Records fall in second Pioneer Ridge Climb

PALMER — Matt Shryock and Briana Sullivan set new records while ascending a vertical mile at the Pioneer Ridge Climb Saturday near Palmer.

Shryock, fresh off a sixth-place finish July 4 at the Mount Marathon Race, covered the 4.5-mile course in 1 hour, 8 minutes and 10 seconds, shaving nearly seven minutes off Brent Knight’s record in last year’s inaugural running.

Allan Spangler placed runner-up in 1:12:39, while Barney Griffith took third in 1:19:34.

In the women’s race, Sullivan raced up 5,296 vertical feet in 1:31:28, knocking more than five minutes off Leslie Robbins’ record from 2014.

Laura Fox (1:36:36) passed Allison Barnwell (1:37:39) late in the race to place second while Christie Haupert took fourth in 1:38:35.

Ninety runners finished the grueling climb, which boasts Alaska’s biggest vertical rise in uphill-only races.

Pioneer Ridge Climb

Saturday, Palmer

Men:

1) Matt Shryock, 1:08:10; 2) Allan Spangler, 1:12:39; 3) Barney Griffith, 1:19:34; 4) Erik Johnson, 1:22:00; 5) Lyon Kopsack, 1:22:14; 6) Andy Stavich, 1:22:23; 7) John Weddleton, 1:25:14; 8) Craig Taylor, 1:26:36; 9) Gavin Block, 1:27:13; 10) Gregory Hall, 1:27:57; 11) Karl Romig, 1:28:24; 12) Joe Nyholm, 1:30:06; 13) Dorian Gross, 1:30:57; 14) Lance Kopsack, 1:32:03; 15) Mike Ottenweller, 1:34:39; 16) John Naylor, 1:35:27; 17) Erik Mundahl, 1:36:16; 18) Alex Alonso, 1:36:19; 19) Leif Mumma, 1:36:55; 20) Dan Virgin, 1:38:15; 21) Brad Precosky, 1:40:17; 22) John Mucha, 1:40:33; 23) Ali Papillon, 1:41:50; 24) Barry Benko, 1:43:22; 25) Roman Gross, 1:46:23; 26) Bodhi Gross, 1:47:08; 27) Jose Gross, 1:47:20; 28) Henry Haselton, 1:47:57; 29) Nate Toothaker, 1:49:05; 30) Evan Anderson, 1:50:10; 31) Mike Buck, 1:50:26; 32) Sean Casey, 1:50:57; 33) David Retherford, 1:52:00; 34) Ed Bennett, 1:53:29; 35) Scott Gage, 1:53:42; 36) Nathan Kasukonis, 1:54:57; 37) Tim Luebke, 1:55:08; 38) Daniel Willman, 1:55:10; 39) Todd Henry, 1:57:18; 40) Curtis Guyer, 1:57:55; 41) Mark Hansen, 1:58:09; 42) Pete LaFrance, 1:59:46; 43) Neil McMahon, 1:59:58; 44) John Kuehn, 2:00:01; 45) Lance Arnold, 2:00:05; 46) Tony Covarrubias, 2:01:08; 47) Rich Stromberg, 2:04:36; 48) Darrell Sam, 2:06:37; 49) Tab Ballantine, 2:09:23; 50) Ethan Guest, 2:11:35; 51) Austin Johnson, 2:15:11; 52) Jack Chan, 2:17:51; 53) Evan Steinhauser, 2:18:45; 54) Jeff Frizzell, 2:21:09; 55) Chad Bouchard, 2:21:15; 56) Scott Sims, 2:21:46; 57) Zac Drake, 2:23:14; 58) David Mills, 2:24:39; 59) Robert Roehl, 2:36:57; 60) Alex Slivka, 2:45:14.

Women:

1) Briana Sullivan, 1:31:28; 2) Laura Fox, 1:36:36; 3) Allison Barnwell, 1:37:39; 4) Christie Haupert, 1:38:35; 5) Jane Baldwin, 1:39:19; 6) Teri Buck, 1:40:37; 7) Leslie Robbins, 1:40:40; 8) Annie Connelly, 1:42:33; 9) Shawn McTaggart, 1:43:43; 10) Susan Forbes, 1:47:26; 11) Tamra Kornfield, 1:49:28; 12) Christine Bennett, 1:49:59; 13) Susan Casey, 1:53:50; 14) Ellyn Brown, 1:53:56; 15) Aly Kopsack, 1:56:19; 16) Shannon Casey, 1:59:27; 17) Jocelyn Kopsack, 2:02:41; 18) Kimberly Ames, 2:07:32; 19) Kari Konrath-Bera, 2:10:12; 20) Cheryl Ess, 2:12:33; 21) Ingrid Gavalya, 2:13:07; 22) Whitney Bennett, 2:14:13; 23) Linda Rao, 2:15:12; 24) Gloria Reyes, 2:23:07; 25) Danielle Weber, 2:36:31; 26) Hannah Brewster, 2:38:00; 27) Gweneth Gavalya, 2:44:48; 28) Cheryl Myers, 2:45:16; 29) Corey Frazier, 2:52:10; 30) Jennifer Frazier, 2:52:11; 31) Joy Knight, 2:57:14.