Intermountain Division Masters alpine ski racers had a terrific weekend of weather and racing Jan. 19-21 for the 10th annual Skoch Cup USSA alpine ski race event sponsored by Formula Sports of Ketchum.
One hundred racers came to Baldy for the Sun Valley Ski Club event. Super giant slalom, giant slalom and slalom racing were staged.
Anna Droege had her usual Women's Class 9 (ages 65-69) battles with Nancy Auseklis last weekend, but Droege was also a speed queen.
She won Friday's women's super giant slalom by .95 seconds over Joanne Zwingenberg, with Chris Katzenberger taking third place. In Saturday's giant slalom, Dana Alexandrescu was a 3.04-second overall winner over Katzenberger.
Ketchum's John Campbell also had a productive weekend.
M4 entrant Campbell (1:00.41) finished a close second overall to M7 Victor Roy (1:00.06) in Friday's super giant slalom, then Campbell was the fastest giant slalom racer by 2.68 seconds over Roy in the Super Seed Saturday. Campbell captured his 40-44 age class and was the eighth-fastest slalom racer on Sunday.
Leading the way in Sunday's slalom were former World Pro Circuit racer Victor Roy (1:17.65) by nearly two seconds over James Cole, while former Romanian junior star Dana Alexandrescu was a 3.33-second winner over runner-up Chris Katzenberger in the women's overall.
Ketchum's Bob Sarchett was super in the always-competitive Men's Class 8 (60-64). Sarchett won the SG by .93 seconds, captured the GS by .50 seconds and the slalom in his class by .41 seconds after two runs.
Others with three class wins included Virginia Reed, Joanne Davis, Carl Fullman, Glenn McConkey, Chris Katzenberger, Katherine Suttor and Byron Barfus.
This winter's Masters race schedule continues with the Jans Cup Jan. 26-28 at Park City, Utah. A super giant slalom has been added to the Jans Cup. Western regionals are Feb. 1-4 at Vail and nationals March 9-16 at Big Sky, Mt.
Complete Skoch Cup results for the three races are posted on this week's Mountain Express Web site.
Friday super giant slalom
(84 racers—61 men, 23 women)
Class 12 (ages 80-84)—Men: 1—John Droege 1:19.82.
Class 11 (75-79)—Women: 1—Virginia Reed 1:30.35. Men: 1—Harry Baxter 1:11.17. 2—Harold Wescott 1:12.78. 3—Bob Chambers 1:14.06. 4—Jim Tallackson 1:15.29. 5—Robert Tengdin 1:15.74. 6—Drury Cooper 1:20.67.
Class 10 (70-74)—Women: 1—Joanne Davis 1:23.83. Men: 1—Carl Fullman 1:03.61. 2—Al Auseklis 1:08.59. 3—Ben Harwell 1:17.06. DNF—Rolf Funk.
Class 9 (65-69)—Women: 1—Anna Droege 1:03.85. 2—Nancy Auseklis 1:05.39. 3—Carol Whelan 1:14.60. 4—Trudi Schneider 1:17.40. Men: 1—Keith Thompson 1:03.57. 2—Steve Slivinski 1:08.14. 3—Frank Ward 1:10.42. 4—Fran Noel 1:10.98. 5—Fred Beguin 1:15.26. 6—Ned Lumpkin 1:15.85. 7—Robert Butler 1:18.75.
Class 8 (60-64)—Women: 1—Glenn McConkey 1:06.61. 2—Meri Stratton 1:27.76. Men: 1—Bob Sarchett 1:00.90. 2—Gene Timmons 1:01.83. 3—Gerald Randall 1:03.21. 4—Tom Melhuse 1:03.25. 5—Rauli Karjalainen 1:03.40. 6—Jeff Sogard 1:04.99. 7—Don Cofer 1:07.79. 8—Yves Desgouttes 1:13.54. 9—Robert Reithner 1:22.48.
Class 7 (55-59)—Women: 1—Linda Wagner 1:11.10. 2—Rosemary Moschel 1:11.16. 3—Randy Dubois 1:12.07. 4—Kim Cathleen Verde 1:31.05. Men: 1—Victor Roy 1:00.06. 2—John Reagle 1:05.93. 3—Jackson Allred 1:23.25. DNF—Bob Dreyer. DSQ—James Ragan.
Class 6 (50-54)—Women: 1—Pamela Sheeler 1:20.29. Men: 1—Ken Dreyer 1:02.47. 2—Don Sears 1:02.94. 3—Grant Donovan 1:03.37. 4—Keith Rounkles 1:03.58. 5—Ken Williams 1:04.35. 6—James Cole 1:04.58. 7—Cliff Cunha 1:04.65. 8—Greg Moore 1:06.26. 9—Gary Dranow 1:06.73. 10—Bill Vernon 1:07.23. 11—Terrill Pool 1:12.20. 12—Louis Abel 1:12.41. 13—Joe Congdon 1:14.27. DNF—Larry Stithem.
