Kenai Central's Riana Boonstra sprints to the finish during the 4A girls' race of the Palmer Invitational Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at Palmer High School. Boonstra was the runner-up in the race, with a time of 19:22.

Kenai Central's Riana Boonstra sprints to the finish during the 4A girls' race of the Palmer Invitational Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at Palmer High School. Boonstra was the runner-up in the race, with a time of 19:22.

Homer girls, boys sweep at Palmer Invitational

  • By Jeremiah Bartz
  • Saturday, September 3, 2016 11:49pm
  • Sports

PALMER — Early in the girls Class 4A race Saturday, it quickly became apparent that nobody was catching West Valley’s Kendall Kramer. Late in the race, Kenai’s Riana Boonstra used a late push to ensure nobody would catch her.

Boonstra used a time of 19 minutes, 22 seconds, to finish as the runner-up in the race during the Palmer Invitational at Palmer High School.

Boonstra was one of a pair of Kards to finish in the top 10, and helped Kenai finish second in the team standings. Jaycie Calvert was 10th with a time of 20:05.

Led by Kramer’s winning time of 18:56, the Wolfpack won the girls team title. Behind West Valley was a pack of Region III squads. Kenai finished with 91 total points, and was the runner-up, placing ahead of Colony (114) and Palmer (121), which finished third and fourth, respectively.

Palmer senior Ruby Woodings, a cross-country running staple for the Moose for the past four seasons, also enjoyed her best day of the season, breaking the 20-minute barrier for the first time as a senior. Woodings finished sixth in the 4A girls race with a time of 19:56.

“I thought her finish was great,” Palmer head coach John Bishop said.

Bishop said the ability of Woodings to final break that 20-minute mark is a big deal.

“We talked about that. She was really excited about that,” Bishop said. “Excited about proving to herself she (can do it).”

Woodings ran steadily among the top dozen runners early in the race, and used a late push to place herself within the top six.

“That’s classic Ruby,” Bishop said. “She really likes to start in the teens and work her way up.”

Woodings was one of a pair of Valley runners in the top 10. Colony junior Jill Bowker led the Knights with a ninth-place finish and time of 20:01. Bowker also crushed her season best, finishing 16 seconds faster than the 2:17 she clocked last week at the state preview. Bowker was also just about a step away from breaking 20 minutes for the first time as a junior.

Bowker and Woodings also helped Colony and Palmer to stay close in the team standings once again. In each of the last three weeks, the Palmer-area rivals have finished within seven points in the team standings of meets at Soldotna, Bartlett and Palmer.

Colony placed four girls in the top 24. Senior Coleen Geraghty posted a personal best for the second straight week, this time obliterating her prior best. Geraghty finished 15th with a time of 20:16. Her previous best was the 20:53 she ran last week. Senior Cathelyne Powers finished 23rd, and ran a season best 20:47. Senior Elisabeth Bowker finished 24th with a time of 20:48.

While Colony used its veteran experience to finish third overall, Palmer got a boost for a talented freshman class.

Bishop said three of his freshmen — Lydia Ortiz, Sophia Nowers and Nina Kalytiak — each recorded a personal best. Ortiz was 20th with a time of 20:39. Nowers finished 30th with a mark of 21:06. Kalytiak was 34th with a time of 21:11. Palmer senior Rya Berrigan’s time of 21:08 and 31st-place finish placed her among the Moose freshmen.

Class 4A boys

Running with a fast five at the front of the pack, Colony senior Tracen Knopp worked his way to a third-place finish and a personal record time of 16:07.

“Right where I want to be,” Knopp said after the race. “I’ll take it.”

Knopp was part of the top five of the field that finished within a 12-second span. West Anchorage’s Finn Walker (16:04) and Kodiak’s Keith Osowski (16:05) finished just ahead of Knopp, and the Colony senior was just in front of South’s Hamish Wolfe (16:10) and West Valley’s Ti Donaldson (16:16). Knopp said the strategy was to stay with the group.

“Stick with the top guys and see what happens,” Knopp said.

