Colony grad makes Mat Peak history

PALMER — Former Colony High running and skiing star Eric Strabel made history last weekend. Strabel became the first runner to break the three-hour mark en route to winning the Matanuska Peak Challenge.

The 30-year-old cruised over 14 miles of trail and 9,100 feet of elevation gain in 2 hours, 55 minutes and 43 seconds. Matias Saari had held the record in the race, which starts at the Lazy Mountain Trailhead near Palmer and covers both Lazy Mountain and Matanuska Peak. Saari set the old mark with a time of 3:03:08 in 2010.

Strabel was actually one of two runners to crack three hours. Ben Marvin became the second runner in the 24-year-old race to finish ahead of three hours, with his second-place time of 2:58:17. Erik Romig (3:01) and a former six-time winner, Harlow Robinson (3:04:45), both finished just after the three-hour mark.

Christy Marvin won the women’s class, with a time of 3:44:52. She was also 12^th overall. Suzann Drinen (4:09) was second among the women. A total of 72 runners finished the race.

Matanuska Peak Challenge

Aug. 4, Lazy Mountain Trailhead

Men’s results:

1. Eric Strabel, 2:55:43; 2. Ben Marvin, 2:58:17; 3. Erick Romig, 3:01:14; 4. Harlow Robinson, 3:04:45; 5. Barney Griffith, 3:16:50; 6. Andrew Stavich, 3:25:39; 7. Nick Treinser, 3:30:22; 8. Cody Priest, 3:31:46; 9. Erik Johnson, 3:34:58; 10. Karl Romig, 3:35:12; 11. Lance Kopsack, 3:36:22; 12. Brian Harder, 3:47:01; 13. Mark Brady, 3:54:00; 14. Dane Ketner, 3:54:13; 15. David Apperson, 3:56:49; 16. Parker Quimby, 3:57:01; 17. Michael Vanderlugt, 3:59:30; 18. Todd Borke, 4:06:57; 19. Dorian Gross, 4:13:12; 20. Jim McDonough, 4:18:19; 21. Michael Quimby, 4:31:01; 22. Abe Meyerhofer, 4:32:28; 23. Michea Westbrook, 4:33:16; 24. Dan Virgin, 4:33:43; 25. Zach Seligman, 4:36:58; 26. Andrew Ressegule, 4:40:06; 27. Keith Coombs, 4:48:50; 28. Allen Spangles, 4:50:53; 29. Michael Stangel, 4:56:12; 30. Peter Lamb, 5:06:12; 31. Bill English, 5:11:53; 32. Ashley Wise, 5:23:41; 33. Joshuah Taylor, 5:27:53; 34. Jose Gross, 5:28:19; 35. Patrick George, 5:29:07; 36. Jeff Dickson, 5:30:46; 37. Tab Ballantine, 5:30:49; 38. Mark Flanagan, 5:35:44; 39. James Embree, 5:38:59; 40. Ken McInally, 5:44:12; 41. Andy Schaffer, 5:49:53; 42. Erik Johnson, 5:56:39; 43. Ed Bennett, 6:05:01; 44. John Clark, 6:05:09; 45. Ryan Mathias, 6:08:54; 46. Marcus Quinn, 6:37:19; 47. Evan Steinhauser, 6:39:01; 48. Chase McCavit, 6:47:10; 49. JC McCavit, 6:55:01; 50. Sabo Demircan, 7:19:16; 51. Ron Nicholl, 8:02:55; 52. John Williams, 8:02:55; 53. Braun Kopsack, 8:02:55.

Women’s results:

1. Christy Marvin, 3:44:52; 2. Suzann Drinen, 4:09:29; 3. Kinsey Apperson, 4:13:46; 4. Gina Robinson, 4:49:46; 5. Judi Kopsack, 4:59:04; 6. Sarah Thomas, 5:02:53; 7. Cheryl Ess, 5:03:55; 8. Jessie Westin, 5:09:49; 9.Vereva Gill, 5:26:47; 10. Gail Taylor, 5:27:56; 11. Elissa Gumeson, 5:29:01; 12. Susan Casey, 5:30:46; 13. Kyle Colburn, 5:31:03; 14. Stacy Schaffer, 5:49:53; 15. Angela Brown, 5:50:05; 16. Christine Bennett, 6:05:01; 17. Linda Rao, 6:35:56; 18. Amber Sander, 6:53:30; 19. Kaile Ellson, 6:54:22.

