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Tri-Arcti-Thon 2001Run + Bike + Ski = 13.5 Miles |
Sunny ---> partly cloudy | +15° F | E-NE breeze | Packed snow trail conditions |
Sunrise: | Total Possible Daylight: 8 hours 01 minutes |
9:05AM | |
Sunset: | |
5:06 PM |
This is the second year this frosty triathalon was held at the Creamers Wildlife Refuge. It consists of a running leg, followed by a bike leg, and then is completed by a ski, all of which are on a circuit trail on the Creamers trail system. Each segment is slightly over fours miles in length.
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In the woman's race Kat Betters led the pack coming out of the running leg ahead of Roselynn Smith by a little less than two minutes. At the end of the bike stage Smith had fought her way up into the lead by a mere ten seconds. Though the race was close, Roselynn Smith was able to slightly open the lead during the final ski segment and crossed the snowy arctic line one minute ahead of Kat Betters. Gail Koepf, doing a little pre-race tune-up for the 350 mile Iditasport bike race later this month, slid into third place. |
Mike Kramer led the opening running segment with Chad Carroll chasing his prints while Jim Lokken was slightly behind. At the end of the bike segment it was a neck and neck race with Jim Lokken leading the way while Mike Kramer was only inches behind (see photo). Lokken transitioned quicker than Kramer and then opened up his lead to over two minutes on the ski leg. Mark Ross skated across the terminal moraine of racing consciousness for third place honors. By: John Carlson, de facto Race Director |
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By: John Carlson, de facto Race Director
Women's Results
RUN BIKE SKI TOTAL O/A 1. Roselynn Smith 31:46 20:04 26:08 1:17:58 4 2. Kat Betters 29:57 22:03 26:57 1:18:57 5 3. Gail Koepf 34:37 19:50 27:38 1:22:05 8 4. Teresa Nettleton 35:45 23:15 35:03 1:34:04 10 5. Amy Carroll 34:20 24:01 39:34 1:37:55 12 6. Alison Meadow 31:56 22:26 45:17 1:39:39 13
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Men's Results
RUN BIKE SKI TOTAL O/A 1. Jim Lokken 25:41 15:32 19:32 1:00:45 1 2. Mike Kramer 24:36 16:38 21:50 1:03:04 2 3. Mark Ross 28:18 19:14 23:19 1:10:51 3 4. Keith Pollock 30:34 20:20 29:27 1:20:21 6 5. Chad Carroll 25:14 21:56 33:59 1:21:09 7 6. Mike Pelto 28:52 21:46 32:45 1:23:23 9 7. Jamie Hollingsworth 35:46 23:17 35:01 1:34:04 10
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Photos and photo editing courtesy of JFM Videos.