In the mix

FAIRBANKS — The Palmer Moose hold a pair of top-10 spots in the team standings following the first day of the ASAA Cross Country Ski State Championships at Birch Hill in Fairbanks.

The Palmer boys currently stand sixth among 21 programs competing in the three-day meet. The Moose placed three skiers in the top-33 and four in the top-50.

Junior Dunedin Strickland led the Moose with a 19th-place finish in the championships’ first event, the 7.5-kilometer classic race.

Strickland finished the course in 24 minutes and 41 seconds.

Junior Davis Dunlap placed 24th for Palmer, crossing the finish line at 24:59.6. Junior Wylie Mangelsdorf followed in 33rd, finishing at 25:26.5.

Ted Hoople (50th, 26:37.1), Jacob Simon (27:35.7) and Andrew McConnell (28:57.8) also finished for Palmer.

The Palmer girls are in seventh following the first day.

Junior Kimberly DelFrate led the Moose with a 17th-place finishing, posting a time 18:38. Amanda DelFrate finished 37th for the Moose, at 19:56.

Shannon Stough (42nd, 20:10), Laura Whitmore (58th, 20:53) and Stephanie Stephens also finished for the Moose (130th, 22:37).

Colony stands just outside of the top-10, holding the 11th-place spot in both classes.

Colony senior Corbyn Jahn joined Strickland and Dunlap in the boys’ top-30 with his 27th-place finish.

Jahn was 10 seconds behind Dunlap, finishing at 25:10.

Gunner Williams (46th, 26:24), Schyler Knopp (65th, 27:45), Steven Sinnett (72nd, 28:23.7) and Abe Meyerhoffer (79th, 29:01) also finished for CHS.

Caitlin Skvorc led the Colony girls with a 41st-place finish. With her time of 20:07, Skvorc finished ahead of teammates Sydney Stewart (45th, 20:22), Ellen VanGorder (56th, 20:49), Abby Jahn (62nd, 21:00), Lindsay Dreese (78th, 21:57) and Taylor Stewart (81st, 22:11).

Senior Leif Johnson led the Wasilla boys’ with a 49th-place finish, completing the course in 26:33.

Baruch Chamberlin (52nd, 26:40), Conner Mattson (91st, 30:25), Josh Pakhala (95th, 30:50) and Rick Loveless (112th, 33:00) also finished for the WHS boys.

Cory Schleich (75ht, 21:46), Valerie Schleich (76th, 21:54), Katherine Parker (94th, 23:21), Jenna Wright (105th, 24:02 and Robyn Hall (15th, 25:51) finished for the WHS girls.

Senior Ian Mannix (25:28) led Susitna Valley with a 34th-place finish in the boys’ race.

Tyler Figley (83rd, 29:14) and Suvan Sterling (104th, 31:25) also finished for Su Valley.

Freshman Morgan Michels (69th, 21:18) led the Su Valley girls.

ASAA Cross Country Ski

State Championships

Thursday; Birch Hill, Fairbanks

Girls team standings (After Day 1):

1. Service 1:1:.38, 2. Chugiak 1:13:25.9, 3. South 1:13:44.7, 4. West 1:15:29.4, 5. Soldotna 1:15:29.4, 6. West Valley 1:16:58.8, 7. Palmer 1:19:38.2, 8. Lathrop 1:19:38.2, 9. Homer 1:20:09.5, 10. East 1:21:01.5, 11. Colony 1:22:19.5, 12. Kenai 1:23:18.0, 13. Grace 1:26:00.9, 14. Eagle River 1:26:20.9, 15. Dimond 1:27:21.1, 16. North Pole 1:28:39.6, 17. Valdez 1:20:11.1, 18. Wasilla 1:31:03.5, 19. Seward 1:31:45.3, 20. Skyview 1:35:44.4, 21. Bartlett 1:38:31.5.

