Fast trails at Yellowstone
77 locals compete in Rendezvous
Fast trails were the rule, and
fast times piled up at the 25th annual Yellowstone Rendezvous
cross-country ski races Saturday. There were 811 racers. Finishing times
were about 12 to 25 minutes faster than last March.
Ketchum’s Jon Engen and Brooke
Baughman made their marks in the 50-kilometer freestyle race. Engen, 46,
was fifth of 268 marathon finishers and Baughman, 31, captured the
women’s title, in 17th place overall.
In all, there were 77 Wood River
Valley racers in the field and 16 came away with age class victories.
Besides Engen and Baughman, they
included Gabriele Andersen at 50k; George Livingston, Bob Rosso, Sean
McLaughlin, Sarah Walker, Michael Dunham and Lili Simpson at 25k
classic; Greg Thompson at 25k freestyle; Ned Wheeler, Dennis Donovan,
Genie Swyers, David Harrison and Judy Harrison at 10k; and Nordic team
racer Tess Dahlgren at 5k.
Ketchum’s Sarah Walker, 28, won
the women’s 25k classic race and was 23rd overall of 128 finishers.
Sun Valley Junior Nordic ski
teamers Mikey Matteson and Conor Davis placed 2-3 of 92 racers in the 5k
skate. And fellow ski teamers Dawson Paschall and Robbie Hamlin were 3-4
at the 10k distance.
In the 25k classic race, ski
teamer George Livingston sliced 20 minutes off his time from last year
and finished fifth overall of 128 classic skiers.
Local results by race, with class
placings in parentheses and finishing times in minutes and seconds;
hours, minutes and seconds:
50k freestyle
(268 racers): 1—Scott Loomis, 31, of Park City 2.08:38.6. 5—Jon
Engen (1) 2.09:21. 17—Brooke Baughman (1) 2.17:52. 40—Jared Alexander
(7) 2.30:28. 44—Jeff Ford (9) 2.32:29. 45—Kris Thoreson (4) 2.32:34.
61—Adrienne Leugers (2) 2.35:55. 63—Jim Bradford (5) 2.36:08. 65—Chris
Williams (11) 2.36:41. 72—Wilhelm Northrop (9) 2.39:43. 73—Jim McClatchy
(6) 2.39:44. 93—Jon Holmquist (9) 2.44:27. 97—Gabriele Andersen (1)
2.45:08. 116—Julie Welty (4) 2.49:07. 118—Tricia Swartling (6) 2.49:26.
125—Susan Thoreson (6) 2.51:10. 127—William Hovey (16) 2.51:49. 150—Mike
Hipsher (13) 2.57:18. 174—Robert Coplin (16) 3.01:35. 175—Carol Rank (5)
3.02:29. 176—Dayna Deuter (8) 3.02:32. 184—Michael Stevens (19) 3.04:05.
25k classic
(128 racers): 1—Petr Jaki, 39, of Midway, Utah 1.15:25. 5—George
Livingston (1) 1.18:19. 8—Bob Rosso (1) 1.19:23. 20—Sean McLaughlin (1)
1.25:43. 23—Sarah Walker (1) 1.26:35. 25—Michael Dunham (1) 1.27:29.
31—Brad Bradford (5) 1.29:32. 32—Craig Phelan (2) 1.29:49. 55—Lili
Simpson (1) 1.46:27. 60—Terry Potts (7) 1.48:35.
25k freestyle
(231 racers):
1—David Bergart, 24, of Jackson Hole, Wyo. 1.05:18. 11—Stephanie
Williams, 39, of Jackson Hole 1.09:32. 17—Jeremy Fryberger (3) 1.10:30.
26—Darla McRoberts (2) 1.14:05. 27—Greg Thompson (1) 1.14:11. 41—Bob
Closser (7) 1.16:59. 44—Kyle Kunz (8) 1.17:13. 48—John Seiller (7)
1.17:50. 52—Kim Nalen (2) 1.18:44. 60—Jim Santa (8) 1.20:36. 65—Jason
Hayes (9) 1.21:19. 66—Shannon Jackson (3) 1.21:20. 79—Dick Andersen (4)
1.23:10. 80—Tom Bowman (13) 1.23:12. 81—Todd Byle (10) 1.23:15.
86—Shauna Unser (6) 1.23:57. 115—John Swyers (2) 1.29:15. 135—Mary
O’Sullivan (4) 1.31:13. 141—J. Peter Maier (5) 1.33:04. 148—Shari Kunz
(10) 1.34:13. 159—Joni Cashman (9) 1.37:14. 160—Sam East (6) 1.37:24.
182—Andrew Parnes (15) 1.43:05. 195—Liza Wilson (4) 1.47:54. 19—Chip
Mills (16) 1.49:24. 208—Steve Edsall (17) 1.54:11.
10k freestyle
(71 racers): 3—Dawson Paschall (3) 30:57. 4—Robbie Hamlin (4)
31:05. 7—Chris Holmquist (6) 32:15. 8—Ned Wheeler (1) 32:24. 27—Dennis
Donovan (1) 39:15. 34—Genie Swyers (1) 42:45. 35—David Harrison (1)
44:19. 43—Judy Harrison (1) 46:29.
5k freestyle
(92 racers): 2—Mikey Matteson (2) 12:21. 3—Conor Davis (3) 12:22.
18—Tess Dahlgren (1) 13:59. 34—Chelsea Vanderpool (6) 14:54. 37—Travis
Job (19) 15:06. 38—Scotty Phelan (20) 15:07. 44—Bronwen Raff (7)
15:21.1. 45—Jenn Tormey (8) 15:21.4. 52—Makala Cappel (9) 15:45. 60—Amy
Buchanan (13) 16:54. 61—Madison Deffe (14) 16:55. 62—Sam Farnham (14)
16:57. 67—Sean Dumke (22) 17:20. 69—Nicol Wheeler (16) 17:24.