PALMER — Tommy Dahill was the overall winner at the 2012 Running with the Bulls last weekend.

Dahill finished the 5-kilometer course on the Palmer Musk Ox Farm in 18 minutes and 40 seconds. Kate Fitzgerald won the women’s class with a time of 19:01.Nearly 15 runners finished the 5-K race in the annual event, which also featured a 10-K race and 1,000-meter kids race.

2012 Running with the Bulls

Aug. 5, Palmer Musk Ox Farm

Girls 14&U 1000 Meter Run Finals:

1. Klebesadel, Jennifer, 3:55.00; 2. Shea, Lucy, 4:43.70; 3. Bryant, Kyleann, 4:47.70; 4. Propst, Emily, 4:57.90; 5. Anderson, Taylor, 5:04.60; 6. Rinella, Mykenna, 5:06.60; 7. Kristensen, Tale, 5:07.20; 8. Stolzman, Anya, 5:10.10; 9. Baca, Belle, 5:17.60; 10. Hina, Sophia, 6:06.60; 11. Veerman, Jillian, 6:13.70; 12. Kastar, Abby, 6:46.30; 13. Anderson, Lauren, 6:52.10; 14. Jenski, Riley, 6:54.00; 15. Woguild, Atlin, 7:31.70; 16. Shea, Lily, 7:37.40; 17. Anderson, Kelsey, 7:41.70; 18. Rinella, Jamesyn, 7:43.20; 19. Isis Kwan, Aspen, 8:08.00; 20. Whitson, Eveyln, 8:44.70; 21. Austin, Isela, 9:44.80; 22. Wright, Luci, 12:16.50; 23. Longtin, Elliot, 14:18.50.

Boys 14&U 1000 Meter Run:

1. Kristensen, Aksel, 4:03.70; 2. Streit, Garrett, 4:10.90; 3. Olsen, Tyler, 4:20.80; 4. Hushower, Tobin, 4:24.90; 5. Conaway, Jared, 4:30.00; 6. Larson, Max, 4:33.20; 7. Hina, Brandon, 4:34.40; 8. Hushower, Jesse, 4:41.30; 9. Whitson, Rhett, 5:02.60; 10. Crockett, Jack, 5:03.20; 11. Reich, Lucas, 5:06.10; 12. Jenski, Kobie, 5:14.20; 13. Propst, Aaron, 5:25.10; 14. Strode, Adrian, 5:26.60; 15. Rapanut, Caleb, 5:38.50; 16. Kastar, Elias, 5:52.70; 17. Geis, Alex, 6:48.50; 18. Larson, Miles, 7:12.50; 19. Enboden, Timothy, 7:25.90; 20. Veerman, Gavin, 7:31.40; 21. Anderson, Bodi, 10:26.00; 22. Wognild, Kai, 13:02.30; 23. Richmond, Drew, 15:18.40.

Women 24&U 5000 Meter Run:

1. Fitzgerald, Kate, 19:01.17; 2. Spaic, Tatjana, 23:30.47; 3. Spaulding, Robin, 25:51.45; 4. Berrigan, Rya, 28:42.04; 5. Carlson, Karlee, 28:43.50; 6. Purcell, Alina, 28:44.08; 7. Garland, Radhika, 30:00.06; 8. Ficek, Haleigh, 30:07.87; 9. Pauling, Adrienne, 30:14.59; 10. Shea, Lucy, 31:36.20; 11. Payne, Gacier, 35:12.89; 12. Rix, Anna, 35:23.40; 13. Beam, Layla, 36:02.02; 14. Berrigan, Beth, 38:33.79; 15. Henry, Jillian, 38:40.51; 16. Bryant, Samantha, 39:01.33; 17. Larson, Madeline, 40:03.78; 18. Peine, Mitzi, 40:17.49; 19. Burgeson, Emma, 40:17.93; 20. Barsalou, Cassandra, 44:10.57; 21. Ficek, Emillie, 45:01.74; 22. Sfakianos, Camryn, 45:03.96; 23. Kelso, Nicole, 47:17.72; 24. Barsalou, Madison, 48:07.43; 25. Moll, Michele, 51:10.77; 26. Rheaume, Allison, 52:31.31; 27. Berrigan, Aila, 53:12.20; 28. Popham, Stephanie, 56:25.64; 29. Bickford, Hannah, 57:19.74; 30. Hurt, Savannah, 57:27.17; 31. Hurt, Cadence, 57:40.49; 32. Katulski, McKinley, 59:20.82; 33. Katulski, Candace, 59:21.20.

