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Second Saranac Lake Backcountry 3P held

Timo Ziegler leads a group of riders during the biking portion of Saturday’s Backcountry 3P. (Provided photo — Nancie Battaglia)

LAKE CLEAR — The second annual Backcountry 3P (pedal/paddle/peak) was held here on Saturday, as 33 solo participants, six two-person teams and seven three-person teams completed the race.

The event, which is the Fall version of the Winter 3P, included three segments: a bike, a trail run and a paddle. The race also had three divisions, which were solo, two-person and three-person teams.

Jan Wellford won the solo race, while Dylan Cohen and Sabrina Hague took home the two-person honors and the trio of Olivia Caprio, Isaac Kristich and Timo Ziegler won the three-person competition.

The course is approximately 27 miles long with a 2-mile neutral start and 2-mile neutral finish for a total length of 31 miles.

Afte the neutral start, which begins at Charlie’s Inn in Lake Clear, the competitors bike along Adirondack Rail Trail and Floodwood Road for 10 miles. Then, they run up the road and trail to Floodwood Outpost for 2 miles, before paddling to Rollins Pond and back for 4 miles.

Philip Matthews, left, and Peter Lawry lead a group of riders during the biking portion of Saturday’s Backcountry 3P. (Provided photo — Nancie Battaglia)

After that, the racers bike back along the rail trail for 7 miles to the finish line. The event ends with a neutral, untimed segment of two miles on the Adirondack Rail Trail until the starting line just past Conley Road.

Below are the overall times for each competitor and division. For complete results, visit https://tinyurl.com/mu7trac3.

SOLO

Jan Wellford……………………………. 2:21:46

Banyan Love……………………………. 2:23:46

Jim Allott……………………………….. 2:25:47

Will Mashburn…………………………. 2:31:37

Ian Ross…………………………………. 2:32:29

Jason Labonte…………………………. 2:34:54

Peter Lawry……………………………. 2:34:59

Keith Kogut…………………………….. 2:37:14

Philip Matthews……………………….. 2:41:56

Robert Schafsteck…………………….. 2:42:26

Griffin Smith…………………………… 2:42:30

Jeremy Evans…………………………. 2:48:24

Jiri Vorel……………………………….. 2:54:56

Karen Labonte…………………………. 2:55:45

Alanna Kogut…………………………… 2:58:49

Taylor Nedurian………………………. 3:01:09

Steve Vogl………………………………. 3:02:09

Emily Mashburn………………………. 3:02:45

James Trautmann…………………….. 3:03:06

Justin Ezzo……………………………… 3:06:34

Pierre Bay………………………………. 3:10:02

Sylvie Linck…………………………….. 3:10:13

Kristen Starheim……………………… 3:17:27

Amanda Zullo………………………….. 3:23:51

Taylor Stone……………………………. 3:26:16

Jim Ross………………………………… 3:30:25

Robert Krupa………………………….. 3:33:04

Jillian Priester…………………………. 3:38:26

Sara Hettel……………………………… 3:38:48

Darrick Priester………………………. 3:41:30

Amanda Rickett…………………………4:01:13

Sara Roth……………………………….. 4:01:21

Jackie Bay……………………………… 4:04:24

Two-person

Dylan Cohen and Sabrina Hague ……2:35:51

Matthew Cook and Randy Young …..2:37:07

Hailey and Jon Fremante ……………2:54:16

Alli Brun and Grace Freundlich ……3:34:12

Owen Gandt and Haley May ……….. 3:34:41

Joe Poliquin and Bekkie Wright …….3:43:28

Three-person

Olivia Caprio, Isaac Kristich

and Timo Ziegler………………………. 2:12:00

Lowell Bailey, Brady Callan

and Chris Neill………………………… 2:16:02

Sam Boese, Shauna Fliss

and Joey Goliber………………………. 2:24:55

Jessica Karl, Lizz Schuyler

and Lindsay Turner………………….. 3:16:28

Ann Armstrong, Michelle Brown

and Kelly Jennings……………………. 3:18:57

Mariah Hettel, Andrew Navatka-Cross

and Jolie Navatka-Cross…………….. 3:50:10

Carol MacKinnon, Tracy Ormsbee

and Jim Ormsbee……………………… 3:52:50

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