Tri-Arcti-Thon 2003

Run + Bike + Ski = 21 Km

Saturday February 8, 2003

11:00 AM

Creamer's Refuge Visitor Center

Three 7-Km loops via multi-use trails

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

Results

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

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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