Palmer boys take run title; Knight girls are second

PALMER - The Palmer boys handily won the Region III Class 4A cross-country running championship Saturday, while the Colony girls took second on the girls' side of the competition.

Because of e-mail transmission difficulties, complete results were not available.

Here are the top 10 finishers in each race, plus the other finishers from Colony, Palmer and Wasilla high schools:

GIRLS CLASS 4A

Team scores - 1) Kenai 43; 2) Colony 49; 3) Skyview 81; 4) Kodiak 91 8; 5) Homer 95; 6) Wasilla 68; 7) Palmer 206.

1) Erika Edwards, Skyview 19:10.7; 2) Nikki Campbell, Colony 19:22.4; 3) Lindsey Church, Kenai 19:25.9; 4. Katherine Amen, Kenai 19:26.4; 5) Dominique Colberg, Colony 19:56.7); 6) Diana Heimerl, Colony 20:10.0; 7) Melina Hutchinson, Skyview 20:31.9; 8) Anne Vining, Kodiak 20:39.3; 9) Mary Krusen, Kenai 20:48.5; 10) Amy Lambe, Skyview 20:51.3;

12) Sienna Garrod, Colony 21:02.3; 25) Megan Shields, Wasilla 22:14.8; 26) Sarah Hansen, Colony 22:18.9; 28) Jen Kallam, Palmer 22:34.5; 30) Clare Baldwin, Colony 22:42.6; 32) Arianna Smith, Wasilla 22:56.0; 36) Cheyenne Gilman, Wasilla 23:04.3; 39) Angela Smith, Wasilla 23:45.1; 40) Hannah Maddry, Colony 23:45.7; 41) Christie Hayes, Wasilla 24:12.9; 42) Niki Greer, Wasilla 24:13.5; 43) Jacqueline LaFrance, Palmer 24:13.8; 47) Jordyn Cunningham, Wasilla 24:48.8; 49) Sara Quier, Palmer 25:26.7; 51) Emily Estelle, Palmer 27:38.5; 52) Becky James, Palmer 28:18.8.

BOYS CLASS 4A

Team scores - 1) Palmer 35; 2) Soldotna 40; 3) Kodiak 63; 4 Kenai 130; 5) Colony 132; 6) Homer 141; 7) Skyview 174; 8) Wasilla 233.

1) Andy Liebner, Soldotna 16:24.0; 2) Brent Knight, Soldotna 16:38.6; 3) Curtis Mortenson, Kodiak 16:49.1; 4) Drew Dickson, Palmer 16:59.4; 5) Aaron Dickson, Palmer 17:12.5; 6) Kyle McBride, Soldotna 17:13.4; 7) Lee Bolling,Palmer 17:14.5; 8) Nate Cross, Palmer 17:18.7; 9) Monte Garroutte, Homer 17:19.0; 10) Gene Butler, Kodiak 17:24.3;

11) Zach Baer, Palmer 17:29.9; 14) Richard Hallock, Colony 17:39.3; 20) Ryan Ford, Palmer 18:01.2; 21) Jon Kastar, Palmer 18:01.7; 27) Matt Birdsall, Colony 18:12.9; 28) Kevin Spangler, Colony 18:14.8; 29) Tim Stahlnecker, Colony18:16.2; 34) Gabe Pepperd, Colony 18:38.5; 35) Michael Rubeo, Wasilla 18:40.1; 36) David Reiman, Colony 18:43.5; 46) Ben Meyer, Wasilla 19:24.1; 47) Kelly Sonerholm, Colony 19:37.0; 49) Cam Willingham, Wasilla 20:21.1; 51) Ryan Cherry, Wasilla 20:47.7; 52) Will Elliot, Wasilla 21:23.3; 53) Sean Pezzini, Wasilla 21:28.9.

Photo: Ivan Steadman is shown at the Mat-Su Borough cross-country running meet from a week ago. He led the Susitna Valley Rams to the team title at the Region II regional meet over the weekend. Teammate Danielle Pratt won the girls' race, as the Su-Valley girls also won. However, because of e-mail transmission problems, the results from those regional races will not be printed until Friday's paper.

Frontiersman file photo.