Knopp was one of a pair of Valley runners to finish in the top seven of the 4A boys class. Wasilla freshman Hunter Hayes continued to find his place among the 4A elite, using a mark of 16:32 to finish seventh. It’s the fourth straight week in which Hayes set a personal best, and Saturday he shattered his previous best. The freshman’s time Saturday was 21 seconds faster than the 16:53 he logged last week at the Bartlett State Preview.

Knopp and Hayes also helped their respective teams finish in the top eight of the team standings. Colony was seventh with 208 total points, just ahead of eighth-place Wasilla and its 212 points.

Sophomore Leif Mumma led host Palmer with a 24th-place finish and time of 17:10. Mumma also set a career best.

SoHi’s Josh Shuler was the top Peninsula runner in the race, finishing 31st with a time of 17:25.

Homer sweeps

The Homer Mariners swept the Class 1-2-3A team titles.

Homer beat Region III power Grace Christian in both the girls and boys classes. In the girls class, Homer finished with 35 total points, edging Grace by just a point. The Mariners placed four runners in the top 11 en route to the team title.

Megan Pitzman led her team with a time of 19:52, and a third-place finish. Audrey Rosencrans was sixth at 20:02, and Autumn Daigle followed with a ninth-place finish and time of 20:38. At 11th, Homer’s Lauren Evarts, was a second shy of the top 10 with her mark of 20:42.

Pitzman and the Mariners spent their race chasing Glennallen’s Briahna Gerlach and Houston’s Allison VanPelt.

Racing on the second straight day, Houston sophomore Allison VanPelt followed a victory in the three-kilometer Anchorage Christian School Invitational on Friday with a personal record in a 5-K Saturday. VanPelt posted the highest finish of any Valley runner, using a time of 19 minutes, 50 seconds to finish as the runner-up in the Class 1-2-3A girls race.

“Her ability to turn around and go back-to-back like that is definite mental toughness,” Houston head coach Bob Knutson said. “It’s a great feat.”

VanPelt crushed her only personal mark, beating her prior best, a time of 20:04 at the Susitna Valley Invitational last year, by 14 seconds. Her time Saturday was 37 seconds faster than her previous best for her sophomore season, the 20:27 she recorded at the Tsalteshi Invite in late August.

“Her goal was to break the 20-minute mark. That’s been kind of the goal we’ve been progressing to this season,” Knutson said.

Knutson also believes there’s more milestones to come.

“I think the sky’s the limit,” Knutson said.

VanPelt was also among the fastest girls at any level Saturday. Her time would have placed her fourth in the 4A girls’ race.

Gerlach won the class with a time of 18:50, the fastest time recorded in either girls class Saturday.

In the1-2-3A race, the Mariners placed four in the top eight. Jacob Davis led the group, finishing fourth with a time of 16:48. He was the first of three straight Mariners to cross the finish line. Jordan Beachy was fifth at 16:56, followed by Jared Brant at sixth with a time of 16:59. Luciano Fasulo was eighth at 17:10.

 

Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman sports editor Jeremiah Bartz at sports@frontiersman.com.

 

Palmer Invitational

Saturday, Palmer High School

BOYS

Class 4A

Team scores: 1. West Anchorage 40; 2. South Anchorage 72; 3. West Valley 129; 4. Kodiak 146; 5. Chugiak 159; 6. Eagle River 177; 7. Colony 208; 8. Wasilla 212; 9. Soldotna 248; 10. Lathrop 251; 11. DImond 253; 12. East Anchorage 272; 13. Palmer 302; 14. Kenai 339; 15. North Pole 465.

