Day Two Results
Day One Results
ISHPEMING, Mich. – The weekend belonged to junior
Logan Hanneman (Fairbanks, Alaska/Mechanical Engineering).
One day removed from winning his first career individual conference title in the 10-kilometer classic, Hanneman captured the Central Collegiate Ski Association championship in the men's 20K free skate mass start event on Sunday afternoon at Quaal.
"It was a great thing for Logan and for the team," head coach
Scott Jerome said. "He called it last night that he was going to hang in the pack until the last climb, 200 meters from the finish and drop everybody in the last climb and that's exactly what he did. They couldn't stay with him and he put the hammer down."
The Fairbanks native was able to overtake to the lead in the final 5K and not relinquish it, completing the trek in 40 minutes, 23.4 seconds. That time was 1.4 seconds ahead of runner-up
Kyle Bratrud from Northern Michigan (40:24.8) and 1.9 faster than NMU's
Fredrik Schwencke (40:25.3).
Hanneman's two individual titles were the first for the men's program since
Tyler Kornfield ('13) won the 20K classic at the 2012 CCSA Championship.
"It's a good motivation," Jerome said of Hanneman's success motivating his teammates. "They train together, talk about race strategy and what they need to do in races. It's a very good thing to have that kind of excellent competitor on the team because it raises everyone's game up."
Sophomore
Michael Fehrenbach (Saint Märgen, Germany/Mechanical Engineering) led the second pack to the finish and placed sixth overall out of the 44 CCSA racers after he crossed the line in 40:45.9.
Senior
Max Olex (Aalen, Germany/Business Administration) completed the team's score with his 14th-place showing in 42:24.5. Olex had an issue in the first lap with one of his poles but still managed to get back in the top 15 at the end.
"For him to be as close as he was to the leaders really says a lot about [Max's] ability to put that negative stuff behind him and dig down deep to race as hard as he could the final few laps," Jerome said. "I was really disappointed for Max but proud of the way he hung in there, ending two minutes back."
Sophomore
Kenneth Brewer (Chugiak, Alaska/Biological Sciences) came in shortly after in 16th place with a mark of 42:53.1 and freshman
Isaac Lammers (Eagle River, Alaska/Mechanical Engineering) rounded out the team's day in 33rd with a time of 45:02.2.
Northern Michigan placed three in the top 7 to tally 63 points in the mass start and win the CCSA men's team title with a combined total of 129 points. Alaska was runner-up as a team with its 118 points and College of St. Scholastica was third (96) while Michigan Tech took fourth (88).
St. Olaf moved up two spots to claim fifth place (56), followed by Gustavus Adolphus (52) and Wisconsin-Green Bay (49).
Alaska will now turn its attention to next weekend's NCAA Central Region Championship. The Nanooks will travel up the road to Houghton, Mich., to compete in the two day event, Feb. 15-16, at the Michigan Tech Nordic Ski Trails.
CCSA Men's Championship Standings
1. Northern Michigan – 129 (2,3,4,2,3,7)
2. Alaska – 118 (1,5,7,1,6,14)
3. College of St. Scholastica – 96 (6,8,9,4,17,20)
4. Michigan Tech – 88 (15,17,20,8,9,12)
5. St. Olaf – 56 (21,27,33,5,27,31)
6. Gustavus Adolphus – 52 (22,26,31,21,24,25)
7. Wisconsin-Green Bay – 49 (19,29,35,10,28,37)
