Even a thick fog and frigid

temperatures couldn’t slow down retired Telemark racer Kelsey

Schmid-Sommer.

The five-time national champion edged

local racer and U.S. Regional team memeber Maggie Doherty to win

the women’s elite division on Saturday at the Don K Subaru Sprint

Classic at Whitefish Mountain Resort.

David Hobbs, formerly of White-fish,

won the men’s elite division by a whopping 15 seconds. Hobbs

currently lives in Missoula.

Racers started near Big Mountain’s

summit, then launched off a jump before hitting gates in Ptarmigan

Bowl and finishing near the bottom of Chair 5 with a 360-degree

turn.

Don K Subaru Sprint Classic

Whitefish Mountain Resort

Saturday, Feb. 26

Women’s Elite

1 K. Schmid-Sommer, Wfish, 3:03.02

2 Maggie Doherty, Whitefish,

3:18.86

3 Suzanne Pattinson, Sandpoint,

3:22.60

Men’s Elite

1 David Hobbs, Missoula, 2:32.56

2 Jef Elliot, Whitefish, 2:47.71

3 Cole Schneider, Whitefish,

2:53.99

4 Joseph Fetherolf, Whitefish,

3:16.79

Men’s Junior U18

1 Logan Morley, Bigfork, 4:08.30

2 Galen Jamison, Whitefish, 4:45.67

Women’s Citizen

1 Heidi Marcum, Whitefish, 3:17.21

2 Elise Booth, Whitefish, 3:53.77

Men’s Citizen

1 Colter Lane, Kalispell, 3:27.85

2 Robbie Kalabis, Nelson B.C.,

3:33.32

3 Warren Lane, Kalispell, 3:55.66

Men’s Master’s

1 Scott Edgerton, Missoula, 3:00.12

2 Chris Schwaderer, Whitefish,

3:01.50