The day belonged to the Sundali brothers, but Taylor and Daniel, came in 1st and 2nd places, respectively at the 32nd Backcountry race on Saturday, July 21. The Brothers Sundali finished four minutes apart from each other as the older (Taylor, 23) took the win with a time of 1:54:28. The younger Sundali (Daniel, 20) had a time of 1:59:16. Both runners hail from Ketchum.
Returning women's champion Morgan Arritola of Ketchum once again showed her talents as she took home a win in the women's 10-mile race, while finishing 3rd overall in that category. This is Arritola's fifth consecutive Backcountry 10-mile win in her illustrious athletic career. Arritola, 26, finished with a time of 1:00:03, which shaves more time off her record-breaking performance from a year ago when she finished with a time of 1:00:31. Her 2012 time is now the new course record, which Arritola broke last year. Johanna Olson held the course record for the 10-mile women for seven years with a time of 1:02:21.
Aside from the Sundali brothers, Ryan Yates of Hailey finished fourth overall in the 16.5-mile race with a time of 2:03:26, and Richard Feldman of Ketchum finished sixth with a time of 2:05:52. Adam Greene of Ketchum ran with an excellent time as he finished eighth with a time of 2:10:48. Ted Stout from Bellevue improved on his time from a year ago with a time of 2:12:21. Last year, Stout had a time of 2:18:24.
Other notable finishers from the valley are Matt Fredback of Hailey who finished 15th overall with a time of 2:20:35, Paul Kenny from Sun Valley with a time of 2:27:17, Matt Wellner of Ketchum with 2:29:05, and Maya Lovlien of Ketchum, who was the first female finisher in the 16.5-mile race as she finished with a time of 2:35:44.
Ben Stout narrowly missed winning the 10-mile race as he came within two minutes of the winner, Gus Pelican. This is Pelican's second win in a row. Stout, however, had a very strong showing while improving his time from a year ago. Stout finished with a time of 58:45. Last year he finished with a 59:36.
Other notable finishers from the valley in the 10-mile race are David Vanderpool from Ketchum who finished fifth overall with a time of 1:01:41. Peter Webb of Ketchum finished just ahead of fellow Ketchum resident Evan Martell when Webb finished with a time of 1:05:04, and Martell finished with 1:05:17. Scott Phelan of Ketchum had a personal best as he finished with a time of 1:07:23, and Wood River grad Pedro Morales of
Hailey finished the day with 1:11:01. Angenine McCleary was the first female valley runner other than Arritola to finish with a time of 1:11:23.
Backcountry Run Results
July 21, 2012, the 32nd annual 16.5-mile and 10-mile runs sponsored by The Elephant's Perch of Ketchum. There were 84 runners completing the long course (35 female and 49 male), while 136 runners conquered the 10-mile route (80 female and 56 male), for a total of 220 runners. Of that total, 81 were local (36%), meaning that 64% came from out of the valley. And of all the runners, 20% came from outside of Idaho. Ages ranged from 13 to 82. Finishing times are listed in hours, minutes and seconds, with age listed after name. Class finishes in parentheses.
