Local athletes compete in annual Birkebeiner Several local cross country skiers participated in the American Birkebeiner and Kortelopet races held Saturday, Feb. 23. Both races began at Cable Union Airport. The 23-kilometer Kortelopet ended at Telemark Resort near Cable. This year the Birkebeiner was a 45-kilometer course, instead of its normal 51 kilometers, and ended at Duffy's Field northeast of Hayward, instead of downtown Hayward. With the mild winter conditions and rapidly melting snow earlier in the week, race officials had considered shortening the Birkebeiner to 25 kilometers. More than a half-dozen inches of heavy snow that fell Tuesday night and Wednesday made for a longer race. Results are given in skiers name, hometown, place in division, place in age group, age group and overall time. Kortelopet H.B. Pomeroy, Amherst, 592, 69, M 45-49, 4:03:29.1; Peter J. Coenen, Amherst Junction, 159, 32, M 15-16, 1:32:25.9; Glenn Coenen, Amherst Junction, 400, 40, M 50-54; 2:15:15.7; James W. Schlicher, Plover, 444, 57, M 40-44, 2:29:58.6; Dustin J. Vande Zande, Plover, 94, 11, M 40-44, 1:22:57.8; Michael O'Meara, Stevens Point, 416, 43, M 50-54, 2:20:41.5; Mallory J. Choudoir, Custer, 96, 17, F 15-16, 1:49:06.8; Emily Virant, Junction City, 46, 10, F 15-16, 1:31:47.7; Ashley M. Meilahn, Stevens Point, 245, 31, F 15-16, 2:24:57.6; Amanda L. Meilahn, Stevens Point, 312, 37, F 15-16, 2:51:11.5; Carolyn Burch, Stevens Point, 378, 51, F 30-34, 3:48:40.5; Kim Brenegan-Koepke, Stevens Point, 253, 30, F 40-44, 2:27:16.6; Mary E. Virant, Junction City, 64, 22, F 40-49, 3:15:57.3; Nancy L. Hess, Plover, 115, 42, F 40-49, 3:41:08.9. Birkebeiner Calvin M. Groshek, Amherst Junction, 1,852, 390, M 40-44, 4:06:06.2; Jesse Coenen, Amherst Junction, 972, 74, M 18-24, 3:19:06.3; William J. Taugner, Junction City, 2,681, 77, M 60-64, 7:37:39.6; David J. Virant, Junction City, 1,529, 332, M 40-44, 3:43:41.4; Thomas J. Jirschele, Plover, 1,349, 286, M 40-44, 3:35:25.6; Todd M. Williams, Plover, 342, 59, M 35-39, 2:50:10.2; Frank J. Sniadajewski, Plover, 1,516, 276, M 45-49, 3:43:05.4; Michael J. Trzebiatowski, Rosholt, 276, 32, M 45-49, 2:45:53.4; Eric Wiberg, Stevens Point, 130, 24, M 40-44, 2:33:35.8; Jhan T. Graether, Stevens Point, 438, 42, M 25-29, 2:55:06.2; Mark A. Koepke, Stevens Point, 602, 141, M 40-44, 3:03:40.8; Michael L. Jajewski, Stevens Point, 841, 112, M 30-34, 3:13:26.6; Scott H. Stankowski, Stevens Point, 1,321, 154, M 30-34, 3:34:01.5; John C. Zajakowski, Stevens Point, 1,512, 243, M 35-39, 3:42:58.3; John Leek, Stevens Point, 1,839, 386, M 40-44, 4:05:18.2; Steve McClaran, Stevens Point, 1,848, 351, M 45-49, 4:05:55.8; Don R. Scaffidi, Amherst Junction, 1,887, 401, M 40-44, 4:08:58.2; William J. Wallner, Stevens Point, 1,949, 265, M 50-54, 4:13:48.3; Brian L. Berg, Stevens Point, 2,045, 387, M 45-49, 4:21:21.5; Benjamin C. Torrison, Stevens Point, 2,103, 131, M 18-24, 4:26:58.4; Olaf E. Aanrud, Stevens Point, 2,333, 137, M 55-59, 4:57:13.3; James V. Stokosa, Stevens Point, 2,356, 462, M 45-49, 5:00:09.8; Leon R. Ayers, Stevens Point, 2,446, 487, M 45-49, 5:20:05.9; Eric W. Peterson, Stevens Point, 2,527, 517, M 40-44, 5:50:47.6; Rick Bie, Stevens Point, 2,659, 545, M 40-44, 7:10:31.4; Duwayne G. Dahlke, Stevens Point, 2,698, 535, M 45-49, 8:31:28.4; Thomas Wetter, Stevens Point, 1,159, 196, M 35-39, 3:26:59.9; Steven J. Orlikowski, Stevens Point, 1,031, 228, M 40-44, 3:21:31.1; James J. Sniadajewski, Stevens Point, 908, 169, M 45-49, 3:15:36.1; Karl E. Shewmake, Stevens Point, 1,055, 122, M 50-54, 3:22:53.3; David Rosenthal, Stevens Point, 1,048, 230, M 40-44, 3:22:33.0; Mindy O. Borchardt, Stevens Point, 149, 28, F 45-49, 3:40:22.8; Debbie J. Sniadajewski, Stevens Point, 189, 38, F 45-49, 3:53:16.4; David P. Deverell, Stevens Point, 118, 22, M 30-39, 5:00:06.6; Michael Doherty, Stevens Point, 412, 121, M 50-59, 8:18:35.0; Philip M. Mahoney, Stevens Point, 42, 15, M 50-59, 4:13:27.9; William R. Konieczki, Stevens Point, 277, 110, M 40-49, 6:05:13.5; Peter S. Meilahn, Stevens Point, 129, 51, M 40-49, 5:05:33.9.