Southern Oregon Nordic Club
John Day Memorial XC Ski Race

Diamond Lake Resort
Oregon State Route 138

President's Day Weekend (Sunday)
February 20, 2011

Race course conditions (Diamond Lake Northern Exposure trail system) we pretty great. The preceeding week added two feet of new to the solid 2-foot base of the January "drought".

KTVL 10 News Video on the John Day XC Race:
http://www.ktvl.com/video/c/1155263524/local-news/797361487001/news

Sorry about the technical difficulties in sorting and printing race results but here are the results of the 25th John Day XC race 2011 in PDF file below and listed way below:

Click here to download PDF file of (Corrected) 25th John Day 2011 Race Results

Click HERE to download 2011 (25th) John Day XC Race Entry Form (PDF)

2011 John Day Race Start

New Snow! 2 feet over the past week! Photo by Stef

The John Day Memorial Citizen’s Cross Country Ski Race places an emphasis on “Citizen’s”. Former Olympic team skiers have participated in past races and we expect very competitive skiers. However, no race experience is needed and the wide course and friendly competition has room for all levels of skiers.

The race course is machine groomed for skating and track set for classic skiing. The course is relatively flat with gentle rolling terrain and views if a racer chooses to look up. All race events are held on the same course, with longer events accomplished with more laps of the 5K loop. The race uses a mass start with classic event skiers just behind the freestyle skiers.

The 5300 foot elevation is high enough for good snow with air still “thick” enough for comfortable breathing at race pace.

Teacup Classic Race - January 30, 2011
http://www.teacupnordic.org/events-calendar

Our sister ONC chapter' organizes the Annual Teacup Classic Race. Michale notes that: "Teacup Nordic Center is nestled in a beautiful setting on the flanks of Mt. Hood, Oregon. (Located on highway 35 across from Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Ski Area)". For Teacup race information, contact: Michele R. Miller by E-mail mrm@integraonline.com

Current Diamond Lake Road Conditions:
http://167.131.0.179/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&curRegion=7

John Day Race - 2011

Photo by Stef

Diamond Lake and the John Day Race Venue:

Diamond Lake Resort

Location of the John Day Race

Race registration at Diamond Lake Resort Lodge

Start area at Northern Exposure Parking

Driving directions:

From Roseburg - 79 miles east on Highway 138

From Medford - 85 miles north via Highways 62, 230 and 138

From Bend – 100 miles south on Highway 97 then west on Highway 138

From Klamath Falls - 85 miles north on Highway 97 then west on Highway 138

These state routes are routinely plowed and sanded.

Access the Diamond Lake Resort Lodge and race course from the north enterance off of Oregon Highway 138. The race course start is on the right hand side as you drive to the Lodge just before the gas station.

Registration and check in is at the Diamond Lake Resort Lodge. Continue past the gas station following signs to the lodge.

American Cross Country Skiers

American Cross Country Skiers (AXCS)
XC skiers interested in performance skiing should consider joining AXCS, the U.S. cross country ski national membership association for "Masters" skiers. For information, go to:
http://www.xcskiworld.com/axcs/axcs.htm

Mt. Shasta Nordic X-Country Ski Races
Details coming
http://www.mtshastanordic.org/news1.htm

2011 World and National Masters

Silver Star, BC Canada

March 3 - 11, 2011

http://www.xcskiworld.com/events_xc/NM/NM_index.htm

Tumalo Langlauf Club
Tour de Meissner Classic Race and Tour

March 6, 2010

Classic race distances 14K and 22K, tour distances 5K to 22K

Machine groomed ski trails at Virgina Meissner Sno-Park (Bend, OR)

http://www.tumalolanglauf.com/

25th John Day Race - 2011

Photo by Stef

25th Annual John Day Cross Country Ski Race
Diamond Lake 20-Feb-2011
Results (Corrected)

5K Classic - Juniors
Last Name First Name Bib # Category TIME
HILL NATALIE 170 5JC, F8-10 0:34:05

TEUBER BOWEN 166 5JC, M0-7 53:48:00
TEUBER TRUMAN 167 5JC, M0-7 54:14:00

10K Freestyle - Juniors
Last Name First Name Bib # Category TIME Overall
Position
Females
EBERLE KAREN 165 10JF, F15-18 0:42:02 1
AMAROTICO ELLA 118 10JF, F6-10 0:57:18 2