Individual five-kilometer results

1. Finn Walker, West Anchorage 16:04 2. Keith Osowski, Kodiak 16:05 3. Tracen Knopp, Colony 16:07 4. Hamish Wolfe, South Anchorage 16:10 5. Ti Donaldson, West Valley 16:16 6. Declan Dammeyer, West Anchorage 16:26 7. Hunter Hayes, Wasilla 16:32 8. Everett Cason, West Anchorage 16:32 9. Cameron Sheldon, Dimond 16:39 10. Logan Borger, South Anchorage 16:41 11. Zephan Ozturgut, East Anchorage 16:42 12. Foster Birnbaum, West Anchorage 16:43 13. Ethan Davis, West Anchorage 16:44 14. Max Hartke, Chugiak 16:45 15. Tristan Wiese, West Anchorage 16:48 16. Alex Schuerch, East Anchorage 16:52 17. Talon Stanley, South Anchorage 16:56 18. Jack Hannah, Kodiak 16:57 19. Mason Keffalos, South Anchorage 17:00 20. Nick Carl, Eagle River 17:00 21. Carter Gladwill, Eagle River 17:02 22. Luke Meiwes, South Anchorage 17:07 23. Santiago Prosser, South Anchorage 17:09 24. Leif Mumma, Palmer 17:10 25. Logan Mowry, Lathrop 17:13.

26. Elliot Kenaston, West Valley 17:14 27. Charlie Latimer, Chugiak 17:18 28. Everett Darrow, West Valley 17:22 29. Daniel Bausch, West Anchorage 17:23 30. Gavin Block, Colony 17:24 31. Josh Shuler, Soldotna 17:25 32. Parker Stoltz, West Valley 17:29 33. Brenden Thompson, Kodiak 17:29 34. Liam Baez-Terry, Chugiak 17:30 35. Isaak Bell, Wasilla 17:31 36. Braden Olsen, Kenai Central 17:32 37. Michael Maddox, Eagle River 17:35 38. Ben Koenig, West Valley 17:38 39. Parker Trosper, Lathrop 17:39 40. Koby Vinson, Soldotna 17:42 41. Tommy McCormick, Chugiak 17:42 42. Aaron Bravo, West Valley 17:43 43. Miles Dennis, Chugiak 17:44 44. Karl Danielson, Kenai Central 17:47 45. Gabe Nummer, Kodiak 17:48 46. Jack Divelbiss, Dimond 17:49 47. Kaleb Greathouse, Wasilla 17:52 48. Anthony Maghupoy, Kodiak 17:52 49. Thane Barta, Eagle River 17:53 50. Joshua Johnson, Eagle River 17:57.

51. Jeff Lautrup, Colony 17:57 52. Thorsten Warhus, Wasilla 18:00 53. Isaac Hendrickson, Lathrop 18:02 54. Camrin Yturbe, Kodiak 18:02 55. Connor Owens, Palmer 18:03 56. Jackson Peters, Colony 18:06 57. Torsten Renner, Eagle River 18:10 58. Bechler Metcalf, Soldotna 18:11 59. Sean Verg-in, Soldotna 18:11 60. John-Mark Pothast, Soldotna 18:13 61. Jacob Kosinski, Chugiak 18:16 62. Joe Divelbiss, Dimond 18:16 63. Michael Bersin, Kodiak 18:18 64. Kai Meyers, South Anchorage 18:18 65. Chandler Wappett, Lathrop 18:20 66. Sean Swalling, Dimond 18:21 67. Johnie Burton, Palmer 18:22 68. Josh Taylor, Colony 18:22 69. Nathan Sanches, Lathrop 18:23 70. Dastzeni Tibbits, Dimond 18:26 71. Daniel Waitman, Wasilla 18:28 72. Eliasson VanPelt, Wasilla 18:31 73. Jaylon Miller, East Anchorage 18:34 74. Baird Reynolds, Lathrop 18:36 75. Blake Dearborn, Chugiak 18:39.

