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FAIRBANKS — The Palmer Moose finished fifth in the boys relay during the final day of the ASAA/First National Bank State Cross Country Ski Championships at the Birch Hill Recreational Area in Fairbanks on Saturday.
The Palmer team of Ted Hoople, Davis Dunlap, Wylie Mangelsdorf and Duney Strickland skied to the fifth-place finish for the Moose. The Palmer squad finished behind first-place South Anchorage, Service, West Anchorage and Lathrop.
The Palmer girls also posted a top-10 finish in the relays, placing ninth. Shannon Stough, Mariah Shones, Amanda DelFrate and Kimberly DelFrate made up the Palmer girls relay squad.
Colony finished 12th in the boys relay and 14th in the girls relay.
ASAA/First National Bank State Cross Country Ski Championships
Friday-Saturday, Birch Hill, Fairbanks
Girls relay:
1. South Anchorage Girls (Tristan Ramey-10:50.2, Karina Packer-10:12.4, Kate Backstrum-11:01.2, Jessica Yeaton-10:35.0) 42:38.8; 2. Service Girls (Mackenzie Kanady-10:35.6, Greta Anderson-10:12.8, Anna Price-11:28.5, Rebecca Mamrol-11:02.6) 43:19.5; 3. West Valley Girls (Elizabeth Whisenhant-11:20.2, Hannah Boyer-10:03.0, Eliza Rorabaugh-11:31.4, Marisa Rorabaugh-10:42.8) 43:37.4; 4. Chugiak Girls (Bonnie Scott-11:34.6, Kinsey Loan-10:29.4, Kryston McPhetres-11:36.3, Alyson McPhetres-10:57.4) 44:37.7; 5. West Anchorage Girls (Annie Liotta-10:35.9, Jasmine Neeno-11:50.3, Megan Baker-11:39.4, Celia Haering-10:44.5) 44:50.1; 6. Dimond Girls (Marion Woods-10:36.9, Savanna Desatoff-11:07.4, Amelia Hennessy-11:53.7, Brittany Hippe-11:19.2) 44:57.2; 7. Soldotna Girls (Maranda Merkes-11:17.7, D.Anne Martin-11:01.9, Jasmine Clock-11:43.0, Bree Mucha-11:41.1) 45:43.7; 8. Lathrop Girls (Claire Ferree-11:19.8, Kim Fitzgerald-11:06.7, Mikayla Hamlin-12:24.2, Megan Edic-11:39.9) 46:30.6; 9. Palmer Girls (Shannon Stough-11:38.1, Mariah Shones-11:35.7, Amanda Delfrate-11:54.9, Kimberly Delfrate-11:38.8) 46:47.5; 10. Homer Girls (Maggie Bursch-11:21.2, Frances Bursch-11:22.6, Marie Schmidt-12:27.2, Kaya Morelli-12:11.4) 47:22.4; 11. Kenai Central Girls (Kailey Mucha-10:33.9, Michelle Klaben-11:34.3, Olivia Pfeifer-12:38.7, Olivia Fair-14:15.9) 49:02.8; 12. East Anchorage Girls (Lindsey Freeman-12:50.3, Amy Gordon-12:27.1, McKinley Wallace-12:53.1, Rebecca Farr-11:33.8) 49:44.3; 13. Eagle River Girls (Jackie Klecka-11:46.9, Jenny Klecka-11:55.8, Hannah Stevens-13:43.8, Sarah Frankl-13:57.1) 51:23.6; 14. Colony Girls (Caitlin Skvorc-13:03.5, Abby Jahn-12:39.2, Brittney Anderson-13:34.7, Lindsay Dreese-13:33.5) 52:50.9; 15. Grace Christian Girls (Gabby Serventi-14:08.5, Betsy Winkle-13:24.9, Anna Trujillo-13:52.1, Sarah Cresap-11:42.8) 53:08.3; 16. Skyview Girls (Catherine Wolk-13:29.7, Hannah Hutchison-12:40.1, Tamlyn Silva-13:18.0, Carol Clonan-13:45.4) 53:13.2; 17. Valdez Girls (Tristen Larson-14:07.0, Malaika Kelly-13:46.7, Emily Merioles-13:15.8, Hannah Norris-12:27.4) 53:36.9; 18. North Pole Girls (Kelly Schmitz-12:16.0, Blayne Clark-14:49.1, Sarah O`Leary-14:56.5, Christi Schmitz-11:49.0) 53:50.6; 19. Bartlett Girls (Rachael Echols-12:42.6, Shannon Lamb-13:45.1, Kaitlyn Meyers-13:10.8, Leslee Rogers-15:25.1) 55:03.6; 20. Seward Girls (Maggie Herbert-15:11.4, Allison Barnwell-11:34.0, Serena Melville-17:40.9, Amanda Olson-15:54.7) 1:00:21.0;
