Warm temperatures and blue skies greeted a record 275 entrants (228 running or hiking, 47 biking) for Saturday's 32nd annual Baldy Hill Climb.
In the 1.86-mile, 3,140 vertical foot ascent, Miles Fink-Debray (36:23) saved a sprint for the final 100 yards to edge Mike Sinnott (36:27) by four seconds and become the first man to win five straight BHCs.
Only course record holder Michael Tobin of Boise has won more BHCs, six, but they were 1983-86 plus 1988-89. Fink-Debray's winning time was his second fastest in the streak.
Morgan Arritola, 2010 U.S. Olympian in cross country skiing, became the only woman to ever break 40 minutes since the climb started in 1979. She won her third hill climb in 39:53. Only 12-time winner Adrienne Leuges has won more climbs.
Four-time BHC winner Bill Nurge (1.51:08) and Sara Schroeder (2.20:38) were crowned winners of the Cheeso Double (biking followed by hiking to the top). Nurge, 48, broke Dave Harrison's Cheese Double record by 3:01 to claim his second win in the Baldy Double.
Matt Luhn (1.05:35) cracked his own course record by 18 seconds in winning his second bike title in the three years it has been staged. Schroeder set a women's bike record in winning that event for a first time.
2010 Baldy Hill Climb Results
September 25, 2010, the 32nd annual benefit activity presented by the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation's Junior Nordic ski team. A total 228 finishers to the top—125 hiking (57 female and 68 male) and 99 racing (26 female and 73 male), plus 47 biking (7 female and 40 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-Morgan Arritola (1) 39:53
2-Brooke Hovey (1) 44:19
3-Kelly Allison (1) 47:59
4-Hether Holter (2) 49:44
5-Muffy Ritz (1) 50:33
6-Katie Bono (2) 51:56
7-Sharon Beckwith (2) 52:45
8-Tizz Miller (3) 56:12
9-Sara Schroeder (3) 56:20
10-Kim Kawaguchi (4) 56:41
11-Rachel Wolfe (3) 57:10
12-Carrie Heagney (1) 57:13
13-Laura Johnson (2) 57:39
14-Darlene Young (3) 57:42
15-Robin Potts (5) 58:17
16-Kate Whitcomb (4) 1.00:36
17-Kate Nichols (4) 1.01:10
18-Tiffany Larson (6) 1.01:47
19-Val Thomson (7) 1.02:46
20-Laura Theis (5) 1.05:55
21-Tory Canfield (8) 1.12:29
22-Mandy Gage (5) 1.12:43
23-Brett Stevenson (6) 1.14:28
24-Susan Flynt (4) 1.17:23
25-JoAnn Levy (1) 1.34:39
26-Laura Speck (6) 1.39:51
DNF-Mandy King
MALE RACERS
1—Miles Fink-Debray (1) 36:23
2-Michael Sinnott (2) 36:27
3-Colin Rodgers (3) 37:16
4-Jon Engen (1) 40:57
5-Bill Nurge (1) 41:47
6-Erik Mundahl (4) 42:03
7-Torin Tucker (1) 42:59
8-Brad Mitchell (2) 43:01
9-Joshua Bowman (5) 43:56
10-Hannes Achhorner (1) 44:10
11-Josh Berry (6) 44:26
12-Whit Albright (3) 44:34
13-Rich Mull (2) 44:52
14-Dave Harrison (4) 44:59
15-Will Spiller (2) 46:04
16-Daniel Sundali (3) 46:31
17-Del Pletcher (1) 46:53
18-Steve Butler (5) 46:58
19-John Campbell (6) 47:51
