For the week of Sept 25 - Oct 1, 2002

2002 Baldy Hill Climb Results

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September 21, 2002, the 24th annual benefit activity presented by the Sun Valley Junior Nordic ski team. A total 173 finishers to the top—62 hiking (32 female and 30 male) and 111 running (27 female and 84 male). Finishing times in minutes and seconds; hours, minutes and seconds. Age after name. The 1.86-mile course rose 3,140 vertical feet from the Warm Springs ski run bridge—elevation 5,880 feet—to the top of Baldy—elevation 9,020 feet.

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RUNNERS

1—Ryan Schmidt, 25 37:15
2—Whitney Albright, 32 38:18
3—Fred Mebley III, 25 38:32
4—Tom Borschel, 44 38:48
5—Bill Nurge, 40 39:07
6—Richard Feldman, 33 40:39
7—Danny Albright, 35 41:50
8—Troy Quesnel, 27 42:31
9—Carl Praeger, 45 42:34
10—Sam Young, 26 43:04
10—Rufus Leeking, 16 43:04
12—Grant Folske, 25 43:36
13—Miles Debray, 14 44:20
14—Jeremy Fryberger, 36 44:23
14—Grady Burnett, 40 44:23
16—Del Pletcher, 58 44:25
17—Bob Pollmann, 39 44:38
18—Adrienne Leugers, 43 44:55
19—Bill Olson, 32 45:16
20—Taylor Sundali, 13 45:48
21—John King, 27 46:40
22—John Seiller, 35 46:46
23—Ray Liermann, 46 47:03
24—Reid Pletcher, 14 47:11
25—Kim Taylor, 37 47:30
26—Rob Aldinger, 38 47:31
26—Mark Vickery, 38 47:31
28—Ryan Still, 28 48:00
29—Jeff Smull, 42 48:02
30—Duncan Connor, 24 48:14
31—Dick Andersen, 55 48:16
32—Jim Bradford, 51 48:19
33—John Summers, 45 48:22
34—Jen Campbell, 38 48:29
35—Mike Rotch, 17 48:58
35—Scott Danielson, 47 48:58
37—Nappy Neaman, 50 49:17
38—Bill Sundali, 49 49:44
39—Don Sewell, 38 49:47
40—Chris Abbott, 27 49:50
41—John Swyers, 63 50:03
42—Virginia Egger, 49 50:37
43—Muffy Ritz, 45 50:43
43—Willi Cannell, 15 50:43
45—Eric Dobbie, 22 50:57
46—Paris Nicholson, 28 51:35
47—Cleve Johnson, 51 51:36
48—Nicky Elsbree, 38 51:55
49—Jim Sundali, 39 52:06
50—Tom Wering, 38 52:20
51—Kristen Albright, 26 52:27
52—John Campbell, 39 52:44
53—Fifi Vanderpool, 16 52:56
54—Shauna Unser, 42 53:14
55—Chase Caulkins, 10 53:32
56—Andie Johnson, 50 53:40
57—Brian Caulkins, 44 53:52
58—Jason Lynch, 34 54:05
59—Lauren Kulik, 39 54:09
60—Conor Davis, 13 54:10
61—John Kearney, 55 54:23
62—Mali Noyes, 13 54:32
62—Rudi Erler, 59 54:32
64—Michael Bulls, 28 54:42
64—Sam Smith, 27 54:42
66—Kristina Joder, 25 55:22
67—Bill Campbell, 34 55:26
68—Gretchen Flint, 39 55:34
69—Michael Dunham, 53 56:18
70—Teri McKenna, 37 56:44
71—Steve Smith, 30 56:59
72—Cassandra Schikkinger, 36 57:17
73—Michael Wickes, 49 57:18
74—Jim Speck, 56 57:19
75—Kristina Erwin, 34 57:42
76—Barry Irwin, 47 57:44
77—Ron Vernia, 58 58:03
78—Hans Thum, 64 58:36
79—Consolata Pennay, 51 59:16
80—Cory Rutkowski, 13 59:20
81—Amy Alexander, 16 59:25
82—Ron Fairfax, 48 59:35
83—Mary Speck, 50 1.00:21
84—Cody Breen, 13 1.00:24
85—Justin Sane, 15 1.01:17
86—Betty Smith, 13 1.01:56
87—John Mills, 33 1.02:33
88—Ellen Campion, 56 1.02:44
89—John McGrew, 57 1.03:53
90—Artic William, 14 1.03:56
91—Lee Albright, 59 1.04:04
92—Gordon Smith, 65 1.04:50
93—Chris LeBlanc, 16 1.05:55
94—Alan Pennay, 65 1.06:19
95—John David Davidson, 13 1.06:57
96—Tom Campion, 60 1.07:10
97—Neb Luck, 14 1.07:11
98—Jeremy Smith, 22 1.08:30
99—Dick Bagge, 52 1.09:12
100—Monica Wernig, 34 1.09:28
101—Katherine Wright, 60 1.12:39
102—Bryan Barney, 41 1.13:44
103—Marc Coury, 13 1.13:46
104—Kroger Schwartz, 13 1.14:13
105—Caleb Odom, 64 1.19:40
106—Clyde Hopper Englebert, 14 1.21:20
107—Laura Speck, 14 1.21:23
108—Gib Wright, 62 1.22:22
109—Shanny Cohen, 12 1.23:25
110—Wayne Bird, 45 1.32:08
111—Michael Doty, 45 1.33:09