Class 5 (45-49)—Women: 1—Joanne Zwingenberg 1:04.80. 2—Amy Lanzel 1:07.18. DNF—Chris Abel. Men: 1—Richard Slabinski 1:01.35. 2—Will Fernyhoush 1:04.35. 3—Latner Straley 1:05.82. 4—John McCutcheon 1:08.45. 5—Tommy Richardson 1:09.47.
Class 4 (40-44)—Women: 1—Chris Katzenberger 1:05.01. 2—Heather Black 1:06.24. Men: 1—John Campbell 1:00.41. 2—Brad Chilton 1:04.06. 3—Greg Knutson 1:08.02.
Class 3 (35-39)—Women: 1—Liz Marshall-Dranow 1:16.03. 2—Alex Kuczynski 1:24.08. 3—Deborah Hiller-Lasalle 1:24.82. Men: 1—Rob Webb 1:01.14. 2—Pete Jenkins 1:01.35. 3—Mark Lasalle 1:11.55.
Class 2 (30-34)—Men: 1—Jeff Weymouth 1:05.64. 2—Rod Vandermyder 1:05.79.
Class 1 (21-29)—Women: 1—Kelli Kipling 1:09.62. Men: DNF—Mike Barklow.
Class 0 (under 21)—Women: 1—Katherine Suttor 1:07.19. Men: 1—Byron Barfus 1:10.79.
Saturday giant slalom
(100 racers—74 men, 26 women)
Class 12 (ages 80-84)—Men: 1—John Droege 2:23.55.
Class 11 (75-79)—Women: 1—Virginia Reed 2:32.68. Men: 1—Jim Tallackson 2:05.10. 2—Harold Wescott 2:05.93. 3—Robert Tengdin 2:08.10. 4—Bob Chambers 2:09.41. 5—Drury Cooper 2:12.88. 6—Harry Baxter 2:12.98.
Class 10 (70-74)—Women: 1—Joanne Davis 2:24.92. Men: 1—Carl Fullman 1:53.31. 2—Ben Harwell 2:09.48. 3—Herb Nolan 2:09.94. DNF—Al Auseklis.
Class 9 (65-69)—Women: 1—Nancy Auseklis 1:56.63. 2—Anna Droege 1:57.51. 3—Carol Whelan 2:04.30. 4—Trudi Schneider 2:06.73. Men: 1—Steve Slivinski 1:56.42. 2—Keith Thompson 1:56.76. 3—Frank Ward 2:01.31. 4—Vlad Schwartzman 2:05.72. 5—Fred Beguin 2:06.17. 6—Fran Noel 2:08.18. 7—Robert Butler 2:09.41. 8—Ned Lumpkin 2:10.81. 9—Herb Meyr 2:41.29. 10—Bob Nicholson 2:46.19..
Class 8 (60-64)—Women: 1—Glenn McConkey 1:55.16. 2—Sarah Lemire 2:16.27. 3—Meri Stratton 2:21.40. 4—Lynne Nicholson 2:46.09. Men: 1—Bob Sarchett 1:48.96. 2—Tom Melhuse 1:49.46. 3—Gerald Randall 1:49.72. 4—Royal McClure 1:54.72. 5—Jeff Sogard 1:57.28. 6—Yves Desgouttes 2:03.13. 7—Don Cofer 2:10.25. 8—Rauli Karjalainen 2:11.70. 9—Robert Reithner 2:27.35. DNF—Gene Timmons.
Class 7 (55-59)—Women: 1—Randy Dubois 1:54.75. 2—Rosemary Moschel 2:04.37. 3—Linda Wagner 2:07.57. 4—Kim Cathleen Verde 2:32.72. Men: 1—Thomas Kronthaler 1:44.03. 2—James Ragan 1:48.79. 3—Thomas Wood 1:49.02. 4—John Reagle 1:51.08. 5—Jackson Allred 2:09.43. DNF—Michael Jones.
Class 6 (50-54)—Women: 1—Pamela Sheeler 2:21.93. Men: 1—Cliff Cunha 1:43.69. 2—Keith Rounkles 1:44.31. 3—Greg Moore 1:47.73. 4—James Cole 1:48.21. 5—Gary Dranow 1:49.29. 6—Joe Congdon 2:02.15. 7—Terrell Pool 2:03.29. 8—Louis Abel 2:18.08. DNF—Grant Donovan, Mark Masur, Larry Stithem, Bill Vernon and Ken Williams.
Class 5 (45-49)—Women: 1—Amy Lanzel 1:57.74. 2—Sally Tauber 2:00.92. 3—Chris Abel 2:05.16. DNF—Chris Abel. Men: 1—Brian Frost 1:45.90. 2—Latner Straley 1:50.78. 3—Tommy Richardson 1:51.24. 4—John McCutcheon 1:53.07. 5—Ian Teska 1:55.30. DNF—Richard Slabinski.
Class 4 (40-44)—Women: 1—Chris Katzenberger 1:48.86. 2—Heather Black 1:53.85. Men: 1—Brad Chilton 1:54.37. 2—Barry Young 1:56.20. DNF—Roman Schwartzman.
