Wyoming native wins Pioneer Ridge race

PALMER — A visitor and a seasoned veteran won Sunday’s newly renamed Pioneer Ridge Vertical Mile in Palmer.

Oliver Scofield, a native of Jackson, Wyoming, who recently finished running at the University of Vermont, led 87 runners and hikers with a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes and 1 second up the iconic trail in the Mat-Su Valley.

South Anchorage High School runner Hamish Wolfe placed second in 1:14:14.

For the women, Najeeby Quinn, fresh off her fourth place at the Mount Marathon Race, paced the field in 1:26:04, a new record in the third rendition of the event. Shawn McTaggart, who lives near the trailhead on Knik River Road, was runner-up in 1:32:04.

Matt Shryock set the men’s record of 1:08:10 in 2015.

The course travels 4.5 miles and has the largest vertical gain — 5,300 vertical feet — of any uphill race in Alaska.

Pioneer Ridge Vertical Mile

July 10, Palmer

Men’s results:

1. Oliver Scofield, 1:12:01; 2. Hamish Wolfe, 1:14:14; 3. Michael Monterusso, 1:16:45; 4. Mason Wick, 1:19:44; 5. Michael Versteeg; 1:21:20; 6. Nick Treinen, 1:21:51; 7. Jay Mullen, 1:23:26; 8. Greg Hall, 1:23:40; 9. Charlie Procknow, 1:24:28; 10. Fletcher Hazlehurst, 1:24:58; 11. Patrick Wolfe, 1:26:23; 12. Christopher Kirk, 1:26:45; 13. Andy Stavich, 1:28:08; 14. Karl Romid, 1:29:28; 15. Shane Hargis, 1:30:12; 16. Matthew Sandvick, 1:30:58; 17. Bodhi Gross, 1:31:49; 18. Ali Papillon, 1:32:03; 19. Sebastian Szweda Mittedstadt, 1:32:41; 20. Dan Brokaw, 1:32:57; 21. Dorian Gross, 1:35:19; 22. Jeremy Weber, 1:35:25; 23. Wes Hoskins, 1:35:55; 24. John Kogl, 1:37:11; 25. Chris Zerger, 1:38:00; 26. Steve Penniston, 1:39:05; 28. Jonny Hughes, 1:39:45; 29. Jim McDonough, 1:40:11; 30. Roman Gross, 1:41:38; 31. Hunter Hayes, 1:42:41; 32. Joe Nyholm, 1:44:20; 33. Marek Kolendo, 1:45:01; 34. Matt Waliszek, 1:45:37; 35. Dan Virgin, 1:46:24; 36. Ben Reynolds, 1:47:06; 37. Paul Kopp, 1:50:00; 38. Nick Carl, 1:50:22; 39. Storm Carl, 1:50:28; 40: Gillean Szweda Mittelstadt, 1:50:30; 41. Nathan Kasukonis, 1:51:12; 42. Mark Hansen, 1:53:45; 43. Lance Arnold, 1:54:08; 44. Ed Iyapana, 1:54:15; 45. Kevin Vig, 1:54:24; 46. Norman Chimiugak, 1:55:36; 47. Ed Bennett, 1:56:00; 48. James Latimer, 1:56:22; 49. Tom Collins, 1:56:25; 50. Brett Goodwin, 1:57:50; 51. Hiram Pendergrass, 2:02:03; 52. Abraham Hsieh, 2:02:55; 53. Fred Moore, 2:06:55; 54. Dane Crowley, 2:07:22; 55. Chris Wright, 2:07:35; 56. David Dickson, 2:08:34; 57. Stephen Moses, 2:13:23; 58. Austin Johnson, 2:17:08; 59. Evan Steinhauser, 2:18:22; 60. Michael Weber, 2:21:30; 61. Gunner Hodgson, 2:22:13; 62. Sam Flora, 2:35:06; 63. James Christmas, 2:41:41; 64. Alex Slivka, 2:42:33; 65. Gordon Pospisil, 2:42:33; 66. Alex Agathluk, 2:43:35; 67. Martin Hansen, 2:51:00.

Women’s results:

1. Najeeby Quinn, 1:26:04; 2. Shawn McTaggart, 1:32:04; 3. Paula Westbrook, 1:39:12; 4. Amber McDonough, 1:42:04; 5. Tamra Kornfield, 1:45:26; 6. Trish Kopp, 1:45:50; 7. Christine Bennett, 1:51:41; 8. Leah Legate, 1:52:20; 9. Kristina Storlie, 1:58:07; 10. Summer Frazier, 2:01:01; 11. Alejandra Legate, 2:03:00; 12. Jennifer Frazier, 2:10:36; 13. Linda Rao, 2:11:03; 14. Jane Baldwin, 2:11:48; 15. Karen Looney, 2:17:13; 16. Gloria Reyes, 2:17:55; 17. Bessie Binkowski, 2:18:49; 18. Caitlin Skvorc, 2:30:04; 19. Susan Skvorc, 2:30:37; 20. Megan Daubert, 2:31:18.