Males
MARTIN ALEX 159 10JF, M11-14 0:34:38 1
KING SAM 114 10JF, M15-18 0:34:49 2
GYLESPIE DYLAN 161 10JF, M11-14 0:38:54 3
KING NOLAN 113 10JF, M15-18 0:38:57 4
KIM MIN-SOO 163 10JF, M15-18 0:39:46 5
CECCANESE WALLY 151 10JF, M11-14 0:51:56 6
AMAROTICO TAYLOR 115 10JF, M10-14 0:54:32 7

10K Classic Seniors/Masters
Last Name First Name Bib # Category TIME Overall
Position
Females
EBERLE BRENDA 111 10K, F50-54 1:13:13 1
COOLEY EVA 120 10K, F50-54 1:13:19 2
SCOTT KAREN 106 10K, F55-59 1:18:33 3
WETZEL SANDRA 107 10K, F60-64 1:29:17 4
AMAROTICO DANIELLE 117 10K, F35-39 1:36:19 5

Males
KRAKOW DENNIS 109 10K, M60-64 0:39:41 1
SIKORSKI VINCENT 108 10K, M55-59 0:41:54 2
AMAROTICO ALEX 116 10K, M40-44 0:42:11 3
CICERRELLA JOEL 102 10K, M60-64 0:55:30 4
HEE EDGAR 103 10K, M60-64 0:55:34 5
DUBE TOM 112 10K, M55-59 0:59:41 6
BENNETT STANLEY 121 10K, M50-54 1:04:22 7
McCOY HAYES 110 10K, M30-34 1:08:52 8
PARSONS JUDSEN 105 10K, M75-79 1:33:11 9
KREBS WALTER 104 10K, M90-94 1:40:51 10
RIGGS GORDON 119 10K, M85-89 DNF

20K Freestyle Seniors/Masters
Last Name First Name Bib # Category TIME Overall
Position
Females
OPPENHEIMER KAREN 15 20K, F40-44 1:00:56 1
SCHORKE BRIA 35 20K, F25-29 1:02:20 2
DOWNING JULIE 9 20K, F40-44 1:05:56 3
BALDWIN BERKLEY 1 20K, F25-29 1:08:56 4
SALERNO ANGELINA 28 20K, F35-39 1:09:19 5
CLARK HEATHER 20 20K, F30-34 1:12:26 6
COLL-LAMARA LAURA 7 20K, F40-44 1:14:51 7
MARTIN LAURIE 32 20K, F40-44 1:18:40 8
EWING HANNAH 18 20K, F15-18 1:25:03 9
SEXTON BRITT 23 20K, F35-39 1:40:59 10
HUMBLET CATHERINE 34 20K, F30-34 DNF
QUIGLEY MELANIE 19 20K, F50-54 DNF ?

Males
MARTIN ERIC 31 20K, M44-49 0:50:34 1
BOONE ANDREW 21 20K, M25-29 0:55:27 2
ADAMS JASON 24 20K, M30-34 0:55:37 3
ROGERS SEAN 14 20K, M40-44 1:00:51 4
DENGEL JEFF 25 20K, M30-34 1:00:54 5
SCOTT RANDY 27 20K, M44-49 1:02:44 6
MICEK EDWARD 26 20K, M25-29 1:06:36 7
JONES JEFF 36 20K, M50-54 1:08:16 8
CECCANESE TONY 5 20K, M50-54 1:09:10 9
KEEP MICHAEL 30 20K, M40-44 1:10:59 10
COLL BOB 6 20K, M44-49 1:11:07 11
DAWKINS MICHAEL 8 20K, M60-64 1:12:11 12
ANGILOA DEAN 33 20K, M50-54 1:12:42 13
CHRISTEN RICK 29 20K, M55-59 1:13:26 14
YOUNG DOUG 16 20K, M25-29 1:13:52 15
GREENING STEVE 10 20K, M60-64 1:15:21 16
MARTIN BILL 13 20K, M70-74 1:24:30 17
ROLLE WAYNE 17 20K, M55-59 1:26:49 18
KIEFER STAN 12 20K, M55-59 1:32:51 19

John Day XC Race 2009

Photo by Stef

Race results in PDF file format:

Click here to download 2011 Race Results (16K PDF File))

Click here to download 2010 Race Results (52K PDF File)

Correction to 2009 John Day Race Results (2-25-2010). We upload a revised 2009 John Day Race Results sheet on 2-26-2010. The corrected race results shows the correct time for Eric Martin (First Place Men’s 20K Freestyle). Our timing official reconstructed the 2009 results table using the data from the manual timing sheets. We believe that the previously incorrect posted time was due to an incorrectly written bib number during the race. Eric Martin's time for 2009 (0:49:48) is essentially identical to his 2010 time (0:49:49). Our apologies to all.

