September 26, 2009, the 31st annual benefit activity presented by the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation's Junior Nordic ski team. A total 226 finishers to the top—126 hiking (51 female and 75 male) and 100 racing (30 female and 70 male). Finishing times in minutes and seconds; hours, minutes and seconds. Class finish listed in parentheses after name. 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—Adrienne Leugers (1) 45:04
2-Morgan Arritola (1) 45:46
3—Hether Holter (1) 47:13
4-Kelly Allison (1) 47:51
5-Kim Taylor (2) 51:42
6-Marta DeWolfe-Larsen (1) 51:51
7-Cindy Moulton (2) 54:03
8-Susan Robinson (3) 55:01
9-Gabriele Andersen (1) 56:52
10-Laura Johnson (3) 57:34
11-Robin Potts (4) 59:04
12-Tiffany Larson (5) 1.00:38
13-Sara Schroeder (2) 1.00:51
14-Valerie Thomson (6) 1.01:19
15-Anne Marie Gardner (7) 1.02:43
16-Gretchen Flint (8) 1.03:54
17-Eva Dewolfe (9) 1.04:36
18-Julie Lafleur (10) 1.05:11
19-Joanne Zwingenberg (11) 1.05:29
20-Annelies Ware (12) 1.08:20
21-Lucy Bourret (13) 1.08:30
22-Gloria Kimball (4) 1.08:31
23-Brenda Spackman (5) 1.13:13
24-Kelly Martin (14) 1.15:34
25-Summer Smith (2) 1.18:25
26-Carol Mutzel (6) 1.21:10
27-Tory Canfield (3) 1.24:06
28-Joanne Davis (1) 1.29:59
29-Amy Landis (7) 1.39:30
29-Annika Landis (1) 1.39:30
DNF-Claudia Hattrup and Shauna Unser
MALE RACERS
1—Miles Fink-Debray (1) 36:31
2-Jon Engen (1) 39:22
3-Eric Forte (1) 41:05
4-Hannes Achhorner (1) 42:42
5-Bill Nurge (2) 42:45
6-Whit Albright (2) 42:53
7-Adam Greene (2) 45:18
8-Daniel Sundali (1) 45:32
9-Scott Tucker (3) 46:09
10-Brandon Wade (2) 46:56
11-Del Pletcher (1) 46:59
12-Dave Harrison (4) 47:07
13-Andy Jones-Wilkins (5) 47:12
14-Steve Dondero (3) 47:19
15-Will Harder (3) 48:09
16-Grady Burnett (6) 48:33
17—Ray Liermann (2) 48:47
18-John Kearney Jr. (4) 49:31
19—Rick Knoebel (3) 49:53
20-Daniel Olson (4) 50:15
21-Eric Chizum (5) 52:04
22-Dan Daigh (5) 52:27
23-Sean Petersen (7) 52:32
24-Fuzzy Dunlop (8) 53:09
25-Jon Gove (9) 54:03
26-Dylan Welcome (3) 54:10
27-Josh Pfiester (6) 54:24
28-Cleve Johnson (6) 54:35
28-John Summers (6) 54:35
30-Walter Gilbert (7) 54:52
31-Dan Moulton (10) 55:02
32-Henry Raff (1) 55:13
33-Will Raff (8) 55:14
34-John Morrison (8) 55:17
35-Chris Corwin (9) 55:52
36-Michael Dunham (2) 56:02
37-Jon Holmquist (9) 56:30
38-Don Cunningham (11) 56:40
39-Brian Dirksmeier (12) 56:52
40-Joe Wojcik (13) 57:50
41-Kristian Solvang (10) 58:12
42-James Yeomalt (11) 58:14
43-Tom Teitge (3) 58:19
44-Greg Thomson (10) 58:41
45-Josh Kantor (4) 59:56
46-Tom Pomeroy (11) 1.00:07
47-Gordon Player (4) 1.00:09
48-Matthew Siegel (12) 1.00:14
49-Emmett Say (2) 1.00:26
50-Nate Scales (13) 1.00:27
51-Scott Curtis (12) 1.00:41
52-Cameron Lloyd (5) 1.00:51
53-Dick Kolbrener (5) 1.00:53
54-James Gillespie (14) 1.01:08
55-Chad Stansberry (14) 1.01:55
56-Roger Mankus (13) 1.03:23
57-Daniel Pastick (14) 1.04:26
58-Michael Stoneback (15) 1.05:00
59-Reider Oyen (15) 1.05:21
60-Landon Nurge (3) 1.07:17
61-Don Nurge (16) 1.07:18
62-Jim Toohey (1) 1.08:31
63-Dylan Carroll (4) 1.09:32
64-John Mills (6) 1.11:16
65-Jeff Enos (16) 1.11:39
66-Brian Cluggish (17) 1.14:32
67-Gary Tickner (18) 1.18:25
68-Doug Hulse (19) 1.19:38
69-Mike Nathan (17) 1.19:39
70-Che Alvarez (15) 1.21:52
DNF-Will Long and Sean Stephens
FEMALE HIKERS
1—Jennifer Schwartz 50:12
2-E.J. Harpham 54:21
3-Tizz Miller 56:04
4-Katie Nasvik 56:21
5-Kristen Lindfors 1.03:28
6-Kelly Bird 1.05:54
7-Kathryn McNeal 1.07:04
8-Elana King-Nakaoka 1.07:37
9-Diana Wadsack 1.08:58
10-Sue Engelmann 1.10:29
11-Molly Meyers 1.10:44