Boys relay:
1. South Anchorage Boys (Noah Hagen-14:17.5, Jack Novak-14:26.7, Forrest Mahlen-14:06.1, Scott Patterson-13:24.8) 56:15.1; 2. Service Boys (Eric Ryan-14:02.3, Kyle Barnhart-14:40.3, Silas Talbot-13:49.4, Peter Mamrol-14:52.6) 57:24.6; 3. West Anchorage Boys (Neil Liotta-14:03.7, Nicholas Treinen-13:49.7, Douglas Watts-16:27.9, Scott Wheeler-14:56.2) 59:17.5; 4. Lathrop Boys (Robert Hovda-14:46.9, Kyle Hanson-15:27.1, Stefan Hajdukovich-14:50.7, Patrick Nugent-14:13.5) 59:18.2; 5. Palmer Boys (Ted Hoople-15:40.6, Davis Dunlap-14:47.0, Wylie Mangelsdorf-15:34.7, Dunedin Strickland-15:02.7) 1:01:05.0; 6. Chugiak Boys (Isaac Lammers-14:12.3, Ben Fitzgerald-14:40.2, Alex Loan-16:33.6, Dan Bradley-16:20.3) 1:01:46.4; 7. East Anchorage Boys (Vegard Andersen-14:44.1, Daniel Fink-16:25.7, Jacob Wahry-16:10.4, Nathaniel Knapp-14:30.6) 1:01:50.8; 8. West Valley Boys (James Leder-15:48.0, Riley Troyer-15:48.5, Jan (Kuba) Grzeda-15:35.8, Vanya Rybkin-15:14.7) 1:02:27.0; 9. Kenai Central Boys (Evan Atchley-17:08.9, Ander Nyquist-15:16.1, Travis Semmens-14:20.3, Anton Krull-16:40.4) 1:03:25.7; 10. Soldotna Boys (Ryan Sanders-15:34.5, Luke Michael-15:30.5, Josiah Martin-16:41.4, IntiMayo Harbison-16:11.2) 1:03:57.6; 11. Skyview Boys (Leif Danielson-17:02.9, Brayden Holt-16:46.1, Justin Marsh-17:01.3, Hunter Jackinsky-15:09.7) 1:06:00.0; 12. Colony Boys (Schyler Knopp-15:18.6, Jacob Buck-17:09.8, Gunner Williams-17:09.4, Abe Meyerhofer-16:22.6) 1:06:00.4; 13. Eagle River Boys (Tucker Platt-16:41.2, Jacob Timmons-17:21.1, Cameron Johnson-16:52.8, Brandon Blackley-15:54.0) 1:06:49.1; 14. Dimond Boys (Bryce Monaco-16:04.7, Erskine Frank-16:55.5, Zachary Brown-17:10.1, Alex Schumann-16:40.9) 1:06:51.2; 15. Homer Boys (Andre Lovett-16:30.3, Tux Seims-17:37.7, Kevin Rowe-16:37.3, Parker Sorensen-16:06.3) 1:06:51.6; 16. Seward Boys (Joseph Nyholm-17:17.7, Samy Pfluger-17:15.6, Austin Gillespie-17:01.3, Brett Chase-15:34.0) 1:07:08.6; 17. Grace Christian Boys (John Klein-18:21.6, Matthew Eller-18:26.8, Jacob Kirk-15:42.7, Andrew Arnold-14:52.0) 1:07:23.1; 18. Wasilla Boys (Chayne Bowmer-18:43.9, Keith Pulver-16:40.1, Connor Mattson-16:39.4, Rick Loveless-18:58.2) 1:11:01.6; 19. Bartlett Boys (Michael Bramer-18:07.5, Brandon Muller-19:21.6, Alex Yang-19:32.0, Tyler Greeson-18:45.1) 1:15:46.2; 20. Valdez Boys (Craig Lematta-19:32.4, DJ Carr-20:41.7, Kasey Walker-17:53.8, Matt Adamson-18:06.3) 1:16:14.2; 21. North Pole Boys (Gavin DeWilde-17:58.5, Adam Wood-22:42.5, Mike Arnold-20:11.6, Matt Stoller-18:04.4) 1:18:57.0.
