The 2010 USSA Cross Country Junior Nationals began Monday at Presque Isle, Maine for Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation racers—but none of the 12 SVSEF racers made it out of the quarterfinals in 1.2-kilometer/1k classic sprints at Nordic Heritage Center.
Quarterfinalists were Erik Fagerstrom (22nd) in OJ Men (18-19), Daniel Sundali (27th) in J1 Men (16-17), Zachary Lindahl (17th) in J2 Men, plus Sloan Storey (13th), Maggie Williams (16th) and Maranda Stopol (22nd) in J2 Women (14-15).
The 15k/10k/5k classic racing is today, Wednesday, March 10, with freestyle 10k/5k events on Friday, March 12 and freestyle relays March 13.
Meanwhile, nine SVSEF J2s competed in the New England TD Bank J2 Championships at Jackson, N.H where over 200 14-15 year-olds gathered.
Ketchum Wilt led the SVSEF boys, while Haley Montgomery, Katie Feldman and Kaitlyn Landis had some of the best girls' results. Here they are:
Boys' 5k freestyle wave start, March 5: 40—Ketchum Wilt 14:47. 81—Nate Nasvik 15:54. 87—Jake Adicoff 16:06 (105 racers).
Girls' 5k freestyle wave start, March 5: 35—Katie Feldman 18:12. 38—Haley Montgomery 18:17. 50—Kaitlyn Landis 18:39. 57—Elana King-Nakaoka 18:49. 72—Montana Tucker 19:18. 93—Sarah Williams 20:23.
Boys' 1.2k sprint, March 6: 23—Ketchum Wilt 3:48. 74—Jake Adicoff 4:10. 106—Nate Nasvik 4:54 (106 racers).
Girls' 1.2k sprint, March 6: 31—Haley Montgomery 4:29. 65—Elana King-Nakaoka 4:43. 74—Sarah Williams 4:48. 84—Katie Feldman 4:53. 87—Montana Tucker 4:56. 101—Kailey Wilt 5:19 (105 racers).
Boys' 5k classic, March 6: 21—Ketchum Wilt 16:12. 72—Jake Adicoff 18:20. 101—Nate Nasvik 20:46 (103 racers).
Girls' 5k classic, March 6: 36—Haley Montgomery 21:55. 51—Kaitlyn Landis 22:51. 67—Elana King-Nakaoka 23:43. 93—Sarah Williams 25:11. 96—Kailey Wilt 25:35. 100—Katie Feldman 26:38 (104 racers).
Mixed medley 4x2 relay, March 7: 21—Ketchum Wilt, Haley Montgomery, Jake Adicoff and Katie Feldman 26:49, 3:02 back. 40—Kaitlyn Landis and Elana King-Nakaoka. 48—Sarah Williams, Nate Nasvik and Kailey Wilt (51 teams).
Devo triathlon at Lake Creek
Younger members of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation cross-country ski team held their semi-annual "Devo Triathlon," on Sunday, March 7 at the Lake Creek trail system north of Ketchum.
Forty-six athletes participated in three events—the "Flying Downhill," an "Obstacle Course" and the half-kilometer "Skate Sprint."
In the J6 (ages 6-7) class, Eva Grover and Cash Dart of the Quigley Canyon team led the pack with two wins each.
The J5 (8-9) girls' category dominated the overall results, with the top four girls besting the fastest boys in the downhill race and skate races.
Representing the Lake Creek Devo and the Quigley Devo respectively, Lily Fitzgerald and Lily Brunelle outran the field, swapping close wins.
For the J4s (10-11), Ziggy Slanetz ran the downhill in 50 seconds flat, the only male to best the speedy J5 girl crew. Sophia Coplin hurdled to take a downhill first over teammates Leah and Emily Thayer.
Peter Wolter and Taylor Koth of Lake Creek battled to the line in the skate event, followed closely by Quigley Team senior Leo Corrales.
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Results:
Flying Downhill
J6 girls: 1—Eveline Svidgal. 2—Eva Grover. 3—Kate Horowitz.
J6 boys: 1—Cash Dart. 2—Fletcher Stumph. 3—Jack Horowitz. 4—Jake Gorham.
