Bicyclists race around a corner during the 2025 Homer Epic fundraiser for the Homer Cycling Club. (Photo courtesy of Jake Schlapfer)

Bicyclists race around a corner during the 2025 Homer Epic fundraiser for the Homer Cycling Club. (Photo courtesy of Jake Schlapfer)

Homer Cycling Club hosts ‘Homer Epic’ fundraiser race

The ski category was canceled due to “unfavorable conditions”

  • By Chloe Pleznac Homer News
  • Wednesday, March 12, 2025 4:14am
  • Sports

Homer Cycling Club held its annual Homer Epic fundraiser and race Saturday, March 8.

The Homer Epic is a 50- or 100-kilometer human-powered winter race in the Caribou Hills, starting and ending at McNeil Canyon Elementary School. Capped at 150 participants, the race had 98 this year.

Normally open to skiers, runners and cyclists, the ski category was canceled this year due to less than favorable conditions on the route.

Chuck Lindsey, volunteer race director, said in an email Monday that while many participants were locals from the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage, athletes were registered from throughout the state as well as from places as far away as Chicago and New Zealand.

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Lindsey said the final participant, a runner, finished the 100-kilometer race at 11:59 p.m., Saturday night as “the aurora flashed across the sky.”

2025 Homer Epic results

Saturday at Caribou Hills

100-kilometer bike race

Women’s

1. Christy Marvin, 6 hours, 21 minutes, 30 seconds; 2. Rose Garner, 7:18:55; 3. Kelcie Ralph, 7:31:23; 4. Mariah Brashar, 9:13:51; 5. Frances Deblare, 10:04:59; 6. Jennifer Bando, 11:18:13.

Men’s

1. Michael Braniff, 6 hours, 21 minutes, 7 seconds; 2. Paul Ferucci, 6:25:55; 3. Vincent Perez, 6:37:50; 4. Kirby Spangler, 6:47:54; 5. Richie Velez, 6:56:24; 6. Dane Ketner, 6:59:14; 7. Jeremy Mohs, 7:01:56; 8. Carl Schiller, 7:10:42; 9. Dean Engelhaupt, 7:12:27; 10. Peter Shurr, 7:22:39; 11. Lee Hall, 7:24:11; 12. Michael Brocious, 7:50:45; 13. Luke Rosier, 8:9:50; 14. Anthony Craig, 9:45:18; Matthew Ditullio, DNF.

100-kilometer run

Women’s

1. Sydney Edgerton, 13 hours, 45 minutes, 10 seconds; Shawna Nelson, DNF.

Men’s

1. Trenton Jackman, 15 hours, 58 minutes, 31 seconds; John Nagel, DNF.

50-kilometer bike race

Women’s

1. Katelyn Stearns, 3 hours, 26 minutes, 34 seconds; 2. Brianna Beswick, 4:04:23; 3. Jaime Bronga, 4:12:40; 4. Deb Dewitt, 4:12:58; 5. Katrina Garner, 4:17:45; 6. Tre-C Dumais, 4:23:7; 7. Sarah Johnson, 4:23:40; 8. Morgan Urquia, 4:32:7; 9. Megan Rosier, 4:33:19; 10. Amy Barkauskas, 4:35:51; 11. Penny Wasem, 4:43:50; 12. Audrey Pahl, 4:45:17; 13. Marin Lee, 4:47:18; 14. Jodie Lyons, 4:48:34; 15. Margaret Power, 4:48:34; 16. Katarzyna Michon, 4:50:38; 17. Jilleen Charette, 5:12:07; 18. Rebecca Hoshaw, 5:13:13; 19. Raena Rowland, 5:18:4; 20. Laura Mullin, 5:22:20; 21. Kelly Mead, 7:39:09; 22. Lauren Mead, 7:39:10; Aubrey Spangler, DNF.

Men’s

1. Daniel Linnell, 3 hours, 26 minutes, 37 seconds; 2. Justin Bobka, 3:37:09; 3. Robert Beaumont, 3:38:32; 4. Nate Solnit, 4:04:24; 5. Hal Shepherd, 4:09:05; 6. Timothy Samuelson, 4:12:47; 7. Randy Hart, 4:16:49; 8. Adam Mruk, 4:27:02; 9. Lorne Kilgerman, 4:31:13; 10. Sean Kelly, 4:33:31; 11. Steven Campbell, 4:33:34; 12. Kenny Williams, 4:43:24; 13. Daniel Countiss, 4:47:19; 14. Josh Hejl, 5:02:22; 15. Daniel Charette, 5:12:08; 16. James Ingersoll, 5:21:59; 17. Dan Maclean, 5:23:27; 18. Samuel Jordan, 5:44:37; 19. Joe Martin, 7:45:20.

50-kilometer run

Women’s

1. Raye M. White, 6 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds; 2. Haley Dees, 6:56:12; 3. Maggie Hejl, 7:01:47; 4. Jen Novobilski, 7:07:16; 5. Olga Iwaniuk, 7:10:59; 6. Jessi Dullinger, 7:27:35; 7. Ivy Schultz, 7:27:36; 8. Britni Siekaniec, 7:52:8; 9. Nikki Bull, 7:52:49; 10. Jody Otto, 7:52:51; 11. Zoe Story, 8:49:32.

Men’s

1. Eli Seward, 5 hours, 8 minutes, 47 seconds; 2. David Morris, 5:19:20; 3. Joshua Jones, 5:21:39; 4. Kaleb Harvey, 5:31:30; 5. Jacob Bouchelle, 5:31:31; 6. Matthew Byrd, 5:59:04; 7. Todd Murdoch, 6:11:23; 8. Caleb Moseley, 6:12:23; 9. Jacob Schmall, 6:22:07; 10. Brian Robison, 6:34:28; 11. Josh Boone, 6:56:11; 12. Blake Rief, 6:59:39; 13. Zack Bolen, 6:59:40; 14 Micah Robert, 7:08:18; 15. Brian Paul Pierce, 7:37:24; 16. Arthur Dyer, 7:52:50; 17. Kyle Settles, 7:55:12; 18. Patrick Johnson, 8:03:11; 19. Pieter Jung, 8:20:58.

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