Wednesday, January 30, 2008

62 skiers in Billy Goat Loppet

Nordic race at Billy?s Bridge

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Billy Goat Loppet winners Jon Engen and Muffy Ritz. Courtesy photo

Jon Engen (26:19) and Muffy Ritz (27:08) won the men's and women's 10-kilometer freestyle championships of the Sun Valley Ski Club's annual Nordic Ski Championship called Billy Goat Loppet Saturday at Billy's Bridge north of Ketchum.

Top three were Engen, Sam Young and Whit Albright. Top women were Ritz, Kelly Allison and Tricia Swartling. Sponsors were Backwoods Mountain Sports, Perry's Restaurant and Hammer Nutrition.

There were 62 skiers. John Gladics won the $50 Backwoods gift certificate and Maddie Watts won the girls' 2.5k event. Class results follow:

Men 10k

Ages 80-84: 1—Charley French, 81, 41:36. Ages 70-74: 1—Norm Clark, 78, 39:05. Ages 65-69: 1—Andy Andrews, 66, 31:10. 2—Tulio Celano, 65, 35:31. 3—John Michel, 66, 54:36.

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Ages 60-64: 1—Del Pletcher, 63, 27:39. 2—Ed Miller, 60, 35:25. 3—John Gladics, 61, 37:44. 4—Roger Miller, 64, 39:08. 5—Nathan Fierman, 60, 41:51. Ages 55-59: 1—Jon Holmquist, 55, 31:15. 2—Sigi Vogl, 55, 31:49. 3—Mike Hipsher, 55, 32:25.

Ages 50-54: 1—Jon Engen, 50, 26:19. 2—Rick Knoebel, 54, 30:17. 3—Brian Elkins, 52, 31:30. 4—Gary Bowlin, 51, 32:29. Ages 45-49: 1—Jim Santa, 47, 27:55. 2—Tim Inch, 46, 32:12. 3—J. Campbell, 45, 34:30. 4—Daniel Pastick, 49, 39:56 (classic).

Ages 40-44: 1—Mark Gilbreath, 41, 28:18. 2—Jeremy Fryberger, 42, 30:12. 3—Jeff Roth, 42, 30:21. 4—Chris Williams, 43, 31:17. 5—John Seiller, 41, 31:22. 6—Ken Edwards, 40, 42:24. Ages 35-39: 1—Whit Albright, 38, 27:14. Ages 30-34: 1—Sam Young, 30, 27:13.

Women 10k

Ages 70-74: 1—Joanne Davis, 71, 50:23. Ages 65-69: 1—JoAnn Levy, 67, 53:00. Ages 60-64: 1—Gabriele Andersen, 62, 34:41. 2—Susan Usher, 62, 41:05. 3—Jan Toohey, 63, 49:44. 4—Kathy Lynn, 62, 50:39.

Ages 55-59: 1—Marilyn Celano, 56, 43:38. 2—Connie McGowen, 58, 1.03:40. Ages 50-54: 1—Muffy Ritz, 50, 27:08. 2—Kim Nalen, 51, 33:30. 3—Katherine Sheldon, 50, 34:53. 4—Brenda Spackman, 50, 39:12. 5—Lindy Cogan, 50, 40:04. 6—Gloria Timball, 51, 40:06. 7—Lili Simpson, 54, 41:55. 8—Marsha Edwards, 50, 56:29. 9—Lori Takawashi, 51, 59:27.

Ages 45-49: 1—Kelly Allison, 46, 31:31. 2—Darlene Young, 49, 35:04. 3—Kaz Thea, 47, 37:05. 4—Kelly Martin, 46, 40:36. 5—Lynn Chaldu, 48, 44:33.

Ages 40-44: 1—Tricia Swartling, 42, 31:01. 2—Anne Marie Gardner, 44, 34:43. Ages 35-39: 1—Karoline Droege, 37, 32:23. 2—Wendy Rector, 38, 36:32. 3—Veronique Forgeat, 38, 41:55. 4—Chauncy Pogue, 36, 59:26. Ages 30-34: 1—Hannah Ragsdale, 30, 35:01. 2—Vanessa Fry, 31, 36:31. 3—Charil Reis, 33, 40:33.