Records shattered in Gov Peak race

PALMER — A pair of the state’s top mountain runners smashed records during the Government Peak Climb Saturday near Palmer.

Christy Marvin, the defending women’s champion in the race, shattered a 7-year-old women’s course record en route to another title. Marvin posted a time of 52 minutes and 29 seconds Saturday, nearly three minutes faster than the prior best of 55:03 set by Taz Mannix in 2007. Marvin was also about five minutes faster than the time of 57:07 that she won the race with last year.

Eric Strabel, who finished second in the Government Peak Climb last year, also broke a course record. Strabel set a new mark with his time of 44:20. That finish is more than two minutes faster than the old mark of 46:27 set by Matt Novakovich in 2012.

The race, hosted by the Colony High School cross-country ski team and the Mat-Su Ski Club, featured a record number of participants in the event. In the men’s race 122 finished. Sixty women also finished the race.

Government Peak Climb

Saturday, Palmer

Men’s individual results: (top 50)

1. Strabel, Eric 44:20; 2. Shine, Jim 45:15.0; 3. Patterson, Scott 46:31.1; 4. Mangelsdorf, Wylie 46:50; 5. Marvin, Ben 47:08.7; 6. Spangler, Allan 47:29.6; 7. Brewer, Kenneth 48:58.2; 8. Ward, Ben 49:50.6; 9. Griffith, Barney 50:04.8; 10. Smith, Carl 50:28.5; 11. Conway, Patrick 51:15.6; 12. Libby, Justin 51:28.5; 13. Stoll, Willie 7 51:46.7; 14. Stavich, Andrew 52:17.5; 15. Kopsack, Lyon 52:25.3; 16. Kelly, Michael 52:43.6; 17. Knotek, Miles 53:54.1; 18. Apperson, David 54:03.9; 19. Mahlen, Forrest 54:21.4; 20. Rinner, Brandon 54:43.4; 21. Wolfe, Hamish 54:48.1; 22. Mittelstadt, Gillean 55:29.7; 23. Wolfe, Patrick 55:31.8; 24. Slatonbarker, Tony 55:38.4; 25. Bronga, Tom 55:43.6; 26. Taylor, Craig 55:56.0; 27. Collins, John 56:04.2; 28. Benter, Brad 56:14.6; 29. Knopp, Dawson 56:28.0; 30. Duffy, Luke 56:40.4; 31. Gross, Dorian 56:53.0; 32. Kirk, Christopher 57:24.0; 33. Knopp, Tracen 57:34.7; 34. Meyerhofer, Abe 57:46.5; 35. Roth, Brandyn 57:53.4; 36. Robinson, Vin 57:57.1; 37. Clark, Christopher 58:09.9; 38. Pearson, Bill 58:27.7; 39. Mcphetres, David 58:45.3; 40. Cox, Ryan 58:56.1; 41. Mcdonough, Jim 59:06.2; 42. Markwardt, Darin 59:16.8; 43. Romig, Karl 59:28.9; 44. Hogge, Jason 1:00:06.1; 45. Mcenaney, Pete 1:00:25.1; 46. Kincaid, Jonathan 1:01:10.9; 47. Thomas, Levi 1:01:30.5; 48. Smayda, Tom 1:01:31.3; 49. Schirack, Andrew 1:01:46.9; 50. Kopsack, Lance 1:02:00.7.

Women’s individual results: (top 50)

1. Marvin, Christy 52:29.7 0; 2. Quinn, Najeeby 53:08.1; 3. Sullivan, Briana 54:54.5; 4. Pease, Nancy 58:47.6; 5. Robbins, Leslie 1:03:12.8; 6. Mahlen, Tsaina 1:04:11.0; 7. Singleton, Rosalyn 1:05:38.3; 8. Haupert, Christie 1:06:00.4; 9. Westbrook, Paula 1:06:35.6; 10. Mcdonough, Amber 1:07:57.5; 11. Boer, Jane 1:08:17.0; 12. Radonich, Maya 1:08:17.4; 13. Kopp, Trish 1:09:05.0; 14. Legate, Leah 1:09:11.7; 15. Connelly, Annie 1:09:26.4; 16. Dooley, Meghan 1:09:51.8; 17. Millard, Renee 1:10:24.4; 18. Doner, Heidi 1:11:07.2; 19. Falconer, Sara 1:11:52.3; 20. Rubeo, Alina 1:12:08.6; 21. Harris, Kristen 1:12:11.9; 22. Booher, Heidi 1:12:17.1; 23. Weddleton, Kate 1:13:01.2; 24. Kopsack, Alyson 1:13:35.8; 25. Notopoulos, Andrea 1:13:42.9; 26. Bronga, Karen 1:14:07.4; 27. Kornfield, Tamra 1:14:13.2; 28. Kopsack, Jocelyn 1:15:03.5; 29. Ballesteros, Laura 1:15:30.6; 30. Middaugh, Nicole 1:16:20.7; 31. Stielstra, Amy 1:16:39.4; 32. Butera, Liz 1:16:47.8; 33. Ess, Cheryl 1:17:54.5; 34. Bailey, Danielle 1:18:55.3; 35. Matter, Laura 1:19:37.5; 36. Goldsmith, Anmei 1:20:48.2; 37. Sivitz, Erin 1:21:54.2; 38. Winn, Danelle 1:21:56.3; 39. Maixner, Margaret 1:23:35.4; 40. Germer, Alisha 1:24:44.9; 41. Reyes, Gloria 1:24:57.4; 42. Ward, Jennifer 1:25:10.1; 43. Lacher, Heather 1:25:10.4; 44. Schneider, Becca 1:25:41.5; 45. Wolf, Veronica 1:26:50.2; 46. Agee, Aurora 1:29:41.5; 47. Sweetser, Heather 1:33:01.5; 48. Hall, Reilly 1:34:52.2; 49. Massie, Stephanie 1:35:55.5; 50. Campbell, Lisa 1:37:48.8.