12-Jennett Zimmerman 1.11:45
13-Jane Cunningham 1.12:01
14-Vicky Johnston 1.12:39
15-Katie Feldman 1.13:48
16-Kandy Blackburn 1.14:17
17-Jenna Nurge 1.14:51
18-Whitney McNees 1.15:02
19-Josie Allison 1.15:21
20-Sunny Poppler 1.15:22
21-Sarah Williams 1.16:05
22-Kelly Feldman 1.16:17
23-Cindy Dondero 1.16:27
24-Christine Nibley 1.16:38
25-Beth Grinstead 1.18:58
26-Linda Wiedemann 1.20:34
27-Wanda Cole 1.20:53
28-Tricia Wood 1.21:01
29-Melissa Brown 1.21:32
30-Arden Hoffman 1.21:58
31-Katie Matteson 1.22:15
32-Vicki Wiseman 1.22:15
33-Cassi Samway 1.24:42
34-Courtney Gilbert 1.25:14
35-Lindsy Newman 1.29:06
36-Lenore Carroll 1.31:21
37-Ann Scales 1.32:09
38-Kate Nichols 1.33:21
39-Lauren Tyler 1.33:53
40-JoAnn Levy 1.33:53
41-Kristen Galles 1.35:11
42-Barbara LaPorte 1.38:57
43-Amy Hulse 1.39:36
44-Coral Gehrke 1.39:38
45-Ann Bertell 1.40:23
46-Amanda Palan 1.48:58
47-Chayenne Stopol 1.49:00
48-Juli Roos 1.51:58
49-Tina Wise 2.28:11
50-Molly Burrell 2.40:10
51-Donna Fowler 2.45:45
DNF-Jean Kapolnek
MALE HIKERS
1—David Currier 48:46
2-Craig Meyers 49:45
3-Nathan Nasvik 53:56
4-Nate Thomas 54:04
5-Tim Brown 54:44
6-Brian Webber 58:52
7-Bill Sundali 59:58
8-Dave Hennessy 1.00:22
9-Alex Higgins 1.00:51
10-David Butterfield 1.01:02
11-Tim Silva 1.01:14
12-Marc Corney 1.01:22
13-Robert Reeder 1.02:30
14-Jason Brickley 1.02:52
15-Matt Fishman 1.03:03
16-Kim Wheelwright 1.03:48
17-Tom Moss 1.04:29
18-David Karlsen 1.06:31
19-Karl Wadsack 1.06:47
20-Whit Atkinson 1.06:54
21-Alex Wiedemann 1.06:55
22-Bob Lane 1.07:18
23-Christopher Brown 1.07:56
24-Ron Fairfax 1.08:22
25-Andrew McKean 1.08:47
26-Rick Filkins 1.08:57
27-Neil Bradshaw 1.09:46
28-Marshall McInnis 1.09:46
29-Dick Couch 1.09:48
30-Walter Tabler 1.10:03
31-Paul Randolph 1.10:06
32-Sam Adicoff 1.10:43
33-Jim Wood 1.12:30
34-John Matteson 1.12:41
35-Chris McAvoy 1.13:01
36-Kristian DeWolfe 1.14:28
37-Mark Curwin 1.14:41
38-Mat Gershater 1.15:02
39-George Everitt 1.15:02
40-George Caton 1.15:06
41-Randy Flynn 1.16:02
42-James Miner 1.16:12
43-Sam East 1.16:12
44-Will Kress 1.16:24
45-Lukas DeWolfe 1.16:37
46-Alex Feldman 1.16:39
47-Jim DeWolfe 1.16:42
48-Jim Keating 1.16:44
49-Paul Willis 1.17:58
50-Pat Murphy 1.18:47
51-Tom Logan 1.24:06
52-Mark Carroll 1.25:13
53-Kenneth McKean 1.26:39
54-Jamie Everitt 1.27:54
55-Bob Shaw 1.29:26
56-Chuck Dellario 1.30:08
57-Chip Mills 1.31:07
58-Tom Keenan 1.31:49
59-Bruce Kaplan 1.32:00
60-Andy Parnes 1.32:07
61-Karl Nichols 1.33:21
62-Justin Ross 1.33:58
63-James Newman 1.38:13
64-Thomas Wise 1.38:43
65-Michael Doty 1.39:02
66-Paul Wassenaar 1.39:27
67-Dennis Wheeler 2.00:13
68-Andy Seiller 2.04:17
69-Jack Seiller 2.04:19
70-John Seiller 2.04:33
71-Charles Weaver 2.14:56
72-Dan Stahn 2.22:59
73-Roy Merrick 2.27:04
74-Darin Burrell 2.40:12
75-Doug Fowler 2.45:41
TIME IMPROVEMENTS OVER 2008
Racers—Roger Mankus 6:56, Emmett Say 6:05, Walter Gilbert 4:06, Hether Holter 1:12, Miles Fink-Debray 0:58, Bill Nurge 0:56, Valerie Thomson 0:44, Andy Jones-Wilkins 0:32, Mike Nathan 0:24 and Hannes Achhorner 0:17. Adam Greene's time was exactly the same as last year.
Hikers—Nate Nasvik 10:18, Jason Brickley 9:26, Jenna Nurge 8:41, Wanda Cole 8:08, Katie Nasvik 7:55, Kristian DeWolfe 7:43, Matt Fishman 7:37, Pat Murphy 6:17, Christopher Brown 5:19, Chip Mills 4:14, Walt Tabler 2:25, Tom Keenan 1:53, Jennifer Schwartz 1:23, Lukas DeWolfe 1:23 and Jim DeWolfe 1:20.
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
2009—226 racing/hiking finishers
Miles Fink-Debray 36:31
Adrienne Leugers (7th) 45:04