76. Luke Arthur, Colony 18:39 77. Amiqaq Maclean, Palmer 18:40 78. Taft Steiner, Wasilla 18:40 79. Lev Robertson, Palmer 18:53 80. Beck Haywood, East Anchorage 18:54 81. Addison Downing, Soldotna 18:59 82. Cy Dull, Kenai Central 19:02 83. Kevin Davison, North Pole 19:07 84. Austin Edwards, Colony 19:10 85. William Salter, Eagle River 19:11 86. Julian Davis, Palmer 19:21 87. Patrick Matheny, Lathrop 19:29 88. Jaycob Goff, Kenai Central 19:59 89. Alden Bookey, Kenai Central 20:10 90. Jeremy Kupferschmid, Soldotna 20:12 91. Gideon Collver, Kenai Central 20:14 92. Andrew McNab, East Anchorage 20:18 93. Orion Roach, East Anchorage 21:12 94. Michael Spencer, North Pole 21:29 95. Cody Peters, North Pole 21:33 96. Jake Wade, North Pole 21:58 97. Matthew Williams, North Pole 22:35 98. Shawn Padilla, North Pole 23:38.

Class 1-2-3A

Team scores: 1. Homer 29; 2. Grace Christian 63; 3. Anchorage Christian 74; 4. Nome 142; 5. Unalaska 157; 6. Bethel 163; 7. Monroe 190; 8. Glennallen 198; 9. Cordova 221; 10. Bristol Bay 224; 11. Barrow 266.

Individual five-kilometer results

1. Jacob Moos, Galena 16:16 2. Blake Bennett, Anchorage Christian 16:33 3. Zach Hamberger, Cordova 16:42 4. Jacob Davis, Homer 16:48 5. Jordan Beachy, Homer 16:56 6. Jared Brant, Homer 16:59 7. Trent Fritzel, Grace Christian 17:03 8. Luciano Fasulo, Homer 17:10 9. Luke Fritzel, Grace Christian 17:31 10. Gabe Martin, Grace Christian 17:34 11. Jack Matherly, Hutchison 17:42 12. Charlie Menke, Homer 17:46 13. Dexter Lowe, Homer 17:50 14. William Parks, Anchorage Christian 18:00 15. Trevor Wilson, Unalaska 18:02 16. Ben Sobek, Anchorage Christian 18:12 17. Jens Knutson, Houston 18:12 18. Denver Waclawski, Homer 18:23 19. Paul Kopp, Grace Christian 18:30 20. Caden Gerlach, Glennallen 18:35 21. Wilson Hoogendorn, Nome-Beltz 18:38 22. Shannon LeMay, Anchorage Christian 18:39 23. Landon Nicholson, Monroe Catholic 18:44 24. Aaron Rose, Nome-Beltz 18:44 25. Carl Charlie, Bethel 18:45.

26. Austin King, Bristol Bay 18:46 27. Tobin Karlberg, Grace Christian 18:50 28. Cole Dull, Dillingham 18:50 29. Levi Gionet, Grace Christian 18:55 30. Henry Simmonds, Unalaska 18:58 31. Jaden Ulroan, Chevak 19:04 32. Harrison Moore, Nome-Beltz 19:06 33. Dillon Fogg, Anchorage Christian 19:07 34. Ethan Isaacson, Grace Christian 19:07 35. Ben Cross, Nome-Beltz 19:08 36. Clevon Constantine, Bethel 19:09 37. Talon Shaishnikoff, Unalaska 19:13 38. Sean Dorsey, Glennallen 19:14 39. Lawrence Poe, Bethel 19:15 40. Trevor Thomas, Barrow 19:22 41. Nathaniel Walsh, Monroe Catholic 19:23 42. Diesel Geerdts, Bethel 19:25 43. Kasper Maier, Hutchison 19:27 44. Gabriel Silas, Monroe Catholic 19:27 45. Ray Daniel, Bethel 19:29 46. Sam Bloom, Monroe Catholic 19:30 47. Connor Romer, Bristol Bay 19:32 48. Carey Boston, Unalaska 19:35 49. Aaron McCollum, Nikiski 19:40 50. Brian Johnson, Anchorage Christian 19:43.

