The half-dozen races started in both Negaunee and Marquette, and the longest one, the 48-mile Hard Rock, looped its way around west Ishpeming before heading downhill toward Lake Superior and Marquette.

The three adult races were all timed, the Hard Rock, 28-mile Soft Rock and 10-mile Shore Rock, while only the longest youth race was also timed, the four-mile Junior Rock.

The other two youth races, the one-mile Little Rock and 50-yard Littlest Rock, were for younger children and not officially timed.

Between the four timed races, numbers on Superior Timing showed 2,185 riders finished and 2,220 were shown as registered. The breakdown is 619 finishing and 636 starting the Hard Rock, 1,048 finishing and 1,061 starting the Soft Rock, 350 finishing and 354 starting the Shore Rock, and 168 finishing and 169 starting the Junior Rock.

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Here are details of top finishers in each timed race:

Hard Rock

It shouldn’t bee too surprising that in a field of 554 male riders, Daxton Mock of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, would win that title by just 2.5 seconds over runner-up Kyan Olshove, of Traverse City, Mock timing the 48 miles in 2 hours, 29 minutes and 28.9 seconds, with Olshove in at 2:29:31.4.

Actually, the first four finishers were all within 3.3 seconds of each other, with Caleb Swartz of Missoula, Montana, third in 2:29:32.0 and Brian Matter of Prescott, Arizona, fourth in 2:29:32.2.

Mock and Olshove are listed in the 20-24-year-old age group, Swartz in 25-29 and Matter doing a good job keeping up with the youngsters as a member of the 45-49 group.

The entire top 10 was within 5:52 of Mock with 11th place exactly six minutes back.

That group included Jorden Wakeley of Grayling, fifth in 2:30:36.1; Ronald Catlin of Oxford, sixth in 2:32:15.0; Kevin Vereecke of Brighton, seventh in 2:32:16.5; Mark Smith of Petoskey, eighth in 2:32:16.9; Arlo Waisman of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, ninth in 2:34:18.5; Benjamin Iesalneiks of Wausau, Wisconsin, 10th in 2:35:20.5; and Aidan Lemorande of Suamico, Wisconsin, 11th in 2:35:28.9.

That fifth- through 11th-place group was all in the 16-19 to 35-39 age divisions, too.

The top U.P. and Marquette-area men’s finisher was Corbin Grim of Marquette, 13th in 2:37:49.0 as a 16-19 age competitor.

Next from the U.P. was Joel Poliskey of Marquette, 20th in 2:39:47.3 in age 35-39.

Four more area riders, again all from Marquette, also broke into the top 60. There was Lukus Klawitter in the 30-34 group, 41st overall in 2:47:01.7; Ian Kangas in 16-19, 55th in 2:51:40.7; Ben Alter in 20-24, 56th in 2:52:30.2; and Carter Clark in 16-19, 60th in 2:53:48.0.

Three more U.P. riders also cracked the top 100, making just nine from Marquette, Negaunee and Escanaba in the first hundred.

Those other three Yoopers are Taylor Birmann of Marquette in 30-34, 69th overall in 2:54:27.2; Cody McGrath of Negaunee in 30-34, 74th in 2:55:05.3; Alex Sundstrom of Escanaba in 30-34, 90th in 2:59:06.0.

The women’s Hard Rockers, with 79 entrants, were led by Erin Osborne of Prescott, Arizona, in 2:43:58.6, just over two minutes ahead of runner-up Emma Schwab of Williamsburg in 2:46:15.2. Osborne raced in 30-34 age division, Schwab in 20-24.

The next three also broke three hours — Lyllie Sonnemann of Madison, Wisconsin, in age 16-19 was third in 2:54:29.1, Katja Opfer of Kalamazoo in 16-19 was fourth in 2:55:05.1, and Erica Stehouwer of Fort Myers, Florida, in 45-49 was fifth in 2:56:10.0.

Three of the next five finishers were from Marquette and missed the three-hour threshold by just a few minutes.

