Garrec and Sotskov Top the Lobster Roll

North Haven Island, ME–The third annual Lobster Roll saw nearly 75 competitors cruise around this scenic island last Saturday. The event, organized by the Maine Winter Sports Center, serves as Maine’s collegiate rollerski championship. Teams from Colby, Bowdoin, UMO, UMPI, MWSC and individuals from Gould Academy and the Maine Coast Nordic Team took on this year’s 16km freestyle race.

Lucy Garrec, of Colby College, charged to the finish first in a tight women’s battle. Despite relatively cold conditions, Garrec bettered her 2008 time by more than a minute to finish in 47:08. Garrec was followed closely by Colby teammate Amy Lones (47:27) and UMPI’s Hannah Shepard (47:31).

In the men’s competition, MWSC’s Pavel Sotskov crushed the field with a new course record of 33:41. MWSC junior racer Nick Michaud earned second place (36:35) with Colby’s Jeremy Blazer taking the last podium position (38:49).

Garrec and Blazer earned the official Lobster Roll championships, as Maine’s collegiate rollerski victors. Colby also took both the men’s and the women’s team titles.

Men’s Results:

1 Pavel Sotskov MWSC 33 41
2 Nick Michaud MWSC 36 35
3 Jeremy Blazer Colby 38 49
4 Ben Koons MWSC 38 57
5 Wyatt Fereday Colby 39 46
6 Jake Barton Colby 39 59
7 Sam Mathes Colby 40 12
8 Corey Park Colby 40 18
9 Lauren Turner UMO 41 8
10 Spencer Eusden Bowdoin 41 24
11 John Dixon MWSC 42 8
12 Chase Hammond Colby 42 23
13 John Swain Bates 42 29
14 Ben Haydock Colby 42 55
15 Jared Supple Colby 42 58
16 Chris Sanville Bowdoin 43 8
17 Peter Rummel Colby 43 50
18 Jacob Fillebrown UMPI 43 53
19 Nate Niles MWSC 44 17
20 Niko Kubota Bowdoin 44 17
21 Peter Cowan Gould 44 40
22 Sam Humphries MWSC 44 48
23 Dan Polasky Bowdoin 44 55
24 Jeff Bush Bowdoin 46 4
25 Gordon Scannell UMPI 48 47
26 Taylor Jepson UMO 49 33
27 Jordan Powers UMO 50 55
28 Rainer Kenney Bowdoin 51 57
29 George Bragdon UMO 52 35
30 Will McCartney Bowdoin 53 41
31 Pat Ryan UMO 53 57
32 Aaron Schmersal UMPI 56 12
33 Benton Shattenberg UMO 1:00 10

Women’s Results:

1 Lucy Garrec Colby 47 8
2 Amy Lones Colby 47 27
3 Hannah Shepard UMPI 47 31
4 Justine Cyr UMPI 47 54
5 Missy Krause Colby 48 23
6 Jennie Brentrup Colby 49 55
7  Hannah Wright Bowdoin 50 15
8 Kaitlyn Bernard Colby 50 36
9 Molly Susla Colby 51 56
10 Meghan Cornwall Colby 52 15
11 Lexi Praggastis Colby 52 41
12 Jessica Caron Bowdoin 53 57
13 Elissa Rodman Bowdoin 54 52
14 Erin Hatton Bowdoin 55 19
15 Kati Christoffel UMPI 55 36
16 Olga Golovkina Colby 56 37
17 Kathryn Ladig UMO 57 8
18 Maren Askins Bowdoin 57 26
19 Melanie Ross Colby 1:04 40
20 Chandra Wisneski UMPI 1:05 48
21 MaryBeth Kelson UMO 1:10 20