Willow ultrarunner wins another Susitna 100 title

WASILLA — David Johnston is at it again.

The Willow ultrarunner earned another victory in the Susitna 100 winter endurance race. Johnston needed 23 hours and 38 minutes to find his way through the wilderness, and win the 100-mile footrace for the fourth time in five years. The race, which starts and finishes at Happy Trails Kennel near Big Lake, uses a course that features mileposts such as Flathorn Lake and Eagle Quest Lodge.

Johnston was one of 25 runners to finish the 100-mile race on foot. Anchorage’s Laura McDonough was the runner—up, finishing about five hours after Johnston. Teri Buck, also of Anchorage, crossed the finish line at the 30-hour mark and placed third.

The Susitna 100 is split into three different divisions. Alec Walker was the first of two skiers in his class. Josh Chelf of Anchorage won the bikers division with a time of 9 hours, 7 minutes, edging Tim Berntson of Anchorage by just a second.

Organizers also hosted the Little Su 50-K, which also included three classes. John Hellen was the top runner in the 50-kilomter race, finishing in 4 hours, 42 minutes. Hellen was the lone runner to break the five-hour mark. Anchorage’s Will Ross won the bike class with a time of 2:15:49.

For results, see frontiersman.com/sports.

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

Susitna 100

Runners — 1. David Johnston, Willow, 23 hours, 38 minutes; 2. Laura McDonough, Anchorage, 28:39; 3. Teri Buck, Anchorage, 30:00; 4. Virginia Sarrazin, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, 30:24; 5. Amy Sebby, Anchorage, 31:05; 6. Ryan Montgomery, Provo, Utah, 31:33; 7. Russ Reinbolt, La Jolla, California, 32:01; 8. Greg Kolodziejzk, Calgary, Alberta, 33:32; 9. Annie Ridgely, Homer, 33:43; 10. Mike Fisher, Anchorage, 34:15; 11. Brandon Wood, Anchorage, 34:15:01; 12. Sarah Hurkett, Eagle River, 34:15; 13. Emily Berriochoa, Boise, Idaho, 34:31; 14. Tony Huff, Boise, Idaho, 34:31:01; 15. Petra Richards, Willow, 35:49; 16. Will Thomas, Sequim, Washington, 36:37; 17. Brett Johnson, Eagle River 39:21; 18. Dustin Glazier, Eagle River, 39:21:01; 19. Jamshid Khajavi, Kirkland, Washington, 39:29; 20. Bonnie Busch, Bettendorf, Iowa, 39:29:01; 21. Mike Rous, Anchorage 41:26; 22. Robert Scroggin, Anchorage, 42:42; 23. James Hadlock, Eielson, 42:55; 24. Lisa Paulos, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 44:14; 25. Felipe Restrepo, Anchorage, 45:13.

Skiers — 1. Alec Walker, Anchorage, 45:13; 2. Lisl Coady, Anchorage, 46:36.

Bikers — (Top 50) 1. Josh Chelf, Anchorage, 9:07:01; 2. Tim Berntson, Anchorage, 9:07:02; 3. David Berg, Anchorage 10:35:00; 4. Laura Fox, Anchorage, 10:35:01; 5. Dustin Eroh, Anchorage, 10:35:05; 6. Nicholas Blades, Anchorage, 10:37:00; 7. Shane Jolin, Eagle River, 10:50:00; 8. Mike Estes, Big Lake, 11:19:00; 9. Joshua Zuber, Anchorage, 11:53:00; 10. Chris Robertson, Anchorage, 11:53:10; 11. Amber Bethe, Anchorage, 12:24:00; 12. Tyndall Ellis, Anchorage, 12:29:00 13. Christina Grande, Anchorage, 12:30:00; 14. Paul Schauer, Anchorage, 12:38:00; 15. Brian Marang, Kasilof, 12:48:00 16. Jim McDonough, Anchorage, 12:58:00; 17. Paul Lester, Cooma, Austria, 13:08; 18. Shannon Titzel, Anchorage, 13:09:00; 19. Mike Buck, Anchorage, 13:20:00; 20. Andrian Barniak, Anchorage, 13:44:00; 21. Josh Varney, Anchorage, 13:46:00; 22. Sam Severin, Anchorage, 13:50:00 23. Joshua Duffus, Anchorage, 13:55:00; 24. Suzie Hosmanek, Anchoage, 14:01:00; 25. Nicolas Baudin, Anchoage, 14:04:00; 26. Megan Chelf, Anchorage, 14:04; 27. James Howery, Anchorage, 14:05:00; 28. Grant Stevenson, Anchorage, 14:07:00; 29. Jake Eisses, Anchorage, 14:16:00; 30. Lee Fisher, Anchorage, 14:24:00; 31. Tom Peichel, Anchorage, 14:34:00; 32. Rose Garner, Anchorage, 14:40:00; 33. Parick Terhune, Fairbanks, 14:49:00; 34. Tomas Jensen, Anchorage, 14:53:00; 35. Brian Stone, Anchorage, 15:00:00; 36. Logan Pitney, Anchorage, 15:07:00; 37. Dustin Madden, Anchorage, 15:20:00; 38. Michael Filipowski, Anchorage, 15:26:00; 39. Charles Lowell, Anchorage, 15:59:00; 40. Matt Beedle, Terrace, British Columbia, 16:05:00; 41. Jerry Pakonen, Anchorage, 16:13:00; 42. Greg Michaelson, Anchorage, 16:45:00; 43. Heather Campfield, Palmer, 16:46:00; 44. Kevin Murphy, Anchorage, 16:46:00; 45. Ferenc Jasco, Eagle River, 16:52:00; 46. William Taygan, Chugiak, 17:00:00; 47. Leah Besh, Anchorage, 17:04; 48. Thomas Hunt, Anchorage, 17:04:00; 49. David Hart, Anchorage, 17:13:00.

