Palmer woman runner-up in Bird Ridge race

PALMER — One of the Valley’s top mountain runners earned a runner-up finish in her class during the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb Sunday south of Anchorage.

Christy Marvin, of Palmer, tackled the 3,400-feet climb at Bird Ridge in 44 minutes, 59 seconds. Palmer’s mountain running star just missed a personal record in the race. In 2016, Marvin won her fourth consecutive Bird Ridge title with a time of 44:52.

Marvin’s husband, Ben, was one of two Palmer runners to place in the top 10 of the men’s standings, with a mark of 42:48. Lyon Kopsak led all Valley runners in the men’s class, finishing ninth with a time of 42:46.

For complete results, see frontiersman.com/sports.

The event is part of the Alaska Mountain Runners Grand Prix. The next race in the series is Mount Marathon July 4 in Seward.

Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman sports editor at sports@frontiersman.com.

Bird Ridge Hill Climb

June 17, Bird Ridge

Men’s results:

1. David Norris, Anchorage, AK 36:58 2. Adam Jensen, Anchorage, AK 39:05 3. Luke Jager, Anchorage, AK 41:17 4. Matthew Novakovich, Anchorage, AK 41:29 5. Michael Connelly, Chugiak, AK 41:40 6. Seiji Takagi, Anchorage, AK 42:03 7. Erik Johnson, Seward, AK 42:20 8. Derek Steele, Anchorage, AK 42:42 9. Lyon Kopsack, Palmer, AK 42:46 10. Ben Marvin, Palmer, AK 42:48 11. Christopher Kirk, Eagle River, AK 43:25 12. Will Ross, Anchorage, AK 44:26 13. Hamish Wolfe, Anchorage, AK 45:05 14. Ben Ward, Anchorage, AK 45:15 15. Franklin Dekker, Anchorage, AK 45:30 16. Brian Kirchner, Anchorage, AK 45:33 17. Gavin Block, Palmer, AK 45:50 18. Daniel Kane, Anchorage, AK 46:05 19. Mike Monterusso, Anchorage, AK 46:06 20. Barney Griffith, Anchorage, AK 46:20 21. Craig Taylor, Eagle River, AK 46:24 22. Everett Cason, Anchorage, AK 47:11 23. Patrick Wolfe, Anchorage, AK 47:18 24. Kai Meyers, Anchorage, AK 47:22 25. Ryan Beckett, Anchorage, AK 47:40 26. Kelemen legate, Anchorage, AK 47:48 27. Robert Whitney, Anchorage, AK 47:51 28. Jacob Bradley, JBER, AK 47:54 29. Chris Smith, Palmer, AK 47:57 30. Tom Bronga, Anchorage, AK 48:08 31. Kevin Donley, Anchorage, AK 48:09 32. Paul Butera, Anchorage, AK 48:28 33. Isaac Bertschi, Anchorage, AK 48:52 34. Michael Earnhart, Eagle River, AK 48:53 35. Westley Dahlgren, Anchorage, AK 48:59 36. David Berg, Anchorage, AK 49:32 37. Nick Carl, Eagle River, AK 49:34 38. Mark Brady, Anchorage, AK 49:42 39. Tony Slatonbarker, Eagle River, AK 49:51 40. Alex Loan, Anchorage, AK 50:24 41. John Weddleton, Anchorage, AK 50:28 42. Dante Petri, Anchorage, AK 50:48 43. Brad Benter, Anchorage, AK 50:58 44. Kurtis Brumbaugh, Anchorage, AK 50:58 45. Derek Nottingham, Eagle River, AK 51:28 46. Nathaniel Knapp, Los Alamos, NM 51:38 47. Marc Lickingteller, Anchorage, AK 51:42 48. Jerome Ross, Anchorage, AK 52:05 49. Brian Boyle, Chugiak, AK 52:20 50. Brian Haviland, Anchorage, AK 52:44 51. Alex Youngmun, Anchorage, AK 53:07 52. Dan Brokaw, Girdwood, AK 53:10 53. Michael Marting, Colorado Springs, CO 53:15 54. Gary Snyder, Anchorage, AK 53:19 55. Alex Carl, Eagle River, AK 53:37 56. William Michener, Eagle River, AK 54:00 