September 27, 2008, the 30th annual benefit activity presented by the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation's Junior Nordic ski team. A total 228 finishers to the top—111 hiking (51 female and 60 male) and 81 racing (23 female and 58 male), plus 38 biking (5 female and 33 male). Finishing times in minutes and seconds; hours, minutes and seconds. Class finish listed in parentheses after name and age. The 1.86-mile course rose 3,140 vertical feet from the Warm Springs ski run bridge—elevation 5,880 feet—to the top of Baldy—elevation 9,020 feet. Course records prior to the event: Michael Tobin 35:11 in 1989 and Morgan Arritola 41:34 in 2006.
FEMALE RACERS
1—Hether Holter, 38 (1) 48:25
2-Muffy Ritz, 51 (1) 51:25
3-Rebecca Rusch, 40 (1) 51:43
4-Charlotte Alexander, 56 (2) 52:34
5-Tizz Miller, 40 (2) 53:03
6-Annelies Ware, 39 (2) 53:09
7-Gabriele Andersen, 63 (1) 55:26
8-Tricia Swartling, 42 (3) 55:58
9-Sara Schroeder, 23 (1) 56:18
10-Claudia Hattrup, 40 (4) 57:27
11-Laura Theis, 25 (2) 59:13
12-Valerie Thomson, 41 (5) 1.02:03
13-Maranda Stopol, 13 (1) 1.02:09
14-Dawn Hofheimer, 45 (6) 1.02:47
15-Jane McClure, 52 (3) 1.02:55
16-Joanne Zwingenberg, 47 (7) 1.03:10
17-Melissa Klebanoff, 51 (4) 1.06:40
18-Ashley Hunter, 40 (8) 1.07:55
19-Deanna Schrell, 58 (5) 1.18:24
20-Sue Conner, 48 (9) 1.22:00
21-JoAnn Levy, 68 (2) 1.38:03
22-Amber Branch, 38 (3) 1.38:40
23-Tracey Caraluzzi, 51 (6) 1.39:29
MALE RACERS
1—Miles Fink-Debray, 20 (1) 37:29
2-Whit Albright, 38 (1) 39:30
3-Hannes Achhorner, 29 (2) 42:59
4-Richard Mull, 56 (1) 43:07
5-Bill Nurge, 46 (1) 43:41
6-Adam Greene, 28 (3) 45:18
7-Del Pletcher, 64 (1) 46:08
8-Grady Burnett, 46 (2) 47:28
9-Andy Jones-Wilkins, 41 (3) 47:44
10-Jim Bradford, 57 (2) 47:51
11-John Kearney Jr., 34 (2) 48:15
12-Jeff Roth, 43 (4) 48:39
13-Jon Holmquist, 55 (3) 49:33
14-Daniel Olson, 50 (4) 49:53
15-Cameron Lloyd, 28 (4) 50:04
16-John Tormey, 42 (5) 50:15
17-Jeff London, 32 (3) 50:22
18-Chris Williams, 43 (6) 50:35
19-Harlan Collins, 15 (1) 51:20
20-Cleve Johnson, 57 (5) 51:31
21-Brett Morris, 34 (4) 51:55
22-Dan Young, 46 (7) 52:12
23-Todd Dunham, 29 (5) 52:47
24-Michael Radford, 16 (2) 54:11
25-Paul Kenny, 55 (6) 54:33
26-Mike Graham, 29 (6) 54:52
27-Travis Zerba, 34 (5) 55:18
28-Shea Andersen, 36 (6) 55:24
29-Michael Dunham, 59 (7) 55:25
30-Willie Adicoff, 17 (3) 55:45
31-Marc Driver, 41 (8) 56:10
32-Nate Scales, 36 (7) 56:29
33-Hector Ocampo, 30 (8) 58:12
34-Nate Schwing, 29 (7) 58:29
35-Walter Gilbert III, 33 (9) 58:58
36-Chad Stansberry, 29 (8) 59:10
37-Julian Tyo, 24 (9) 59:39
38-Lucas Vorsteveld, 17 (4) 1.00:23
39-Raliegh Jensen, 68 (2) 1.01:26
40-Hans Muehlegger, 68 (3) 1.02:16
41-Stephen Poklemba, 49 (9) 1.03:58
42-Scott J. Smith, 17 (5) 1.04:45