51. Ethan Tukrook, Kali 19:45 52. Thomas Warren, Delta Junction 19:53 53. Raul Garcia, Unalaska 20:01 54. Logan Phelps, Bristol Bay 20:02 55. Joseph Yourkoski, Nikiski 20:04 56. Jamie Yi, Nome-Beltz 20:06 57. Jonathan Miller, Glennallen 20:08 58. Bryan McCollum, Nikiski 20:08 59. Paul Hunter, Bethel 20:13 60. Edward Atcherian, Chevak 20:13 61. Nick Sewell, Delta Junction 20:17 62. Micah Whitcomb, Cordova 20:19 63. Christian Spring, Glennallen 20:19 64. Mathias Capp, Hutchison 20:26 65. Jonathan Dorsey, Glennallen 20:27 66. Michael Hopson, Barrow 20:35 67. Cooper Wood, Delta Junction 20:41 68. Daniel Kopp, Galena 20:42 69. William Deaton, Cordova 20:50 70. Gavin Wallis, Nikiski 20:59 71. Jalen Cannon, Tikigaq 21:02 72. Ajey Moses, Chevak 21:05 73. Esau Weyiouanna, Barrow 21:06 74. John Riddle, Galena 21:16 75. Jacob Edgerley, Hutchison 21:26.

76. Burton Redford, Kali 21:28 77. Ty DeSoto, Bristol Bay 21:35 78. Ronnie Coolidge, Galena 21:40 79. Josh Morry, Nunamiut 22:05 80. Christian Balko, Monroe Catholic 22:12 81. Kip Angaiak, Monroe Catholic 22:19 82. Tristan Glasen, Cordova 22:28 83. Ben Wray, Cordova 22:29 84. Zachary Lucas, Ben Eielson 22:37 85. Edwin Peterson, Bristol Bay 22:41 86. Kaleb Corillo, Cordova 22:53 87. Tanner Stephens, Delta Junction 22:59 88. Abraham Kowunna, Tikigaq 23:09 89. Jonathan Hopson, Barrow 23:12 90. JohnRick Nobleza, Barrow 23:16 91. Eoghan Hernandez, Cordova 24:30 92. Eric Weis, Monroe Catholic 24:43.

GIRLS

Class 4A

Team scores: 1. West Valley 57; 2. Kenai 91; 3. Colony 114; 4. Palmer 121; 5. Chugiak 125; 6. Kodiak 140; 7. West Anchorage 167; 8. Dimond 173; 9. South Anchorage 190; 10. Eagle River 223; 11. Lathrop 280; 12. Soldotna 299; 13. North Pole 364.

Individual five-kilometer results

1. Kendall Kramer, West Valley 18:56 2. Riana Boonstra, Kenai Central 19:22 3. Maggie Meeds, South Anchorage 19:29 4. Kylie Judd, Dimond 19:51 5. Brynn Kruchoski, Chugiak 19:52 6. Ruby Woodings, Palmer 19:56 7. Honey Rose Macatuno, Kodiak 19:56 8. Aubrey LeClair, West Anchorage 19:56 9. Jill Bowker, Colony 20:01 10. Jaycie Calvert, Kenai Central 20:05 11. Adrianna Proffitt, Chugiak 20:08 12. Jenna Difolco, West Valley 20:10 13. Faith Widman, West Valley 20:11 14. Maggie Druckenmille, West Valley 20:16 15. Coleen Geraghty, Colony 20:16 16. Carly Glover, Kodiak 20:27 17. Sam Starks, West Valley 20:31 18. Brooke Satathite, Kenai Central 20:33 19. Helen Wilson, Eagle River 20:34 20. Lydia Ortiz, Palmer 20:39 21. KayLee Manwaring, Chugiak 20:42 22. Emma Jerome, West Valley 20:47 23. Cathelyne Powers, Colony 20:47 24. Elisabeth Bowker, Colony 20:48 25. Arielle Himelbloom, Kodiak 20:51.