Girls’ 5-K Classic (Top 20):

1. E. Kennedy, Ser 17:29.2, 2. K. Loan, Chug 17:30.5, 3. A. Liotta, West 17:40.5, 4. K. Packer, South 17:45.1, 5. R. Mamrol, Ser 17:50.6, 6. K. Mucha, Sol 17:51.7, 7. M. Kanady, Ser 18:07.3, 8. L. Hess, Serv 18:11.2, 9. A. McPheters, Chug 18:16.2, 9, 10. G. Anderson, Serv 18:19.8, 11. C. Knapp, East 18:20.1, 12. K. Backstrum, South 18:22.8, 13. A. Price, Serv 18.25, 14. M. Watkins, Ken 18:29.2, 15. T. Ramey, South 18:32.2, 16. M. Rorabaugh, WV 18:36.7, 17. K. DelFrate, Pal 18:38.5, 18. H. Edic, Lat 18:40.1, 19. M. Bender, Chug 18:46.8, 20. H. Boyer, WV 18:48.8.

Other Valley finishers:

37. A. DelFrate, Pal 19:56.2, 41. C. Skvorc, Col 20:07, 42. S. Stough, Pal 20:10.5, 45. S. Stewart, Col 20:22.9, 56. E. VanGorder, Col 20:49.0, 58. L. Whitmore, Pal 20:53.0, 60. M. Shones, Pal 20:58.8, 62. A. Jahn, Col 21:00.4, 69. M. Michels, SV 21:18.4, 75. C. Schleich, Was 21:46.0, 76. V. Schleich, Was 21:54.5, 78. L. Dreese, Col 21:57.7, 81. T. Stewart, Col 22:11.9, 85. S. Stephens, Pal 22:37.8, 94. K. Parker, Was 23:21.0, 105. J. Wright, Was 24:02.0, 115. R. Hall, Was 25:51.5.

Boys’ team results (After Day 1):

1. South 1:30:34.3, 2. West 1:32:58.9, 3. Service 1:34:40.2, 4. Lathrop 1:35:30.6, 5. West Valley 1:40:52.6, 6. Palmer 1:41:44.2, 7. Soldotna 1:41:51.7, 8. Chugiak 1:43:42.6, 9. East 1:45:08.1, 10. Homer 1:46:59.2, 11. Colony 1:47:22.0, 12. Dimond 1:48:36.4, 13. Skyview 1:50:59.0, 14. Wasilla 1:54:30.0, 15. Kenai 1:55:05.0, 16. Seward 1:56:55.1, 17. Susitna Valley 1:57:21.0, 18. Eagle River 1:58:47.2, 19. Grace Christian 2:01:10.6, 20. Bartlett 2:07:42.6, 21. Valdez 2:11:15.7.

Boys’ 7.5-K Classic Top-20:

1. T. Kornfield, Ser 21:32.7, 2. S. Patterson, South 21:37.3, 3. A. Dougherty, South 22:04.6, 4. N. Treinen, West 22:24.6, 5. E. Phillips, East 23:04.2, 6. A. Fletcher, South 23:09.2, 7. D. Haering, West 23:11.4, 8. L. Hanneman, Lat 23:16.6, 9. J. Beutow, Lat 23:24.5, 10. J. Crimp, West 23:32.3, 11. S. Talbot, Serv 23:25.4, 12. S. Dougherty, South 23:42.5, 13. N. Liotta, West 23:50.6, 14. F. Mahlen, South 24:08.7, 15. R. Hovda, Lat 24:178.9, 16. K. Barnhart, Servb 24:18.3, 17. K. Boyer, WV 24:19.9, 18. P. Nugent, Lat 24:31.6, 19. D. Strickland, Pal 24:41.0, 19. (tie) L. Arneson, CIA 24:41.0.

Other Valley finishers:

24. D. Dunlap, Pal 24:59.6, 27. C. Jahn, Col 25:10.8, 33. W. Mangelsdorf,k Pal 25:26.5, 34. I. Mannix, SV 25:28.1, 46. G. Williams, Col 26:24.5, 49. L. Johnson, Was 26:33.7, 50. T. Hoople, Pal 26:37.1, 52. B. Chamberlain, Was 26:40.8, 62. J. Simon, Pal 27:35.8, 65. S. Knopp, Col 27:45.3, 69. J. Mastroyanis, Col 28:01.4, 72. S. Sinnett, Col 28:37.7, 78. A. McConnell, Pal 28:57.8, 79. A. Meyerhofer, Col 29:01.5, 83. T. Figley, SV 29:19.4, 91. C. Mattson, Was 30:25.0, 95. J. Pakhala, Was 30:50.5, 102. E. Curtis, SV 31:12.7, 104. S. Sterling, SV 31:25.7, 112. R. Loveless, Was 33:00.9