It was close to a perfect day for the Sun Valley Ski Club's Billy Goat Loppet 11-kilometer race Saturday, Jan. 23. It went from Prairie Creek to Cathedral Pines in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
The race course was changed from Billy's Bridge at the beginning of last week, since organizers didn't know there would be quite a few storms and probably enough snow on the original course for Race Day.
But everyone seemed to enjoy the Harriman Trail course. It was certainly a good warm-up to the Wells Fargo Boulder Ski Tour Feb. 6.
Organizers expressed thanks to the sponsor Backwoods Mountain Sports along with Mountain Fairy for shuttling racers, Starbucks Coffee, Hammer Nutrition and Perry's for hot chocolate and goodies.
Check the Feb. 3 Local Life for more Billy Goat photos. The overall results follow:
Jan. 23, 2010, a total 75 skiers, 41 female and 34 male. Finishing times in minutes and seconds, with age listed after a racer's name.
11 KILOMETER
MALE
1—Del Pletcher, 65 30:36
2—Jim McClatchy, 57 31:13
3—Jim Santa, 49 31:47
4—Rick Knoebel, 56 33:17
5—Mike Wolter, 44 33:31
6—Andy Andrews, 68 33:57
7—Joshua Berry, 19 34:38
8—Pat Simpson, 58 35:05
9—John Seiller, 43 35:12
10—Jim Bradford, 58 35:32
11—Gary Bowlin, 53 35:51
12—Scott Mason, 49 35:52
13—Robert Disbrow, 67 36:11
14—Ian Moss, 49 36:20
15—Alex Margolin 36:50
16—John Gladics, 63 36:54
17—Daniel Pastick, 51 37:28
18—David McCormack, 51 37:34
19—Andy Hawley, 52 37:55
20—Tullio Celano, 67 38:27
21—Keith Perry, 55 38:30
22—Ed Miller, 62 38:44
23—Marc Driver, 42 39:03
24—Eric Giles, 40 39:59
25—Peter Maier, 69 40:05
26—Chris Bigelow, 42 40:51
27—Sam East, 69 42:14
28—Roger Miller, 66 42:17
29—Jeff Jones, 47 42:36
30—Taylor Koth, 10 45:48
31—Charlie Peterson, 73 46:00
32—Nathan Fierman, 62 46:06
33—Jon Moses, 47 46:55
FEMALE
1—Adrienne Leugers, 50 32:23
2—Liv Jensen, 38 33:07
3—Muffy Ritz, 52 33:16
4—Kelly Allison, 48 33:42
5—E.J. Harpham, 53 35:04
6—Tricia Swartling, 44 35:30
7—India Wysong, 36 35:54
8—Anne Marie Gardner, 46 35:56
9—Kim Kawaguchi, 48 35:57
10—Mia James, 35 36:04
11—Robin Potts, 48 36:11
12—Laura Theis, 26 37:14
13—Katherine Sheldon, 52 37:35
14—Linda McClatchy, 61 37:36
15—Britt Johnston, 43 38:38
16—Sue Engelmann, 51 39:34
17—Stacey Straley, 48 40:12
18—Brenda Spackman, 52 41:08
19—Laura Johnson, 51 42:34
20—Kate Walker, 32 42:53
21—Lucy Bourret 43:16
22—Gloria Kimball, 53 43:18
23—Lynn Chaldu 43:53
24—Nancie Krankkala, 48 44:47
25—Kelly Martin, 48 44:48
26—Veronique Forgeat, 40 44:53
27—Suzanne Walsh 46:12
28—Marcia Grabow 46:30
29—Alice Sherbow, 49 47:21
30—Denise Blahut, 47 47:57
31—Kailey Wilt, 13 48:40
32—Heidi Watanabe, 46 48:41
33—Julie Moses, 46 51:06
34—Two Armed Bandit I, 50 51:52
35—Jennifer Hawley, 51 52:14
36—Jennett Zimmerman, 35 54:59
37—One Armed Bandit II, 61 55:28
38—JoAnn Levy, 69 57:12
39—C. Berniece Cano, 35 57:46
40—Towen Berkeley, 39 58:54
41—Paula Perry, 55 59:13
DNF—Marsha Edwards
Mike Wolter skied to fifth place in the men’s 11-kilometer race. Photo by David N. Seelig
