GRAND MESA NORDIC COUNCIL RACE #4

 

              MESA MELTDOWN SKI RACE RESULTS

              3/13/2005

              SKYWAY

 

20K FREESTYLE

  1. Dave Aschwanden        36        Cedaredge                   55:58
  2. Robert Woerne            40        Grand Junction             57:39
  3. Danny DiMaria             41        Snowmass                    58:02
  4. Christian Griffith            40        Boulder                        1:01:04
  5. Kari Distefano              46        Telluride                       1:01:26
  6. Sara Ballantyne             44        Ridgway                       1:02:32
  7. Mike Allen                   36        Fruita                           1:03:22
  8. Kevin Hines                  43        Moab                           1:03:50
  9. Eric Krch                     46        Montrose                     1:04:42
  10. Clark Nelson                54        Crested Butte               1:05:14
  11. Jerry Evans                   51        Grand Junction             1:06:06
  12. Kenton Shaw               50        Grand Junction             1:12:07
  13. Michio Watanabe         33        Boulder                        1:12:31
  14. Suzi Evans                    48        Grand Junction             1:14:33
  15. Rick Clark                    54        Mesa                            1:16:33
  16. Joe Ramey                   48        Grand Junction             1:16:53
  17. Denny Hogan               55        Silt                               1:19:22
  18. Tom Ela                       52        Grand Junction             1:19:54
  19. Chuck Bodie                52        Grand Junction             1:21:14
  20. Ken Riley                     45        Carbondale                  1:26:55
  21. Cindy Putnam               45        Rico                             1:27:52
  22. Brad Burritt                  43        Hotchkiss                     1:30:23
  23. Bob Vermillion             53        Montrose                     1:31:49
  24. Nancy Smith                 55        Telluride                       1:32:46
  25. Carol McKenzie           38        Montrose                     1:32:59
  26. Pam Hogan                  51        Silt                               1:44:41
  27. Stu Krebs                     70        Montrose                     1:53:15
  28. Hurricane Carter           54        Crested Butte               1:54:03
  29. Mike Nadiak                41        Montrose                     1:56:45
  30. Steve Ela                      41        Hotchkiss                     1:57:10
  31. Chris DePuy                 49        Montrose                     2:01:37
  32. Dan Schultz-Ela            49        Hotchkiss                     2:07:01
  33. Bill Lintott                     61        Grand Junction             2:17:57
  34. Lisa McKenzie             43        Carbondale                  2:22:01
  35. Donna Riley                  34        Carbondale                  2:29:27
  36. Calvin Lee                    58        Carbondale                  2:53:00

 

 

 

5K FREESTYLE

  1. Tom Lambert               55        Grand Junction             22:39
  2. David Scherman           52        Grand Junction             25:07
  3. Zach Nadiak                10        Montrose                     31:03
  4. Ken Harris                   51        Grand Junction             32:24
  5. Anky von Schnoplau     50        Hotchkiss                     47:46

 

 

THANKS TO OUR RACE SPONSORS

 

LOKI OUTDOOR WEAR

SUMMIT CANYON MOUNTAINEERING

CLIF BAR and LUNA BAR

ELA FAMILY FARMS

GENE TAYOR’S SPORTING GOODS

BLUE MOON BAR AND GRILL

CINEMA AT THE AVALON

REI

 

 

 

Thanks to our volunteers

Joyce Tanihara, Shirley Ela

Tom Fanticone, Graham Stephenson

 

 

RACE NOTES:           Joe, our in-house weather person, predicted a snowy and blowy cold day for the Meltdown, our final race of the season. Fortunately, he was just a bit off. I did see a few snowflakes falling, there was a breeze at times, and it was certainly colder than it has been, but it really was a decent day for having fun on skis. So we had 20 K’s worth of fun on hard fast snow.

Dave Aschwanden and Kari Distefano cruised for the male and female wins in the 20K. Tom Lambert used fine classic technique to take the 5K. Skiing under an alias because she can’t handle the spotlight of the winner’s circle, Anky von Schnoplau was the 5K female winner.

Danny DiMaria and Suzi Evans were the third place male and female in the 20K which was a sufficiently strong finish for each to become the Overall Male and Female Point Series Champions based on results of four races through the season. The Series has two Classic races and two Freestyle. Congratulations on your fast and steady skiing!

A number of asterisks are needed to explain the 20K results. Kenton Shaw, Brad Burritt, and Joe Ramey all took a several minute break shortly after the start to play cop and shoo off some invading snowmobilers. Brad went on to take a wrong turn with Rick Clark following. Rick eventually got back on track and skied a course equivalent to the official one but Brad ended up skiing an impromptu course which must have had a few extra K’s, judging by his time. Calvin Lee also racked up some extra K’s skiing a scenic route.

By the way, if any of you are activist minded and were unhappy witnessing the errant snowmobilers and seeing the myriad trails left by previous errant snowmobilers, you’re welcome to drop a note mentioning that to the USDA Forest Service, Grand Valley Ranger District, 2777 Crossroads Blvd Unit A, Grand Junction, CO 81506. You’re also welcome to drop them a note mentioning the need for either lots of gravel or some paving in the swamp, oops, I mean parking lot.

Some women’s ski gloves were left on the race table. Give Tom a call to claim them, 970-434-9753.

Have a great summer and hope to see everyone for the WinterStart next December!