On a hot, foggy, humid day, with the trails wet from recent rain, Michael Naughton of Crystal Lake, Illinois led 421 mountain bikers across the finish line in the Lutsen 99er race held Saturday, June 28 with a time of 5:51:49.
The race is held annually on rugged trails cut in and around the Lutsen Sawtooth Mountains.
Top local finisher was Thomas Wahlstrom, who placed 107th in 7:25:36. Right behind Tom was John Twiest, finishing with the same time.
Other Cook County finishers and their places are as follows: Philip Larson, 115th, 7:30:51; Regan Bolduc, 132nd, 7:33:58; April Wahlstrom, 248th, 8:26:49; John Trettel, 256th, 8:28:49; Jana Larson, 277th, 8:41:47; Mike Larson, 332nd, 9:17:09; Mica Mellang, 363rd, 9:34:41; Michael McGrath, 402nd, 10:20:25; Jeff Latz, 404th, 10:25; Robert McPherson, 410th, 10:37:43; Karl Olson, 416th, 10:49:54.
Grace Ragland of Huntsville, Alabama who was featured in the Cook County News-Herald last week, placed second in her age group (50-54) with a time of 8:27:36. Grace has had multiple sclerosis for more than 30 years. Despite her physical challenges, she competes well against her age group in mountain biking competitions held all over the country.
Lutsen 39er
Jay Arrowsmith DeCoux placed 32nd to lead Cook County finishers in the Lutsen 39er race. Jay’s finishing time was 2:31:42.
Jason Johnson of Saint Paul placed first in 2:02:42. There were 539 entrants in the race.
Other Cook County finishers are as follows: John Alt, 34, 2:32:41; Kerrie Berg (top local woman) 2:33:54; Victor Bohnen, 36th, 2:34:05; Max Wahlers, 109th, 2:47:01; Jane Elverhoy, 123th, 2:49:47; Matt Farley, 198th,
3:03:54; Matt Berg, 208th, 3:05:34;
Tim Kennedy, 229th, 3:09:09; John
Mellang, 238th, 3:10:39; Mark
Abrahamson, 244th, 3:11:28;
Lynn Wiitala, 248th, 3:11:55;
Kathryn Ramberg, 250th, 3:12:15;
Chuck Corliss, 261st, 3:14:01;
Mica Harju, 270th, 3:15:23;
Laurie Kruger, 276th; 3:16:19;
Mollly Wickwire, 287th, 3:18:52;
Jayden Corliss, 304th, 3:24:31;
Mathew Nielsen, 306th, 3:25:16;
Joe Buttweiler, 342nd, 3:28:58;
Tim Nelson, 374th, 3:34:45;
Antonio Meza, 387th, 3:38:35;
Tiffany Mellang, 397th, 3:41:55;
Nickie Dietz, 404th, 3:43:51;
Abbey Tofte, 476th, 4:11:48; Sine
Permpulsirkul, 477th, 4:11:57;
Katherine Payer, 491st, 4:22:15;
Randy Wiitala, 534th, 5:19:59.
19-mile race
Robert Wharton of Littleton, Colorado pedaled the 19-mile race in 1:11:11 to place first among the 101 finishers. With all of those “ones” in his time, he had to be number one overall.
First local finisher was Kelly Twiest, who was in 9th place in 1:27:44. Will Surbaugh was 17th with a finishing time of 1:27:44. Reilly Wahlers was 29th in 1:39:00 and Kelly Summers finished in 63rd place with a time of 1:57:08.
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