16.5-MILE RUNNERS
Male runners
1—Taylor Sundali, 23 (1) 1:54.28
2—Daniel Sundali, 20 (2) 1:59:28
3—Kevin Tuck, 56 (3) 2:01:36
4—Ryan Yates, 30 (4) 2:03:26
5—Michael Case, 21 (5) 2:05:05
6—Richard Feldman, 43 (6) 2:05:52
7—Austin Cobb, 20 (7) 2:08:40
8—Adam Greene, 32 (8) 2:10:48
9—Ted Stout, 49 (9) 2:12:21
10— Casey Hohenleitner, 44 (10) 2:13:34
11— Francisco Aldana, 41 (11) 2:14:40
12— Steve Vaught, 41 (12) 2:17:47
13— Andre Kohler, 42 (13) 2:17:57
14—Matt Fredback, 33 (14) 2:20:35
15— Brian Westphal, 48 (15) 2:23:34
16— Joel Case, 55 (16) 2:25:49
17— Brett Balbach, 41 (17) 2:26:01
18—Paul Kenny, 58 (18) 2:27:17
19—Matt Wellner, 34 (19) 2:29:05
20— Randy Limani, 52 (20) 2:29:18
21— Michael Evans, 40 (21) 2:29:57
22— Andrew Johnson, 46 (22) 2:32:28
23—Millan Carhuamaca, 32 (23) 2:32:32
24—Sam Christian, 36 (24) 2:33:26
25— Bill Rupp, 46 (25) 2:34:56
26— Justin Wells, 39 (26) 2:35:27
27—Cuyler Swindley, 36 (27) 2:35:59
28— Ken Killingbeck (28) 2:37:26
29— Robert Rice, 49 (29) 2:39:41
30— Darian Apollo, 40 (30) 2:46:40
31— Richard Marion, 49 (31) 2:47:26
32—Robert Lowry, 55 (32) 2:49:33
33—Chip Maguire, 39 (33) 2:50:06
34—David Green, 41 (34) 2:53:00
35—Tye Rogers, 40 (35) 2:57:18
36—Richard Giudicelli, 50 (36) 3:01:02
37—Scott Thomson, 42 (37) 3:01:50
38—Richard Knowles, 63 (38) 3:03:12
39—Carl Brown, 45 (39) 3:04:51
40—Pat Bowe, 56 (40) 3:04:58
41—Andrew Vaught, 47 (41) 3:05:12
42— Sam Collier, 59 (42) 3:13:34
43—Michael Wickes, 59 (43) 3:17:21
44—Mike Hargis, 53 (44) 3:17:41
45—Jon Paulding, 44 (45) 3:18:37
46—Kent Ness, 54 (46) 3:18:37
47—Steve Williams, 35 3:24:27
48—Jeffrey Martin, 60 (48) 3:52:13
49—Wolfgang Kuhn, 62 (49) 3:55:02
Female runners
1—Joelle Vaught, 37 (1) 2:12:10
2—Kelsey Withrow, 29 (2) 2:21:16
3—Sarah Vlach, 41 (2) 2:23:10
4—Lindsay Bolick, 35 (4) 2:26:18
5—Beci Erwin, 37 (5) 2:33:40
6—Jessica Kisiel, 43 (6) 2:35:22
7—Maya Lovlien, 33 (7) 2:35:44
8—Lori Harey, 44 (8) 2:36:30
9—Aytree Blalock, 34 (9) 2:38:04
10—Sherri Nelson, 40, (10) 2:39:06
11—Jennifer Schwartz, 42 (11) 2:39:26
12—Tizz Miller, 44 (12) 2:39:37
13—Katie Cassiday, 41 (13) 2:39:56
14—Mindy Gaddis, 45 (14) 2:41:41
15—Ann Sadler, 51 (15) 2:42:49
16—Diana Welch, 42 (16) 2:44:14
17—Lynea Newcomer, 32 (17) 2:44:23
18—Joanna Peters, 37 (18) 2:44:49
19—Lucia McLaughlin, 29 (19) 2:49:51
20—Correy Shanahan, 33 (20) 2:50:01
21—Cecilia Traum, 40 (21) 2:50:04
22—Nicole Krieger, 40 (22) 2:50:42
23—Toni Ramey, 42 (23) 2:52:45
24—Gina Green, 43 (24) 2:53:00
25—Kirsten Ritzau, 44 (25) 2:56:58
26—Maureen Welcker, 39 (26) 3:06:10