Click here to download 2009 Race Results (Corrected 2-25-2010)

Click here to download 2009 Race Results (105 K Pdf File)

Click here to download 2008 Race Results (62K PDF File)

Click here to download 2007 Race Results (115K PDF File)

Click here to download 2006 Race Results (22 K PDF file)

Click here to download 2005 Race Results (36K PDF File)

Race headquarters: Diamond Lake Resort
Race site location hyperlink:
http://www.diamondlake.net/

JOHN DAY -- SKIER, OUTDOORSMAN, MOUNTAIN CLIMBER AND BICYCLIST

Cross-country skiing would not be as popular in Oregon as it is today were it not for a Medford man named John Day. Like a modern day Johnny Appleseed, Day drove around the state, towing a snowmobile, setting tracks for people who wanted to ski cross country.

John spent much of his youth in Southern Oregon. He graduated from Medford High School. He and his wife Nan lived in Sams Valley, where he ranched, developed real estate and raised buffalo. He was an all-around outdoorsman, a bicyclist (he held several age group records), a mountain climber (he climbed four peaks in a 24 hour span in Oregon) and climbed Mt. McKinley in Alaska, and a big game hunter (listed several times in Boone & Crockett Club Record Books).

Day became interested in cross-country skiing after leg injury made it impossible for him to run anymore (he ran in local road races). He spent a winter in Norway learning to race and tried out for the 1964 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team. He was chosen as a alternate, but was not called upon to race with the U.S. Team. Day then spent the next few years promoting skiing for the United States Ski Association. In that position, he traveled throughout Oregon promoting cross-country skiing. Whenever a local club wanted to hold a race, John would lay the tracks and then race himself. During that period, he, along with Bill Pruitt and Dan Bulkley, formed the Oregon Nordic Club, an organization that now comprises hundreds of skiers in chapters throughout Oregon.

John Day died in 1986. Because of his extraordinary contribution to cross country skiing, the Southern Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Nordic Club organized and dedicated an annual ski race in his honor. Started in 1987, the Oregon Nordic Club has held the John Day Memorial race each February at Diamond Lake Resort.

Ten skiers entered the Crazy Hills with some trepidation and with good reason. An area with such locations such as Loco Pass, Big Skookum, and the Crazy Hills commands respect. We were greeted with fresh friendly snow and stellar blue skies. Snow depth at Lone Butte Sno Park was maybe eighteen inches but at the 3500 foot level it was more than three feet with prominent tree wells on the beaver marsh trail which were explored in depth by some of our group.  With the return of winter I hope to lead two more tours into this area in the next month.

It was a really great day. Shelley Baxter, Fred Stewart and Lloyd DeKay met at 11:00 and headed up the mountain. We weren't sure what to expect but we knew Teacup would be a zoo... and it was, so we kept going.

We pulled into the parking lot at White River West (East is closed by a snow berm) and half of Portland was there. But the snow was firm and soft, not boilerplate, so we headed out across the road to the southeast side. That area is generally open with broad gentle slopes paralleling the river. The snow was fast and wet; fairly easy to control with plow turns when necessary. All that's left of lots of very old snowmobile tracks now are long low ridges that occasionally caught a ski, but with the soft firm snow it was painless to fall and easy to get up.

We did quite a bit of zigzagging in places into and through the woods and across minor buried drainages that would have been tough to backtrack, but we didn't need to do that in the end. We were out about 3+ hours and probably covered 4-5 miles with all the backtracks for dead ends, thick groves, and stream-cut gullies. But we didn't see another person the whole time we were out. The day was bright and sunny with that stunning view of Mt Hood. It was pretty much Spring skiing with about 1/2" of track depth in soft to corn snow.

So not ideal powder but probably the best skiing available around here right now. I'd recommend it to anyone. The only minor fault was that it's all uphill heading back out and the skis didn't grab in the wet snow all that well, but hey, you've gotta go uphill sometime unless you're riding lifts on crowded downhill slopes.