February 13, 2011 (Aspen Colorado) – The second day of high altitude SuperTour racing at the Aspen Nordic Festival had skiers lined up for mass wave starts of the 21km Owl Creek Chase freestyle race. Sylvan Ellefson (Fischer/Vail) bagged his second win of the weekend, crossing the finish line at 57:03.4, a decisive 53.2 seconds ahead of second place finisher Glenn Randall (BSF/Madshus).

Randall’s team mate Leif Zimmerman (BSF/Madshus) rounded out the podium in third place at 1:21.2 behind the winner. Brayton Osgood (XC Oregon) won the sprint for fourth place, edging out Miles Havlick (USA) by three tenths of a second; the pair were 2:20 down from Ellefson.

SkiTrax caught up with Ellefson post race. “Conditions were great again today – 43 degrees at the finish but snow temps stayed cold all day,” said the winner by email. “The race separated pretty quickly. It was Glenn Randall, Leif Zimmerman, Brian Gregg, and myself after 5k.

“Gregg, Randall and I after 10k and then Randall and I took off for the remaining 8k. Glenn was definitely King of the Mountain today. I had better skis which gave me an advantage on the long downhill into the last 5k. I felt great going into the last 5k so ramped it up so there were no questions. Glenn skied one hell of a race though. Had a hard time keeping up with him on the steep ups.”

In the women’s race, it was Utah skier Maria Graefnings who scored the win, posting a time of 1:05:44.3 for the 21km. Chelsea Holmes (Sugar Bowl/Far West) trailed a close 2.7 seconds behind, picking up second, and Eliska Hajkova (UC) rounded out the podium, crossing the finish line 16.3 down from the leader.

Morgan Smyth (Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Club) won the sprint for fourth, three tenths of a second ahead of fifth placed Evelyn Dong (Rossignol/XC Oregon) just under two minutes behind Greafnings.

Men’s results HERE.
Women’s results HERE.