a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/TLvA0XoC77I/AAAAAAAAAbI/-t2i5kW4S7o/s1600/stellamemorial.jpg”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/TLvA0XoC77I/AAAAAAAAAbI/-t2i5kW4S7o/s400/stellamemorial.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529224973455126450″ //abr /br /With nine Olympiads represented by the twenty-four athletes who toed the line for the 47th Annual Driveway Butte Hill Climb, one knew the competition promised to be fierce in the steep four mile switchback singletrack hill climb up the inappropriately named Driveway Butte, situated in the mountains just east of the North Cascades National Park. br /br /Whether it was because he slept through his alarm, or motivated by the six-pack of Stella Artois awaiting the winner of the race, Torin Koos posted a record run of 25:32, slicing two minutes off Erik BabyFace Bjornsen’s top time, the hill climb’s winner the previous three editions.br /br /Following close behind pitted a battle royale of Chris Flash Clark and Laura Squeeky McCabe, with Flash pulling away by sixteen seconds in the final half mile. br /br /Sammy Boy country-boys-can-survive Naney must have been doing something right as summer junior coach of the Methow Valley Nordic Team, seeing as fifteen-year old Nina Darling Ekblad also sliced two minutes off another Bjornsen’s record, this one held by Sweet Sadie B’s junior women’s standard. Also of note, fifteen-year old Jake The Snake Harrop ran the second fastest junior men’s time recorded, crossing the line in 34:02. br /br /Full Results:br /Organizer, PaceSetter, Course Cutter, And Timer Scotty J. 35:26br /Torin 25:35br /Flash 28:24br /Laura 28:46br /Erik 28:53br /Leslie 30:04br /Heather 30:40br /Brent 31:24br /Brian 32:10br /Betsy 33:56br /Jake 34:02br /Steve 34:50br /Robert 34:59br /Jim K 35:21br /Julie 35:55br /AndyK 36:14br /Chad 36:33br /Hans 37:03br /MarkL 37:15br /Nina 37:34br /Ginny 37:49br /Jan 42:24br /ROlfe 42:33br /JaneP 43:35br /Sage 47:36br /Bryce 50:45div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-6811545036365788883?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
