Anchorage Cup

Yesterday, the team raced 15km skating (mass start) at the first Anchorage Cup Series race.  163 skiers showed up at Chugiak High School to take a lap or two around a hilly, twisty 7.5 km course.  We had good, firm conditions on fast, old, warm snow.  If I'd raced with my camera, I could have taken a few photos for this blog.  For instance, I could have taken a photo or two of Jaime as she passed me at the halfway point of the race, during my futile struggle to hang on and make a race of it...

Here are the results (top skiers only):

Women 15 K
1) Jaime Bronga, 0:40:24.3;
2) Laura Rombach, 0:42:08.4;
3) Steffi Hiemer, 0:44:42.5;
4) Rachel Steer, 0:45:46.3;
5) Karina Smith, 0:46:33.4;
6) Maya Radonich, 0:46:33.9;
7) Laura Gardner, 0:47:26.7;
8) Sheryl Loan, 0:50:47.6;
9) Margaret Hillhouse, 0:51:30.1;
10) Jessica Vetsch, 0:51:57.6;
11) Karen Bronga, 0:52:43.5;
12) Cynthia Decker, 0:56:50.4;
13) Liz Brewster, 0:57:52.9;
14) Celia Rozen, 1:04:57.3;
15) Ellen Toll, 1:08:40.9;
16) Alyssa Hargis, 1:22:19.3;

Men 15 K
1) Mark Iverson, 0:36:00.0;
2) Dylan Watts, 0:36:05.0;
3) Lukas Ebner, 0:36:15.5;
4) Lasse Moelgaard-Nielsen, 0:38:17.7;
5) Peter Mamrol, 0:38:59.3;
6) Tor Christopherson, 0:39:02.2;
7) Erik Mundahl, 0:39:05.2;
8) Galen Johnston, 0:39:09.0;
9) Christopher Clark, 0:39:10.0;
10) Nevio Zeni, 0:39:14.7;
11) Brandon Brewster, 0:39:15.1;
12) Lutz Klaufmann, 0:39:38.6;
13) Leif Johnson, 0:40:23.6;
14) Seth Downs, 0:40:43.6;
15) Adam Verrier, 0:41:01.6;
16) Mark Brady, 0:41:05.4;
17) Davis Dunlap, 0:41:14.9;
18) Don Haering, 0:41:28.8;
19) Erik Gorman, 0:42:01.4;
20) Rich Suddock, 0:42:07.3;