20-John Kearney (2) 48:21
21-Rick Knoebel (3) 48:41
22-Jon Holmquist (4) 48:45
23-Scott Grill (5) 48:49
24-Eric Chizum (3) 49:12
25-Chris Williams (7) 49:29
26-Jim McClatchy (6) 51:05
27-Scotty Phelan (4) 51:22
28-Jim Bradford (7) 51:27
29-Josh Kantor (7) 52:09
30-Craig Phelan (8) 52:19
31-David Lloyd (4) 52:20
32-Dan Olson (9) 52:28
33-Dan Young (8) 52:34
34-Emmett Say (5) 52:34
35-Will Harder (6) 52:39
36-Paul Warner (7) 52:43
37-Kyle Rafford (9) 53:18
38-Peter Curran (10) 53:24
39-Don Lewis (11) 53:37
40-Cameron Lloyd (5) 53:57
41-Cleve Johnson (12) 54:20
42-William McNichols (6) 55:24
43-Chris Abbott (7) 55:53
44-Jason Brickley (10) 56:03
45-Landon Nurge (1) 56:08
46-Eric Huus (8) 56:15
47-Peter DeVore (9) 56:36
48-Greg Thomson (13) 57:32
49-Michael Dunham (2) 57:34
50-Lenny Joseph (10) 57:43
51-Marc Driver (11) 58:24
52-Don Nurge (12) 58:31
53-Michael Bono (14) 58:56
54-Ron Vernia (3) 1.01:30
55-Hans Muehlegger (1) 1.01:43
56-Kim Wheelwright (15) 1.02:02
57-Cole Caulkins (8) 1.02:14
58-Roger Mankus (16) 1.03:44
59-Michael Stoneback (4) 1.04:23
60-Bill Josey (13) 1.04:44
61-Scott McGrew (11) 1.05:30
62-Jeff Enos (17) 1.06:38
63-David Karlsen (5) 1.06:49
64-Carl Bontrager (6) 1.07:28
65-John Kearney (7) 1.08:49
66-Alex Monge (12) 1.09:37
67-Jim Toohey (2) 1.11:21
68-Linc Thelan (13) 1.16:25
69-Christopher Peck (14) 1.19:09
70-Hedley Lamar (15) 1.21:40
71-Dave Bell (18) 1.26:42
72-Harry Wyeth (8) 1.30:12
73-Tyler Hanson (8) 1.39:51
FEMALE HIKERS
1—Kim Nalen 55:43
2-Gretchen Flint 57:54
3-Nanette Hinton 58:29
4-Susan Neaman 59:13
5-Danna Cox 59:38
6-Katrina Gearhart 1.00:00
7-Jamie McClure 1.00:38
8-Sue Engelmann 1.01:13
9-Lurah Klatt 1.02:11
10-Heather Courtney 1.03:08
11-Karoline Droege 1.03:33
12-Lucy Bourret 1.03:34
13-Laurie Humbert 1.04:00
14-Brenda Spackman 1.04:13
15-Kelly Bird 1.04:29
16-Jennett Zimmerman 1.05:24
17-Whitney McNees 1.05:47
18-Katie Feldman 1.06:10
19-Denise Blahut 1.08:39
20-Margii Driscoll 1.08:44
21-Molly Meyers 1.09:20
22-Suzanne Miller 1.10:43
23-Trish Klahr 1.11:08
24-Liz Kantor 1.11:40
25-Linda Wiedemann 1.11:54
26-Jane Vann 1.12:08
27-Lindsey Woodcock 1.12:42
28-Courtney Gilbert 1.13:51
29-Kate Driscoll 1.13:58
30-Kelly Martin 1.14:30
31-Berenice Cano 1.15:01
32-Jennie DeVore 1.15:05
33-Mandy Palin 1.15:29
34-Kendall Kimball 1.15:45
35-Margaret Kraft 1.19:20
36-Becky Jones 1.20:54
37-Kathy Wygle 1.21:25
38-Karen McCall 1.23:10
39-Tricia Wood 1.23:25
40-Julie Dwyer 1.25:51
41-Juli Roos 1.27:35
42-Melissa Brown 1.27:38
43-Julie Moses 1.29:20
44-Tina Wise 1.31:27
45-Cheyanne Stopol 1.32:39
46-Katie Dallas 1.33:04
47-Shelly Brehmer 1.33:47
48-Cindy Dondero 1.41:14
49-Lisa Wood 1.41:31
50-Hallie Shealy 1.43:04
51-Maurgurette Charles 1.43:31
52-Jeannie Kiel 1.43:57
53-Coral Gehrke 1.47:25
54-Gail Dwyer 1.49:10
55-Dena Bauchman 2.11:58
