Friday, December 28, 2007

Christmas brings skiathlon to Lake Creek

Junior Nordic team hosts 62 skiers for fun day


Courtesy photos by Mike Turzian- Young skiers await a race start at Saturday?s Holiday Pursuit and Classic races at Lake Creek north of Ketchum.

The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation's Junior Nordic ski team celebrated Christmas Saturday, Dec. 22, by staging the annual Holiday Pursuit and Classic races at Lake Creek three miles north of Ketchum.

Sixty-two skiers came out on a cold morning and tackled courses ranging from 1 kilometers to 15k. The skiathlon racers did two or three laps of 2.5k courses, shifting gears from classic to freestyle.

Reid Pletcher, 19, led the Open Men's 15k skiathlon with a final time of 49:37, ahead of Max Durtschi (51:28) and Matt DeCarufel (51:50). The women's 15k skiathlon winner was Morgan Arritola, 21, in 55:40.

Another highlight was the Open Men's and Women's 10k skiathlon. Alexa Turzian, 19, won the women's event in 37:01 followed by Mali Noyes, 39:32. Muffy Ritz was third in 41:40. Danny Sundali (37:05) and Will Spiller (41:31) topped the men.

The 5k skiathlon winners were Torin Tucker 24:16 and Nicol Wheeler 21:04 in a close finish over Brandon Wade (21:05). Ty Reinemann (12:34) and Kailey Wilt (14:07) were the Prep Team's 2.5k classic aces. The Dec. 22 results follow by class, with age after a racer's name:

OPEN 15K SKIATHLON

(2.5 CLX3 + 2.5 FRX3)

Female racers

1—Morgan Arritola, 21 55:40

Male racers

1—Reid Pletcher, 19 49:37

2—Max Durtschi, 16 51:28

3—Matt DeCarufel, 22 51:50

4—Connor Brown, 17 53:16

5—Jon Engen, 50 54:48

6—Delamon Rego, 20 55:57

7—Sam Farnham, 17 57:57

8—Del Pletcher, 63 1.00:34

9—Rick Knoebel, 54 1.02:50

10—Jim McClatchy, 55 1.02:55

11—Harvey Keck, 42 1.08:35

OPEN 10K SKIATHLON

(2.5 CLX2 + 2.5 FRX2)

Female racers

1—Alexa Turzian, 19 37:01

2—Mali Noyes, 18 39:32

3—Muffy Ritz, 50 41:40

4—Bronwen Raff, 16 42:47

5—Rosie Gilchrist, 16 42:57

6—Julia Bowman, 16 43:30

7—Courtney Hamilton, 16 45:31

8—Trisha Swartling, 42 50:32

9—Gabriele Andersen, 62 51:12

10—Colleen Hayes, 39 51:20

11—Patty O'Furniture, 34 51:52

12—Linda McClatchy, 58 53:48

Male racers

1—Danny Sundali, 15 37:05

2—Will Spiller, 15 41:31

PREP/COMP 5K SKIATHLON

(2.5 CL + 2.5 FR)

Girls

1—Torin Tucker, 14 24:16

2—Claire Bowman, 14 25:05

Boys

1—Nicol Wheeler, 15 21:04

2—Brandon Wade, 14 21:05

3—Stephen Pfeiffer, 12 25:58

4—Zach Lindahl, 13 28:07

5—Ketchum Wilt, 13 28:12

6—Timo Gould, 13 28:23

7—Jake Adicoff, 12 29:01

8—Luke Verst, 11 32:37

OPEN 5K CLASSIC (2.5X2)

Male

1—Scott Tucker, 45 17:25

PREP TEAM 2.5K CLASSIC

Girls

1—Kailey Wilt, 11 14:07

2—Brooke Lawrence, 12 14:50

3—Haley Montgomery, 11 14:51

4—Sarah Williams, 12 15:06

Boys

1—Ty Reinemann, 12 12:34

2—Andrew Graves, 12 13:35

3—Fran Magee, 12 13:59

4—Eron Bates, 11 14:27

5—Tyler Spence, 11 14:33

6—Nick Krekow, 11 14:38

7—Bobby Corker, 12 15:07

DEVO 2K SKATE RACE

Girls

1—Montana Tucker, 11 4:39

2—Sarah Verst, 9 5:10

Boys

1—Danny Graves, 10 3:50

2—Trenor Gould, 10 4:06

3—Nate Nasvik, 11 4:34

4—Grady Kassner, 10 5:44

5—Xavier Haemmerle, 10 8:50

DEVO 1K SKATE RACE

Girls

1—Emily Siegel, 9 3:57

2—Sophie Nasvik, 8 7:16

Boys

1—Zack Williams, 8 3:25

2—Henry Raff, 8 4:20

3—Keegan Lupton, 8 4:37

4—Ike Buxton, 7 5:01

5—Graham Hepworth, 8 8:11




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