Mike Crawford took home the victory in the 12-kilometer race Thursday night at race No. 5 of the Soldotna Cycle Series, while Brady Baeten won the shorter, 6K, race.
Crawford won the 12K event at the Tsalteshi Trails in a time of 31 minutes, 25 seconds, beating runner-up Jim Hall by 48 seconds and third-place finisher Brian Beeson by 58 seconds.
Morgan Aldridge was the women’s 12K winner, finishing 11th overall in a time of 37:11, which beat out women’s runner-up Jen Showalter by 2:09.
Jack Klein was the top youth finisher in the 12K, finishing 13th overall in 37:53, while Landen Showalter took second among youth in 39:20.
Baeten won the 6K event in a time of 18:45, beating second-place Ben Abel, who finished in 21:50. Carrie Wawzryk was the women’s 6K winner at 24:17, good for sixth overall, while Stephanie Kobylarz was second among women in 25:00.
Soldotna Cycle Series #5
Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails
12K — 1. Mike Crawford, 31:25; 2. Jim Hall, 32:13; 3. Brian Beeson, 32:23; 4. Nathan Kincaid, 34:17; 5. Dave Edwards Smith, 34:33; 6. Matthew Dura, 34:55; 7. Tom Kobylarz, 35:22; 8. Eric Willets, 35:30; 9. Jamie Nelson, 37:08; 10. Kevin Lauver, 37:10; 11. Morgan Aldridge (1st woman), 37:11; 12. Scott Jackson, 37:46; 13. Jack Klein (1st youth), 37:53; 14. Ben McGarry, 38:08; 15. Rob Carson, 39:04; 16. Jen Showalter, 39:20; 17. Landen Showalter, 39:20; 18. Will Morrow, 40:28; 19. Jon Iannoccone, 41:09; 20. Dylan Hogue, 41:22; 21. Mark Forbes, 42:37; 22. Will Walton, 43:13; 23. James Showalter, 44:03; 24. Alicia Driscoll, 44:36; 25. John Tabor, 44:48; 26. Jen Tabor, 45:10; 27. CO Rudstrom, 45:35; 28. Brianna Baeten, 46:12; 29. Tyle Owens, 46:15; 30. David Abel, 47:15; 31. Cody Tunks, 47:47; 32. Ollie Dahl, 50:05; 33. Robert Carson, 51:06; 34. Alek McGarry, 51:19; 35. Ian McGarry, 51:27; 36. Darrell Kincaid, 53:42; 37. Tor Dahl, DNF.
6K — 1. Brady Baeten, 18:45; 2. Ben Abel, 21:50; 3. Josiah Abel, 21:59; 4. Toby Long, 23:57; 5. Caleb Long, 24:04; 6. Carrie Wawzryk, 24:17; 7. Will Smith, 24:38; 8. Stephanie Kobylarz, 25:00; 9. Nathan White, 27:00; 10. Vance Johnston, 29:46; 11. Caleb Abel, 30:01; 12. Leif Johnston, 31:00; 13. Cassie Collins, 31:10; 14. Olivia Kobylarz, 31:13; 15. Alexis Collins, 31:47; 16. Teagen Kobylarz, 34:56; 17. Rosemary Dura, 35:05; 18. Dave Knudsen, 35:06; 19. Oakley L, 36:55; 20. Gus Cothran, 37:22; 21. Jonathan White, 41:08.