43-Andrew McKean, 14 (6) 1.05:47
44-Emmett Say, 11 (1) 1.06:31
45-Chris Campbell, 44 (10) 1.06:56
46-Cameron Lickle, 27 (10) 1.07:44
47-John McGrew, 63 (4) 1.07:56
48-Taylor Adler, 12 (2) 1.09:14
49-Ty Reinemann, 13 (7) 1.09:29
50-Roger Mankus, 51 (8) 1.10:19
51-Jake Adicoff, 13 (8) 1.11:04
52-Sam Adicoff, 49 (11) 1.12:21
53-Dan Davison, 28 (11) 1.12:38
54-Ed Miller, 61 (5) 1.16:01
55-Che Alvarez, 31 (10) 1.17:16
56-Mike Nathan, 54 (9) 1.20:03
57-Kenneth McKean, 47 (12) 1.26:57
58-Adam Vorsteveld, 13 (9) 1.31:43
FEMALE HIKERS
1—Jennifer Schwartz, 38 51:35
2-Andie Johnson, 56 53:29
3-Sarah Latham, 29 55:48
4-Svea Grover, 35 57:31
5-Kim Nalen, 52 58:54
6-Jennett Zimmerman 1.00:11
7-Katie Nasvik, 37 1.04:16
8-Susan Crist, 53 1.04:40
9-Katrina Collins, 47 1.04:59
10-Claudia Gaeddert, 44 1.05:36
11-Liz Roquet, 39 1.05:46
12-Diana Wadsack, 61 1.06:08
13-Penny Eagan, 55 1.06:20
14-Kristen Morton, 42 1.07:34
15-Sara Gorham, 54 1.07:53
16-Lisa Dirksmeier, 46 1.08:29
17-Lacie Hernandez, 29 1.09:55
18-Johnna Pletcher, 57 1.10:33
19-Laurie Leman, 55 1.10:35
20-Trish Klahr, 50 1.13:37
21-Lindsay Smith, 28 1.14:22
22-Regina Korby 1.14:30
23-Karen Taylor, 63 1.15:34
24-Christine Dans-Jeffers, 36 1.16:55
25-Calista Carter 1.17:05
26-Tricia Wood, 56 1.17:49
27-Lindsy Newman, 26 1.18:23
28-Kristin Biggins, 46 1.19:08
29-Summer Smith, 29 1.20:05
30-Kelly Martin, 47 1.20:42
31-Kathleen Wygle, 60 1.21:16
32-Eva DeWolfe, 42 1.22:46
33-Cecilia Munoz 1.22:52
34-Jenna Nurge, 7 1.23:32
35-Lori Nurge, 43 1.23:55
36-Karlee Stagg, 16 1.24:42
37-Ann Scales, 61 1.27:11
38-Kathy Lynn, 63 1.27:46
39-Joan Curtis 1.28:33
40-Pam Almquist, 52 1.28:42
41-Wanda Cole, 52 1.29:01
42-Coral Gehrke, 29 1.32:48
43-Sophia DeWolfe, 13 1.37:55
44-Karen Mott, 48 1.40:10
45-Shannon Daley, 36 1.41:45
46-Marsha Edwards, 50 1.42:59
47-Tina Wise, 49 1.46:07
48-Slow Butt, 51 1.50:39
49-Andrea Galbraith, 33 2.12:11
50-Josie Arias, 60 2.15:50
51-Jean Kapolnek, 48 2.39:32
MALE HIKERS
1—David Currier, 56 48:22
2-Will Harder, 12 53:03
3-John Summers, 51 54:51
4-Tom White, 37 58:15
5-Alex Higgins, 63 59:07
6-Todd Carney, 21 59:17
7-Dave Butterfield, 49 59:45
8-Jim Field, 54 1.01:33
9-Andrew McKaige, 50 1.03:16
10-Tom Logan, 38 1.04:05
11-Nate Nasvik, 12 1.04:14
12-Karl Wadsack, 63 1.05:10
13-Cooper Roquet, 9 1.05:36
14-Rick Taylor, 62 1.06:30
15-Cole Caulkins, 13 1.09:49
16-Mike Fitzgerald, 55 1.10:21
17-Matt Fishman, 23 1.10:40
18-Nathan Schroeder, 23 1.10:47
19-George Kirk 1.11:26
20-Peter Maier, 67 1.11:32
21-Paul Randolph, 67 1.11:51
22-William Caton, 60 1.12:06
23-Jason Brickley, 38 1.12:18
24-Walt Tabler, 50 1.12:28
25-Nick Bowen, 16 1.13:03
26-Christopher Brown, 47 1.13:15
27-Jed Gray, 59 1.14:56
28-Alex Bush, 24 1.16:46
29-Cameron Cassidy, 23 1.16:47