56-Ashley Dreyfus 2.50:34
57-Susan Bates 2.50:36
DNF-Galina Price, Jody Stanislaw
MALE HIKERS
1—James St. Clair 45:08
2-Dave Knoop 46:41
3-Drew Daley 48:46
4-David Currier 48:49
5-Mike Wolter 52:40
6-Eric Hall 55:34
7-Hank Minor 55:35
8-Gordon Player 55:40
9-Jason Miller 56:58
10-Matt Fishman 57:16
11-Tim Silva 57:30
12-Michael Roos 58:05
13-David Butterfield 59:08
14-Nappy Neaman 59:13
15-Brian Webber 59:19
16-Tom Pomeroy 1.00:24
17-Tanner Josey 1.00:43
18-Jason Vontrer 1.01:53
19-Steve Klatt 1.02:14
20-Tullio Celano 1.02:53
21-Andrew Walker 1.05:27
22-George Everitt 1.05:41
23-James Everitt 1.05:47
24-Lukas DeWolfe 1.05:49
25-Jim DeWolfe 1.05:51
26-Jon Duval 1.05:57
27-Jack Dwyer 1.06:10
28-Lou Seppi 1.06:32
29-Alex Wiedemann 1.08:40
30-Jim Miwer 1.08:45
31-Chris Lentz 1.09:08
32-Orlie Sather 1.09:10
33-John Matteson 1.09:30
34-Barry Irwin 1.10:00
35-Christopher Brown 1.10:21
36-Robert Kautz 1.12:37
37-Randall Flynn 1.13:02
38-Mark Curwin 1.13:38
39-Daren Pennell 1.13:46
40-Jim Keating 1.14:09
41-Mike McKenna 1.14:30
42-Sam East 1.14:47
43-Griffin Curtis 1.15:20
44-Gary Price 1.15:37
45-George Caton 1.15:43
46-Scott Curtis 1.15:55
47-Jim Wood 1.16:30
48-Brian Caulkins 1.17:34
49-Paul Willis 1.17:59
50-David Briggs 1.18:44
51-Johnny Bolton 1.18:58
52-Jed Gray 1.19:12
53-Wes Balmer 1.19:18
54-Chip Mills 1.20:25
55-Tom Wise 1.21:44
56-Andrew Parnes 1.21:55
57-Walter Tabler 1.22:27
58-Bob Shaw 1.23:01
59-Craig Meyers 1.24:41
60-Rick Filkins 1.24:56
61-James Newman 1.26:53
62-Colter Brehmer 1.29:00
63-Richard Stopol 1.32:41
64-Don Larson 1.39:53
65-Richard St. Clair 1.41:14
66-Doug Charles 1.43:40
67-Doug Fowler 1.47:07
68-Fergal O'Shea 2.12:32
MALE BIKING RACE
1—Matt Luhn (1) 1.05:35
2-Whit Albright (2) 1.08:13
3-Dave Harrison (3) 1.08:52
4-Bill Nurge (4) 1.09:20
5-John Reuter (1) 1.10:24
6-Eric Chizum (1) 1.10:25
7-Steve Butler (5) 1.11:06
8-Sam Young (2) 1.12:41
9-Mike Sherman (6) 1.16:56
10-Andy Luhn (7) 1.18:47
11-Marc Driver (8) 1.18:54
12-Scott Grill (1) 1.19:01
13-Kyle Rafford (9) 1.19:14
14-Eric Rector (10) 1.20:45
15-Will Harder (1) 1.22:58
16-Cameron Lloyd (3) 1.23:38
17-Brad Mitchell (11) 1.23:41
18-Paul Warner (2) 1.25:31
19-Peter DeVore (4) 1.25:34
20-Trey Knox (2) 1.25:44
21-John Kearney (5) 1.26:07
22-Chris Abbott (6) 1.26:58
23-Arturo Ruiz (7) 1.27:10
24-Dave Bell (2) 1.28:18
25-Gil Juarez (3) 1.28:38
26-Bill Josey (12) 1.29:18
27-Karl Nichols (8) 1.29:59
28-Roger Mankus (3) 1.30:47
29-Jeff Enos (4) 1.35:19
30-Baird Gourlay (5) 1.37:46
31-Dave Wheelock (6) 1.37:56
32-Alex Monge (9) 1.39:33
33-Scott McGrew (10) 1.41:14
34-Carl Bontrager (1) 1.41:47
35-Tom Praggastis (7) 1.42:15
36-George Collier (11) 1.44:15
37-Hans Muehlegger (1) 1.44:36
38-Herberth Corrales (13) 1.48:38
39-Rick Hilles (14) 2.01:07
40-Elliott Aten (12) 2.29:10
CHEESO DOUBLE, MALE
1—Bill Nurge, 48 (1) 1.51:08
