Editors Note: While taking pictures on Scales Road of the racers in the GMNC's Skyway Skuffle I met a nice Norwegian lady who happened to be Glenn Randall's mom. For those of you who don't know Glenn, he has been a regular at the GMNC Race Series over the years. Many of us remember him when he was just a little kid who was unusually fast. He has already chalked up at 1st and 2nd place finishes at this year's GMNC Race Series. Glenn is 14 years old now and competing in high school races in Colorado. I invited Mrs. Randall to send me Glenn's race results so we could all follow his progress. Here is Glenn's report in his own words.
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:17:25 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: JO race report
GMNC,
I'm very sorry about the delay in writing this. It has been a very long
trip, I stayed up late on the morning before we left, and I hit my head a few
times.
We left for Marquette on March 3. I hope that you all had a good race on
that day. The first race was a sprint, held on a golf course, on March 5. I
was 47th out of 50. On March 7, there was a 5 km skate race in Suicide Bowl.
The course was pretty gradual in the beginning, but then had a huge uphill,
followed by some rolley stuff, and then a big downhill. You can find a
profile at http://www.jo2001.f2s.com/. I placed
37th in this race. Then, on
March 9, there was a 5 km classic on the same course. I placed 38th. Then,
on March 10, there was a 3 x 3 km relay, which you can also find at the JO
website. We placed 11 of 13 in this race. You can find complete race
results at http://itiming.com/. There is some way to view
it, but I don't
know what it is.
Ski Hard, Bonk Hard.
Glenn Randall
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 20:42:32 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Randall Race Report
GMNC,
On Friday, February 16, I had a 5 km skate race in Crested Butte. We do not
have the results from it yet. I think I got 5th.
Then, on Saturday, February 17, I had a 5 km classic race. The results for
it are as follows.
place skier
club
time
1 Glenn Randall GMNC 17:04
2 Travis Scheefer CBNT 17:05
3 Joel Reed NSSC
17:16
4 Simi Hamilton AHS
17:37
5 Kyle Ahern SHS
18:16
6 Tyler Baker AHS
18:21
7 Pete Rihmond SHS
18:23
8 Tae Wescott AHS
18:24
9 Jeremiah Ranegar BN 18:42
10 Nik Gottfried NSSC 19:00
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:34:30 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Randall Race Report
GMNC,
Over the weekend I had two races. The first, on February ninth, was a 5k
skate race in Devil's Thumb, near Granby. It was raced on the Black Five, a
part of the Black Ten. These courses have long or steep uphills followed by
fast downhills. It is one of the hardest in Colorado, and mabye even the U.
S. The results are as follows. (Boulder Nordic Team's abbreviation is BN).
place skier club time overall place in mens
5k
1 Travis Scheefer CBNT 16:47 1
2 Glenn Randall GMNC 16:56 2
3 Austin Ross SSWSC 17:25 3
4 Joel Reed NSSC 17:37 4
5 John Hatanaka AHS 18:06 5
6 Nic Gottfried NSST 18:48 6
7 Brad Bingham VVHS 18:49 7
8 Tyler Baker AHS 18:55 8
9 Jeremiah Raneger BN 18:56 9
10 Josh Smith VVHS 18:59 10
The next race, on February 10, was a 5k classic in Snow Mountain, also near
Granby. I was having a great race and far ahead of everyone until I fell
twice on the biggest downhill on the course. The results for it are as
follows.
place skier club time overall
1 Austin Ross SSWSC 20:44 1
2 Travis Scheefer CBNT 21:06 2
3 Glenn Randall GMNC 21:18 3
4 Joel Reed NSST 21:50 4
5 Tyler Baker AHS 22:45 5
6 Kyle Ahern SHS 22:51 6
7 Sam Petty CBNT 22:51 7
8 Jeremiah Ranegar BN 23:07 8
9 Nic Gottfried NSST 23:44 9
10 Pete Richmond SHS 23:52 10
Hi GMNC,
On Friday, January 26, there was a measured 5 km classical race in
Purgatory, near Durango. Please be aware that Drew Holbrook (3rd place at
the last race) blew out his knee before the race, so he will not be racing
again this year. The results of the top ten places are as follows. I will
show the team abbreviation for further reports.
place skier
club
abbreviation time
1 Travis Scheefer
Crested Butte Nordic Team
CBNT 16:21
2 Glenn Randall
Grand Mesa Nordic Council
GMNC 16:28
3 Austin Ross
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club SSWSC 17:27
4 Tea Wescott
Aspen High School
AHS 18:44
5 Kyle Ahern
Summit High School
SHS 18:47
6 John Hatakana
Aspen High School
AHS 19:09
7 Tyler Baker
Aspen High School
AHS 19:10
8 Joel Reed
Never Summer Ski Club
NSSC 19:10
9 Brad Binham
Vail Valley High School
VVHS 19:28
10 Cody Wilderman
Never Summer Ski Club
NSSC 19:30
To decide who goes to J.O.s in Marquette, Michigan, they will take the
average of the top three times in each class, J2(14-15 years old), J1(16-17),
OJ(18-19), and does the percentage back from that average. If you beat that
average you get negative points. The lower your percentage the better. I
will follow this up with the percentage standings. I hope that you all had a
good race at Skyway!
Ski hard, bonk hard.
Glenn Randall
Jerry and GMNC, The races on Friday, January 12, were a series of 1.18 km skate sprints, in Aspen. The top 16 from the preliminaries went to the semifinals. The rest went to the consolations round. The winner from the consolations and the top 4 from each semifinals went to the finals. The winner of the finals was guarantied a trip to JOs (Jr. Olympics). The preliminaries had 24 J2s (14-15 year olds) going out one every 15 seconds. The semifinals and consolations had 8 people going out in a mass start and double-poling for about the first 50 yards. The finals was the same except for that it had 9 people. Just for your information I am 14. We do not have definite results and times, but we do have approximate ones. I got 5th in the prelims. I got 2nd in the semis. I think I got 6th in the finals. Travis Scheefer won the finals.
The next day I raced in a five km classic in Carbondale. It was a normal RMD (Rocky Mountain Division) race. 2 skiers went out every 30 seconds. There were 22 J2 finishers. We do have results for it. I will include the top 10 places. They are as follows.
place skier club time 1 Travis Scheefer Crested Butte Nordic Team 23:19 2 Glenn Randall Grand Mesa Nordic Council 23:40 3 Drew Holbrook Crested Butte Nordic Team 24:30 4 Austin Ross Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club 25:03 5 Jay Daily Durango Nordic Ski Team 26:25 6 Kyle Ahern Summit High School 26:37 7 Tae Wescott Aspen High School 26:58 8 Jeremiah Ranegar Nederland High School 27:01 9 Joel Reed Middle Park high School 27:23 10 John Hatanaka Aspen High School 27:54
Ski hard, bonk hard.
Glenn Randall [email protected]