27—Christie Pastalka (27) 3:09:20
28—Colby Selekof, 40 (28) 3:10:09
29—Tawnya Hiatt, 35 (29) 3:15:38
30—Lindy Crawford, 48 (30) 3:20:14
31—Erin Earle, 42 (31) 3:22:28
32—Denise Alexander, 49 (32) 3:26:09
33—Mary Pritchard, 38 (33) 3:34:41
34—Katie O'Shea, 49 (34) 3:40:01
35—Jill Mulder, 35 (35) 3:46:56
10-MILE RUNNERS
Male runners
1—Gus Pelican, 26 (1) 56:51
2—Ben Stout, 18 (2) 58:45
3—Will Wicherski, 19 (3) 1:01:06
4—David Vanderpool, 26 (4) 1:01:41
5—Cody Williamson, 16 (5) 1:02:12
6—Drew Michener, 32 (6) 1:03:01
7—Peter Webb, 30 (7) 1:05:04
8—Evan Martell, 20 (8) 1:05:15
9—Neil Paprocki, 26 (9) 1:05:18
10—Scott Phelan, 21 (10) 1:07:23
11—Nathan Morgan, 18 (11) 1:07:25
12—Colin Reed, 20 (12) 1:10:34
13—Pedro Morales, 22 (13) 1:11:01
14—John Johnson, 43 (14) 1:11:56
15—Bob Murphy, 60 (15) 1:12:20
16—Mark George, 43 (16) 1:16:37
17—Michael Bulls, 38 (17) 1:16:42
18—Dave Keir, 43 (18) 1:16:49/
19—Jeff Christianson, 48 (19) 1:16:52
20—John Kurtz, 43 (20) 1:16:54
21—Jess McClllelland, 40 (21) 1:17:08
22—Dan Bruner, 46 (22) 1:19:39
23—Robert Dornbush, 34 (23) 1:20:47
24—Sandy Epeidl, 48 (24) 1:21:17
25—Earl W Reed, 56 (25) 1:24:36
26—Tony Jeffs, 14 (26) 1:25:13
27—Jorge Saez, 35 (27) 1:28:36
28—Alejandro Ponce, 35 (28) 1:28:36
29—Ron Marquart, 68 (29) 1:29:32
30—Thomas Pastalka, 65 (30) 1:29:48
31—Eric Selekof, 40 (31) 1:30:39
32—Paul Creighton, 51 (32) 1:30:40
33—Maureen Bolton, 50 (33) 1:30:47
34—Owain Rice, 15 (34) 1:31:19
35—James Philpott, 40 (35) 1:31:47
36—Christopher Slette, 21 (36) 1:32:25
37—Tony Rerecich, 66 (37) 1:32:53
38—Kevin Mora, 42 (38) 1:33:09
39—Evan Hyde, 27 (39) 1:33:26
40—Mark Davidson, 39 (40) 1:34:39
41—Ryan Melvin, 34 (41) 1:34:45
42—Geoffrey Vonzastrow, 20 (42) 1:34:45
43—Kent Aasa, 55 (43) 1:38:23
44—Mark Ehlers, 52 (44) 1:39:38
45—Raliegh Jensen, 72 (45) 1:40:40
46—Roger Moore, 57 (46) 1:43:07
47—Tom Wilmot, 47 (47) 1:43:37
48—Robert Jeffs, 52 (48) 1:44:39
49—Matthew Gervase, 62 (49) 1:46:02
50—John Buss, 42 (50) 1:46:44
51—Scott Carlin, 57 (51) 1:51:25/
52—Scott Madison, 48 (52) 1:52:09
53—Kent Ireton, 52 (53) 1:52:42
54—Steve Carlson, 54 (54) 1:53:25
55—Matt Cryer, 54 (55) 1:55:51
56—George Cassiday, 70 (56) 2:02:59
Female runners
1—Morgan Arritola, 25 (1) 1:00:31
2—Sophie Curl, 21 (2)1:05:17
3—Angenine McCleary, 37 (1) 1:11:32
4—Annie Pokorny, 19 (2) 1:12:01
5—Kristen Monahan, 24 (3) 1:12:09
6—Kerry Carr, 41 (4) 1:16:48
7—Holly Fleming, 41 (2) 1:18:18
8—Kate Whitcomb, 31 (3) 1:18:24
9—Wendy Sand, 43 (1) 1:18:28
10—Lisbeth Hansen, 24 (3) 1:18:29