That local group was Hanna Derby in 30-34, sixth in 3:00:53.0; Elizabeth Sabin in 30-34, seventh in 3:05:50.6; and Kaylee Birmann in 30-34, 10th in 3:06:37.0.

Six more Marquette County riders were also in the top 40 — Piersan Williams of Marquette in 25-29, 14th overall in 3:16:05.4; Tara Laase-McKinney of Marquette in 40-44, 16th in 3:23:28.1; Chelsea Roberts of Ishpeming in 35-39, 21st in 3:25:12.4; Erin VanderSchaaf of Marquette in 20-24, 33rd in 3:50:12.7; Kelli Bucholtz of Marquette in 40-44, 38th in 3:59:21.1; and Alicia Rhoades of Marquette in 40-44, 39th in 4:01:33.2.

Soft Rock

The Soft Rock had the biggest participation of the day with 782 male and 274 female entrants.

For the men and boys, Scott Simpson of Brighton had to be applauded for keeping up with the “the kids” — competing in the age 45-49 division, he was ninth in 1:26:48.6 and the only top-13 finisher not under 20 years old.

The title, though, went to 12-15-year-old racer Porter Kochis of Traverse City in 1:25:02.4, with another age 12-15 racer, Ethan Leonard of Stoddard, Wisconsin, runner-up in 1:25:28.2.

A close third was Bekan Hill of Ann Arbor in 16-19 in 1:25:28.4.

Marquette riders took four of the next six places, all 12-15 or 16-19 ages. Logan Grim in 12-15 was fourth in 1:26:09.7, Jack Grant in 16-19 fifth in 1:26:11.7, Zachary Button in 16-19 eighth in 1:26:40.6 and Ivan Neumann in 12-15 10th in 1:27:39.2.

Area finishers on the male side thinned out a bit after Neumann, with Ben Potter of Marquette in 12-15 the only other U.P. finisher in the top 35, 19th in 1:29:21.0.

Then there was Matthew Dykema of Escanaba in 20-24, 37th in 1:33:05.9; Kit Huskey of St. Ignace in 55-59, 41st in 1:33:10.5; and Steve Kelly of Marquette in non-age listed Fat Bike division, 56th in 1:35:54.3.

The U.P. listing dried up again until two more Marquette riders were just outside the top 100 — Brandon Smith in 35-39 was 114th in 1:41:43.8 and Garrett Crimmins in 12-15 was 117th in 1:41:57.2.

For the women, a Negaunee rider was in the middle of a top-four finish rush to win as Sarah Black of Traverse City copped the title in 1:33:08.2.

Megan Broeders of Negaunee was runner-up exactly two seconds back in 1:33:10.2, while Alicia Trevino of Midland was a close third in 1:33:10.8 and Ellie Schouten of Plymouth, Wisconsin, fourth in 1:33:16.6.

Black was in age 12-15, Broeders in 16-19, Trevino 35-39 and Schouten 16-19.

Another Negaunee competitor was next, Emily Broeders in 12-15 coming in fifth in 1:37:16.5, while Leah Robinson of Ishpeming in 12-15 was eighth in 1:42:24.6.

Amanda Degraeve of Marquette headed up an area pack also cracking the top 40. She was 19th in 45-49 age group in 1:46:18.0, while Kelly Skillicorn of Marquette in 60-64 was 21st in 1:46:34.8 and Molly Starr of Marquette in 30-34 was 23rd in 1:47:27.7.

Emmalyn Verardi of Marquette in 12-15 was next for locals in 31st in 1:51:09.8, while Cadence Anderson of Palmer in 16-19 was 33rd in 1:51:55.6 and Kaytlin Roell of Marquette in 16-19 was 40th in 1:53:31.1.

Shore Rock

In this cycling version of a sprint, Marquette riders swept the male and female titles in this 10-mile race.

For the guys, Jacob Dejesu in age 20-29 finished in 45:52.4 for about an 18-second victory over Brooks Kochis of Traverse City in 11-12, clocking 46:11.2, as Joshua Uh of Rochester in 11-12 was a close third in 46:12.5.

