Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation cross-country ski coach Abi Holt summed up her feelings about last weekend's 18th annual Western States Youth Cross Country Ski Festival at Lake Creek by saying:
"All in all, the inherent mayhem in hosting four races for 170 kids under the age of 16 was well worth the effort. The weekend provided a nice mix of serious racing and more goofy events. It was also a great opportunity for kids and parents from all over the Intermountain Division to mix and have some fun."
The SVSEF hosted the two-day event at the Lake Creek trail system north of Ketchum.
On Saturday, all the teams competed in a skate race, timed obstacle course and downhill competition. On Sunday morning, racers were back for a classic race.
In the combined scoring, the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation won the team competition with 1945 points ahead of Bozeman, Montana with 1876 points.
Sun Valley had 410 points in the skate, 560 downhill, 540 obstacle course and 435 in the classic race. The home team's 124-point bulge over Bozeman in the downhill and 40-point edge in obstacle made the winning difference.
Other teams and their final point totals for the four events were Salt Lake 1561, Glacier 1285, McCall 1128, Park City 921, Jackson Hole 735 and Bogus Basin 681.
Bozeman won the Sportsmanship Award voted upon by the coaches.
Skate race
J2 (ages 14-15) girls: 1—Morgan Atkinson 11:28. 2—Ellie Shay 12:53.
J2 boys: 1—Casey Beiser (Glacier) 9:56.
J3 (ages 12-13) girls: 1—Ruby Zitzer (Bozeman) 8:47. 3—Maggie Williams 9:18. 5—Maranda Stopol 9:30. 11—Mateja Heinrich 10:59. 12—Sloan Storey 10:59. 14—Courtney Ballard 11:15. 16—Tara Bingham 11:21. 17—Sofia DeWolfe 11:32. 18—Brooke Lawrence 11:45. 19—Syringa Hansen 11:46. 20—Sarah Williams 12:01.
J3 boys: 1—Cole Morgan (Bozeman) 7:41. 8—Stephen Pfeiffer 8:58. 10—Jackson Long 9:15. 16—Jake Adicoff 9:37. 18—Ketchum Wilt 9:44. 22—Ty Reinemann 10:09. 24—Fran Magee 10:18. 25—Andrew Graves 10:39. 28—Nick Krekow 11:23.
J4 (ages 10-11) girls: 1—Michaela Webb (Salt Lake TUNA) 6:09. 2—Kailey Wilt 6:34. 4—Haley Montgomery 7:00. 8—Annika Landis 7:33. 12—Maddie Watts 7:53. 13—Peyton McCune 8:03. 14—Grace Gorham 8:27. 15—Cheyanne Stopol 8:35. 16—Bailey Cleven 8:38. 17—Galena Hansen 9:26. 18—Chloe Evans 9:26.
J4 boys: 1—Henry Holt (Glacier) 5:34. 4—Eron Bates 5:58. 10—Tyler Spence 6:32. 13—Danny Graves 6:51. 14—Trenor Gould 7:02. 15—Nate Nasvik 7:04. 17—Luke Verst 7:07. 19—Cameron Bingham 7:37. 22—Griffin Curtis 8:24. 23—Xavier Haemmerle 8:47.
J5 (ages 8-9) girls: 1—Katy Bonacci (Salt Lake TUNA) 3:58. 3—Annika Landis 4:13. 7—Sarah Verst 4:31. 9—Autumn Fluetsch 4:53. 10—Emily Siegel 4:56. 12—Sophia Coplin 6:06. 13—Megan Johnston 6:13. 14—Sophie Nasvik 6:13. 15—Emily Watts 6:57.
J5 boys: 1—Liam Vodehnal (Bozeman) 3:35. 4—Ben Brunelle 4:01. 5—Carter Ros 4:09. 6—Zach Williams 4:12. 7—Peter Wolter 4:20. 8—Kristian DeWolfe 4:23. 9—Lukas DeWolfe 4:27. 10—Jack Dwyer 4:29. 11—Cade Schott 4:29. 12—Joey Reidy 4:30. 13—Kobe Tamura 4:34. 14—Keene Morawitz 4:44. 15—Cooper Roquet 4:49. 16—Alex Feldman 4:52. 20—John Quinones 4:57. 21—Jacob Truxal 5:00. 22—Matthew Minford 5:06. 23—Keegan Lupton 5:12. 24—Taylor Koth 5:12. 25—Logan Jones-Wilkins 5:21. 26—Cooper Dart 5:45. 27—Asher Loomis 5:57. 28—Jordan Lawrence 5:57. 29—Stephen Roth 6:17. 32—Gavin Blair 6:53. 33—Graham Hepworth 8:11.
J6 (ages 6-7) girls: 1—Annika Hokanson (Salt Lake TUNA) 3:34. 3—Libby Kaiser 3:51. 4—Lily Brunelle 3:57. 5—Sarah Truxal 4:00.