11—Sharon Beckwith, 40 (3) 1:18:39
12—Jessica Jensen, 37 (3) 1:18:50
13—Kirsten Nickrisch, 37 (2) 1:19:30
14—Daria McRoberts, 46 (2) 1:19:38
15—Angeline Getty, 20 (2) 1:19:46
16—Sarah Latham, 32 (3) 1:20:25
17—Kim Disbrow, 50 (2) 1:25:25
18—Annika Landis, 14 (1) 1:28:36
19—Emily Noel, 31 (2) 1:29:03
20—Carrie Mahoney, 35 (3) 1:30:03
21—Becky Reltinger, 55 (3) 1:30:28
22—Lisa Grau, 22 (2) 1:30:31
23—Elizabeth Cooper, 38 (3) 1:30:43
24—Teri Waldmann, 46 (3) 1:30:58
25—Nicole Kashino, 38 (4) 1:31:27
26—Traci Hiebert, 47 (4) 1:31:30
27—Shanon Christensen, 40 (3) 1:31:31
28—Kim McGill, 40 (3) 1:31:35
29—Autumn Fluetsch, 13 (3) 1:32:50
30—Yvette Hubbard, 46 (3) 1:32:58
31—Kim Morgan, 47 (3) 1:32:58
32—Maggie Johnson, 28 (2) 1:33:02
33—Erin Finnegan, 39 (2) 1:33:04
34—Kris Dougherty, 40 (3) 1:33:29
35—Jennifer Lewis, 38 (3) 1:33:30
36—Monica Hebert, 44 (3) 1:34:41
37—Linda Bittingham, 55 (4) 1:34:54
38—Meagan Murphy, 26 (3) 1:36:44
39—Tricia St. George, 35 (3) 1:36:48
40—Madison Hendrix, 17 (3) 1:37:02
41—Jenny Davidson, 39 (4) 1:39:05
42—Jodie Taylor, 50 (4) 1:40:11
43—Carol Westphal, 47 (5) 1:41:51
44—Carol Reed, 50 (5) 1:42:41
45—Karla Escobedo, 30 (5) 1:42:56
46—Stevie Harrison, 28 (5) 1:42:57
47—Michelle Kramer, 37 (5) 1:43:02
48—Stephanie Olson, 42 (5) 1:43:16
49—Gigi Prior, 53 (5) 1:43:32
50—Tamra Murphy, 40 (3) 1:43:53
51—Tara Cleveland, 41 (3) 1:45:45
52—Elizabeth Zellers, 45 (4) 1:45:56
53—Julie Brown, 35 (3) 1:48:00
54—Bena Larkey, 34 (4) 1:48:08
55—Angela Rowland, 49 (3) 1:49:22
56—Heidi Husbands, 45 (6) 1:49:34
57—Cathy Ehlers, 49 (6) 1:49:34
58—Diana Parker, 48 (6) 1:51:05
59—Jennifer Rogan, 37 (6) 1:51:08
60—Bronwyn Nickel, 32 (7) 1:52:31
61—Amanda Ireton, 16 (7) 1:52:42
62—Tracy Glass, 40 (7) 1:53:52
63—Diane McGarvey, 63 (7) 1:57:02
64—Aly Swindley, 31 (5) 1:58:27
65—Stephanie Hansen, 44 (8) 1:58:51
66—Pam Hammond, 69 (8) 1:59:35
67—Leslie Bray, 45 (9) 1:59:35
68—Erin Wynne, 32 (9) 1:59:43
69—Andrea Cookston, 48 (7) 2:00:52
70—Tracy Jeffs, 51 (6) 2:02:35
71—Nancy Cohn, 55 (8) 2:02:59
72—Arnela Kajdic-Tarantin, 32 (8) 2:04:05
73—Dzanela Husic, 27 (9) 2:04:06
74—Gretchen Kafka, 37 (9) 2:05:24
75—Tari Rice, 64 (9) 2:06:41
76—Amy Mendelblatt, 37 (10) 2:07:01
77—Alyson Dougherty, 34 (9) 2:17:39
78—Kathleen Allen, 53 (10) 2:22:18
79—Carol Graham, 61 (10) 2:29:33
80—Sara Daly, 37 (11) 2:29:33
TIME IMPROVEMENTS OVER 2010
16.5-mile run—Ted Stout 6:03, Francisco Aldana 6:04, Andre Kohler 2:14, Cuyer Swindley 18:20, Pat Bowe 8:31, Beci Erwin 0:19, Sherri Nelson 5:53, Diana Welch 2:19.