Class 3 (35-39)—Women: 1—Liz Marshall-Dranow 2:13.41. 2—Deborah Hiller-Lasalle 2:14.62. 2—Alex Kuczynski 2:23.71. Men: 1—Craig Hopper 1:56.58. 2—Mark Lasalle 2:06.15.
Class 2 (30-34)—Women: 1—Dana Alexandrescu 1:45.82. 2—Kristi Lee 2:05.11. Men: 1—Sam Lee 1:57.75.
Class 1 (21-29)—Men: DNF—Mike Barklow and Brian Cohen.
Class 0 (under 21)—Women: 1—Katherine Suttor 1:55.11. Men: 1—Byron Barfus 1:58.47.
Super seed—Men: 1—John Campbell (M4) 1:35.96. 2—Victor Roy (M7) 1:38.64. 3—Steven Linck (M3) 1:38.77. 4—Ken Dreyer (M6) 1:40.74. 5—Bob Dreyer (M7) 1:42.53. 6—Don Sears (M6) 1:42.85. 7—Paul Shimchick (M4) 1:42.90. DNF—Mike McGurl. DSQ—Thunder Jalili.
Sunday slalom
(78 racers—54 men, 24 women)
Class 12 (ages 80-84)—Men: DNF—John Droege.
Class 11 (75-79)—Women: 1—Virginia Reed 2:11.40. Men: 1—Harold Wescott 1:42:59. 2—Bob Chambers 1:48.41. 3—Harry Baxter 1:58.30. 4—Drury Cooper 1:58.37. DNF—Robert Tengdin.
Class 10 (70-74)—Women: 1—Joanne Davis 2:08.73. Men: 1—Carl Fullman 1:36.63. 2—Al Auseklis 1:39.25.
Class 9 (65-69)—Women: 1—Anna Droege 1:35.83. 2—Nancy Auseklis 1:38.88. 3—Carol Whelan 1:45.59. 4—Trudi Schneider 1:59.89. Men: 1—Fran Noel 1:37.62. 2—Frank Ward 1:38.75. 3—Keith Thompson 1:40.85. 4—Steve Slivinski 1:41.75. 5—Fred Beguin 1:57.15. 6—Robert Butler 1:58.78. DNF—Vlad Schwartzman.
Class 8 (60-64)—Women: 1—Glenn McConkey 1:40.54. 2—Sarah Lemire 2:02.92. DNF—Meri Stratton. Men: 1—Bob Sarchett 1:28.19. 2—Tom Melhuse 1:28.60. 3—Royal McClure 1:31.09. 4—Gene Timmons 1:31.27. 5—Gerald Randall 1:34.45. 6—Rauli Karjalainen 1:38.22. 7—Don Cofer 1:48.58. DNF—Yves Desgouttes and Jeff Sogard.
Class 7 (55-59)—Women: 1—Rosemary Moschel 1:46.28. 2—Linda Wagner 1:48.07. 3—Kim Cathleen Verde 2:11.27. Men: 1—Thomas Wood 1:36.03. 2—Jackson Allred 1:37.40. 3—Michael Jones 1:43.09.
Class 6 (50-54)—Women: 1—Nancy Dreyer 1:42.68. 2—Pamela Sheeler 1:58.92. Men: 1—Louis Abel 1:33.32. 2—Gary Dranow 1:35.07. 3—Joe Congdon 1:39.54. 4—Larry Stithem 1:54.54. DNF—Ken Dreyer and Bill Vernon.
Class 5 (45-49)—Women: 1—Sally Tauber 1:44.11. 2—Chris Abel 2:02.88. DNF—Amy Lanzel. Men: 1—Brian Frost 1:26.50. 2—Latner Straley 1:30.34. 3—Ian Teska 1:31.63.
Class 4 (40-44)—Women: 1—Chris Katzenberger 1:30.71. 2—Heather Black 1:41.22. Men: 1—John Campbell 1:23.89. 2—Barry Young 1:36.54. 3—Roman Schwartzman 1:50.06. DNF—Mike McGurl.
Class 3 (35-39)—Women: 1—Liz Marshall-Dranow 1:58.37. 2—Alex Kuczynski 2:16.24. Men: 1—Craig Hopper 1:33.81.
Class 2 (30-34)—Women: 1—Dana Alexandrescu 1:27.38. 2—Kristi Lee 1:41.37. Men: 1—Sam Lee 1:29.47.
Class 1 (21-29)—Men: 1—Brian Cohen 1:30.29.
Class 0 (under 21)—Women: 1—Katherine Suttor 1:37.16. Men: 1—Byron Barfus 1:54.51.
Super seed: Men: 1—Victor Roy (M7) 1:17.65. 2—James Cole 1:19.56. 3—Grant Donovan 1:20.07. 4—Thunder Jalili 1:20.42. 5—Thomas Kronthaler 1:20.97. 6—James Ragan 1:21.86. 7—Cliff Cunha 1:22.62. DNF—Bob Dreyer, Steven Linck and Richard Slabinski.
Gearing up for another Skoch Cup giant slalom run Saturday on Baldy are Sun Valley Class 7 alpine ski racers, from left, Bob Dreyer, John Reagle and Randy Dubois. Photo by Willy Cook