Women 25-44 5000 Meter Run:

1. Kaufman, Kate, 22:23.81; 2. Jordan, Laura, 24:00.66; 3. Rinella, Amber, 24:51.01; 4. Wright, Kim, 26:28.12; 5. Lynn, Lorene, 26:46.96; 6. Calantoc, Becca, 28:02.53; 7. Curkendall, Amy, 28:21.00; 8. Veerman, Julie, 28:50.85; 9. Kaufman, Amy, 28:59.71; 10. Bell, Sarah, 29:47.70; 11. Bottomly, Audrey, 30:51.25; 12. Paulick, Katie, 31:00.96; 13. DeCostanzo, AJ, 31:30.19; 14. Elias, Krista, 32:11.97; 15. O'Doherty, Gillian, 33:33.91; 16. Wood, Christy, 34:06.59; 17. Tucker, Rebecca, 34:14.35; 18. Jenski, Kari, 35:02.30; 19. Ambrosio, Brandi, 36:17.06; 20. Keller, Jamie, 36:18.94; 21. Harris Kwan, Tammy, 36:49.50; 22. Markle, Candi, 36:52.40; 23. Kyrisch, Hannah, 37:49.92; 24. Sanders, Traci, 38:56.48; 25. McNeal, Maleonora, 40:02.80; 26. Feliz-Hamilton, Julia, 40:59.05; 27. Johnson, Amanda, 44:28.00; 28. Kurley-Price, Erika, 45:34.89; 29. Berrigan, Lori, 46:21.18; 30. DeHart, Jayme, 48:25.14; 31. Ficek, Dorene, 50:26.28; 32. Walker, Robin, 50:26.90; 33. Carl, Kerry, 55:24.59; 34. Popham, Betsy, 56:23.61; 35. Bickford, Lara, 57:20.73; 36. Sandvik, Jessica, 57:41.13; 37. Warren, Michelli, 58:14.28; 38. Bernard, Sue, 58:14.80; 39. Foster, Ashley, 58:29.67.

Women 45-99 5000 Meter Run:

1. Skvorc, Susan, 26:04.06; 2. Ballinger, Jennifer, 30:44.51; 3. Swanson, Sheila, 31:03.54; 4. Morganson, Terri, 32:45.56; 5. Huston, Kim, 35:40.28; 6. Durkop, Kitza, 42:12.90; 7. Hagan, Lydia, 42:31.26; 8. Roberts, Kathryn, 42:56.38; 9. Cross, Kimberly, 44:51.71; 10. Johnson, Theresa, 45:03.15; 11. Cooper, Lisa, 45:04.47; 12. McCoy, Stephanie, 45:54.71; 13. Barsalou, Jennifer, 48:16.89; 14. Irvine, Michele, 48:25.55; 15. Albecker, Petra, 49:20.56; 16. Meehan, Rosa, 49:40.04; 17. Simmons, Brenda, 51:30.91; 18. Prevost, Melanie, 52:20.63; 19. Little Eagle, Diane, 52:36.82; 20. Campbell, Shirley, 58:38.63; 21. Popham, Yvonne, 1:00:37.04; 22. Patterson, Barbara, 1:02:35.14.

Men 24&U 5000 Meter Run:

1. Doran, Levi, 20:31.18; 2. Conaway, Kenneth, 20:32.23; 3. Carl, Nick, 21:25.25; 4. Huppert, Blake, 23:37.12; 5. Carl, Alex, 25:02.87; 6. Huppert, Logan, 25:53.27; 7. Beam, Kellen, 26:39.90; 8. Lynn, James, 26:43.80; 9. Kelso, RJ, 33:37.73; 10. Payne, Kellan, 35:22.15; 11. Sherer, Mike, 35:43.29; 12. Cross, Jackson, 44:39.11; 13. Gilman, Shaughn, 49:36.03; 14. Berrigan, Keenan, 53:16.89; 15. Carl, Max, 55:22.30; 16. Katulski, Anthony, 57:28.43; 17. Bickford, Jacob, 57:30.84; 18. Hurt, Ethan, 1:01:46.49.