 

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HIKERS

1—Alexa Turzian, 14 50:41
2—Mark Miller, 44 51:41
3—Toby Arnett, 36 52:33
4—Paul Yelda, 25 55:20
5—Alex Higgins, 56 56:10
6—Brent Haleen, 48 58:05
7—Buck Drew, 50 59:31
8—Tizz Miller, 34 1.00:39
9—Irv Bier, 38 1.01:58
10—Brear Sjursen, 26 1.02:13
11—Shane Maratea, 27 1.02:25
12—Kyle Niedrich, 14 1.05:14
13—Reno Christino, 15 1.05:15
14—Jed Gray, 53 1.06:06
15—Heidi Fitch, 35 1.07:18
16—David Hennessy, 39 1.07:37
17—Cathie David, 42 1.08:24
18—Sugar Woodward, 39 1.08:44
19—Carly Albright, 30 1.09:29
20—Doug Niedrich, 42 1.10:41
21—Jim Carlsen, 51 1.11:55
22—Gengis Khan, 14 1.12:20
23—Ann Johnson, 46 1.13:10
24—Katie Rothgeb, 13 1.14:33
24—Katarina Numonova, 13 1.14:33
26—Lauren Eder, 14 1.14:34
26—Margii Driscoll, 14 1.14:34
28—Steen Sorenson, 42 1.14:58
29—Bert Magel, 57 1.16:25
30—Tara Bureau, 24 1.17:24
31—Patrick Murphy, 55 1.17:38
31—Jim Toohey, 63 1.17:38
33—Joe Yelda, 54 1.18:03
34—Cole Caulkins, 7 1.19:03
35—Susan Malone, 42 1.19:17
36—Tom Monge, 54 1.20:13
37—Wally Rothgeb, 54 1.21:22
38—Andrew Chrisman, 41 1.21:53
39—Chip Bailey, 50 1.22:08
40—Mary Mansfield, 35 1.22:14
41—Susie Isaacson, 38 1.23:22
42—Bailey Ireland, 11 1.25:09
43—Joseph Bureau, 31 1.26:31
44—Kristi Nisson, 38 1.27:51
45—Sue Kwapich, 42 1.28:57
46—Pat Higgins, 43 1.32:16
47—Shelly Bretimer, 48 1.33:50
48—Mara Petrea, 34 1.34:09
49—Tommy Kranwinkle, 6 1.36:03
50—Mark Kranwinkle, 38 1.36:06
51—Kathy Butler, 48 1.36:18
52—Sandra Caulkins, 39 1.37:38
53—Willy Cook, 55 1.39:41
54—Jesse Jarvis, 10 1.41:30
54—Kris Jarvis, 42 1.41:30
56—Sharon Harwell, 57 1.42:24
57—Susan Choat, 50 1.43:17
58—Otis Benton 1.43:24
59—Jake Provonsha, 65 1.43:26
60—Alex Cannell, 52 1.44:51
61—Dorien Lundy 1.45:45
62—Patty Provonsha, 65 1.47:46

