Knights sweep Borough Championships

TALKEETNA— The Colony Knights varsity swept the team standings at the 2008 Mat-Su Borough Cross Country Ski Championships in Talkeetna on Saturday.

Colony placed four skiers in the top five to win the girls team title. Colony’s Heidi Doner crossed the finish line in 27 minutes and 16 seconds, 21 seconds behind first-place Kimberly Del Frate of Palmer, to lead the Knights with a second-place finish.

Three of Doner’s teammates followed closely behind. Sydney Stewart (27:24) was third, Caitlin Skvorc (28:14) finished fourth and Ellen VanGorder (28:20) was fifth in the 6.6-kilometer classic.

With her individual title, Del Frate helped the Moose claim second in the team standings. Teammates Shannon Stough (seventh) and Claire Woodings (eighth) also finished in the top-10.

Cori Schleich led the Warriors with a 15th-place finish.

Four Colony skiers placed in the top eight to help the CHS boys claim first in the team standings.

Mason Wick led the Knights with a third-place finish. He crossed the finish line at the 33:17 mark. Dave Gray (34:57) was fifth, Sean Boyden (35:39) finished seventh and Robert Wise (35:40) placed eighth for the Knights.

Susitna Valley’s Galen Johnston won the individual title with a time of 30:55. He was one of two Rams to finish in the top four. Ian Mannix finished fourth at 34:31.

Dunedin Strickland (32:52) led Palmer to a second-place finish in the team standings with a second-place effort in the 10-K classic.

— Jeremiah Bartz

Mat-Su Borough Cross Country Ski CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, Talkeetna

Boys team results:

1. Colony 2:19:33, 2. Palmer 2:21:21; 3. Wasilla 2:55:47.

Boys individual results:

1. G. Johnston, SV 30 minutes, 55 seconds; 2. D. Strickland, Pla 32:52; 3. M. Wick, Col 33:17; 4. I. Mannix, SV 34:32; 5. D. Gray, Col 34:57; 6. D. Dunlap, Pal 35:14; 7. S. Boyden, Col 35:39; 8. R. Wise, Col 35:40; 9. B. Chamberlin, Was 36:14; 10. C. Jahn, Col 36:23; 11. L. Husa, Pal 36:37; 12. W. Mangelsdorf, Pal 36:38; 13. R. Cunningham, Pal 36:39; 14.G. Williams, 38:12; 15. J. Mastroyanis, Col 38:22; 16. B. Simon, Pal 38:31; 17. L. Johnson, Was 38:35; 18. C. Johnson, Pal 38:41; 19. T. Hoople, Pal 38:46; 20. J. Jensen, Col 40:25; 21. D. VanHoomissen, Pal 41:35; 22. D. Crawford, Col 41:59; 23. J. Clyde, Col 42:51; 24. N. Gumminger, Col 48:01; 25. D. Williams, Col 48:43; 26. K. Pulver, Was 48:51; 27. S. Chapman, Was 52:07; 28. F. Lamb, Pal 57:23; 29. C. Preist, Pal 1:06:33.

Girls team results:

1. Colony 1:51:14; 2. Palmer 1:54:27; 3. Wasilla 2:07:29.

Girls individual results:

1. K. Del Frate, Pal 26 minutes, 55 seconds; 2. H. Doner, Col 27:16; 3. S. Stewart, Col 27:24; 4. C. Skvorc, Col 28:14; 5. E. VanGorder, Col 28:20; 6. A. Del Frate, Pal 28:58; 7. S. Stough, Pal 29:09; 8. C. Woodings, Pal 29:28; 9. L. Whitmore, Pal 29:39; 10. D. Hoople, Pal 30:04; 11. A. Jahn, Col 30:35; 12. S. Stephens, Pal 30:39; 13. M. Shones, Pal 30:44; 14. H. Bulovsky, Col 31:01; 15. C. Schleich, Was 31:11; 16. V. Schleich, Was 31:23; 17. K. Wilber, Was 31:25; 18. S. Heimerl, Col 31:32; 19. J. Odegard, Pal 31:42; 20. S. Van Bavel, Col 31:46; 21. C. Murray, Col 31:50; 22. K. Powell, ol 31:50; 23. M. Wick, Col 32:01; 24. L. Dreese, Col 32:02; 25. L. Lutz, Pal 32:03; 26. A. Nagel, Col 32:20; 27. K. Parker, Was 32:30; 28. S. Flores, Was 32:31; 29. K. Payne, Col 33:13; 30. M. Muench, Was 33:47; 31. K. Truax, Col 34:20; 32. D. Buckley, Col 34:21; 33. A. Beam, Was 34:47; 34. C. Bottura, Was 35:22; 35. Z. Fuller, Pal 36:50; 36. K. Ryneski, Was 38:24; 37. H. Kitchen, Col 38:30.