Results
Western States Youth Ski Festival, Bozeman, MT, Feb 17-19
30 members of the Sun Valley Nordic Ski Team travelled to Bozeman, MT for the Western States Youth Ski Festival at Bohart Ranch, sponsored by the Bridger Ski Foundation. The SVSEF skiers with ages ranging from 7-14 competed in 4 different events over the course of the weekend.
Saturday was a busy day starting with a skate race (1km for J5/6, 2km J4, 3km J3/J2-novice) followed by an obstacle course and a downhill course. This year's downhill course was different from years past, boasting a "traditional telemark race" format. Competitors negotiated slalom turns, a jump, more slalom gates, then a full circle turn before skiing back up the hill to the same start/finish (younger skiers had a lower finish), it was not an easy course. The obstacle course was also had a tricky addition to the usual format, this year skiers had to shoot a target with a paintball gun in biathlon fashion as part of their race.
Sunday was a simpler day with just one race, another 15 sec individual start race this time classic. Age groups raced the same distances and courses as in the skate race. The Sun Valley skiers had a great weekend taking not only many individual podiums (top 5) but also taking home the Overall Team Title! More importantly though, was the tremendous showing from the SV athletes who were competing in their first travel races and for some their first timed races ever! The efforts and positive attitudes of all the Sun Valley competitors were tremendous and Sun Valley was definitely a contender for the Team Sportsmanship Trophy.
Click here for complete results
Junior National Qualifiers, Soldier Hollow, Utah, Jan 27-29, 2012
Soldier Hollow, Utah, was the venue for the second set of Junior National cross country qualifying events, January 27-28.
In classic sprints, Cole Morgan and Jesse Knori won their respective A final championships. Sloan Storey was fifth in the A bracket. Maggie Williams won the B bracket final with Maranda Stopol fourth. Kevin Bolger was fifth in the men's A final and Jack Steele sixth in men's B. Nate Thomas was sixth in the J2 men's A final.
Top SVSEF athletes in freestyle races were Sloan Storey was third overall in the women's 10k and the second J1 in 26:58. Margaret Pope (27:32) and Maggie Williams (27:32) cracked the top 10 in fifth and seventh, respectively, and were third and fifth in their class. Morgan Atkinson placed second in OJ women's class in 28:32. In the men's OJ 15k, Kevin Bolger was fifth overall and the second OJ (32:37). Cole Morgan finished ninth overall and was third in the J1 class (32:58).
In the J2 boys' class, Nate Thomas was 13th and Nathan Nasvik 14th. Katie Feldman's 26th was the top for Sun Valley girls in the J2 class. Emily Siegel and Sarah Verst finished top 20 in the F3 division. Ditto for Theo Castellano-Wood, Ben Brunelle and Carter Ros in M3 boys. Zach Williams finished fourth overall in the M3 class.
Results, Soldier Hollow JNQ's
Classic Sprints, 1/27
http://www.summittiming.com/race_results/2012/soldier_hollow_joq/results_for_soho_super_joq_sprint_heats_120127.pdf
5/10/15k Freestyle, 1/28
http://www.summittiming.com/race_results/2012/soldier_hollow_joq/results_for_soho_joq_saturday_free_120128.pdf
Junior National Qualifiers, West Yellowstone, Jan 14-15, 2012
Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation racers posted some excellent results in the opening set of Junior National Qualifying races at West Yellowstone, Montana.
Ketchum Wilt won the M1 class in the 10k classic and teammate Gray Reidinger was also on the podium in third place. Kelsey Dickinson, Jesse Knori and Peter Wolter also stepped up on top of the podium. Top three finishers were Jack Steele, Morgan Atkinson, Maranda Stopol, and Zach Williams.
In sprints, Sun Valley swept five out of six spots in the women's JI/OJ A Final, with Maggie Williams winning. Margaret Pope was 2nd, Maranda Stopol 4th, Jesse Knori 5th and Kelsey Dickinson 6th. Morgan Atkinson finished 5th in the B Final. In the men's J1/OJ A Final, Evan Martell was 3rd, Will Spiller 4th and Jack Steele 6th. Stephen Pfieffer was 6th in the B Final.
In J2 sprints, Katie Feldman was 5th in the A Final. Haley Montgomery won the B Final. Nate Thomas and Andrew Morse were 2nd and 3rd in the B Final. In the J3 A Final, Peter Wolter and Zach Williams were 2nd and 3rd. River Vorse was 3rd in the B Final. Emily Siegel was 3rd in the J3 A Final.
The next set of Junior National qualifying races is at Soldier Hollow, Utah, January 25-28.
Results, West Yellowstone JNQ's
5/10k Classic http://www.summittiming.com/race_results/2012/west_yellowstone/results_for_west_yellowstone_joq_classic_120115.pdf
Sprint Results http://www.summittiming.com/race_results/2012/west_yellowstone/results_for_west_yellowstone_joq_sprint_qualifier_120113.pdf
2012
Snowmaker Results 2012
2010-2011
Devo Triathalon Results - Saturday, March 5 2011
Skate Results Downhill Results
Obstacle Results
Sun Valley Jr National Qualifier Results
2010 Christmas Classic Results
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10 Nordic team members traveled to New Hampshire for New England J2 Championships as Team IDAHO
2010 Junior National Team - Congratulations to the athletes who will be competing March 8-13 in Presque Isle, Maine!
SVSEF skiers qualifying automatically by virtue of their results at US Senior Nationals in Anchorage in January:
Erik Fagerstrom OJ Boys
Adele Espy OJ Girls (Adele won’t race at JN’s as she is recovering from broken ribs)
Earning a JN slot based on the IMD Qualifying Series:
Scott Schoen J1 Boy
Daniel Sundali J1 Boy
Will Spiller J1 Boy
Torin Tucker J1 Boy
Zach Lindahl J2 Boy
Jackson Long J2 Boy
Emily Williams J1 Girl
Morgan Atkinson J1 Girl
Sloan Storey J2 Girl
Maggie Williams J2 Girl
Maranda Stopol J2 Girl
Bozeman JNQ Results - January 16-17, 2010
Bozeman FIS-U/IMD JNQ Results - Friday-January 15, 2010
Simi Hamilton XCODT athlete WINS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! Simi had the fastest qualifying time in the 2010 US National Freestyle Sprint Competition and then skied "a bunch of smart races" to win his first National crown. Mikey Sinnott qualified in 3rd, but did not advance past his quarterfinal. Kate Whitcomb and Nicole DeYong qualified 18th and 9th, but also went out in the quarters. Erik Fagerstrom was 3rd junior, putting him in strong contention for World Juniors. Adele Espy was still racing at the time of this posting.
Results link on our News page.