Jan. 3, 2009, the Prairie Creek Snowmaker cross-country races north of Ketchum—sponsored by The Elephant's Perch of Ketchum. A total 101 skiers, 47 female and 54 male. Most of the 2-kilometer racers were on the SVSEF junior team. Finishing times in minutes and seconds, with age listed after a racer's name.
15 KILOMETER
Male
1—Owen Hanley, 30 48:03
2—Eric Jensen, 35 49:41
3—Daniel Sundali, 17 50:54
4—Petter Northug, 18 51:15
5—Tor Arne Hetland, 18 52:36
6—Joe Jensen, 41 52:52
7—Scott Tucker, 46 54:52
8—Sam Young, 32 55:41
9—Will Northrop, 39 55:44
10—Del Pletcher, 61 56:59
11—Jim McClatchy, 56 58:10
12—Rick Knoebel, 55 58:16
13—David Grundy, 23 58:35
14—Sean O'Shea, 40 1.01:29
15—Mike Weber, 56 1.02:04
16—Mike Wolter, 43 1.02:13
17—Claude Cody, 58 1.04:05
18—Brian Elkins, 53 1.04:27
19—Jon Holmquist, 55 1.04:31
20—Michael Dunham, 59 1.05:38
21—Hans Muehlegger, 68 1.06:32
22—Jeff Cramer, 41 1.08:26
23—Pat Simpson, 57 1.14:43
24—Raliegh Jensen, 68 1.17:10
25—Tulleo Celano, 66 1.18:15
26—Tom Pomeroy, 56 1.18:33
27—Alan Pitt, 44 1.20:18
28—Roger Miller, 65 1.22:53
29—Chris Johnson, 35 1.25:05
30—Charley French, 82 1.26:15
DNF—Sam Farnham
Female
1—Adrienne Leugers, 56 1.02:02
2—Muffy Ritz, 51 1.02:41
3—Gabriele Andersen, 63 1.04:51
4—Susan Thoreson, 48 1.08:51
5—Linda McClatchy, 59 1.10:38
6—Kim Nalen, 52 1.20:47
7—Lili Simpson, 55 1.20:52
7.5 KILOMETER
Male
1—Brandon Wade, 15 26:09
2—Torin Tucker, 15 26:12
3—Jackson Long, 14 29:36
4—Zachary Lindahl, 14 29:40
5—Ketchum Wilt, 14 31:26
6—Greg Wilt, 45 32:01
7—Mike Herlinger, 39 32:21
8—Andy Andrews, 67 33:04
9—Ed Millan, 61 37:37
10—Peter Maier, 68 46:33
Female
1—Hilary Patzer, 29 29:57
2—Courtney Hamilton, 17 30:53
3—Emily Williams, 15 32:29
4—Maggie Williams, 13 32:40
5—Maranda Stopol, 14 32:43
6—Claire Bowman, 16 32:50
7—Keller Gibson, 17 35:24
8—Rebecca Rusch, 40 35:26
9—Jessica Jensen, 34 36:42
10—Kaitlyn Landis, 14 38:29
11—Katharine Sheldon, 51 39:22
12—Lindy Cogan, 47 41:28
13—Carol Severa, 51 41:43
14—Joni Cashman, 54 42:14
15—Barb Kerr, 47 44:39
16—Louise Wilson Noyes, 59 45:14
17—Kathy Lee, 44 46:19
18—Marilyn Celano, 57 46:35
19—Laura Hubbard 46:47
20—Karen Simpson, 47 47:04
21—Shannon Paley, 36 49:29
22—Ann Scales, 61 55:25
23—Ethel Mertz, 47 58:31
24—Lucille Ball, 47 58:42
25—Gretchen Gorham, 43 1.06:38
25—Grace Gorham, 11 1.06:38
27—Mary Malkmus, 70 1.11:27
28—Kathy Noble, 63 1.15:09
29—Becky Smith, 69 1.26:18
30—Candy Forstmann, 69 1.27:50
2 KILOMETER
Girls
1—Kailey Wilt, 13 4:53
2—Katie Feldman, 12 4:57
3—Sarah Williams, 13 5:07
4—Montana Tucker, 12 5:15
5—Brooke Lawrence, 13 5:28
6—Tristan Pitt, 11 5:29
7—Elana King-Nakaoka, 13 5:31
8—Cheyanne Stopol, 12 5:49
9—Eve Jensen, 8 7:23
10—Emma Kerr, 8 7:45
Boys
1—Stephen Pfeiffer, 13 4:26
2—Ty Reinemann, 13 4:27
3—Jake Adicoff, 13 4:40
4—Drew Morse, 12 4:52
5—Tyler Spence, 13 4:53
5—Nathan Nasvik, 12 4:53
7—Eli Jensen, 10 4:55
8—Nick Krekow, 12 5:09
9—Zach Williams, 9 5:45
10—Peter Wolter, 10 5:55
11—Xavier Haemmerle, 11 5:57
12—Sumner Pitt, 11 6:07
13—Taylor Koth, 9 6:09
14—Alex Feldman, 10 6:24