The Seeley Lake Nordic Team led the 10K at the start and the finish. Owen Hoag, Will Batchelder and Eric Lorentz took the top three spots and Cora Stone (far right) took first for the women and Ella Batchelder took third.
Seeley Lake Nordic Team Noah Stone took first in the 5K.
Seeley Lake Nordic Team Sam Ayers took third in the 5K.
Craig Hertz took the gold for the men's 50K finishing in 2:52:43.32.
Christi Richards of Missoula won the women's 50K with a time of 3:28:02.60.
Seeley Lake Nordic Team member Kimber Hanson leads a group up the hill about 1K into the 5K race. Teammates Land Neudecker and Kilty Hanson are close behind.
Anne Dahl of Condon was the only local female in the 25K and was the oldest female racing in the OSCR this year. She finished 18th for the women in 2:37:51.63.
Kim Grover of Seeley Lake just 1K away from the halfway point in the 50K. She was the only local in the 50K race. She finished sixth overall and first in her age group for the women in 4:13:21.75.
SEELEY LAKE – Groomers hit the trails at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 to prepare the course for this year's OSCR, "Over Seeley's Creeks and Ridges." Nearly 120 racers came from all over the northwest including racers from Minnesota and Alaska for this year's 50K, 25K, 10K and 5K races Jan. 25.
This year's race was a double loop format for the 50K. 50K racers started to trickle in for their second loop following the start of the 25K. With no new snow to work with and warm temperatures, the course started off icy and turned to soft later in the morning.
Christi Richards of Missoula, Mont. returned again this year to reclaim her title for the women's 50K. She won in 2016 and 2017 but did not participate in 2018 and 2019. She finished in 3:38:02, a time between her past two finishes.
Craig Hertz of Whitefish, Mont. is the new champion of the men's 50K. He finished third last year and skied to take the gold this year.
Kim Grover was the only Seeley Laker to compete this year in the 50K. She finished in sixth for the women with a time of 4:13:21.
Last year's second place 50K finisher Henry Reich of Missoula took the gold in the men's 25K with a time of 1:25:09. Hannah Specht of Missoula, Mont. was the women's first place finisher skiing in at 1:37:30.
Darren Zellman of Seeley Lake was the only local in the men's 25K. He finished in third place with a time of 1:29:08. Anne Dahl of Condon represented the local women in the 25K finishing in 2:37:51 – first in her age group and 12 years older than her nearest competitor.
Seeley Lake Nordic Race team was out in force for the 10K. The three boys, Owen Hoag, Will Batchelder and Eric Lorentz swept the top three spots for the men's race with times 32:32.50, 33:46.42 and 36:57.05 respectively.
Seeley Lake's Cora Stone beat Missoula's Julie Vetter by two seconds for the gold finishing in 40:49.80. Ella Batchelder of Seeley Lake was close behind with a 41:46.57 finish for third.
The Seeley Lake Nordic Team swept the top spots in the girls and boys 5K. Kilty Hanson won the girls with a time of 28:44.
Noah Stone finished in 20:46.89 for the boy's gold. Teammate Sam Ayers battled to the line with Liam Browne missing second place by less than three seconds. Ayers took third with a time of 22:18.60.
Also racing for the Seeley Lake Nordic Team in the boys 5K were Land Neudecker, fourth place 26:28; Kimber Hanson, fifth place 26:44 and Dominick Wink, ninth place 42:31.
Following the race, the Seeley Lake Nordic Club hosted a chili feed and awards ceremony at the Community Hall. For full results visit https://competitivetiming.com/seeley-nordic-event-oscr-results/
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