J6 boys: 1—Wyatt Lange (Park City) 3:02. 5—Zachary Olenick 5:12.
Classic race
J2 (ages 14-15) girls: 1—Ellie Shay 14:48.
J2 boys: 1—Gus Pierce (Jackson Hole) 11:23.
J3 (ages 12-13) girls: 1—Margaret Pope (McCall) 10:39. 3—Maranda Stopol 11:10. 9—Mateja Heinrich 12:23. 11—Sloan Storey 12:32. 14—Courtney Ballard 14:02. 15—Syringa Hansen 14:16. 16—Sarah Williams 14:29. 18—Brooke Lawrence 15:20.
J3 boys: 1—Cole Morgan (Bozeman) 9:14. 6—Jackson Long 10:27. 10—Stephen Pfeiffer 11:16. 14—Ketchum Wilt 11:58. 15—Jake Adicoff 11:59. 18—Ty Reinemann 12:17. 22—Fran Magee 12:35. 25—Andrew Graves 13:16. 28—Nick Krekow 13:47.
J4 (ages 10-11) girls: 1—Michaela Webb (Salt Lake TUNA) 7:12. 2—Kailey Wilt 8:03. 3—Haley Montgomery 8:19. 10—Cheyanne Stopol 10:00. 12—Maddie Watts 11:22.
J4 boys: 1—Fritz Kalakay (Bozeman) 7:05. 7—Tyler Spence 7:37. 8—Eron Bates 7:54. 15—Danny Graves 9:05. 16—Luke Verst 9:07. 17—Cameron Bingham 9:29. 20—Nate Nasvik 9:55. 24—Xavier Haemmerle 12:11.
J5 (ages 8-9) girls: 1—Leah Lange (Park City) 4:46. 3—Annika Landis 5:16. 7—Sarah Verst 6:04. 9—Emily Siegel 6:09. 10—Sophie Nasvik 8:34. 11—Emily Watts 9:03.
J5 boys: 1—Noah Putt (Park City) 4:48. 2—Zach Williams 4:49. 5—Peter Wolter 5:18. 7—Ben Brunelle 5:27. 8—Carter Ros 5:28. 9—Jacob Truxal 5:45. 10—John Quinones 5:52. 11—Henry Raff 6:29. 12—Joey Reidy 6:32. 14—Logan Jones-Wilkins 6:51. 16—Keegan Lupton 7:30. 17—Jordan Lawrence 7:38. 18—Graham Hepworth 10:50.
J6 (ages 6-7) girls: 1—Eve Jensen (Bogus Basin) 4:23. 2—Lily Brunelle 4:34. 3—Sarah Truxal 4:45.
J6 boys: 1—Thomas Gebhards (McCall) 3:20. 4—Zachary Olenick 5:16.
Downhill
J2 (ages 14-15) girls: 1—Morgan Atkinson 1:23.7. 2—Ellie Shay 1:28.2.
J2 boys: 1—Timmy Watters (Jackson Hole) 1:31.4.
J3 (ages 12-13) girls: 1—Ruby Zitzer (Bozeman) 1:04.7. 2—Maggie Williams 1:05.7. 3—Maranda Stopol 1:07.1. 6—Sloan Storey 1:15.2. 8—Mateja Heinrich 1:16.7. 11—Syringa Hansen 1:21.1. 12—Sofia DeWolfe 1:21.7. 14—Tara Bingham 1:23.5. 15—Sarah Williams 1:23.5. 16—Brooke Lawrence 1:25.0. 19—Courtney Ballard 1:27.1.
J3 boys: 1—Kurt Bruns (Salt Lake TUNA) 1:02.9. 6—Stephen Pfeiffer 1:10.7. 8—Jackson Long 1:12.5. 10—Ty Reinemann 1:15.3. 16—Ketchum Wilt 1:18.8. 17—Jake Adicoff 1:19.3. 18—Fran Magee 1:20.7. 25—Nick Krekow 1:34.4. 26—Andrew Graves 1:37.1.
J4 (ages 10-11) girls: 1—Michaela Webb (Salt Lake TUNA) 1:21.0. 2—Maddie Watts 1:21.7. 3—Cheyanne Stopol 1:23.6. 5—Kailey Wilt 1:28.0. 6—Haley Montgomery 1:28.2. 9—Grace Gorham 1:33.7. 13—Peyton McCune 1:46.3. 14—Chloe Evans 1:51.9. 15—Galena Hansen 2:02.5. 18—Bailey Cleven 2:05.3.
J4 boys: 1—Eron Bates 1:14.4. 7—Luke Verst 1:20.7. 10—Danny Graves 1:23.1. 13—Griffin Curtis 1:25.9. 16—Tyler Spence 1:31.4. 18—Nate Nasvik 1:37.1. 19—Cameron Bingham 1:37.8. 22—Xavier Haemmerle 1:56.5.