30-Tom Wise, 50 1.17:12
31-Roger Crist, 69 1.17:29
32-Max Tanous, 10 1.17:57
33-Lukas DeWolfe, 10 1.18:00
34-Jim DeWolfe, 51 1.18:02
35-Barry Irwin, 53 1.18:50
36-Landon Nurge, 8 1.19:12
37-Don Nurge, 44 1.19:13
38-Johnny Bolton, 58 1.19:16
39-Charlie Harder, 14 1.19:20
40-Bob Morris, 65 1.19:33
41-Patrick McConnell, 23 1.20:51
42-Hayden Cowden, 10 1.21:26
43-Kristian DeWolfe, 10 1.22:11
44-Griffin Curtis, 11 1.22:47
45-James Keating, 38 1.24:16
46-Pat Murphy, 61 1.25:04
47-John Bailey, 66 1.25:51
48-James Newman, 52 1.26:05
49-Andy Parnes, 62 1.26:23
50-Alan Pennay, 71 1.26:37
51-Tom Keenan, 54 1.33:42
52-Logan Shipley, 13 1.34:40
53-Rocket Stickney, 13 1.34:59
54-Chip Mills, 64 1.35:21
55-Jack Seiller, 10 1.37:29
56-John Seiller, 41 1.37:30
57-Brian Galbraith, 34 2.12:09
58-Ron Kapolnek, 50 2.39:32
MALE BIKING RACE
1—Cody Peterson, 29 (1) 1.07:50
2-Lars-Erik Johnson, 38 (1) 1.09:14
3-Matt Luhn, 45 (1) 1.10:23
4-Steve Butler, 47 (2) 1.11:19
5-Bill Nurge, 46 (3) 1.11:44
6-Eric Chizum, 29 (2) 1.14:13
7-Marc Driver, 41 (4) 1.16:03
8-Eric Rector, 45 (5) 1.17:04
9-Lee Roquet, 39 (2) 1.19:19
10-Reed Melton, 40 (6) 1.19:27
11-Blair Clark, 50 (1) 1.20:23
12-Chris O'Donnell, 37 (3) 1.21:15
13-Travis Zerba, 34 (4) 1.21:17
14-Jeff Roth, 43 (7) 1.21:42
15-Austin Bourret, 16 (1) 1.22:57
16-Nate Scales, 36 (5) 1.23:07
17-Robert Schwing, 26 (3) 1.23:24
18-Eric Coury, 32 (6) 1.23:31
19-Jim Santa, 47 (8) 1.24:59
20-Shea Andersen, 36 (7) 1.26:29
21-John Kearney Jr., 34 (8) 1.26:41
22-Greg Martin, 36 (9) 1.30:29
23-Baird Gourlay, 50 (2) 1.32:18
24-Jim McClatchy, 55 (3) 1.33:36
25-Kyle Kunz, 50 (4) 1.34:22
26-Hans Muehlegger, 68 (1) 1.35:47
27-Roger Mankus, 51 (5) 1.36:12
28-Jon Gilmout, 29 (4) 1.38:35
29-Willie Coke, 38 (10) 1.42:01
30-John Johnston, 37 (11) 1.44:13
31-Dave Wheelock, 56 (6) 1.46:42
32-Nello Busdon, 71 (1) 2.01:10
33-Tullio Celano, 65 (2) 2.20:13
BALDY DOUBLE, MALE
1—Bill Nurge, 46 (1) 1.55:25
2-Jeff Roth, 43 (2) 2.10:21
3-Marc Driver, 41 (3) 2.12:13
4-John Kearney Jr., 34 (1) 2.14:56
5-Travis Zerba, 34 (2) 2.16:35
6-Nate Scales, 36 (3) 2.19:36
7-Shea Andersen, 36 (4) 2.21:53
8-Hans Muehlegger, 68 (1) 2.38:03
9-Roger Mankus, 51 (1) 2.46:31
FEMALE BIKING RACE
1—Rebecca Rusch, 40 (1) 1.19:26
2-Claudia Hattrup, 40 (2) 1.24:24
3-India Wysong, 34 (1) 1.26:54
4-Lori Nakaoka, 45 (3) 2.35:07
5-Annie Weber, 40 (4) 2.38:37
BALDY DOUBLE, FEMALE
1—Rebecca Rusch, 40 (1) 2.11:09
2-Claudia Hattrup, 40 (2) 2.21:51
TIME IMPROVEMENTS OVER 2007
Racers—Todd Dunham 6:58, Hether Holter 5:50, Jake Adicoff 4:53, Brett Morris 4:24, Michael Dunham 4:02, Sam Adicoff 3:37, Cleve Johnson 3:00, Julian Tyo 2:29, John McGrew 2:23, Muffy Ritz 2:11, Raliegh Jensen 2:04, Jim Bradford 1:59, Grady Burnett 0:46, Dan Young 0:35, Whit Albright 0:13.
