1000 x 90

Results from Fourth High Country Junior Race Series Race at Beech Mountain; Lehmann Takes Fastest Time

By Paul T. Choate

Photo by Ken Ketchie
Photo by Ken Ketchie

Feb. 5, 2013. The High Country Junior Race Series held their fourth race of the season Sunday, Feb. 3, at Beech Mountain. Started in 1984, the series has become one of the most popular winter events for young people in the area.

This week, Sophia Lehmann, of the girls aged nine and 10 division, recorded the fastest time on the mountain with a time of 29.38 seconds. In the last race, Wiley Speckmann, of the boys aged nine and 10 division, recorded the fastest time on the mountain with a time of 23.69 seconds.

The fifth race takes place on Feb. 10 at Sugar Mountain, with the championship taking place on Feb. 24 at App Ski Mountain. 

For more information on the series, visit hcjrs.com.

Race results

HCJRS Race # 4  –  Ski Beech  –  Results  3 February 2013        
               
  Girls 6 and under            
  Bib Name Mtn 1st Run 2nd Run Best Place
  1 Eva Young App Ski Mtn 33.97 36.01 33.97 1
  2 Bella Payne Sugar Mountain 41.73 48.05 41.73 2
  7 Sarah Grosser Sugar Mountain 43.85 47.7 43.85 3
  4 Karolina Nosarzewski Ski Beech 48.37 44.36 44.36 4
               
  Boys 6 and under            
  10 Charlie Martyn Ski Beech 37.76 38.45 37.76 1
  13 Ayden Johnson Sugar Mountain 42.84 46.1 42.84 2
  11 Connor Hearn App Ski Mtn 43.29 45.67 43.29 3
  14 Ayden Crissler App Ski Mtn 01:00.6 55.86 55.86 4
  15 Cavan Bannon App Ski Mtn 01:06.6   01:06.6 5
               
  Girls 7 & 8            
  21 Ava Schmidinger Sugar Mountain 37.27 38.43 37.27 1
  24 Sarah Goode Ski Beech 38.07 37.48 37.48 2
  20 Keely Hendricks Sugar Mountain 37.89 46.8 37.89 3
  23 Sophie Speckmann App Ski Mtn 41.48 43.52 41.48 4
  29 Emily Grey App Ski Mtn 42.26 43.42 42.26 5
  22 Mercer Long App Ski Mtn 42.72 45.57 42.72 6
  26 Sunny Green App Ski Mtn 45 46.75 45 7
  28 Tatum Mellor App Ski Mtn 45.4 45.89 45.4 8
  32 Caroline Roach App Ski Mtn DSQ DSQ    
               
  Boys 7 & 8            
  41 Thomas Mennen Sugar Mountain 32.65 DSQ 32.65 1
  40 Andrew Geouque App Ski Mtn 35.91 36.01 35.91 2
  48 Timothy Eustice Ski Beech 37.84 38.21 37.84 3
  46 Cameron Torman App Ski Mtn 40.07 39.79 39.79 4
  43 Grayson Matney Ski Beech 40.62 42.49 40.62 5
  52 Henri Paris Sugar Mountain 40.75 42.27 40.75 6
  54 Grant Helms Ski Beech 41 41.81 41 7
  59 Colin Burts Sugar Mountain 41.47 42.48 41.47 8
  51 Ian Provencher Ski Beech 43.92 41.51 41.51 9
  50 Will Covington Sugar Mountain 48.59 50.32 48.59 10
  53 Sam Campbell App Ski Mtn DNF DNF    
               
  Girls 9 & 10            
  65 Sophia Lehmann Sugar Mountain 29.38 32.28 29.38 1
  68 Magali Turner App Ski Mtn 32.14 32 32 2
  66 Hallie Rose Donadio App Ski Mtn 33.79 33.23 33.23 3
  69 Emiley Geoque App Ski Mtn 33.47 33.86 33.47 4
  72 Tessa Rogers Ski Beech 34.14 33.85 33.85 5
  70 Alice Knight App Ski Mtn 35.34 35.07 35.07 6
  71 Hanna Rogers Ski Beech 35.47 36.87 35.47 7
  73 Julia Handley Ski Beech 36.34 36.8 36.34 8
  67 Jackie Granger Ski Beech 36.45 37.83 36.45 9
  74 Kate Ambler App Ski Mtn 39.09 38.64 38.64 10
  79 Eva Giguire Ski Beech 42.73 45.64 42.73 11
  76 Ana Van Buren Ski Beech 47.47 48.51 47.47 12
               
  Boys 9 & 10            
  Bib Name Mtn 1st Run 2nd Run Best Place
  92 Wiley Speckmann App Ski Mtn 30.93 33.11 30.93 1
  91 Joshua Grosser Sugar Mountain 31.15 31.67 31.15 2
  90 Will Spradling Sugar Mountain 31.78 31.53 31.53 3
  94 Maddox Spires App Ski Mtn 31.79 32.5 31.79 4
  89 Grant McAllister App Ski Mtn 33.83 33.5 33.5 5
  93 Ethan Campbell App Ski Mtn 36.64 34.41 34.41 6
  98 George Young App Ski Mtn 35.48 36.01 35.48 7
  112 Dennis Schneider App Ski Mtn 39.09 36.72 36.72 8
  101 Ben Avason App Ski Mtn 36.86 DNF 36.86 9
  95 Will Abernathy App Ski Mtn 38.16 39.69 38.16 10
  97 Jackson Hudspeth App Ski Mtn 38.77 38.61 38.61 11
  100 Dawson Willis Ski Beech 38.75 39.85 38.75 12
  102 Alex Helms Ski Beech 41.43 42.01 41.43 13
  96 Angus Curie Ski Beech 43.77 41.99 41.99 14
  114 George Crumpler App Ski Mtn 42.3 44.18 42.3 15
  99 Sam Bauer Sugar Mountain 43.06   43.06 16
  109 Luke Ramsdell App Ski Mtn 54.25 DNF 54.25 17
               
