Banked slalom contest brings 133 to Baldy | Local - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

     Sun Valley Resort hosted its seventh annual Baldy Banked Slalom competition Saturday, Jan. 19 in a best-of-two runs format from the top of Baldy’s Warm Springs lift.

     A total 133 athletes finished the event in 10 divisions, with the top Pro/Open women and men earning berths in the 33rd Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom Feb. 8-10 in Oregon.

     Pro/Open men’s top-five were Shane Chappell 41.72, Graham Watanabe 41.75, Matt Hughes 41.77, Rick Millett 41.81 and Pat Holland 41.86.

     Pro/Open women top-five were Audrey Hebert 42.60, Janessa Bork 44.63, Rel Friedman 45.61, Ashley Wendorf 45.74 and Zeia Rose 45.83.

     Others topping their classes: Sebastian Lerner and Kiki Pate in Next Generation (12-and-under) boys and girls; Jack Verhaeghe and Madison Hothem in Youth (13-18) boys and girls; Ben Buchanan and Sita Vaughan in 35-plus Men and Women; Cody Johnston and Kiana Busey in Amateur Men and Women (ages 19-34).

     Results follow:

     Pro Open Men (LBS qualifier): 1—Shane Chappell 41.72. 2—Graham Watanabe 41.75. 3—Matt Hughes 41.77. 4—Rick Millett 41.81. 5—Pat Holland 41.86. 6—Wyatt Caldwell 42.19. 7—Jesse Fortier 42.27. 8—Spenny Powders 42.37. 9—Nathan Soucy 42.64. 10—Tommy Snyder 43.02. 11—David Baldwin 43.05. 12—Pat Lee 43.31. 13—Nate Sheehan 43.39. 14—Julian Gluck 43.41. 15—Mister Kaiser 43.46. 16—Jeremy Black 43.50. 17—Ronald Arnold 43.76. 18—David Sypniewski 43.77. 19—Elk Spencer 43.87. 20—Xander Cornaby 43.89.

     21—Dillon Witmer 44.01. 22—Jackson Flynn 44.39. 23—Ben Verge 44.77. 24—Skyler Jensen 44.80. 25—Ross Bird 44.83. 26—Nicholas Hughes 44.90. 27—Danny Gariepy 45.27. 28—Michael Franco 45.44. 29—Josh Keefer 45.62. 30—Jack Wiley 46.07. 31—Gordon Knight 46.14. 32—Pete Moser 46.28. 33—James Sherill 46.34. 34—Matt Hansen 46.48. 35—Cory Smith 46.49. 36—Ryan Heck 47.05. 37—Theo Rich 48.03. 38—Cuyler Swindley 48.24 and Bryon Siegrist 48.24. 40—Jason Price 49.99. 41—Joshua Grimmett 50.72. 42—Arthur Balluff 52.01. 43—Sean Brawner 53.53.

     Pro Open Women (LBS qualifier): 1—Audrey Hebert 42.60. 2—Janessa Bork 44.63. 3—Rel Friedman 45.61. 4—Ashley Wendorf 45.74. 5—Zeia Rose 45.83. 6—Kiana Putnam 46.25. 7—Phebe Ericksen 46.80. 8—Tamara Harrison 47.22. 9—Jennifer Minor 47.56 and Camila Brown 47.56. 11—Karen Fisher 47.65 and Zoe Bacca 47.65. 13—Paige Rainear 48.98. 14—Piper Andrews 50.12. 15—Sheila Moriarty 51.46. 16—Megan Shellhorn 52.15. 17—Payton Bacca 53.09. DNF—Clara Jenner.

      Amateur Men 19-34: 1—Cody Johnston 42.51. 2—Josh Devenere 43.98. 3—Mathew Mead 44.37. 4—Loren Exon 44.68. 5—Michael Clemons 45.96. 6—Ziggy Slanetz 46.05. 7—Hayden Burdge 46.38. 8—Chris Lenington 46.83. 9—Nate Tonder 47.64. 10—Michael DeHaan 47.86. 11—William Robinson 49.19. 12—Stefan Curtis 49.29. 13—Russell Max 54.97. 14—Samuel Mollner 1:05.20.

     Amateur Women 19-34: 1—Kiana Busey 49.36. 2—Katie Fellows 50.31. 3—Katie Fiaschetti 51.95. 4—Camille Lovitt 54.65. 5—Kendall Friedman 54.74. 6—Katie Doucette 58.10. 7—Ashley Boand 58.16. 8—Sofia DeWolfe 59.31. 9—Esther Williams 1:08.46.

     Men 35-plus: 1—Ben Buchanan 41.63. 2—Preston Woods 43.44. 3—Brian Bakken 43.91. 4—Kyle Rose 44.47. 5—Zach Venzon 44.58. 6—Carruth Kenton 45.01. 7—Corey McDonald 45.20. 8—Jon French 45.25. 9—Nicolas Demetrio 45.51. 10—Catfish Mattias 46.43. 11—Andrew Church 46.86. 12—Jake Schmillen 47.50 and Chris Wagner 47.50. 14—Joey Armeen 47.77. 15—Steven Tsakrios 48.32. 16—Mark Spencer 48.50. 17—Andy Gilbert 50.08. 18—Jim Slanetz 50.15. 19—Brett Baker 51.09. 20—Matt Jones 51.33. 21—Jason Williams 52.62. 22—Jeff Kurtnebach 59.26. 23—Brigham Mellor 1:43.00.

     Women 35-plus: 1—Sita Vaughan 49.87. 2—Kirsten Phillips 50.97. 3—Sarah Thompson 53.87. 4—Christine Sutton 55.83. 5—Kelsey Hazelton 58.95. 6—Christelle Schmillen 1:06.05.

     Youth Boys 13-18: 1—Jack Verhaeghe 42.32. 2—Brody McBee 44.55. 3—Walker Pate 44.61. 4—Caleb Hothem 44.77. 5—TJ Gundram 52.19. 6—Angus McNee 55.32. 7—Angus Gilbert 55.64.

     Youth Girls 13-18: 1—Madison Hothem 48.59. 2—Olive Gilbert 49.21. 3—Sydney Kmetic 51.00. 4—Channing Curci 51.13. 5—Emma Schmillen 51.53.

     Next Generation Boys 12-and-under: 1—Sebastian Lerner 44.27. 2—Nico Lerner 47.71. 3—Enzo Schmillen 55.58. 4—Roger Sullivan 1:04.13.

     Next Generation Girls 12-and-under: 1—Kiki Pate 49.78. 2—Sophie Smith 55.74. 3—Camille Armeen 1:04.00. 4—Vivian Smith 1:31.54.

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