Men 25-44 5000 Meter Run:

1. Kastar, Philip, 21:14.44; 2. Wolisel, Matt, 22:43.06; 3. Ambrosio, Nick, 25:03.89; 4. Carl, Storm, 25:38.24; 5. Stulzman, Rob, 26:33.30; 6. Schneider, Chris, 28:02.97; 7. Cooper, Skip, 29:15.40; 8. Hagan, Thomas, 30:11.09; 9. Lance, Bryan, 30:13.93; 10. Menard, Steve, 32:08.55; 11. Wagoner, Kristopher, 37:22.91; 12. Hinton, Evan, 53:48.42; 13. Kastar, Skyler, 53:53.99; 14. Popham, Chris, 56:24.36; 15. Foster, Troy, 58:30.56; 16. Patterson, Brian, 1:02:34.88.

Men 45-99 5000 Meter Run:

1. Dahill, Tommy, 18:40.15; 2. Huppert, Robert, 24:26.19; 3. Criss, Michael, 26:30.87; 4. Colberg, Talis, 27:13.24; 5. Hoover, Jim, 28:54.79; 6. Morganson, Mike, 28:57.20; 7. Dearborn, Barry, 29:16.34; 8. McComb, Ed, 29:44.28; 9. Abbott, Ronald, 30:58.10; 10. Frost, Bob, 33:20.96; 11. Wagoner, David, 36:30.10; 12. Cross, Brad, 38:07.30; 13. Moll, Stan, 51:11.95; 14. Rix, Buff, 54:03.33; 15. Bickford, Andy, 57:32.21; 16. Popham, James, 1:00:34.85; 17. Hurt, William, 1:01:37.76; 18. Patterson, Jim, 1:02:07.25.

Women 25&U 10000 Meter Run:

1. Graf, Chelsea, 50:29.00; 2. Geraghty, Coki, 53:38.70; 3. Evans, Ashley, 53:40.30; 4. Schlosstein, Hannah, 1:01:23.50; 5. Porter, Ahriel, 1:04:34.40; 6. Wagoner, Shelby, 1:07:40.40; 7. Remaley, Angel, 1:10:27.90.

Women 26-46 10000 Meter Run:

1. Varys, Leslie, 41:52.90; 2. Beam, Erin, 46:49.80; 3. Shea, Kristi, 47:35.10; 4. Maxwell, Becky, 50:40.80; 5. Carlson, Caren, 52:34.60; 6. Richmond, Kellie, 55:01.50; 7. Hahn, Amber, 1:00:32.80; 8. Martinez, Valerie, 1:01:08.00; 9. York, Kimberly, 1:01:51.70; 10. Blajeski, Valerie, 1:04:15.00; 11. Whitmore, Corrie, 1:05:37.80; 12. McComb, Ayako, 1:07:04.80; 13. Jacus, Michelle, 1:09:07.60; 14. Wagner, Leah, 1:10:44.50; 15. Bleicher, Laura, 1:19:04.10; 16. Gerke, Kelsey, 1:25:02.60.

Women 47-99 10000 Meter Run:

1. Meadows, Irene, 1:04:35.50; 2. Verrall, Tracy, 1:09:56.00; 3. Wagoner, Sonya, 1:11:33.80; 4. Helm, Dot, 1:21:24.20; 5. Moorman, Rebecca, 1:21:26.80.

Men 25&U 10000 Meter Run:

1. Wilson, Michael, 44:16.31; 2. Ford, Skylaar, 45:01.40; 3. Sams, Geoffriy, 45:32.70; 4. Blair, Taylor, 45:32.90; 5. Matyas, Mark, 46:10.20; 6. Brown, Dallas, 47:24.30; 7. Izer, Vadim, 48:59.50; 8. McCanna, Chase, 53:40.70; 9. Harris, Octavius, 54:15.30; 10. Parham III, Junius, 1:09:31.30.

Men 26-46 10000 Meter Run:

1. Babcock, Gunner, 41:37.00; 2. Carlson, Jeff, 46:16.10; 3. Morgan, Derek, 48:55.70; 4. Hahn, Ben, 1:00:33.40; 5. Rapanut, Carlo, 1:05:35.80.

Men 47-99 10000 Meter Run:

1. Lane, Tom, 46:58.50.