Rotarun Ski Club hosted the annual Arkoosh Cup ski race Saturday, Jan. 30 and had a great showing of 127 young racers on a sunny day. Organizers thanked the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation coaching staff and volunteers.
Maddie Ferris and Hunter Diehl clocked the fastest times of the day for the eight-and-under course. This year's Arkoosh Cup trophy winners for the fastest 11-12 year-old boy and girl went to Samantha Busby (24.80 seconds) and Kyle Maxwell (24.62).
Next Rotarun race is the annual Slush Cup on Saturday, Feb. 13, for kids 12-and-under. Registration is from 8:30-10 a.m. with racing at 11 a.m. To register call Sarah at 788-1173 or email her at sarahb@rotarun.
Top Arkoosh Cup results by class:
Girls 4-and-under: 1—Kelby Whitehead 21.66. 2—Laura Daves 22.62. 3—Huntley Nabors 22.80. 4—Inez Kraynick 32.90.
Boys 4-and-under: 1—Gavin Beste 21.10. 2—Anton Holter 21.92. 3—Abel Marx 23.71. 4—Zephyr Carruth 24.10.
Girls 5-6: 1—Jess Blackburn 25.44. 2—Tatum Minor 27.87. 3—Lola Street 28.09. 4—Hanna Ferris 28.46. 5—Frankie Rippo 31.48.
Boys 5-6: 1—Slater Whitehead 20.64. 2—Jett Carruth 21.32. 3—Eli Fuller 22.03. 4—Jesse Keefe 26.18. 5—Aidan Long 35.18.
Girls 7-8, Non-Ski Team: 1—Sage Curtis 25.37. 2—Anja Jensen 25.46. 3—Molly Kucher 27.37. 4—Marit Kaiser 28.23.
Boys 7-8, Non-Ski Team: 1—Hunter Diehl 25.00. 2—Josh Blackburn 25.39. 3—Charlie Snyder 27.62. 4—Ethan Marx 28.21. 5—Alex Sanders 28.54.
Girls 7-8, Ski Team: 1—Maddie Ferris 23.70. 2—Lilly Fitzgerald 25.00. 3—Laine Allison 25.83. 4—Alli Rathfon 27.19. 5—Lucca Vernoy 27.22.
Boys 7-8, Ski Team: 1—Buey Grossman 25.04. 2—Fletcher Stumph 25.09. 3—William Everitt 25.92. 4—Shaw Dean 26.43. 5—Beck Ritzel 26.83.
Girls 9-10, Non-Ski Team: 1—Kaia Jensen 31.87.
Boys 9-10, Non-Ski Team: 1—Barrett Ott 31.87. 2—Lucas Beste 33.06.
Girls 9-10, Ski Team: 1—Molly Milgard 26.63. 2—Katelyn Rathfon 27.06. 3—Sage Rheinschild 27.16. 4—Bailey Holter 31.75. 5—Libby Kaiser 31.96.
Boys 9-10, Ski Team: 1—Kobe Tamura 25.57. 2—Matteo Jorgenson 26.14. 3—Jake Blackburn 26.80. 4—Tobias Verheijen 27.42. 5—Charlie Stumph 28.00.
Girls 11-12, Non-Ski Team: 1—Olivia Ott 38.25. 2—Blake Letourneau.
Boys 11-12, Non-Ski Team: 1—Drake Vernoy 30.73.
Girls 11-12, Ski Team: 1—Samantha Busby 24.80 .2—Megan Murphy 25.87. 3—Lexi Black 26.01. 4—Josie Allison 26.42. 5—Olivia Wentzell 26.51.
Boys 11-12, Ski Team: 1—Kyle Maxwell 24.62. 2—Austin Savaria 25.39. 3—Yuri McClure 25.59. 4—Taylor Cooper 25.63. 5—Will Snyder 25.69.
Weisel collects two silvers in Wright GS
Second-year J3 (ages 13-14) Kipling Weisel of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF) pulled off two second-place finishes in the David Wright Memorial giant slaloms staged Jan. 30-31 in Utah.
Weisel placed second 1.80 seconds and 1.29 seconds behind Park City Ski Team racer Peter Papineau Jr. in the Intermountain Division J3 qualifying races on CB's run at Park City Mountain Resort.
It turned out to be a good weekend for Sun Valley J3s, with Ben Kanellitsas earning a podium spot in third place Saturday and KJ Savaria coming back with a third Sunday.
There were 14 SVSEF racers in the field of 54 men and 46 women from Idaho, Utah and Woming. Top GS placings for the weekend were:
J3 men: 2—Kipling Weisel. 3—Ben Kanellitsas and KJ Savaria. 12—Cole Caulkins. 20—William Harder. 21—Tanner Josey. 23—Taylor Adler. 27—Lane Coulthard.
J3 women: 5—Marlow Mizer. 10—Sofia DeWolfe. 14—Jordan Fitzgerald. 26—Natalie Bunting. 27—Marcia Smith. 36—Chloe Francois.
