2016 Oosik Classic Results
On Saturday, over 500 skiers participated in the 2016 Oosik Classic Ski Race. As usual, skiers ranged from members of competitive collegiate teams to casual racers in costumes. Sixty-one skiers
On Saturday, over 500 skiers participated in the 2016 Oosik Classic Ski Race. As usual, skiers ranged from members of competitive collegiate teams to casual racers in costumes.
Sixty-one skiers competed in the longer thirty-nine kilometer race. Among the men, third place went to Nicholas Lovett with a time of one hour, fifty-seven minutes, forty-eight seconds. Jan Cech took second place with a time of one hour, fifty-seven minutes, one second. Michael Fehrenbach won the race with a time of one hour, fifty-five minutes, thirty-eight seconds. The top three women were Martina Himma at two hours, twenty-nine minutes, twelve seconds, Hanna Slotte with a time of two hours, twenty-two minutes, and first-place finisher Shalane Frost with a time of two hours, twenty minutes, thirteen seconds.
The vast majority of this year’s participants skied the shorter twenty-five kilometer race. The top three men’s finishes were Gary Snyder in third, Andrew Hull in second, and Gus Schumacher in first with a time of one hour, nineteen minutes, nineteen seconds. The top three women were Sadie Fox in third, Krista Heeringa in second, and Christina Turman in first with a time of one hour, thirty minutes, twenty-three seconds.
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