Kachemak Bay Marathon draws over 90 skiers

  • By Staff Report
  • Monday, March 13, 2017 12:40am
  • Sports

The Kachemak Bay Marathon, starting at Lookout Mountain and ending at Baycrest Ski Trails in Homer, had just over 90 finishers Saturday.

The wins in the 42-kilometer races went to Lauren Hess of Anchorage in 2 hours, 35 minutes and 48 seconds, and Dylan Watts of Anchorage in 2:09:39.

The 25-kilometer race saw Meredith Noble of Anchorage and Robert Schoff of Anchorage crossing the line first. Noble finished at 1:46:40, while Schoff completed the race at 1:24:12.

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There also was a 25-kilometer tour, designed to be less competitive and encourage more people to get out and ski. Twenty-seven skiers took advantage of that option.

Full results follow:

Kachemak Bay Marathon

Saturday in Homer

42-kilometer race

Women — 1. Lauren Hess, Anchorage, 2:35:48; 2. Kelli Boonstra, Ninilchik, 2:40:36; 3. Tamra Kornfield, Anchorage, 2:48:08; 4. Kailey Mucha, Soldotna, 2:54:31; 5. Debbie Wrigley, Anchorage, 2:57:19; 6. Annie Ridgely, Homer, 3:09:33; 7. Stephanie Schmidt, 3:12:19; 8. Jennifer Bando, 3:15:51; 9. Tara C. Schmidt, Homer, 3:20:54; 10. Cynthia Decker, Anchorage, 3:27:17; 11. Autumn Daigle, Homer, 4:01:55; 12. Katia O’Hara, Homer, 4:01:55; 13. Kali Glosser, Homer, 4:35:11.

Men — 1. Dylan Watts, Anchorage, 2:09:39; 2. Peter Oswald, Anchorage, 2:22:01; 3. Steven Bergt, Anchorage, 2:23:56; 4. Chuck DiMarzio, Seward, 2:35:35; 5. Darin Markwardt, Soldotna, 2:37:49; 6. Patrick Michels, Soldotna, 2:38:22; 7. Randy Hessong, Anchorage, 2:43:59; 8. Franklin Dekker, Anchorage, 2:47:10; 9. Frederick Dickerson, Homer, 2:47:16; 10. Ari Stiassny, Girdwood, 2:47:45; 11. Art Copoulos, Anchorage, 2:51:20; 12. Matthew Byrd, Homer, 2:51:49; 13. Sean Ulman, Seward, 2:59:20; 14. Jeremy Kupferschmid, Soldotna, 3:00:49; 15. Morgan Jones, Homer, 3:05:30; 16. Michael Bergholtz, Kenai, 3:07:57; 17. Jesse Kirby, Homer, 3:09:14; 18. Martin Schuster, Homer, 3:09:53; 19. Chuck Lindsay, Homer, 3:13:05; 20. Seth Spencer, Homer, 3:13:36; 21. Jason Haneman, Homer, 3:17:06; 22. Ryan Peterson, Soldotna, 3:24:40; 23. Jon Berryman, Homer, 3:36:30; 24. Wesley Jones, Homer, 5:17:40.

25-kilometer race

Women — 1. Meredith Noble, Anchorage, 1:46:40; 2. Riana Boonstra, Kenai, 1:47:56; 3. Sadie Oswald, Anchorage, 1:53:09; 4. Allison O’Hara, Homer, 2:07:05; 5. Kathy Irwin, Homer, 2:14:39; 6. Sue Gordon, Homer, 2:18:57; 7. Sara Barrowcliff, Anchor Point, 2:28:53; 8. Tara Schmidt, Homer, 2:52:58; 9. Katzen Wiskear, Anchorage, 3:23:04; 10. Christine Anderson, Homer, 4:34:17.

Men — 1. Robert Schoff, Anchorage, 1:24:12; 2. Maksim Mayer, Anchorage, 1:32:20; 3. Dante Petri, Anchorage, 1:33:35; 4. Baby Red Cheetah, Homer, 1:33:45; 5. Dan Brokaw, Girdwood, 1:33:56; 6. Garrett Yager, Anchorage, 1:39:47; 7. Denver Waclawski, Homer, 1:43:41; 8. Tyle Owens, Soldotna, 1:48:27; 9. Jeffrey Helminiak, Kenai, 1:50:33; 10. Adrian Bender, Anchorage, 1:51:01; 11. Peter Van Tuyn, Anchorage, 1:52:02; 12. Keyshawn McEnerney, Kenai, 1:59:51; 13. Joseph Dammeyer, Soldotna, 2:06:07; 14. Joey Klecka, Eagle River, 2:06:26; 15. Brandon Ruckel, Anchorage, 2:11:20; 16. David Litchfield, Soldotna, 2:22:13; 17. Renn Marden, Homer, 2:26:03; 18. Dan Mioke, Homer, 2:43:09; 19. Ben Stedman, Anchorage, 3:23:05; 20. Deland Anderson, Homer, 4:34:08.

25-kilometer tour

Women — 1. Maria Salzetti, Kenai, 2:11:29; 2. Marylou Burton, Homer, 2:41:07; 3. Lynn Temple, Homer, 2:41:19; 4. Karen Loeffler, Anchorage, 2:41:49 5. Ruth Dickerson, Homer, 2:43:51; 6. Judith Steyer, Homer, 2:50:31; 7. Rebecca Morrissey, Anchorage, 3:12:38; 8. Karen Marquardt, Homer, 3:29:52; 9. Tasha DiMarzio, Seward, 3:51:04; 10. Sadie Ulman, Seward, 3:52:24; 11. Heather Renner, Homer, 4:01:51; 12. Emilie Otis, Homer, 4:01:51; 13. Sue Mauger, Homer, 4:01:52; 14. Kris Holderied, Homer, 4:02:59; 15. Katie Haley, Homer, 4:48:32; 16. Lindsay Tisdale, Homer, 4:48:32; 17. Stephanie Leadbetter-Thorp, Anchor Point, 4:48:37; 18. Jen Booz, Homer, 5:57:01; 19. Lila Johnson, Homer, 6:18:48.

Men — 1. Mikel Salzetti, Kenai, 2:11:53; 2. Rich Kleinleder, Homer, 2:13:46; 3. Robert Hixon, Homer, 2:14:24; 4. Mike Byerly, Homer, 2:20:00; 5. Kenton Bloom, Homer, 2:39:49; 6. Beau Berryman, Homer, 2:50:35; 7. Kevin Walker, Homer, 4:01:52; 8. John Maryott, Soldotna, 4:01:56.

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