Hikers—Marsha Edwards 15:48, Diana Wadsack 12:44, Cole Caulkins 11:48, Karl Wadsack 10:58, Karlee Stagg 7:06, Alex Higgins 5:16, Jed Gray 3:55 and Peter Maier 2:24. Dave Butterfield had the exact same time as last year.
HISTORY
1979—54 finishers
Greg Stone 40:50
Gabriele Andersen (20th) 49:43
1980—48 finishers
Dave Bingham 38:17
Gabriele Andersen (14th) 47:28
1981—60 finishers
Dave Bingham 40:31
Jane Reynolds (18th tie) 50:36
1982—71 finishers
Craig Kjesbo 40:29
E.J. Harpham (35th) 51:28
1983—72 finishers
Michael Tobin 38:44
Ruthie Matthes (18th) 46:54
1984—82 finishers
Michael Tobin 39:59
Susie Patterson (6th) 42:49
1985—59 finishers
Michael Tobin 38:00
Cindy Zapponi (19th) 46:10
1986—54 finishers
Michael Tobin 35:36
Susie Patterson (7th) 44:26
1987—74 finishers
Thane Lever 39:00
Will Raff 39:00
Alison Kiesel (25th) 48:39
1988—95 finishers
Michael Tobin 37:16
Adrienne Leugers (23rd) 47:37
1989—106 finishers
Michael Tobin 35:11
Dawn Farmer (34th) 48:46
1990—87 finishers (River Run)
Kevin Sweeney 49:34
Adrienne Leugers (10th) 56:52
1991—150 finishers
Kevin Sweeney 37:30
Adrienne Leugers (19th) 46:22
1992—147 finishers
Bill Nurge 36:32
Muffy Ritz (30th) 49:06
1993—124 finishers
Adam Heaney 37:30
Kelly O'Neill (28th) 52:56
1994—120 finishers
Adam Heaney 38:49
Jane Hoopes (17th) 48:19
1995—230 finishers
Danny Albright 38:59
Adrienne Leugers (20th) 45:46
1996—213 finishers
Karl Van Calcar 38:22
Adrienne Leugers (7th) 45:57
1997—299 finishers
Bill Nurge 39:12
Kelly McCann (15th) 45:02
1998—213 finishers
Bill Nurge 38:45
Jen Douglas (8th) 42:46
1999—209 finishers
Robert Whitney 35:52
Adrienne Leugers (14th) 44:19
2000—176 finishers
Bill Nurge 38:49
Adrienne Leugers (9th) 44:21
2001—185 finishers
Whitney Albright 37:40
Adrienne Leugers (12th) 44:23
2002—173 finishers
Ryan Schmidt 37:15
Adrienne Leugers (18th) 44:55
2003—187 finishers
Ryan Schmidt 36:28
Adrienne Leugers (21st) 44:26
2004—196 finishers
Whitney Albright 37:03
Adrienne Leugers (12th) 42:43
2005—163 finishers
Whitney Albright 36:56
Jenny Tobin (8th) 41:56
2006—170 finishers
Miles Fink-Debray 35:31
Morgan Arritola (12th) 41:34
2007—131 finishers
Miles Fink-Debray 36:31
Morgan Arritola (13th) 41:40
2008—192 racing/hiking finishers
Miles Fink-Debray 37:29
Hether Holter (12th) 48:25
2008—38 biking finishers
Cody Peterson 1.07:50
Rebecca Rusch (10th) 1.19:26
2008—11 Baldy Double finishers
Bill Nurge 1.55:25
Rebecca Rusch (3rd) 2.11:09