57. Andrew Dougherty, Anchorage, AK 54:03 58. Thomas Nenahlo, Anchorage, AK 54:08 59. Jacob Bera, Chugiak, AK 54:17 60. Paul Ferucci, Anchorage, AK 54:42 61. Kenny Werth, Boise, ID 54:48 62. Lucas Hepler, Anchorage, AK 55:03 63. John Clark, Palmer, AK 55:20 64. Troy Larson, Anchorage, AK 55:46 65. Joey Klecka, Kenai, AK 55:52 66. Bryan Templeman, Anchorage, AK 56:34 67. Cameron Reitmeier, Anchorage, AK 56:38 68. Tom Smayda, Palmer, AK 57:08 69. David Stamp, Anchorage, AK 58:02 70. Dane CROWLEY, Palmer, AK 58:04 71. Rico Agudelo, Anchorage, AK 58:14 72. Jordan Chilson, Soldotna, AK 58:31 73. Michael Michener, Eagle River, AK 58:33 74. Daryll Vispo, Anchorage, AK 58:37 75. Shawn Naber, Anchorage, AK 58:39 76. Daniel Virgin, Palmer, AK 59:14 77. Matt Crow, Anchorage, AK 59:32 78. Luke Kiskaddon, Anchorage, AK 1:00:01 79. SAM YOUNG, Seward, AK 1:00:08 80. Jonny Hughes, Anchorage, AK 1:00:14 81. Chance Newell, Eagle River, AK 1:00:31 82. Justin Smole, Anchorage, AK 1:00:40 83. Christopher Walker, Anchorage, AK 1:00:54 84. Brant Grifka, Eagle River, AK 1:01:43 85. John Thain, Anchorage, AK 1:01:46 86. Craig Miller, Anchorage, AK 1:01:49 87. Richard Hansen, Anchorage, AK 1:02:03 88. Greg Scofield, Anchorage, AK 1:02:19 89. Sterling Anderson, Anchorage, AK 1:02:48 90. Keith Cook, Eagle River, AK 1:02:53 91. Kris Burnett, Anchorage, AK 1:02:55 92. Daniel Desaulniers, Anchorage, AK 1:02:58 93. Blake Elder, Anchorage, AK 1:03:28 94. Mike Beiergrohslein, Eagle River, AK 1:03:55 95. Michael Link, Anchorage, AK 1:03:59 96. Alec Kay, Anchorage, AK 1:04:13 97. Daniel Willman, Anchorage, AK 1:04:21 98. Slade Manning, Anchorage, AK 1:05:00 99. Ted Paprocki, Anchorage, AK 1:05:03 100. David Buhite, Anchorage, AK 1:05:18 101. Daniel Crumpacker, Anchorage, AK 1:05:37 102. Joe Pollock, Anchorage, AK 1:05:37 103. David Rebischke, Anchorage, AK 1:06:09 104. Martin Joha Lindeke, Chugiak, AK 1:06:43 105. Huckleberry Seed, Las Vegas, NV 1:06:48 106. Keith Sanfacon, Anchorage, AK 1:06:56 107. Dylan Garbe, Eagle River, AK 1:07:13 108. John Haywood, Olympia, WA 1:07:21 109. Rhyss Vivian, Anchorage, AK 1:07:27 110. Carter Newell, Eagle River, AK 1:07:38 111. Douglas Ketterer, Anchorage, AK 1:08:46 112. patrick mcanally, Anchorage, AK 1:09:03 113. Michael Zidek, Anchorage, AK 1:10:10 114. John Pahkala, Anchorage, AK 1:10:27 115. Brandon Milne, Anchorage, AK 1:10:36 116. Steve McKeever, Anchorage, AK 1:11:02 117. Tab Ballantine, Anchorage, AK 1:11:28 118. Roger Kemppel, Anchorage, AK 1:11:43 119. Duke Ruzicka, Anchorage, AK 1:11:51 120. Evan R Steinhauser, Eagle River, AK 1:12:07 121. Gunner Hodgson, Palmer, AK 1:12:21 122. Adam Cooley, Anchorage, AK 1:13:29 123. Clarence Pautzke, Anchorage, AK 1:13:38 124. Kibo Kang, Anchorage, AK 1:13:44 125. Brent Williams, Anchorage, AK 1:14:35 126. Nelson Carpluk, Anchorage, AK 1:15:05 127. Devan Andersen, Anchorage, AK 1:17:19 128. Brian Pautzke, Girdwood, AK 1:18:40 129. Timothy Garbe, Eagle River, AK 1:19:51 130. Bernard Sturgulewski, Anchorage, AK 1:29:19 131. Matthew Theisen, Anchorage, AK 1:38:57 132. ERNEST STOLEN, Anchorage, AK 1:43:00 133. George Galliher, Anchorage, AK 1:44:27 134. Jubal Bryant, Anchorage, AK 2:05:01