10-mile run— Gus Pelican 2:58, Morgan Arritola 0:28, Ben Stout 0:91, Cody Williamson 1:10, Scott Phelan 1:09, Angenie McCleary 1:08, Sharon Beckwith 4:09, Nicole Kashino 4:05, Shanon Christensen 5:02, Mark Davidson 3:05, Jenny Davidson 1:12.
PREVIOUS RUNS, TOP TIMES
Old courses
1981—16.5-mile (40 finishers)
Kevin Swigert 1.51:09
Gabriele Andersen 2.11:55
1981—10-mile (5 finishers)
Joe Viglietti 1.09:59
Karen Simpson 1.35:12
1982—16.5-mile (89 finishers)
Monte Brothwell 1.40:54
Gabriele Andersen 1.51:32
1982—10-mile (10 finishers)
Thane Lever 1.09:52
Vicki Randall 1.17:04
1983—16.5-mile (106 finishers)
Dave Bingham 1.41:28
Cindy Zapponi 2.08:35
1983—10-mile (8 finishers)
John Mills 1.07:36
Louise Renfro 1.28:08
1984—16.5-mile (125 finishers)
Tracy Harris 1.46:14
Sue Long 1.55:52
1984—10-mile (8 finishers)
Paul Lundgren 1.07:49
Lori Pascoe 1.25:37
1985—16.5-mile (124 finishers)
Tim Severa 1.41:08
Gabriele Andersen 1.57:58
1985—10-mile (25 finishers)
Robin Mein 59:32
Connie Pennay 1.23:18
1986—16.5-mile (103 finishers)
Richard Berndt 1.42:54
Abbi Fisher 1.58:39
1986—10-mile (22 finishers)
Dick Andersen 1.05:37
Kelly Simpson 1.17:47
1987—16.5-mile (87 finishers)
Dave Knopp 1.40:37
Abbi Fisher 1.50:50
1987—10-mile (30 finishers)
Jon Wright 1.08:12
E.J. Holcomb 1.16:28
1988—16.5-mile (88 finishers)
Peter Bloomfield 1.57:58
Karen Koslow 1.58:05
1988—10-mile (29 finishers)
Jeff Ealey 1.09:49
Marilyn Manning 1.14:55
1989—16.5-mile (102 finishers)
Michael Tobin 1.38:32
Cindy Mann 2.05:34
1989—10-mile (55 finishers)
Bill Martell 1.03:20
Sue Shay 1.15:02
1990—16.5-mile (93 finishers)
Michael Tobin 1.35:13
Abbi Fisher 1.55:33
1990—10-mile (56 finishers)
Bill Martell 1.00:45
Linda Harder 1.22:25
1991—16.5-mile (83 finishers)
Michael Carlson 1.45:26
Cindy Mann 1.58:24
1991—10-mile (67 finishers)
Sidney Sullivan 1.00:15
Carol Braun 1.16:40
1992—16.5 mile (91 finishers)
John Aalberg 1.38:19
Ellen Gibson 1.55:44
1992—10-mile (94 finishers)
Jeff Horsley 57:45
Jenny Goettsche 1.13:37
1993—16.5 mile (83 finishers)
David Harr 1.42:31
Cindy Mann 2.03:47
1993—10-mile (87 finishers)
Tom Borschel 59:36
Gabriele Andersen 1.11:24
1994—16.5 mile (92 finishers)
Josh Carney 1.46:03
Cindy Mann 2.10:59
1994—10-mile (100 finishers)
Chris Branchflower 1.05:00
Allison Mulcahy 1.21:27
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New courses
1995—16.5 mile (74 finishers)
Michael Carlson 1.51:51
Michelle Jensen 2.07:52
1995—10-mile (95 finishers)
John Wright 1.00:45
Liv Borgersen 1.15:41
1996—16.5 mile (88 finishers)
Paul Dolynchuk 1.52:15