Boys 10-K (Top-25):
1. Scott Patterson, South Anchorage, 28:10.6; 2. Forrest Mahlen, South Anchorage, 29:22.4; 3. Eric Ryan, Service, 29:24.7; 4. Silas Talbot, Service, 29:31.6; 5. Jack Novak, South Anchorage, 29:32.3; 6. Nicholas Treinen, West Anchorage, 29:34.6; 7. Noah Hagen, South Anchorage, 29:52.6; 8. Neil Liotta, West Anchorage, 30:01.9; 9. Isaac Lammers, Chugiak, 30:26.2; 10. Kyle Barnhart, Service, 30:29.4; 11. Carl Smith, South Anchorage, 30:33.9; 12. Andrew Arnold, Grace Christian, 30:45.9; 13. Patrick Nugent, Lathrop, 30:47.1; 14. Travis Semmens, Kenai, 30:50.0; 15. Peter Mamrol, Service, 30:52.6; 16. Dunedin Strickland, Palmer, 30:55.6; 17. Sam Dougherty, South Anchorage, 31:08.2; 18. Nathaniel Knapp, East Anchorage, 31:10.0; 19. Davis Dunlap, Palmer, 31:16.9; 20. John Glen, Service, 31:17.1; 21. Scott Wheeler, West Anchorage, 31:26.0; 22. Anders Nyquist, Kenai, 31:32.3; 23. Wylie Mangelsdorf, Palmer, 31:32.8; 24. Vegard Andersen, East Anchorage, 31:42.5; 25. Stefan Hajdukovich, Lathrop, 31:47.5.
Other Valley finishers:
29. Schyler Knopp, Colony, 32:43.9; 35. Ted Hoople, Palmer, 33:52.3; 37. Abe Meyerhofer, Colony, 34:01.2; 41. Gunner Williams, Colony, 34:12.1; 47. Aube Strickland, Palmer, 35:05.7; 48. Kaden Holladay, Palmer, 35:18.8; 61. Keith Pulver, Wasilla, 36:40.0; 78. Connor Mattson, Wasilla, 37:49.3; 80. Jake Buck, Colony, 37:54.8; 85. Darien Sinnett, Colony, 38:31.3; 98. Leo Jaschek, Colony, 40:29.5; 108. Chayne Bowmer, Wasilla, 41:33.7; 109. Rick Loveless, Wasilla, 41:45.5; 113. Anthony Oliver, Wasilla, 43:53.5; 114. Christone Susky, SuValley, 44:03.6.
Girls 7.5-K
1. Marion Woods, Dimond, 26:39.7; 2. Celia Haering, West Anchorage, 26:41.4; 3. Hannah Boyer, West Valley, 26:44.8; 4. Tristan Ramey, South Anchorage, 26:51.4; 5. Marisa Rorabaugh, West Valley, 26:58.5; 6. Rebecca Mamrol, Service, 27:01.5; 7. Kate Backstrum, South Anchorage, 27:02.9; 8. Karina Packer, South Anchorage, 27:09.4; 9. Jessica Yeaton, South Anchorage, 27:10.0; 10. Kailey Mucha, Kenai, 27:11.5; 11. Kinsey Loan, Chugiak, 27:28.5; 12. Emily Rogers, South Anchorage, 27:44.5; 13. Annie Liotta, West Anchorage, 28:01.4; 14. Stephanie Kirk, South Anchorage, 28:10.9; 15. Alyson McPhetres, Chugiak, 28:11.1; 16. Greta Anderson, Service, 28:29.1; 17. Bree Mucha, Soldotna, 28:38.4; 18. Becky Butler, Service, 28:39.7; 19. Anna Price, Service, 28:49.2; 20. Eliza Rorabaugh, West Valley, 28:55.9; 21. Sarah Cresap, Grace Christian, 28:58.3; 22. Christi Schmitz, North Pole, 29:01.6; 23. Brittany Hippe, Dimond, 29:01.9; 24. Mikayla Hamlin, Lathrop, 29:20.7; 25. Kimberly Delfrate, Palmer, 29:21.8.
Other Valley finishers:
36. Shannon Stough, Palmer, 30:29.0; 38. Morgan Michels, SuValley, 30:45.5; 39. Amanda Delfrate, Palmer, 30:47.8; 47. Mariah Shones, Palmer, 31:51.1; 59. Caitlin Skvorc, Colony, 32:53.8; 60. Hannah Smith, Palmer, 33:08.0; 61. Meagan Lynn, Palmer, 33:19.4; 71. Lindsay Dreese, Colony, 34:21.3; 80. Valerie Schleich, Wasilla, 34:40.3; 85. Abby Jahn, Colony, 35:01.8; 88. Robyn Hall, Wasilla, 35:24.8; 89. Katherine Parker, Wasilla, 35:25.0; 91. Brittney Anderson, Colony, 35:48.9; 101. Abby Nagel, Colony, 37:15.0.