Women’s results:

1. Jessica Yeaton, Anchorage, AK 44:48 2. Christy Marvin, Palmer, AK 44:59 3. Denali Strabel, Anchorage, AK 47:42 4. Najeeby Quinn, Anchorage, AK 48:54 5. Sheryl Loan, Eagle River, AK 50:04 6. Allison Barnwell, Seward, AK 50:45 7. Kinsey Loan, Eagle River, AK 50:50 8. Julianne Dickerson, Anchorage, AK 51:13 9. Lauren Fritz, Anchorage, AK 51:35 10. Heather Edic, Anchorage, AK 52:15 11. Abby Jahn, Anchorage, AK 53:20 12. Megan Neale, Anchorage, AK 54:05 13. Sadie Fox, Soldotna, AK 54:30 14. Annie Connelly, Chugiak, AK 54:36 15. Lauren Spinelli, Anchorage, AK 54:43 16. Lisa Anglen, Anchorage, AK 55:39 17. Leslie Robbins, Anchorage, AK 56:46 18. Kristen Sieminski, Seward, AK 56:59 19. Sarah Cosgrave, Anchorage, AK 57:13 20. Casey Wright, Anchorage, AK 57:59 21. Wendy Sailors, Anchorage, AK 58:01 22. Shannon Donley, Anchorage, AK 58:25 23. Tamra Kornfield, Anchorage, AK 58:42 24. Milissa Knox, Eagle River, AK 59:48 25. Amber McDonough, Anchorage, AK 1:00:40 26. Leah Besh, Anchorage, AK 1:00:48 27. leah legate, Anchorage, AK 1:01:02 28. Janel Radford, Anchorage, AK 1:01:03 29. Alyse Loran, Anchorage, AK 1:01:12 30. Erin Hamilton, Anchorage, AK 1:01:19 31. Kimberly Fitzgerald, Fairbanks, AK 1:01:21 32. Meredyth Richards, Anchorage, AK 1:02:09 33. Andrea Kettler, Anchorage, AK 1:02:49 34. Shannon Brockman, Anchorage, AK 1:02:52 35. Ellyn Brown, Anchorage, AK 1:03:10 36. Jillian Fellman, Chugiak, AK 1:03:22 37. Jessica Pahkala, Anchorage, AK 1:03:34 38. Alejandra legate, Anchorage, AK 1:03:40 39. Emily Helland, Anchorage, AK 1:04:59 40. Gwendolynn Gabbert, Anchorage, AK 1:06:39 41. Michelle Dickson, Anchorage, AK 1:06:41 42. Alayna DuPont, Girdwood, AK 1:06:56 43. Karen Looney, Palmer, AK 1:06:58 44. Hannah Beutler, Seward, AK 1:08:25 45. Rachelle Kanady, Anchorage, AK 1:08:41 46. Whitney Andersen, Anchorage, AK 1:10:11 47. Emily Kloc, Anchorage, AK 1:12:38 48. Mariah Buttets, Seward, AK 1:13:48 49. Suzanne Knudsen, Indian, AK 1:14:50 50. Sondra Stonecipher, Soldotna, AK 1:17:25 51. Elizabeth Earl, Soldotna, AK 1:17:32 52. Amy Brumbaugh, Anchorage, AK 1:18:20 53. Linda Barnack, Anchorage, AK 1:19:54 54. Rose Garner, Anchorage, AK 1:22:31 55. Christine Youngblood, Anchorage, AK 1:23:08 56. ALI TREMAINE, Anchorage, AK 1:25:24 57. Rachel Thompson, Anchorage, AK 1:39:40 58. Natalie Bickers, Palmer, AK 1:43:20

Jack’s Run boys results:

1. Aven Elsberg, Anchorage, AK 24:06 2. Beck Haywood, Anchorage, AK 24:19 3. Finnigan Donley, Anchorage, AK 25:49 4. Chace Hardy, Eagle River, AK 26:11 5. Ben Duhrsen, Anchorage, AK 26:15 6. Daniel Ferucci, Anchorage, AK 26:36 7. Henry Michener, Eagle River, AK 27:59 8. Josh Novakovich, Anchorage, AK 29:27 9. Logan Cuddy, Anchorage, AK 29:39 10. Bret Brumbaugh, Anchorage, AK 29:42 11. Braun Precosky, Anchorage, AK 30:13 12. Mason Newell, Eagle River, AK 32:34 13. Fian Walsh, Chugiak, AK 32:45 14. Elias Barnard, Anchorage, AK 33:05 15. Rhett Jones, Eagle River, AK 34:25 16. Elias Williams, Anchorage, AK 36:37 17. Logan Williams, Anchorage, AK 37:15 18. Legend Kopsack, Palmer, AK 38:48 19. Jason Cooper, Anchorage, AK 39:49 20. Nycoh Johnston, Eagle River, AK 46:18 21. Liam Cuddy, Anchorage, AK 47:40 22. Emery Lindeke, Chugiak, AK 1:06:56 23. Leif Konrath-Bera, Chugiak, AK 1:07:21

Jack’s Run girls results:

1. Llily Slatonbarker, Eagle River, AK 26:56 2. Liz Novakovich, Anchorage, AK 29:45 3. Brianna Gill Anderson, Anchorage, AK 30:25 4. Addison Stevenson, Anchorage, AK 32:30 5. Jillian Gavalya, Chugiak, AK 32:35 6. Berit Meyers, Anchorage, AK 33:51 7. Amanda Michener, Eagle River, AK 35:32 8. Meredith Duhrsen, Anchorage, AK 36:58 9. Sammy legate, Anchorage, AK 37:09 10. Quinzee Elsberg, Anchorage, AK 37:10 11. Sophie Novakovich, Anchorage, AK 45:28 12. Ava Cook, Eagle River, AK 46:45 13. Zoee Beiergrohslein, Eagle River, AK 46:49 14. Harper Willman, Anchorage, AK 46:58 15. Sarah Warnke, Eagle River, AK 52:15 16. Lily Konrath-Bera, Chugiak, AK 1:07:30