Anthony Carello of Negaunee in 40-49 was fourth in 46:33.5, while Aunders Anderson of Calumet in 13-14 was eighth in 51:58.7.

Also breaking into the male top 40 was Lincoln Gordon of Marquette in 11-12, 17th in 55:52.4; Doug Gordon of Marquette in 40-49, 18th in 55:53.3; Bradly Stiebe of L’Anse in 50-59, 20th in 57:05.0; Max Webb of Houghton in 9-10, 26th in 58:00.5; Nolan Webb of Houghton in 13-14, 27th in 58:00.6; Corben Vanlerberghe of Ishpeming in 13-14, 29th in 58:41.5; Nathan Larson of Marquette in 30-39, 30th in 59:08.2; Matthew Caron of Negaunee in 11-12, 31st in 59:16.9; Jason Caron of Negaunee in 40-49, 32nd in 59:32.0; Steve Lyons of Skandia in 40-49, 35th in 1:00:00.9; and Tommy Vanlerberghe of Ishpeming in 30-39, 40th in 1:00:29.4.

Amongst the ladies, Elaine Neumann of Marquette, racing in the age 11-12 group, won by just over a minute in 43:59.1.

Jocelyn Schouten of Plymouth, Wisconsin, in 13-14 was runner-up in 45:07.5, Leela Fang of Middleton, Wisconsin, in 13-14 third in 47:46.6 and Lena Zielinski of Wausau, Wisconsin, in 11-12 fourth in 50:36.4.

Another Marquette rider placed fifth — Anna Alanko in 30-39 finished in 59:13.3.

A good handful of U.P. racers also cracked the top 30. Juliette Suriano of Marquette in 20-29 was 13th in 1:03:04.2, Ava Oswald-Swenson of Negaunee in 15-19 was 17th in 1:05:47.3, Sonja Brang of Marquette in 11-12 was 21st in 1:07:31.6, Hayley Chapman of Marquette in 13-14 was 23rd in 1:08:05.9, Andrea Smith of Marquette in 30-39 was 24th in 1:08:48.2, Lydia Tripp of Marquette in 9-10 was 27th in 1:09:00.1; Laura Tripp of Marquette in 40-49 was 28th in 1:09:00.7, Kennedy Markovich of Bark River in 11-12 was 29th in 1:09:43.5 and Sara Kocha of Marquette in 30-39 was 30th in 1:09:52.2.

Junior Rock

There were two U.P. finishers in the top 10 in both boys’ and girls’ Junior Rock, covering four miles.

For the girls, Maeve Carstens of Milford won in 16:13.4 with Ansley Borchardt of Kronenwetter, Wisconsin, runner-up in 16:59.8. Both were in the 8-9 age group.

Tuula Moilanen of Chassell in the 12-13 group was seventh in 18:39.9, while Anvi Tripathi of Marquette in 10-11 was 10th in 19:22.1.

Two more Marquette riders also cracked the top 20, Georgia Linne in 10-11 was 19th in 22:15.1 and Ondine Clark-Bonk in 10-11 was 20th in 22:20.4.

One of the younger competitors, Annabelle Brugman of Marquette, raced in the 6-7 age group and was 23rd in 22:45.5.

For the boys, Maxx Claus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 10-11 won in 15:05.1, nearly a minute ahead of runner-up Jacob Ledbetter of Morrow, Ohio, in 12-13 in 15:49.9.

Andrew Archocosky of Marquette in 12-13 was sixth in 16:03.5, while Andrew Flaherty of Marquette in 12-13 was eighth in 16:45.4.

Two more area boys also slipped into the top 20, Caleb Schwiderson of Ishpeming in 12-13 in 18th in 17:43.2 and Graham Becker of Negaunee in 12-13 in 19th in 17:50.5.

Another youngster among youngsters doing well from the area was Bodi Reinhart of Marquette in the 6-7 age group coming in 30th in 19:10.0.

Story contents based on email received from Superior Timing, superiortiming.com, and the Ore To Shore website, www.oretoshore.com. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.