26. Jania Tumey, West Anchorage 20:54 27. Bailey Roe, West Valley 20:55 28. Ithaca Bergholtz, Kenai Central 20:58 29. Maddie Christiansen, Kodiak 21:06 30. Sophia Nowers, Palmer 21:06 31. Rya Berrigan, Palmer 21:08 32. Rahab Porter, Lathrop 21:09 33. Addison Gibson, Kenai Central 21:11 34. Nina Kalytiak, Palmer 21:11 35. Allison Shafer, Dimond 21:14 36. Hannah Brown, South Anchorage 21:22 37. Lupua Oba, Lathrop 21:23 38. Elizabeth Mans, West Anchorage 21:26 39. Calee Stark, Dimond 21:27 40. Gwendolyn Mueller, Chugiak 21:30 41. Kellie Arthur, Soldotna 21:33 42. Elena Eberhardt, South Anchorage 21:41 43. Amanda Mayer, Colony 21:44 44. Alejandra Legate, West Anchorage 21:47 45. Myah Smith, Eagle River 21:47 46. Mary Reinbold, Dimond 21:48 47. Kate Paskievitch, Eagle River 21:50 48. Emma Blei, Chugiak 21:51 49. Madison Childers, Dimond 21:52 50. Molly Erickson, Soldotna 21:54.

51. Mimi Allen, West Anchorage 21:59 52. Lindsey Western, South Anchorage 21:59 53. Geneva Higley, Colony 22:03 54. Tamara Brabson, Eagle River 22:08 55. Gretta Pickett, West Anchorage 22:08 56. Cameron Blackwell, Soldotna 22:09 57. roxanna Reynolds, South Anchorage 22:11 58. Analisa Cederberg, Eagle River 22:13 59. Ally Carney, Dimond 22:36 60. Lindsey Gerlach, Chugiak 22:38 61. Sanne Cassee, South Anchorage 22:40 62. Ashlyn Johnson, East Anchorage 22:43 63. Anna Green, North Pole 22:46 64. Chandra Christiansen, Kodiak 22:49 65. Alyson Kopsack, Colony 22:57 66. Chase Stewart, North Pole 22:57 67. Carmen Sonnek, Lathrop 23:04 68. Katie Parnell, Kodiak 23:05 69. Brynn Morse, East Anchorage 23:10 70. Ashley Walsh, Eagle River 23:12 71. Haley Hanson, Palmer 23:13 72. Jordan Meredith, Eagle River 23:39 73. Shalom Neff, Kodiak 23:48 74. Clare Hanneman, Lathrop 24:03 75. Braydee Zweifel, Lathrop 24:07.

76. Kailey Fowlkes, North Pole 24:09 77. Sophie Thomas, Soldotna 24:13 78. Anneliese Kulp, Lathrop 24:16 79. Lorraine Gregory, East Anchorage 24:18 80. Fiona Boze, Soldotna 25:25 81. Isabella Knott, Lathrop 25:30 82. Elizabeth Lisenby, Soldotna 26:40 83. Eve Downing, Soldotna 28:18 84. Rachel Handeland, North Pole 32:31 85. Katie White, North Pole 36:10.

Class 1-2-3A

Team scores: 1. Homer 35; 2. Grace Christian 36; 3. Anchorage Christian 104; 4. Barrow 121; 5. Galena 137; 6. Unalaska 177 7. Delta Junction 191; 8. Bethel 197; 9. Monroe 215.

Individual five-kilometer results

1. Briahna Gerlach, Glennallen 18:50 2. Allison VanPelt, Houston 19:50 3. Megan Pitzman, Homer 19:52 4. Mazzy Jackson, Grace Christian 20:02 5. Alaina Wolgemuth, Barrow 20:11 6. Audrey Rosencrans, Homer 20:21 7. Maddy Morgan, Grace Christian 20:36 8. Hailey Williams, Delta Junction 20:38 9. Autumn Daigle, Homer 20:38 10. Grace Annett, Grace Christian 20:41 11. Lauren Evarts, Homer 20:42 12. Charlee Demientieff, Grace Christian 20:59 13. Grace Gannon, Grace Christian 21:10 14. Melissa Nicely, Barrow 21:16 15. Tessa O’Hara, Anchorage Christian 21:24 16. Katie Davis, Homer 21:33 17. Haley Knott, Homer 21:34 18. Alex Moseley, Homer 21:35 19. Amy Hatter, Grace Christian 21:48 20. Abigail Beveridge, Grace Christian 21:56 21. Gloria Jacobsen, Glennallen 22:04 22. Dorothy Bukowski, Bethel 22:18 23. Sarah Brown, Galena 22:26 24. Starr Erikson, Nome-Beltz 22:44 25. Destiny Reimers, Anchorage Christian 22:53.

