Rainbow Rendezvous Results

by Amy Xu
March 3, 2007

Conditions: Temperature: 17F (windchill 5F); hard packed, well groomed, YST set track sets, relatively slower condition for skating, faster in tracks.

Distance: 10K Skate, 16K Classic, 6K Tour

Jake Richards            32:47 (10K skate – overall winner)
Dyland Ramstad           34:47 (10K skate – 2nd Age Group) 
Melinda Silbernick       36:15 (10K skate – 1st Age Group)
Amy Xu                   41:19 (10K skate – 1st Age Group)
Paul Lohmann           1:00:36 (10K skate – 1st Age Group)
Elise Lohmann          1:03:36 (10K skate – 1st Age Group)

Dan Josephson          1:04:18 (16K classic – overall winner)
Bennett Strege         1:05:47 (16K classic – 1st Age Group)
Charles Ramstad        1:19:12 (16K classic – 1st Age Group)
Ray Thorkildson        1:38:59 (16K classic – 1st Age Group)

Linda Mealy-Lohmann    1:01:26 (6K classic – 1st overall winner)

Thanks all for coming to the 5th annual Rainbow Rendezvous race events. Detroit Lakes school ski team (The Lakers) had the strongest showing despite the weather. Racers aged from 9 year-old Elise Lohmann, to the most tenacious 60 year-old Ray Thorkildson, and to our local rising stars, Jake Richards, Dyland Ramstad, and Bennett Strege, battled each other in a time trial pursuit format (individual start every 1 minute) in the hilly Rainbow Resort trails.

Thanks to the volunteers and our sponsors (Subaru Factory Team, Pioneer Midwest Ski and Board, Rainbow Resort).
Reporting from Amy Xu -- Race Director