Little Su 50K

Runners — 1. John Hellen, Anchorage, 4:42:46; 2. Andy Kubic, Anchorage, 5:07:44; 3. Kat Roch, Eagle River, 5:20:27; 4. Jacob Bera, Chugiak, 5:33:43; 5. Joshua Brown, Eagle River, 5:43:07; 6. Matt Blood, Fairbanks, 5:48:48; 7. Nina Schwinghamm, Juneau, 5:51:50; 8. Milissa Knox, Eagle River, 5:56:40; 9. Joshua Marshall, Fairbanks, 6:14:10; 10. James Taylor, North Pole, 6:14:12; 11. Karl Konrath-Bera, Chugiak, 6:21:11; 12. Daniel Delfino, Anchorage, 6:29:07; 13. Lisa Toussaint, Anchorage, 6:37:50; 14. Helen Kolodzieljzyk, Calgary, Alberta, 6:37:54; 15. Dorothy Adler, Palmer, 6:54:24; 16. Natalie Li, Anchorage, 7:17:08; 17. Suane Unger, Anchorage, 7:17:39; 18. Karen Williams, Anchorage, 7:17:39; 19. Mike Morganson, Anchorage, 7:17:39; 20. Jennifer Gates, Anchorage, 7:33:21; 21. Jinny Cooper, Willow, 8:29:05; 22. Riley Bennett, Nome, 10:40:56; 23. Sam Rost, Nome, 10:40:59; 24. Maria Frosth, Miramar, Florida, 11:04:22.

Bikers (top 50) — 1. Will Ross, Anchorage, 2:15:49; 2. David Arteaga, Anchorage, 2:16:07; 3. Jason Lamoreaux, Anchorage, 2:16:15; 4. James Stull, Anchorage, 2:16:15; 5. Mike Crawford, Kenai, 2:22:25; 6. Bryan Hudson, Anchorage, 2:22:42; 7. David Slyke, Anchorage, 2:23:12; 8. Tazlina Mannix, Anchorage, 2:23:20; 9. Kinsley Loan, Eagle River, 2:23:31; 10. Tony Hardwick, Wasilla, 2:26:11; 11. Fred West, Anchorage, 2:26:17; 12. Amber Stull, Anchorage, 2:26:20; 13. James Fredrick, Anchorage, 2:26:28; 14. Cinton Hodges III, Anchorage, 2:28:33; 15. Joshua Estes, Anchorage, 2:31:30; 16. Brant Grifka, Eagle River, 2:31:32; 17. Oliver Sternicki, Anchorage, 2:32:54; 18. Robb Christenson, Anchorage, 2:36:00; 19. Shelly James, Anchorage, 2:36:41; 20. Danielle Dalton, Anchorage, 2:36:44; 21. Ed Wise, Anchorage, 2:42:11; 22. Matt Tanaka, Anchorage, 2:47:52; 23. Brendon Hoxie, Eagle River, 2:48:39; 24. Jason Moore, Anchorage, 2:52:50; 25. Timothy Lee, Anchorage, 2:55:07; 26. Elizabeth Arteaga, Anchorage, 3:00:16; 27. Stone Lomu, Anchorage, 3:00:25; 28. Robert Toll, Kasilof, 3:02:48; 29. Bill McKeon, Anchorage, 3:05:18; 30. Katie Miller, Anchorage, 3:05:18; 31. Martin Miller, Anchorage, 3:08:35; 32. Robert Harris, Wasilla, 3:09:09; 33. Libby Kugel, Anchorage, 3:11:23; 34. Janus Reyes, Anchorage, 3:13:01; 35. Gus Gustafson, Eagle River, 3:14:16; 36. Bri Keifer, Anchorage, 3:15:10; 37. Randy Hannink, Spring Creek, Nevada, 3:22:20; 38. Christopher Dennis, Palmer, 3:24:44; 39. Wynn Auld, Anchorage, 3:24:57; 40. Marc Derosier, Eagle River, 3:25:50; 41. Joshua Brown, Ancorage, 3:25:59; 42. Gloria Menzel, Anchorage, 3:28:49; 43. Nicole Fredrick, Anchorage, 3:29:06; 44. Elizabeth Knapp, Anchorage, 3:29:21; 45. Bob Lohr, Anchorage, 3:29:32; 46. Joe Hackenmueller, Eagle River, 3:34:02; 47. Derek Morgan, Palmer, 3:35:54; 48. Ken Best, Anchorage, 3:35:56; 49. Laura Kruger, Eagle River, 3:38:09; 50. David Rhodes, Anchorage, 3:38:54.

Skiers — 1. Ashley VanHemert, Anchorage, 4:31:33; 2. Brooke Lawler, Fairbanks, 4:51:21; 3. Britta Anderson, Eagle River, 5:10:26; 4. Keith Blanchette, Anchorage, 6:38:15.