26. Mary Kate Parks, Anchorage Christian 22:57 27. Margaret Chayalkun, Chevak 22:58 28. Mary Fiskeaux, Nome-Beltz 23:01 29. Anika Witsoe, Cordova 23:05 30. Ashley Fuller, Anchorage Christian 23:06 31. Jolie Lucas, Ben Eielson 23:32 32. Hailey Wilson, Unalaska 23:32 33. Ruth Sobek, Anchorage Christian 23:39 34. Emily Tedrick, Anchorage Christian 23:41 35. Carlee Merriner, Galena 23:42 36. Tommi Crist, Redington 23:46 37. Celeste Kriska, Galena 23:46 38. Ria Smyke, Cordova 23:51 39. Elizabeth Green, Galena 23:53 40. Hannah Berkoski, Dillingham 24:05 41. Alexia Bankston, Barrow 24:07 42. Mercedez Caudillo, Unalaska 24:12 43. Afton Leslie, Monroe Catholic 24:15 44. Pearle Green, Galena 24:23 45. Kiana Korta, Galena 24:28 46. Sharon Hanson, Bristol Bay 24:29 47. Sara Wolgemuth, Barrow 24:29 48. Roxanne Marchuk, Delta Junction 24:32 49. Bridget Nalam, Unalaska 24:34 50. Lindsey Beans-Polk, Bethel 24:45.

51. Mallory Conger, Nome-Beltz 24:49 52. Charity Boyscout, Chevak 25:13 53. Julieanne Berikoff, Unalaska 25:14 54. Britney Boney, Bethel 25:27 55. Naomi Brown, Chevak 25:58 56. Anna Hansen, Bristol Bay 26:00 57. Rebecca Masterson, Barrow 26:31 58. Makenzie Hofacker, Anchorage Christian 26:42 59. Autumm Deaton, Cordova 27:05 60. Daisy Kilgore, Monroe Catholic 27:10 61. Haley Michel, Monroe Catholic 27:18 62. Morgan Adams, Monroe Catholic 27:29 63. Mia McWilliams, Unalaska 27:30 64. Alyssa Klein, Delta Junction 27:42 65. Justis Geerdts, Bethel 28:01 66. Stephanie Lane, Kali 28:02 67. Abigail Fry, Nunamiut 28:38 68. Elin Hicks, Delta Junction 29:11 69. Janessa Vinas, Barrow 29:18 70. Kory Shaw, Monroe Catholic 29:20 71. Naiya Burgraff, Bristol Bay 30:00 72. Madison Abolafia, Bethel 31:30 73. Megan Webb, Delta Junction 31:45.

Kenai Central's Jaycie Calvert runs alongside athletes from Dimond and Colony during the 4A girls' race of the Palmer Invitational Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in Palmer. Calvert finished 10th in the race.

Kenai Central’s Jaycie Calvert runs alongside athletes from Dimond and Colony during the 4A girls’ race of the Palmer Invitational Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in Palmer. Calvert finished 10th in the race.

A pack of runners leaves the start at the beginning of the 4A girls' race during the Palmer Invitational Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at Palmer High School. More than 1,000 athletes competed in the meet, which included junior varsity and varsity races in both the small and large-schools classes. For more, see frontiersman.com/sports and the Wednesday edition of the Frontiersman.

A pack of runners leaves the start at the beginning of the 4A girls’ race during the Palmer Invitational Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at Palmer High School. More than 1,000 athletes competed in the meet, which included junior varsity and varsity races in both the small and large-schools classes. For more, see frontiersman.com/sports and the Wednesday edition of the Frontiersman.

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