J5 (ages 8-9) girls: 1—Annika Landis 1:05.5. 8—Autumn Fluetsch 1:20.5. 9—Emily Watts 1:22.7. 11—Sarah Verst 1:23.4. 12—Emily Siegel 1:25.0. 13—Sophia Coplin 2:21.2.
J5 boys: 1—Liam Vodehnal (Bozeman) 0:58.7. 2—Carter Ros 1:05.2. 4—Lukas DeWolfe 1:09.4. 6—Ben Brunelle 1:13.4. 9—Kobe Tamura 1:19.5. 10—John Quinones 1:22.4. 11—Cade Schott 1:22.4. 12—Logan Jones-Wilkins 1:23.5. 13—Cooper Dart 1:23.6. 14—Jacob Truxal 1:23.7. 15—Alex Feldman 1:24.0. 16—Keegan Lupton 1:26.3. 17—Stephen Roth 1:28.3. 18—Taylor Koth 1:28.5. 19—Henry Raff 1:34.1. 20—Jorgan Lawrence 1:34.3. 22—Cooper Roquet 1:55.9.
J6 (ages 6-7) girls: 1—Sarah Truxal 2:00.0.
J6 boys: 1—Wyatt Lange (Park City) 1:36.5. 2—Zachary Olenick 2:56.3.
Obstacle course
J2 (ages 14-15) girls: 1—Morgan Atkinson 48.4.
J2 boys: 1—Timmy Watters (Jackson Hole) 45.0.
J3 (ages 12-13) girls: 1—Lizzie Gill (Bozeman) 40.3. 4—Syringa Hansen 44.5. 5—Maranda Stopol 45.6. 7—Brooke Lawrence 47.0. 8—Maggie Williams 47.5. 10—Courtney Ballard 52.7. 11—Sloan Storey 52.7. 18—Sofia DeWolfe 1:01.2.
J3 boys: 1—Cole Morgan (Bozeman) 36.1. 2—Andrew Graves 36.2. 5—Ty Reinemann 37.6. 10—Fran Magee 41.2. 11—Stephen Pfeiffer 41.8. 16—Jackson Long 44.5. 17—Ketchum Wilt 45.1. 21—Nick Krekow 49.2. 23—Jake Adicoff 53.2.
J4 (ages 10-11) girls: 1—Cassidy Grady (Glacier) 45.9. 2—Haley Montgomery 46.9. 5—Maddie Watts 50.0. 7—Kailey Wilt 51.6. 9—Cheyanne Stopol 55.1. 10—Galena Hansen 58.2. 13—Bailey Cleven 1:02.8. 15—Peyton McCune 1:09.6. 16—Grace Gorham 1:12.8.
J4 boys: 1—Ruben Castren (Glacier) 40.1. 7—Danny Graves 44.2. 8—Luke Verst 44.6. 10—Tyler Spence 46.5. 15—Eron Bates 53.0. 16—Griffin Curtis 53.9. 18—Cameron Bingham 59.2. 22—Xavier Haemmerle 1:10.1.
J5 (ages 8-9) girls: 1—Annika Landis 45.4. 2—Sarah Verst 52.0. 7—Megan Johnston 1:03.3. 8—Emily Watts 1:04.4. 9—Emily Siegel 1:04.5. 10—Sophie Nasvik 1:07.9. 12—Autumn Fluetsch 1:14.4 13—Sophia Coplin 1:18.6. 15—Grace Evans 2:02.0.
J5 boys: 1—John Quinones 49.0. 2—Jack Dwyer 51.1. 3—Henry Raff 52.0. 4—Lukas DeWolfe 52.3. 5—Carter Ros 52.4. 6—Jacob Truxal 53.6. 7—Ben Brunelle 54.8. 8—Zach Williams 54.8. 9—Kobe Tamura 55.0. 11—Alex Feldman 55.9. 12—Kristian DeWolfe 57.6. 13—Cooper Dart 58.5. 16—Cooper Roquet 59.4. 18—Keene Morawitz 1:00.1. 19—Cade Schott 1:01.5. 20—Joey Reidy 1:02.3. 22—Keegan Lupton 1:06.2. 23—Taylor Koth 1:07.1. 24—Stephen Roth 1:07.6. 25—Peter Wolter 1:07.9. 26—Logan Jones-Wilkins 1:14.1. 28—Jorgan Lawrence 1:29.0. 29—Asher Loomis 1:35.4. 30—Graham Hepworth 1:54.0.
J6 (ages 6-7) girls: 1—Annika Hokanson (Salt Lake TUNA) 1:24.1. 2—Lily Brunelle 1:26.4. 3—Sarah Truxal 1:34.0.
J6 boys: 1—Wyatt Lange (Park City) 59.8. 4—Zachary Olenick 1:33.1.
