	Joseph Heflin	Elmhurst	IL	55	Male	1:39:02
93	7324	Dagmar Merkova	Clarksville	MD	43	Female	1:42:17
94	7327	Linda McGiness	Lake City	MI	63	Female	1:44:43
95	7336	Paula Gale	Williamsburg		59	Female	1:45:07
96	7303	Carole Mueller-Brumbaugh	Rockford	MI	59	Female	1:45:07
97	7308	Mike Schaeffer	Traverse City	MI	65	Male	1:45:39
98	7326	Mark Abbe	Saginaw	MI	60	Male	1:49:03
99	7337	Leigh Whetstone	Whittemore	MI	40	Female	1:49:42
100	7335	Bill Spurgeon	Royal Oak	MI	66	Male	1:53:36
101	7311	Sage Brown	Williamsburg	MI	10	Female	1:53:55
102	7310	Joann Brown	Williamsburg	MI	43	Female	1:53:55
103	7227	Renee Bancroft	Mt Pleasant	MI	33	Female	1:58:21
104	7313	Michael Haley	Alden	MI	64	Male	1:58:22
105	7323	Jean Murray	Mt Pleasant	MI	76	Female	2:04:01
106	7325	Carole Merwin	Lake Isabella	MI	67	Female	2:04:59
107	7322	Barb Slovisky	East Lansing	MI	58	Female	2:05:04
108	7304	Marvin Stevenson	Rochester Hills	MI	79	Male	2:29:10
109	7316	Don Hurst	Marquette	MI	82	Male	2:39:27

6 K Results

Place	Bib	Athlete Name	City	State	Age	Gender	Finish Time
1	7411	Ian Durand	Interlochen	MI	15	Male	23:20
2	7417	Kyle Dotterrer	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	23:32
3	7403	David Butryn	Leland	MI	17	Male	23:36
4	7426	Sean Brownell	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	23:51
5	7401	Mark Smith	Petoskey	MI	17	Male	24:03
6	7425	Nicholas Amato	Suttons Bay	MI	17	Male	24:37
7	7405	Ryan Clulo	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	24:56
8	7408	Reid Goble	Petoskey	MI	14	Male	25:04
9	7429	Andrew Dyke	Grawn	MI	16	Male	25:07
10	7422	Forrest Lewallen	Traverse City	MI	18	Male	25:15
11	7517	Erin Lipp	Traverse City	MI	16	Female	25:29
12	7407	Nathan Tafelsky	Traverse City	MI	15	Male	25:57
13	7503	Heidi Schwab	Williamsburg	MI	15	Female	25:58
14	7525	Sarah Goble	Petoskey	MI	16	Female	26:29
15	7427	Tim Brownell	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	26:34
16	7406	Michael Klettner	Traverse City	MI	16	Male	26:38
17	7424	Nicholas Suminski	Traverse City	MI	16	Male	26:40
18	7418	Colton Gerber	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	26:48
19	7419	Connor Hansen	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	27:03
20	7428	Jacob Dean	Traverse City	MI	14	Male	27:20
21	7413	Graham Bevier	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	28:04
22	7502	Emma Schwab	Williamsburg	MI	13	Female	29:03
23	7423	Jake Myers	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	29:41
24	7519	Hayley Padden	Traverse City	MI	17	Female	29:49
25	7430	Samuel Elmi	Traverse City	MI	17	Male	29:57
26	7518	Katie Moses	Traverse City	MI	18	Female	30:07
27	7520	Kelly Peregrine	Traverse City	MI	15	Female	30:20
28	7409	William Chown	Traverse City	MI	16	Male	30:57
29	7410	Ryan Durand	Interlochen	MI	11	Male	30:58
30	7515	Hannah Keyser	Traverse City	MI	17	Female	31:40
31	7526	Emily Steffke	Beal City	MI	17	Female	31:48
32	7501	Dana Pflughoeft	Traverse City	MI	15	Female	33:03
33	7421	Peter Jacobson	Traverse City	MI	18	Male	33:07
34	7523	Katie Clulo	Traverse City	MI	14	Female	33:26
35	7521	Tuuli Qin-Terrill	Traverse City	MI	16	Female	33:31
36	7522	Kyla Foley	Traverse City	MI	16	Female	33:37
37	7603	Hap Wright	Boyne City	MI	67	Male	34:00
38	7514	Katie Cooney	Traverse City	MI	18	Female	34:17
39	7516	Melissa Lance	Traverse City	MI	16	Female	34:29
40	7506	Jane Lively	Burdickville	MI	17	Female	34:36
41	7505	Kelly Klettner	Traverse City	MI	13	Female	36:24
42	7433	Gabe Wright	Boyne City	MI	13	Male	37:43
43	7524	Katie Erhardt	Traverse City	MI	14	Female	39:43
44	7415	Jack Cooney	Traverse City	MI	15	Male	42:11
45	7402	Joe Thuente	Traverse City	MI	11	Male	42:34
46	7404	Daniel Butryn	Leland	MI	12	Male	42:37
47	7504	Alexis Merka	Clarksville	MD	10	Female	44:34
48	7420	Ben Howard	Traverse City	MI	15	Male	48:32
49	7602	Larry Hebert	Huron	Oh	61	Male	50:48
50	7601	Ron August	Waterford	MI	70	Male	1:03:34