Dec. 13, 2009, the 37th annual Winterstart cross-country citizen races starting at Galena Lodge 23 miles north of Ketchum—hosted by Galena Lodge, The Elephant's Perch, Blaine County Recreation District and the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation cross-country team. A total 78 skiers, 31 female and 47 male. Finishing times in minutes and seconds, age after name. Next Nordic races: The USSA-sanctioned Christmas Classic Sunday, Dec. 27 at the Lake Creek trail system. Check the svsef.org Website for more details.
9 KILOMETER
Galena Lodge to Prairie Creek
Female racers
1—Brooke Hovey, 37 26:22
2—Maranda Stopol, 15 27:38
3—Maggie Williams, 14 27:39
4—Laura Todd, 40 27:56
5—Sloan Storey, 15 28:02
6—Muffy Ritz, 52 28:06
7—Adrienne Leugers, 50 28:32
8—Morgan Atkinson, 16 28:47
9—Annie Pokorny, 16 29:35
10—Emily Williams, 16 29:47
11—Robin Potts, 48 30:36
12—Georgie Montgomery, 44 31:19
13—Erin Zell, 35 31:54
14—Susan Thoreson, 48 32:03
15—Sara Schroeder, 24 32:56
16—Stacey Straley, 48 33:07
17—Eva DeWolfe, 45 33:26
18—Tess O'Sullivan, 36 33:29
19—Katharine Sheldon, 52 33:44
20—Mia James, 35 33:45
21—Elana Nakaoka-King, 14 35:03
22—Brenda Spackman, 52 35:41
23—Brooke Lawrence, 14 35:56
24—Katherine Lee, 45 44:21
Also: Christine Nibley, 61, skied with style, and Paula Perry, 55, skied with grace.
Male racers
1—Danny Sundali, 17 23:44
2—Jon Engen, 52 24:31
3—Taylor Sundali, 20 24:38
4—Scott Schoen, 17 24:39
4—Will Spiller, 17 24:39
6—Brandon Wade, 16 24:40
7—Dave Knoop, 51 24:45
8—Will Northrop, 39 25:24
9—Andrew Pfeiffer, 16 25:48
10—Delamon Rego, 22 26:10
11—Jackson Long, 15 26:24
12—John Reuter, 25 26:26
13—Don Pollari, 48 26:36
14—Del Pletcher, 65 26:37
15—Gordon Lange, 53 26:47
16—Aaron Phillips, 35 26:50
17—Zach Lindahl, 15 27:01
18—Mark Gilbreath, 43 27:04
19—Jim Santa, 48 27:11
20—Jim McClatchy, 57 28:28
21—Mike Wolter, 44 28:29
21—Andy Andrews, 68 28:29
23—Don Shepler, 36 28:52
24—Jake Peters, 48 28:59
25—Ketchum Wilt, 14 29:11
26—Stephen Pfeiffer, 13 30:28
26—Bruce Rogers, 50 30:28
28—Gary Bowlin, 53 30:58
29—Jake Adicoff, 14 31:19
30—Jon Holmquist, 56 31:55
31—Jake Anderson, 17 32:07
32—Tullio Celano, 67 33:14
33—Alan Pitt, 45 33:17
34—Scott Montgomery, 48 34:10
35—Greg Thomas, 50 35:51
36—Keith Perry, 55 35:53
37—Peter Maier, 68 35:54
38—Bobby Noyes, 56 36:49
39—Sam East, 69 38:27
40—Tristan Pitt, 12 41:08
41—Sumner Pitt, 12 44:48
42—Will Hovey, 39 54:25
(chariot and 2 kids)
2 KILOMETER
Girls
1—Haley Montgomery, 13 5:18
2—Maddie Watts, 12 5:50
3—Kailey Wilt, 13 6:02
4—Cheyanne Stopol, 12 7:26
5—Emily Siegel, 11 7:33
Boys
1—Nate Thomas, 13 5:53
2—Zach Williams, 10 6:03
3—Ben Brunelle, 11 6:19
4—Peter Wolter, 11 6:50
5—Lukas DeWolfe, 11 6:55