Alaska Job Corps Race draws strong turnout

MAT-SU — Christopher Ashland and Bob Davis won their divisions in Saturday’s ninth annual Job Corps Race. Under sunny skies and a light breeze, Ashland posted a time of 18:42 in the 5-K event while Davis ran the 10-K in 41:29, beating his last year’s winning time of 41:45. Signe Johnson of Palmer lead the field of women with a time of 25:37 in the 5-K, and Jill Aho of Palmer ran the 10-K in 48:17.

Organizers at Job Corps had the 5-K race measured and certified in 2009, which has made it a draw for runners wanting to gauge their speed in late May and adjust training before entering other runs later in the season. Others, like second-place 10-K finisher Tom Luchsinger, run the race to try something new.

“I’m getting too old to play soccer, and I have to come up with a new way to stay in shape,” he said after his first 10-K Saturday. Luchsinger’s time was 46:17.

In all, 84 entered the Job Corps race, which offers the running and walking events. Job Corps student government organized the race in 2003 as a fundraiser for other local youth organizations. Profits from the race this year will go to Alaska Project Linus, a Wasilla-based program that donates handmade blankets to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, at-risk youth and senior citizens locally and throughout Alaska.

Job Corps Race

Saturday

5-K results

1. Christopher Ashland 18:42, 2. Gary Wright 25:11, 3. Signe Johnson 25:37, 4. Kiersten Johnson 27:04, 5. Jeff Richardson 29:01, 6. Aron Silberberg 29:26, 7. Cade Havel 29:40, 8. Talis Colberg 29:50, 9. Cathy Carlson 29:56, 10. Robert Frost 30:54, 11. Carrie Triplett 31:23, 12. Kimberly Wright 31:28, 13. Benjamin Ramsey 31:40, 14. Pattie Quinn 31:59, 15. John Alcantra 33:07, 16. Rebecca Tucker 33:20, 17. Marla Melton 34:24, 18. Daisy Kolberg 34:37, 19. Wendy Kolberg 34:37, 20. Cheryl Williams 35:34, 21. Larry Devilbiss 36:34, 22. David Williams 37:05, 23. Darleen Walsh 39:24, 24. Char Lee 40:38, 25. Deanna Frost 40:43, 26. Misty Whitaker 42:51, 27. Kai Master 43:28, 28. Kimberly McDonell 43:53, 29. Tistle Link 44:56, 30. Bethany Neffendorf 45:01, 31. Amy York 46:15, 32. Monica Schachle 46:15, 33. Owen Hoyt 49:22, 34. Torrey McClain 49:23, 35. Michelle Hoyt 50:06, 36. Ethan Hoyt 50:06, 37. Lindsey Hoyt 50:49, 38. Kristine Hoyt 50:58, 39. Chris Andrew 51:07, 40. Carissa McClain 51:15, 41. Talus McClain 51:15, 42. Deanna Smith 51:18, 43. Loretta Owens 51:43, 44. Taylor VanGorder 51:48, 45. Albert Kornegay 51:48, 46. Sky Ziegler 52;57, 47. Jake Ziegler 53:00, 48. Ellen Gaither 54:11, 49. Samuel Timm 54:11, 50. Slade Martin 55:15, 51. Adam Chandler 55:16, 52. Susan VanGorder 56:39, 53. Isabelle Chandler 56:39, 54. Jacinda Baker 56:53, 55. Samantha Tatum 58:26, 56. Evangelina Peterson 58:30, 57.Katie Ziegler 58:40, 58. Katie Ace 59:12, 59. Peggy O’Brien 1:00:51, 60. Kim Ziegler 1:00:52, 61. Emily Ziegler 1:00:52, 62. Barbara McDaniel 1:00:54, 63. Kendra Kidrick 1:06:15, 64. Branden Beem 1:06:15, 65. Stanley Small 1:06:15, 66. Patrick McDonald 1:20:23, 67. Mikayla Engler 1:20:50, 68. Jeri McDonald 1:20:50, 69. Sabre Anelon 1:20:53, 70. Ian Anelon 1:20:53.

10-K results

1. Bob Davis 41:29, 2. Tom Luchsinger 46:17, 3. Jill Aho 48:17, 4. Ed Gravley 49:05, 5. Lauren Ernst 51:49, 6. Holly Miller 52:55, 7. Bill Hogan 53:54, 8. Kari Moss 54:48, 9. Valerie Martinez 55:17, 10. David Chandler 5:29, 11. Kyle Hubbart 59:23, 12. Andrea Hervey 59:23, 13. Rosetta Alcantra 1:02:12, 14. Brain Benavente 1:04:47.