Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Soldier Hollow debut a good test

For Junior Nordic skiers


It was a good start to the 2005 cross-country racing season.

"All the kids from the West were at this race," said Sun Valley Junior Nordic ski team coach Rick Kapala about last weekend's Junior National qualifying on Olympic courses at Soldier Hollow, Utah.

"For our team, it was a good sign we're on the right track, but we still have some work to do," Kapala added about his 37 young racers at Soldier Hollow.

One of Sun Valley's best results was Morgan Arritola's second-place in the girls' OJ/J1 10-kilometer classic race, just six seconds behind Jamie Woelk of Colorado. "It was a two-horse race and Jamie just nipped Morgan at the finish," said Kapala. "It was a great result in classic for Morgan."

Top-flight Sun Valley girls succeeded in the 10k classic as well. Alexa Turzian was fourth, 96 seconds back, Erin McQueen 11th and Margii Driscoll 16th.

Lucas Pletcher and Reid Pletcher placed 4-5, less than four seconds apart, in the boys' OJ/J1 15k classic event. Delamon Rego finished ninth and Mikey Matteson a much-improved 22nd.

Winning the J2 girls' 5k classic event was Sun Valley's Mali Noyes by over 10 seconds. Conor Davis placed fifth overall in the J2 boys' 5k classic.

In final sprint heats, Noyes made J2 girls' finals and ended up third. Arritola was fourth and Turzian fifth in OJ/J1 girls. In OJ/J1 boys, Reid Pletcher placed third in final heats and Lucas Pletcher was close behind, in sixth.

Next up: The second of three Junior National qualifying races Feb. 5-6 at West Yellowstone, Mont.

In the Soldier Hollow field of 376 racers were youngsters from Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and Colorado. Here are Sun Valley placings, by event and class for last weekend's races:

CLASSIC

Girls' OJ/J1 (16-19), 10k: 1—Jamie Woelk (Crested Butte) 30:24.4. 2—Morgan Arritola 30:30.9 (.06 behind). 4—Alexa Turzian 32:01.2 (1.36). 11—Erin McQueen 33:40.6 (3:16). 16—Margii Driscoll 34:58. 19—Courtney Perry 35:33.8. 26—Tess Dahlgren 37:04.5.

Boys' OJ/J1 (16-19) 15k: 1—Simi Hamilton (Aspen Valley) 39:49.5. 4—Lucas Pletcher 40:19.6 (.30 behind). 5—Reid Pletcher 40:23.3 (.33). 9—Delamon Rego 41:24.5 (1:35). 22—Mike Matteson 42:59.3 (3:09). 28—Chris Holmquist 43:35.8. 30—Rob Hamlin 43:37.8. 41—Artie Livingston 44:58.6. 44—Max Danielson 45:36.4. 70—Brad Bradford 53:20.4.

Girls' J2 (14-15), 5k: 1—Mali Noyes 15:05.3. 9—Devyn Parnes 16:07.5 (1:02 behind). 27—Chelsea Vanderpool 18:24.2. 49—Jen Tormey 20:22.8. 58—Madison Deffe 24:03.4.

Boys' J2 (14-15), 5k: 5—Conor Davis 13:54.6 (.46 behind). 8—Taylor Sundali 14:15.6 (1:07). 25—Scotty Phelan 16:14.9 (3:06). 43—Conor Brown 16:54.7. 45—Sam Farnham 16:56.3. 54—Lukas Anderson 17:24.4.

Girls' Novice 3k: 2—Hannah Richards. 10—Rachael Richards.

Girls' J3 (12-13), 3k: 8—Makayla Cappel. 9—Courtney Hamilton. 10—Bronwen Raff. 16—Julie Bowman. 18—Keller Gibson. 19—Nellie Brown.

Boys' J3 (12-13), 3k: 13—Travis Job. 21—Nicol Wheeler.

Boys' J4 (10-11), 2k: 7—Andrew Pfeiffer.

SPRINT QUALIFIERS

Girls' OJ/J1 (16-19), 1.3k: 1—Jamie Woelk (Crested Butte) 3:13.68. 2—Morgan Arritola 3:15.40 (1.72 behind). 6—Erin McQueen 3:19.16 (5.48). 7—Alexa Turzian 3:19.22 (5.54). 10—Margii Driscoll 3:23.25. 12—Courtney Perry 3:26.60. 17—Ruth Anderson 3:29.17. 32—Tess Dahlgren 3:41.66

Boys' OJ/J1 (16-19) 1.3k: 1—Simi Hamilton (Aspen Valley) 2:39.58. 4—Lucas Pletcher 2:47.52 (7.94 behind). 6—Reid Pletcher 2:48.62. 15—Delamon Rego 2:51.00. 31—Artie Livingston 2:57.69. 37—Max Danielson 2:59.21. 53—Mike Matteson 3:05.07. 55—Dawson Paschall 3:05.46. 56—Chris Holmquist 3:05.60. 67—Rob Hamlin 3:10.88.

Girls' J2 (14-15), 1.3k: 3—Mali Noyes 3:19.38 (2.45 behind). 6—Devyn Parnes 3.26:28. 23—Chelsea Vanderpool 3:44.73. 49—Jen Tormey 4:08.80. 64—Madison Deffe 4:46.33.

Boys' J2 (14-15), 1.3k: 6—Conor Davis 3:02.34 (9.51 behind). 11—Taylor Sundali 3:04.99. 44—Scotty Phelan 3:32.93. 52—Conor Brown 3:38.30. 53—Lukas Anderson 3:39.66. 63—Sam Farnham 3:44.91.

FREESTYLE

Girls' J3 (12-13), 1.3k: 8—Bronwen Raff. 11—Courtney Hamilton. 12—Makayla Cappel. 17—Julia Bowman. 20—Nellie Brown. 23—Keller Gibson.

Girls' Novice 2.6k: 24—Rachael Richards. 30—Hannah Richards.

Boys' J3 (12-13), 1.3k: 7—Travis Job. 21—Nicol Wheeler.

Boys' J4 (10-11), 1.3k: 6—Andrew Pfeiffer.




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