Jan. 7, 2012, the Prairie Creek Snowmaker cross-country races north of Ketchum—sponsored by The Elephant's Perch of Ketchum with the support of the Blaine County Recreation District, Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation and volunteers. A total 153 skiers, 70 female and 83 male, which was 32 skiers more than last year's event. Finishing times in minutes and seconds, with age listed after a racer's name.
Saturday's field included 4 of the 5 women on the University of Utah Nordic team coached by Ketchum's Abi Holt. They were junior Parker Tyler of Vermont, senior Rose Kemp of Boise, junior Mali Noyes of Ketchum and junior Marta Larsen of Sweden. The field also featured 2 of the 4 Utah men's Nordic collegians, Tom Smith of Bend, Ore. and Rolf Figi of Betschwanden, Switz.
Next local Nordic race is the Sun Valley Ski Club's Billy Goat Loppet set for Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 at Billy's Bridge.
15 KILOMETER
Female
1—Nicole DeYong, 29 49:25
2—Laura Todd, 42 51:31
3—Parker Tyler, 22 51:39
4—Kristen Monahan, 24 52:29
5—Betsy Youngman, 52 53:55
6—Adrienne Leugers, 53 54:06
7—Muffy Ritz, 54 56:27
8—EJ Harpham, 55 1.01:51
9—Kim Nalen, 55 1.02:14
10—Susan Thoreson, 51 1.03:04
11—Jessica Jensen, 37 1.06:04
12—KJ Allison, 50 1.06:40
13—Tricia Swartling, 46 1.07:48
14—Katharine Sheldon, 54 1.09:35
15—Grace Dyck, 70 1.13:24
16—Marilyn Celano, 60 1.20:17
17—Carol Severa, 54 1.21:39
Male
1—Tom Smith, 22, SLC 41:58
2—Rolf Figi, 24, SLC 42:45
3—Eric Jensen, 44 46:20
4—Wyatt Fereday, 23 46:21
5—Joe Jensen, 38 46:33
5—Jon Engen, 54 46:33
7—Bridger Dunnagan, 17 46:56
8—Charlie Fereday, 19 47:11
9—Kurt Wolf, 31 48:03
10—Luke Pletcher, 25 48:19
11—Del Pletcher, 67 51:05
12—Mike Wolter, 46 51:33
13—Richard Feldman, 42 51:58
14—Dave Knoop, 53 51:59
15—Will Northrop, 42 52:23
16—Jackson Carinan, 17 52:35
17—Rick Knoebel, 58 53:16
18—Kris Thoreson, 54 53:37
19—Johan Johansson, 21 54:58
20—Jim Santa, 51 55:08
21—Jim McClatchy, 59 55:15
22—Don Pollari, 50 55:28
23—Brian Elkins, 56 56:45
24—Mike Weber, 59 57:38
25—Jon Holmquist, 58 57:55
26—Andy Andrews, 70 58:27
27—Mike Stevens, 43 59:41
28—Clyde Cody, 61 1.01:11
29—Matt Newbill, 30 1.01:20
30—Al Pitt, 45 1.01:49
31—Mike Dunham, 62 1.02:53
32—James Cleveland, 62 1.03:06
33—Art Myshrall, 52 1.03:15
34—Carl Hoerger, 55 1.03:33
35—Sigi Vogl, 59 1.03:36
36—Ross Brennan, 23 1.04:14
37—Paul Jozwik, 47 1.04:42
38—Jeff Cramer, 44 1.04:44
39—Hans Muehlegger, 71 1.05:00
40—Tom Pomeroy, 59 1.05:59
41—Phil O'Bryan, 43 1.07:41