2-Whit Albright, 40 (2) 1.52:47
3-Dave Harrison, 46 (3) 1.53:52
4-Steve Butler, 49 (4) 1.58:05
5-Eric Chizum, 31 (1) 1.59:38
6-Brad Mitchell, 40 (5) 2.06:43
7-Scott Grill, 51 (1) 2.07:50
8-Kyle Rafford, 42 (6) 2.12:33
9-John Kearney, 36 (2) 2.14:29
10-Will Harder, 14 (1) 2.15:37
11-Marc Driver, 43 (7) 2.17:18
12-Cameron Lloyd, 30 (3) 2.17:35
13-Paul Warner, 19 (2) 2.18:15
14-Peter DeVore, 30 (4) 2.22:11
15-Chris Abbott, 35 (5) 2.22:52
16-Bill Josey, 45 (8) 2.34:03
17-Roger Mankus, 53 (2) 2.34:31
18-Jeff Enos, 57 (3) 2.41:58
19-Hans Muehlegger, 70 (1) 2.46:19
20-Scott McGrew, 33 (6) 2.46:44
21-Alex Monge, 36 (7) 2.49:11
22-Dave Bell, 54 (4) 2.55:01
FEMALE BIKING RACE
1—Sara Schroeder (1) 1.24:18
2-Muffy Ritz (1) 1.31:03
3-Tiffany Larson (1) 1.35:05
4-Laura Theis (2) 1.37:38
5-Tory Canfield (2) 1.48:45
6-Brett Stevenson (1) 1.51:44
7-Lexie Praggastis (3) 2.01:06
CHEESO DOUBLE, FEMALE
1—Sara Schroeder, 25 (1) 2.20:38
2-Muffy Ritz, 53 (1) 2.21:37
3-Tiffany Larson, 43 (1) 2.36:53
4-Laura Theis, 27 (2) 2.43:33
5-Tory Canfield, 40 (2) 3.01:15
6-Brett Stevenson, 32 (1) 3.06:13
TIME IMPROVEMENTS OVER 2009
Racers—Tory Canfield 11:37, Landon Nurge 11:09, Don Nurge 9:13, Emmett Say 7:52, Cameron Lloyd 6:54, Morgan Arritola 5:53, Jeff Enos 5:01, Sara Schroeder 4:31, Dave Harrison 2:08, Valerie Thomson 1:27, Tiffany Larson 1:09, Bill Nurge 0:58, Robin Potts 0:47, Cleve Johnson 0:15, Miles Fink-Debray 0:08, Del Pletcher 0:06,
Hikers—Juli Roos 24:23, Tom Wise 16:59, Cheyanne Stopol 16:21, Courtney Gilbert 11:23, Jim DeWolfe 10:51, Chip Mills 10:42, Lukas DeWolfe 10:26, Andy Parnes 10:12, George Everitt 9:21, Sue Engelmann 9:16, Whitney McNees 9:15, Jennett Zimmerman 6:21, Tim Silva 3:44, John Matteson 3:11, Randy Flynn 3:00, Jim Keating 2:35, David Butterfield 1:54, Kelly Bird 1:25, Sam East 1:25, Molly Meyers 1:24.
Bikers—Sara Schroeder 18:51, Cameron Lloyd 9:01, Tory Canfield 7:39, John Kearney 5:47, Tiffany Larson 5:27, Bill Nurge 4:46, Whit Albright 3:37, Sam Young 3:17, Roger Mankus 2:25, Eric Chizum 2:12, Matt Luhn 0:18.
Cheeso Double—Sara Schroeder 23:22, Tory Canfield 19:15, Cameron Lloyd 15:54, John Kearney 6:56, Bill Nurge 5:43, Eric Chizum 5:03, Tiffany Larson 4:17, Roger Mankus 2:04, Whit Albright 1:56, Jeff Enos 0:58, Dave Harrison 0:17.
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
2009—44 biking finishers
Matt Luhn 1.05:53
Kim Taylor (13th) 1.25:15
2009—24 Cheeso Double finishers
Dave Harrison 1.54:09
Kim Taylor (6th) 2.16:57
2010—224 racing/hiking finishers
Miles Fink-Debray 36:23
Morgan Arritola (4th) 39:53
2010—47 biking finishers
Matt Luhn 1.05:35
Sara Schroeder (18th) 1.24:18
2010—28 Cheeso Double finishers
Bill Nurge 1.51:08
Sara Schroeder (14th) 2.20:38
Kathy Wygle and Barry Irwin arrive near the top of Baldy at the end of Saturday’s 32nd Baldy Hill Climb.