Michelle Jensen 2.05:10
1996—10-mile (126 finishers)
Matt Forrey 55:52
Cori Knoeller 1.03:23
1997—16.5 mile (81 finishers)
Eric Jones 1.53:16
Michelle Jensen 2.05:34
1997—10-mile (133 finishers)
Derrick May 1.00:01
Laura Wilson 1.07:10
1998—16.5 mile (89 finishers)
Karl Van Calcar 1.46:35
Cindy Mann 2.14:27
1998—10-mile (185 finishers)
Richard Lee 57:17
Cori Knoeller 1.03:09
1999—16.5 mile (93 finishers)
Paul Lowe 1.43:35
Michelle Jensen 2.05:25
1999—10-mile (178 finishers)
Karl Van Calcar 55:49
Christine Hall 1.12:48
2000—16.5 mile (111 finishers)
John Fishburn 1.54:14
Kristen Daley 2.13:54
2000—10-mile (189 finishers)
Dylan Mason 58:05
Sara Wright 1.07:34
2001—16.5 mile (87 finishers)
Grant Folske 1.53:46
Kristin Albright 2.11:36
2001—10-mile (208 finishers)
Dylan Mason 57:33
Asa Nims 1.06:01
2002—16.5 mile (94 finishers)
Wayne Bunce 1.56:15
Michelle Jensen 1.59:27
2002—10-mile (175 finishers)
Grant Folske 58:56
Cynthia Mauzerall 1.07:19
2003—16.5 mile (67 finishers)
Grant Folske 1.51:55
Cori Mooney 1.58:47
2003—10-mile (215 finishers)
Alan Newton 57:14
Johanna Olson 1.05:40
2004—16.5 mile (84 finishers)
Kevin Titus 1.55:11
Joelle Vaught 2.19:05
2004—10-mile (168 finishers)
Jeremy Redding 56:13
Johanna Olson 1.02:21
2005—16.5 mile (82 finishers)
Michael Tobin 1.52:52
Joelle Vaught 2.21:23
2005—10-mile (177 finishers)
Alan Newton 57:14
Michelle Jensen 1.05:12
2006—16.5 mile (63 finishers)
Chard Berndt 1.55:40
Joelle Vaught 2.13:42
2006—10-mile (183 finishers)
Colin Rodgers 59:40
Gretchen Grindle 1.06:27
2007—16.5 mile (91 finishers)
Tyler Williams 1.54:49
Lauri Thompson 2.14:25
2007—10-mile (177 finishers)
Kevin Sheehy 57:09
Sara Donahue 1.02:55
2008—16.5 mile (78 finishers)
Mike Sinnott 1.51:21
Michelle Jensen 2.03:16
2008—10-mile (182 finishers)
Noah Hoffman 55:14
Morgan Arritola 1.04:35
2009—16.5 mile (62 finishers)
Evan Honeyfield 1.52:28
Joelle Vaught 2.12:15
2009—10-mile (206 finishers)
Mike Sinnott 57:29
Morgan Arritola 1.07:05
2010—16.5 mile (104 finishers)
Brad Mitchell 1.52:41
Joelle Vaught 2.09:47
2010—10-mile (180 finishers)
Chase Caulkins 57:41
Morgan Arritola 1.03:21
2011—16.5 mile (93 finishers)
Mike Sinnott 1.50:00
Joelle Vaught 2.12:00
2011—10-mile (180 finishers)
Gus Pelican 59:09
Morgan Arritola 1.00:31
2012—16.5 mile (84 finishers)
Taylor Sundali 1.54:28
Joelle Vaught 2.12:10
2012—10 mile (136 finishers)
Gus Pelican 56:51
Morgan Arritola 1.00:03
A perfect day for running; over 200 runners showed up to compete in the Elephant’s Perch 32nd Annual Backcountry Run on Saturday, July 21. Photo by Willy Cook