42—Tullio Celano, 69 1.10:43
43—Raliegh Jensen, 71 1.12:28
7.5 KILOMETER
Female
1—Zoe Roy, 24, SLC 24:42
2—Rose Kemp, 21, SLC 24:49
3—Mali Noyes, 22 25:12
4—Maggie Williams, 16 26:06
5—Morgan Atkinson, 18 26:35
5—Marta Larsen, 22 26:35
7—Maranda Stopol, 17 27:21
8—Margaret Pope, 17 27:52
9—Jessica Wright, 31 28:34
10—Annika Landis, 13 28:41
11—Kaitlyn Landis, 17 28:58
12—Katie Feldman, 15 29:01
13—Dessie Weigel, 17 30:17
14—Haley Montgomery, 15 30:22
15—Kim Kawaguchi, 50 30:30
16—Maddy Watts, 14 30:35
17—Sumner Pitt, 16 31:39
18—Joyce Allgaier, 54 31:40
19—Sarah Williams, 16 31:51
20—Linda McClatchy, 63 32:00
21—Joney Otteson, 51 32:58
22—Brooke Lawrence, 16 32:59
23—Grace Gorham, 14 33:17
24—Liz Mitchell, 44 34:09
25—Cheyanne Stopol, 15 34:44
26—Kathy Lee, 47 35:16
27—Carol Rank, 54 35:51
28—Gretchen Flint, 48 36:39
29—Brenda Spackman, 54 36:54
29—Kathy Rivers, 57 36:54
31—Farrel Strachan, 43 36:59
32—Liz Cody, 56 37:05
33—Anita Nolvax, 59 38:16
34—Karen Simpson, 60 38:30
35—Lucy Bourret, 50 42:13
36—Carol Monteverde, 65 42:50
37—Lynn Chaldu, 52 43:47
38—Paula Perry, 57 50:55
39—Julie Potter 52:52
40—Anne Scales, 64 55:12
41—Chris Stephani, 72 56:37
41—Mary Malkmus, 73 56:37
41—Jan Wygle, 61 56:37
Male
1—Ketchum Wilt, 17 22:15
2—Zachary Lindahl, 17 23:21
3—Stephen Pfeiffer, 16 23:24
4—Nate Thomas, 15 23:57
5—Jake Adicoff, 16 23:58
6—Drew Morse, 15 25:33
7—Nathan Nasvik, 15 25:39
8—Danny Graves, 14 27:09
9—Thomas Gillespie, 14 27:47
10—Gunnar Ohlson, 18 27:51
11—Peter Marx, 16 29:00
12—Chris Williams, 46 29:31
13—Tristian Pitt, 16 30:07
14—Jim Galanes, 55 31:40
15—Patrick Simpson, 60 31:48
16—Jeff Fereday, 62 32:47
17—Xavier Haemmerle, 14 34:00
18—Juerg Stauffacher, 45 34:34
19—Roger Miller, 68 36:58
20—Mel Dyck, 70 37:58
21—Jim Severa, 56 38:37
22—Peter Maier, 71 39:36
23—Charley French, 85 40:29
24—Michael Petty, 49 41:30
25—Felix Gerlach, 9 49:14
3 KILOMETER
Female
1—Emily Siegel, 13 9:06
2—Marta Myshrall, 13 9:07
3—Sarah Verst, 14 9:11
4—Brooke Dunnagan, 13 9:19
5—Samantha Benzing, 13 9:56
6—Kirsys Campbell, 11 10:08
7—Tess Goodwin, 14 10:10
8—Eve Jensen, 11 10:19
9—Emma Kerr, 12 12:03
10—Michaela Petty, 11 12:52
Male
1—Zach Williams, 12 7:27
2—Peter Wolter, 13 7:32
3—Eli Jensen, 13 7:33
4—Taylor Koth, 12 8:19
5—Carter Ros, 13 8:25
6—Lucas DeWolfe, 13 8:28
7—Nick Edwards, 13 8:55
8—Keene Morawitz, 13 9:06
9—Cooper Roquet, 12 9:24
10—River Vorse, 13 9:40
11—Landon Nurge, 12 10:13
12—Isaac Chrisman, 13 10:51
13—Jorgen Lawrence, 12 11:35
14—Sebi Radl-Jones, 9 13:12
15—William DeWolfe, 8 13:15