J5 girls: 1—Lily Fitzgerald. 2—Lily Brunelle. 3—Jenna Nurge. 4—Devon Brown. 5—Catherine Estep. 6—Payton Bacca. 7—Charlotte Woodham. 8—Sofia Kinney. 9—Ella Wolter. 10—Chloe Tanous.
J5 boys: 1—Joe Hall. 2—Johnny Hagenbuch. 3—Luke Dean. 4—Dane Thompson. 5—Luke Worst. 6—Ike Buxton. 7—Shea Slanetz. 8—Zachary Olenick. 9—Zachary Deal. 10—Jake Gorham.
J4 girls: 1—Sophia Coplin. 2—Leah Thayer. 3—Emily Thayer. 4—Tess Burchmore. 5—Lillian Worst. 6—Grace Evans. 7—Ellie Gorham. 8—Claire Yager. 9—Jessie Thomas.
J4 boys: 1—Ziggy Slanetz. 2—Cooper Roquet. 3—Keene Morowitz. 4—Peter Wolter. 5—Jorgen Lawrence. 6—Landon Nurge. 7—Taylor Koth. 8—Felix Wolfrom. 9—Leo Corrales. 10—Milo Ryason.
Obstacle
J6 girls: 1—Eva Grover. 2—Eveline Svidgal. 3—Kate Horowitz.
J6 boys: 1—Cash Dart. 2—Fletcher Stumph. 3—Jack Horowitz. 4—Jake Gorham.
J5 girls: 1—Jenna Nurge. 2—Payton Bacca. 3—Charlotte Woodham. 4—Lily Brunelle. 5—Lily Fitzgerald. 6—Devon Brown. 7—Ella Wolter. 8—Catherine Estep. 9—Chloe Tanous. 10—Sarah Galles.
J5 boys: 1—Luke Dean. 2—Dane Thompson. 3—Shea Slanetz. 4—Luke Worst. 5—Joe Hall. 6—Zachary Olenick. 7—Johnny Hagenbuch. 8—Zachary Deal. 9—Jack Keating.
J4 girls: 1—Sophia Coplin. 2—Leah Thayer. 3—Tess Burchmore. 4—Emily Thayer. 5—Jessie Thomas.
J4 boys: 1—Keene Morowitz. 2—Cooper Roquet. 3—Leo Corrales. 4—Landon Nurge. 5—Ziggy Slanetz. 6—Felix Wolfrom. 7—Peter Wolter. 8—Zach Williams. 9—Taylor Koth. 10—Beckett Nasvik. 11—Jorgen Lawrence. 12—Milo Ryason.
Skate sprint
J6 girls: 1—Eva Grover. 2—Kate Horowitz. 3—Eveline Svidgal.
J6 boys: 1—Cash Dart. 2—Fletcher Stumph. 3—Jack Horowitz. 4—Jake Gorham.
J5 girls: 1—Lily Brunelle. 2—Lily Fitzgerald. 3—Charlotte Woodham. 4—Payton Bacca. 5—Ella Wolter. 6—Jenna Nurge. 7—Sarah Truxal. 8—Chloe Tanous. 9—Devon Brown. 10—Sofia Kinney. 11—Allie Evans. 12—Eva Grover. 13—Sarah Galles. 14—Eveline Svidgal. 15—Ellie Gorham. 16—Kate Horowitz. 17—Maren Feltman.
J5 boys: 1—Joe Hall. 2—Johnny Hagenbuch. 3—Luke Dean. 4—Dane Thompson. 5—Luke Worst. 6—Ike Buxton. 7—Shea Slanetz. 8—Zachary Olenick. 9—Zachary Deal. 10—Jake Gorham.
J4 girls: 1—Leah Thayer. 2—Sophia Coplin. 3—Emily Thayer. 4—Tess Burchmore. 5—Jessie Thomas.
J4 boys: 1—Peter Wolter. 2—Taylor Koth. 3—Leo Corrales. 4—Ziggy Slanetz. 5—Keene Morowitz. 6—Cooper Roquet. 7—Landon Nurge. 8—Felix Wolfrom. 9—Beckett Nasvik. 9—Jorgen Lawrence. 10—Milo Ryason.
