All Weather Sports

Mid-Winter Snowshoe Classic

5K & 7K Snowshoe Races

Saturday January 10, 1998

High Noon

End of El Dorado Road

5K & 7K via snowshoe trails

along south ridge of Goldstream Valley, up to KUAC transmitter, down ridge line

Mostly cloudy	10° F	Calm	Excellent packed snow conditions
Sunrise: 10:38 AM		Sunset: 3:20 PM
4 hours 42 minutes - possible sunshine

SPECIAL - Photo coverage of the Arctic Winter Games Snowshoe Competition tryouts, Fairbanks area; Creamer's Field, 2:00 PM.


		Temperatures moderated for this weekend after a week of mostly sub -30 temperaturtes, but it's not supposed to last. A large group of snowshoers took advantage of the warmth to tackle the same two courses run on the first snowshoe race in early December. The trail was in much better condition through the birch forest today, as evidenced by times that were much faster today, than in December. Rocky Reifenstuhl and Allen Doyle battled it out to the finish, with Rocky edging Allen by 2 seconds. A highly placed anonymous government official, who was not present at the race, was credited with today's balmy temperatures.

7K Results

1. Rocky Reifenstuhl		40:53
2. Allen Doyle		40:55
3. Ned Rozell		45:51
4. Ric Wilson		46:30
5. Dave Cowee & Emily		47:05
6. Stuart Grant		51:39
7. Dennis Rogers		54:14
8. Linda Kanllin		55:29
9. Keith Pollock & Mesa		55:59
10. Mary Bohan		56:35
11. Scott Phillips		57:47
12. Steve Lanford		60:56

5K Results

1. Gail Koepf		45:38
2. Bunnie Chapman		62:32

Arctic Winter Games

Snowshoe Tryouts - Fairbanks

Photos and editing courtesy of JFM Videos.

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