Recent Palmer High grad wins Bill Mitchell race

PALMER — Fresh off his senior season of track and field, a recent Palmer High School graduate posted the top time during the Colony Days Bill Mitchell Race Sunday afternoon in Palmer.

Lev Robertson was the first to cross the finish line in the 5-kilometer community race, clocking a time of 20 minutes, 58 seconds. He finished just ahead of Wasilla High cross-country running and wrestling standout Hunter Hayes, the runner-up with a time of 21:39. Jared Hanson, a former Division I hockey player at Colorado College, finished third with a time of 23:46.

Abbi Boucher, running in the 15-19 age group, finished first in the women’s class, with a time of 24:26. Boucher edged Wasilla High School cross-country running and track and field head coach Leslie Varys, who was second at 24:41. Laura Kerschen (29:20) finished third in the women’s class.

2018 Colony Days Bill Mitchell Race

Sunday, Palmer

5K and Kids 1 Mile

Girls 14&U 1-Mile Run Finals:

1. Varys, Alana, 6:09.80; 2. Strabel, Siri, 6:41.80; 3. Rose, Luka, 7:29.00; 4. Popowski, Taylor, 9:53.90; 5. Crocker, Iris, 11:21.70; 6. Strabel, Lena, 11:29.00.

Boys 14&U 1 Mile Run:

1. Lackey, Jimmy, 4:33.80; 2. Greco, Kinan, 4:38.50; 3. Livingston, Peyton, 4:51.60; 4. Livingston, Landon, 4:54.80; 5. Varys, Lincoln, 5:02.80; 6. Fieser, Kodiak, 5:04.20; 7. Wilson, Harlow, 5:06.30; 8. Black, Jake, 6:05.00; 9. Popowski, Parker, 6:32.20; 10. Fieser, Elias, 6:35.00; 11. Earns, Boone, 11:11.10; 12. Pruett, Braxon, 11:12.20.

Girls 14&U 5000 Meter Run:

1. Unger, Taylor, 28:35.26; 2. Gold, Conner, 35:01.30.

Women 15-19 5000 Meter Run:

1. Boucher, Abbi, 24:26.39; 2. Gagnon, Annika, 32:31.45.

Women 20-29 5000 Meter Run:

1. Jemes, Jamie, 28:39.80; 2. Kincaid, Merrily, 33:01.00; 3. Kincaid, Molly, 35:54.06; 4. Faulkner, Jessica, 39:45.94; 5. Plumb, Kateland, 39:46.17.

Women 30-39 5000 Meter Run:

1. Varys, Leslie, 24:41.06; 2. Neel, Jamie, 29:33.71; 3. Branchflower, Louisa, 32:22.43; 4. Most, Katrina, 33:05.11; 5. McKeel, Jousette, 33:52.41; 6. Moore, Ashley, 36:33.67; 7. Gonyea, Joy, 38:48.72; 8. Pennington, Kara, 39:46.39; 9. Saxton, Sara, 45:30.83; 10. Martin, Renee, 1:03:07.60.

Women 40-49 5000 Meter Run:

1. Kerschen, Laura, 29:20.14; 2. DeLoney, Lisa, 30:09.17; 3. Fieser, Staci, 31:01.40; 4. Greco, Christine, 31:12.45; 5. Gagnon, Janel, 33:02.40; 6. Gaupp, Monica, 33:48.32; 7. Lackey, Rhonda, 40:54.69; 8. Schafer, Leslie, 57:43.96; 9. Gilland, Misty, 59:22.44; 10. MacSwain, Claudia, 1:04:09.27; 11. Alcantra, Rosetta, 1:14:25.00.

Women 50-59 5000 Meter Run:

1. Dreyer, Leithi, 36:56.14; 2. Lee, Charla, 48:20.04; 3. Matlock, Tamra, 1:04:09.66.

Women 60-99 5000 Meter Run:

1. Lee, Sandra, 32:21.69; 2. Baldwin, Denise, 51:37.47; 3. Perkins, Stephanie, 1:04:02.21; 4. Gold, Sandra, 1:04:07.63; 5. Kolivosky, Melinda, 1:04:10.13; 6. Cook, Sandra, 1:14:25.50.

Boys 14&U 5000 Meter Run:

1. Wilson, Corbin, 28:17.53; 2. Black, Gabe, 28:18.97; 3. Lackey, Brennan, 38:01.19.

Men 15-19 5000 Meter Run:

1. Robertson, Lev, 20:58.39; 2. Hayes, Hunter, 21:39.55.

Men 20-29 5000 Meter Run:

1. Hanson, Jared, 23:46.60; 2. Wisel, Victor, 30:52.53; 3. MacSwain, Steve, 1:04:22.19.

Men 30-39 5000 Meter Run:

1. Crocker, Taylor, 28:02.04.

Men 40-49 5000 Meter Run:

1. Wilson, Chris, 25:37.00; 2. Kerschen, Niel, 29:37.70; 3. Black, Darren, 32:21.04; 4. Gilland, Shawn, 59:23.09.

Men 50-59 5000 Meter Run:

1. Colberg, Talis, 35:10.33.

Men 60-99 5000 Meter Run:

1. Perkins, Terry, 36:50.57; 2. Briggs, Ron, 39:09.62.