  Girls 11 & 12            
  121 Olivia Jochl Sugar Mountain DNF 29.66 29.66 1
  120 Ashley Simione Sugar Mountain 29.73 30.04 29.73 2
  122 Katie Goode Ski Beech 31.44 30.87 30.87 3
  126 Lachlann Currie Ski Beech 32.44 33.56 32.44 4
  123 Katie Mac Knight App Ski Mtn 33.59 34.55 33.59 5
  125 Jeannie Sapp Ski Beech 34.62 35.16 34.62 6
  131 Annamarie Eustice Ski Beech 35.08 34.93 34.93 7
  124 Jennifer Fish Sugar Mountain 37.01 35.54 35.54 8
  134 Emma Hudspeth App Ski Mtn 38.25 DNF 38.25 9
  129 Lili Bauer Sugar Mountain 38.4   38.4 10
  135 Isabella Trew App Ski Mtn DNF 51.56 51.56 11
               
  Boys 11 & 12            
  151 Will Ambler App Ski Mtn 29.56 29.85 29.56 1
  150 Justin Simmons Sugar Mountain 32.24   32.24 2
  153 George Mennen Sugar Mountain 32.61 33.52 32.61 3
  154 Julian Nosarzewski Ski Beech 32.96 37.29 32.96 4
  149 Karson Pilkenton App Ski Mtn 33.81 33.49 33.49 5
  155 Lee Byington Ski Beech 33.75 34.41 33.75 6
  165 Tate Anagnos App Ski Mtn 33.84 35.57 33.84 7
  157 William Schneider App Ski Mtn 36.25 35.74 35.74 8
  158 Thomas Paris Sugar Mountain 37.32 36.31 36.31 9
  167 Levi Marland App Ski Mtn 37.67 37.23 37.23 10
  168 Aiden Bannon App Ski Mtn 39.04 40.33 39.04 11
  141 Wyatt Roach App Ski Mtn 41.97 41.74 41.74 12
  160 Mitchell Abernathy App Ski Mtn 42.58 42.04 42.04 13
  161 Will Vestal Sugar Mountain 45.21 43.26 43.26 14
               
  Girls 13 & 14            
  Bib Name Mtn 1st Run 2nd Run Best Place
  176 Hannah Barbour Sugar Mountain 31.23 32.02 31.23 1
  177 Olivia Handley Ski Beech 31.31 32.32 31.31 2
  183 Ella Dunn Ski Beech 31.8 31.96 31.8 3
  178 Pammy Fish Sugar Mountain 32.59 32.63 32.59 4
  180 Savannah Torman App Ski Mtn 33.28 DNF 33.28 5
  182 Caitlin Burnham Sugar Mountain 33.62 35.16 33.62 6
  187 Morgan Paris Sugar Mountain 34.88 37.22 34.88 7
  184 Lauren Matherly Ski Beech 35.05 34.98 34.98 8
  186 Emma Carder Ski Beech 35.68 36.67 35.68 9
  190 Holland Currie Ski Beech 36.15 36.71 36.15 10
               
  Boys 13 & 14            
  199 Spencer Adams Sugar Mountain 31.18 29.56 29.56 1
  211 Martin Smolka Ski Beech 30.5 30.91 30.5 2
  201 Austin Horn App Ski Mtn 34.51 32.87 32.87 3
  200 Alec Granger Ski Beech 35.08 34.12 34.12 4
  204 Raleigh Buchanan Sugar Mountain 36.4 37.73 36.4 5
  212 Jackson McKinney Sugar Mountain DNF 36.42 36.42 6
  207 Baylor Matney Ski Beech 37.35 37.63 37.35 7
  209 Luke Steen Sugar Mountain 42.2 38.29 38.29 8
  205 Ryan McSwain App Ski Mtn 38.64 38.67 38.64 9
               
  Girls 15 & 16            
  173A Lauryn Hayes App Ski Mtn 32.65 DNF 32.65 1
  226 Virginia Currie Ski Beech 33.44 33.42 33.42 2
  230 Brianna Barbour Sugar Mountain 36.29 49.39 36.29 3
               
  Boys 15 & 16            
  236 Matthew Anderson Ski Beech 39.1 39.64 39.1 1
               
  Girls 17 & 18            
  241 Madeline Burnham Sugar Mountain 32.53 32.27 32.27 1
               
  Boys 17 & 18            
  116A Ryan Baker App Ski Mtn 30.37 30.12 30.12 1
  246 Evan Skeen App Ski Mtn 32.02 34.79 32.02 2
  245 Trevor Gragg App Ski Mtn 33.41 32.61 32.61 3
  194A Tucker Dowell App Ski Mtn 36.91 33.53 33.53 4
  248 Derek Hilgert App Ski Mtn 34.52 34.79 34.52 5