 

 

TIME IMPROVEMENTS OVER 2001

John David Davidson 35:49, Mali Noyes 32:46, John Seiller 16:42, Chase Caulkins 13:16, Brian Caulkins 13:09, Miles Debray 9:31, Conor Davis 9:24, Alexa Turzian 9:08, John Campbell 7:22, Cory Rutkowski 4:27, Bill Sundali 3:32, Margii Driscoll 3:06, Otis Benton 3:01, Alex Higgins 2:17, Grant Folske 2:06, Tom Campion 1:57, John McGrew 1:56, Jeff Smull 1:53, Ron Fairfax 1:46, Del Pletcher 1:39, Joe Yelda 1:29, Sam Young 1:21, Wally Rothgeb 1:12, Dick Andersen 1:01, Jed Gray 0:39, Alan Pennay 0:36, Tom Borschel 0:29, Nappy Neaman 0:25, Shauna Unser 0:21, Jen Campbell 0:19.

 

HISTORY

1979--54 finishers
Greg Stone 40:50
Gabriele Andersen (20th) 49:43

1980--48 finishers
Dave Bingham 38:17
Gabriele Andersen (14th) 47:28

1981--60 finishers
Dave Bingham 40:31
Jane Reynolds (18th tie) 50:36

1982--71 finishers
Craig Kjesbo 40:29
E.J. Harpham (35th) 51:28

1983--72 finishers
Michael Tobin 38:44
Ruthie Matthes (18th) 46:54

1984--82 finishers
Michael Tobin 39:59
Susie Patterson (6th) 42:49

1985--59 finishers
Michael Tobin 38:00
Cindy Zapponi (19th) 46:10

1986--54 finishers
Michael Tobin 35:36
Susie Patterson (7th) 44:26

1987--74 finishers
Thane Lever 39:00
Will Raff 39:00
Alison Kiesel (25th) 48:39

1988--95 finishers
Michael Tobin 37:16
Adrienne Leugers (23rd) 47:37

1989--106 finishers
Michael Tobin 35:11
Dawn Farmer (34th) 48:46

1990--87 finishers (River Run)
Kevin Sweeney 49:34
Adrienne Leugers (10th) 56:52

1991--150 finishers
Kevin Sweeney 37:30
Adrienne Leugers (19th) 46:22

1992--147 finishers
Bill Nurge 36:32
Muffy Ritz (30th) 49:06

1993--124 finishers
Adam Heaney 37:30
Kelly O'Neill (28th) 52:56

1994--120 finishers
Adam Heaney 38:49
Jane Hoopes (17th) 48:19

1995--230 finishers
Danny Albright 38:59
Adrienne Leugers (20th) 45:46

1996--213 finishers
Karl Van Calcar 38:22
Adrienne Leugers (7th) 45:57

1997--299 finishers
Bill Nurge 39:12
Kelly McCann (15th) 45:02

1998--213 finishers
Bill Nurge 38:45
Jen Douglas (8th) 42:46

1999--209 finishers
Robert Whitney 35:52
Adrienne Leugers (14th) 44:19

2000—176 finishers
Bill Nurge 38:49
Adrienne Leugers (9th) 44:21

2001—185 finishers
Whitney Albright 37:40
Adrienne Leugers (12th) 44:23

2002—173 finishers
Ryan Schmidt 37:15
Adrienne Leugers (18th) 44:55

 

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