January 29, 2011 (Houghton, Michigan) – Michael Sinnott (SVSEF) edged out CXC’s Garrott Kuzzy in the men’s 1.5km Classic Sprint in a tight finish in Houghton, Michigan on Friday winning by only 0.3s. In third another 8s back was Petter Sjulstad of Michigan Tech rounding out the podium.

Bryan Cook (CXC) was 4th and Canada’s Scott Sullivan (NDC Thunder Bay) finished in 5th. Conditions were excellent featuring fast tracks under blue skies with temperatures around 20 degrees.

Christina Turman (Northern Michigan University) took the win in the women’s sprint race with a time of 4:05.20 besting OJ racer Deedra Irwin in second place just over 5s behind with Go! Training’s Audrey Weber claiming third. The women’s field was 16-strong while 41 men were on the start line.

Full results HERE.