Tri-Arcti-Thon 2003Run + Bike + Ski = 21 Km |
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Overcast; light rain after Noon | +27 to +33°F | Mostly calm | Good to fair snow trail conditions |
Sunrise: | Total Possible Daylight: 7 hours 34 minutes Gain: 7 minutes |
9:18AM | |
Sunset: | |
4:52 PM |
The fourth annual Tri Arcti Thon multi sport race was held at Creamers Field Saturday, February 8th. It was the largest field and most competitive with 18 competitors traversing a 4.2 mile loop at Creamers Field three times under different human powered modes of transport. The race consists of a run, followed by a bike ride, and ends with a ski.
In the men's race, Mike Kramer opened up a strong lead with a brisk 28:00 running leg, while Jim Lokken trailed with a time of 29:30. In the next leg, the bike ride, Lokken, a former Tri Arcti Thon winner, reeled in Kramer and the leg finished in a dead tie. It wasn't until the last leg, the ski leg that Lokken was able to put some distance between him and Mike Kramer, finishing in an overall time of 1:14:05 to Kramer's 1:15:19. Wayne Peppler, who had the fastest time on the ski leg, followed close behind Kramer for third with a time of 1:15:33.
The women's race had some switching of standings during the race as well. Kristen Bartecchi Rozell, an experienced marathon runner, was able to open a lead immediately over Roselyn Ressa Smith with a running time 32:56 to Smith's 34:22. The next leg found Smith, last year's Tri Arcti Thon winner, bicycle into the lead with a bike time of 26:50 to Bartecchi's 30:54. She then extended her lead on the ski leg finishing the race in 1:28:45. However, Maria Bray made up time on both the bike and ski leg to move into the second place spot at 1:31:18, with Bartecchi finishing in third with a time of 1:32:32.
John Carlson, Race Director
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Results
Times in Bold are the fastest men's times on each leg; times in Bold Italics are the fastest women's times.
RUN BIKE SKI TOTAL 1. Jim Lokken 29:30 22:07 22:28 1:14:05 2. Mike Kramer 28:00 23:37 23:42 1:15:19 3. Wayne Peppler 29:39 23:19 21:35 1:15:33 4. Greg Jurek 30:43 22:41 24:26 1:17:50 5. T.G. Taylor 30:13 22:26 26:54 1:19:33 6. Mark Ross 32:33 25:02 26:55 1:24:20 7. Ned Bartecchi Rozell 32:51 27:45 27:27 1:28:03 8. Roselyn Ressa Smith 34:22 26:50 27:33 1:28:45 9. Maria Bray 33:18 30:35 27:25 1:31:18 10. Matthew Mapes 31:52 28:12 31:19 1:31:23 11. Michael O'Brien 30:41 29:10 32:39 1:32:30 12. Kristen Bartecchi Rozell 32:56 30:54 28:42 1:32:32 13. Mike Deems JR. 36:33 27:13 37:24 1:41:10 14. John Ocana 34:34 31:03 39:18 1:44:55 15. Karen Taylor 37:53 33:24 36:37 1:47:54 16. Ted Wu 30:42 30:52 48:01 1:49:35 17. Bob Perkins 43:28 37:15 41:17 2:02:00 18. Joanne Singleton 38:53 40:38 1:12:29 2:32:00
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