More than 130 compete in Government Peak Climb

PALMER — Matthew Novakovich was the fastest of 133 hearty competitors to scale Government Peak during the 2013 Government Peak Climb Saturday morning near Palmer.

Novakovich conqoured the challenge in 46 minutes and 39 seconds, edging runner-up Eric Strabel (47:57). Scott Patterson (49:26), Ben Marvin (49:41) and Wylie Mangelsdorf (49:45) also cracked the 50-minute mark to place in the top 5.

Christy Marvin led the women’s class with a time of 57:07. Sheryl Loan was the runner-up at 58:17. Only two women in the race broke the hour-mark.

2013 Government Peak Climb

Saturday, Hatcher Pass

Men’s results:

1.M. Novakovich, 46:39; 2. E. Strabel, 47:57; 3. S. Patterson, 49:26; 4. B. Marvin, 49:41; 5. W. Mangelsdorf, 49:45; 6. T. Christopherson, 50:12; 7. L. Kopsack, 51:20; 8. B. Griffith, 53:00; 9. K. Brewer, 53:49; 10. A. Stavich, 54:48; 11. D. Markwardt, 55:47; 12. B. Rinner, 56:10; 13. E. Mundahl, 56:24; 14. A. Alonso, 56:33; 15. F. Mahlen, 57:35; 16. G. Szweda, 58:07; 17. K. Romig, 58:20; 18. T. Slatonbarker, 58:47; 19. C. Smith, 1:00:20; 20. C. Kirk, 1:00:27; 21. C. Taylor, 1:01:11; 22. D. Apperson, 1:01:59; 23. A. Schirack, 1:02:38; 24. L. Kopsack, 1:02:40; 25. J. Kogl, 1:02:57; 26. D. Myers, 1:02:57; 27. T. Smayda, 1:03:09; 28. J. McDonough, 1:03:37; 29. T. Blake, 1:03:41; 30. B. Beerle, 1:04:05; 31. D. Gross, 1:04:17; 32. R. Cox, 1:04:52; 33. J. Hogge, 1:05:16; 34. T. Fisher, 1:05:21; 35. R. Hall, 1:07:37; 36. K. Crow, 1:07:08; 37. B. English, 1:07:27; 38. S. Gilles, 1:07:46; 39. S. Wooten, 1:07:47; 40. D. Sinnett, 1:08:28; 41. M. Quimby, 1:08:58; 42. P. Lamb, 1:09:05; 43. W. Moore, 1:09:23; 44. W. Dahlgren, 1:10:00; 45. M. Stielstra, 1:10:14; 46. S. Dougherty, 1:10:15; 47. R. LeMar, 1:10:55; 48. D. Virgin, 1:11:51; 49. M. Jackson, 1:11:59; 50. D. Rebischke, 1:12:09; 51. D. Kochendorfer, 1:12:29; 52. B. Stoecker, 1:12:46; 53. D. Robertson, 1:13:08; 54. J. Clark, 1:14:03; 55. J. Kincaid, 1:14:37; 56. D. Ruzicka, 1:15:33; 57. D. Hermann, 1:15:45; 58. J. Johnson, 1:16:11; 59. J. Williams, 1:16:37; 60. F. Moore, 1:18:07; 61. K. Meyers, 1:18:52; 62. B. Gross, 1:19:38; 63. T. Kramer, 1:20:52; 64. T. Ballantine, 1:20:54; 65. J. Bross, 1:21:06; 66. T. Suprenant, 1:21:32; 67. R. Kemppel, 1:21:53; 68. M. Connelly, 1:22:10; 69. S. Flora, 1:22:39; 70. R. Gross, 1:22:48; 71. M. Connelly, 1:25:27; 72. J. McCavit, 1:25:34; 73. N. Stoudt, 1:25:37; 74. Z. Brown, 1:26:38; 75. W. Thompson, 1:30:08; 76. M. Tunseth, 1:31:50; 77. E. Steihauser, 1:36:31; 78. J. Browne, 1:38:03; 79. J. Hogge, 1:38:41; 80. G. Haugen, 1:41:38; 81. C. Dabbs, 1:43:24; 82. J. Bidney, 1:44:16; 83. K. Nelson, 1:53:54; 84. T. Meacham, 2:02:21; 85. T. Krause, 3:08:36.

Women’s results:

1. C. Marvin, 57:01; 2. S. Loan, 58:12; 3. T. Mahlen, 1:01:01; 4. C. Haupert, 1:05:49; 5. T. Novakovich, 1:08:24; 6. K. McCann, 1:09:16; 7. K. Williams, 1:10:17; 8. A. Kincaid, 1:10:23; 9. C. Bennett, 1:11:13; 10. A. McDonough, 1:11:27; 11. C. Marine, 1:12:26; 12. M. Hernandez, 1:12:24; 13. L. Legate, 1:14:36; 14. A. Kopsack, 1:14:53; 15. J. Baldwin, 1:15:07; 16. T. Kornfield, 1:16:02; 17. T. Spaic, 1:16:02; 18. J. Kopsack, 1:16:47; 19. C. Ess, 1:17:20; 20. L. Spinelli, 1:18:08; 21. J. Westin, 1:18:58; 22. U. Fogarty, 1:20:14; 23. J. Heinrich, 1:20:22; 24. N. Middaugh, 1:20-:48; 25. H. Booher, 1:20:55; 26. M. Dooley, 1:21:20; 27. A. Connelly, 1:21:41; 28. D. Bailey, 1:25:51; 29. S. Fischer, 1:26:04; 30. A. Agee, 1:27:29; 31. H. Booher, 1:28:32; 32. A. Pace, 1:28:53; 33. H. Hehnlin, 1:21:32; 34. E. Sivitz, 1:32:16; 35. C. Battah, 1:34:08; 36. N. Herrera, 1:35:46; 37. A. Liggett, 1:36:35; 38. D. Hill, 1:37:37; 39. H. Stewart, 1:37:51; 40. K. Kogl, 1:38:19; 41. A. Browne, 1:40:20; 42. R. Hall, 1:51:20; 43. A. Sander, 1:53:36; 44. A. Johannes, 2:00:12; 45. K. Schmidt, 2:03:36; 46. S. Krause, 2:13:29; 47. D. Talbott, 2:14:00; 2:14:00; 48. K. Cabell, 2:23:08.