Older skiers at Mammoth
Miles Sweek, 16, and Teagen Palmer led eight SVSEF alpine racers at the Western Region FIS Devo Speed Series Jan. 27-31 at Mammoth Mt., Ca.
Sweek's best finish was seventh place of 85 skiers in Sunday's downhill. He finished in the top 16 in all four races. Palmer cracked the top 25 in all four races among 67 women.
SVSEF men: Miles Sweek 16-SG, 15-SG, 7-DH, 10-DH; Tanner Farrow 59-SG, 61-SG, 21-DH, DNF-DH; Harlan Collins 54-SG, 59-SG, 43-DH, 46-DH; and Connor Farrow 72-SG, 69-SG, 61-DH, 65-DH.
SVSEF women: Teagen Palmer 21-SG, 24-SG, 20-DH, 23-DH; Amanda Stelling 32-SG, 33-SG, 38-DH, 25-DH; Nicole Roos 59-SG, 43-SG, 41-DH, 35-DH; and Cate Fairley 52-SG, 49-SG, 45-DH, 39-DH.
Freestylers travel, rail jammers stay home
The Sun Valley Freestyle Comp team traveled to Montana's Bridger Bowl last weekend to compete in a Northern Division mogul event.
Hannah Haupt led the girls' team both days (2nd overall Saturday/1st F1 and 1st overall Sunday by winning singles and dual moguls). Claire Siderman celebrated her 13th birthday with her best finish ever (3rd overall/1st F4 Sunday).
Joey Richardson led the boys' team with his best finish to date (3rd overall/1st M2). The men's team placed four competitors in the top 10. Parker Page had his best finish (10th overall/2nd M2). RJ Bracken was 7th overall and then 4th in the dual moguls.
Other Comp Teamers were Renee Shapiro (5th/1st F4, 7th/2nd F4), Trevor Norris (13th/5th M3, 5th/2nd M3), Zac Siele (20th/2nd M4, 16th/2nd M4) and Nathan Moses (6th/2nd M2).
"I am very impressed with our athletes results considering we have not had a course to train on due to the snow conditions. Our athletes have made the most of training and are really building momentum as the season progresses" Program Director Andy Ware said.
While the Comp Team was away at Bridger Bowl, 10 athletes from the Freestyle D team traveled to The Canyons, Utah for the first-ever Intermountain D league mogul event.
Said Ware, "We put five athletes in the top 13 letting the Intermountain Division know that Sun Valley skiers will be around for a very long time."
Braden Flaherty was the highest placing SVSEF skier (7th overall/3rd M4). Luke Rizzo, one of the youngest, finished 13th overall/1st M6.
Other Devos were Jamie Rollerson (8th/1st M5), Sean Flaherty (11th/7th M4), Wilson Dunn (12th/3rd M5), Alvaro Jiraldo (18th/4th M 5), Wyatt Minor (20th/3rd M6), Dane Flaherty (21st/11th M4), Flynn Stewart (30th/9th M5) and Eli Roberts (31st/10th M5).
The Sun Valley team hosts the four-day Sun Valley Freestyle Frenzy Feb. 4-7 on Baldy. Slopestyle is Thursday on Dollar Mountain, followed by halfpipe Friday on Warm Springs, moguls Saturday and dual moguls Sunday, both Race Arena.
USASA races in Utah
Ryan Roemer, 15, and Gavin Admire, 17, aptured first places in boardercross and giant slalom during USASA races in Utah last weekend.
511 Rail Jam
The first 511 Invitational Rail Jam was held down 21 stairs in Ketchum's 511 Building parking lot amid light snow Saturday night. Locals topping the jam session were Colter Brehmer first and Tai Barrymore third among skiers, and Chase Josey second among the snowboarders. Skier Drew Deffe also made the finals.
First-place riders received $500 cash donated by Smith, Board Bin and the Chamber. Judges were A.J. Grabos, Yancy Caldwell, Ed Sawicz and Ben Verge. Also helping out to build the course were Pat Lee, Mark Oliver and SVSEF kids.
Mini World Cup slalom
Here are top 10 results from Sunday's SVSEF "C" Home Team Mini World Cup slalom:
Boys: 1—Matteo Jorgenson 33.05. 2—Kobe Tamura 33.86. 3—Noah Leininger 34.74. 4—Jake Blackburn 34.77. 5—Cooper Dart 36.65. 6—Will Griffith 37.84. 7—Charlie Stumph 38.20. 8—Tobias Verheijen 40.22. 9—Travis Flynt 41.21. 10—James Everitt 42.23.
Girls: 1—Sage Rheinschild 33.16. 2—Molly Milgard 36.10. 3—Katelyn Rathfon 36.24. 4—Royce Rheinschild 38.15. 5—Hallie MacPherson 39.22. 6—Pilar Pennell 39.35. 7—Bailey Holter 42.66. 8—Emily Watts 44.63. 9—McKinna Arial 44.64. 10—Emma Dorinson 46.50.
Connor Campbell high-tails it down Rotarun during Saturday’s Arkoosh Cup. Photo by David N. Seelig
