Like mom, Mucha is a champ

Mucha won the girls 7.5-kilometer freestyle race at Birch Hill, a victory that is believed to be the first state championship won by a Soldotna skier.

And by sprinting past the lead pack late in the race, Mucha gave Alaska its first parent-child ski champions. In 1987 and 1988, Mucha's mom, D'Anna Dorris, won back-to-back Skimeister titles for West High.

Mucha won the race in 26 minutes, .4 seconds on a day that was otherwise dominated by Anchorage skiers.

South High's Scott Patterson won the boys 10-K freestyle race to claim Skimeister honors for the second straight year. And Chugiak's Kinsey Loan added a third-place finish Friday to her second-place finish in Thursday's classical race to take Skimeister honors among the girls.

Patterson, who was second in the classical race, breezed to victory in the skate race by beating teammate Andrew Dougherty by more than 47 seconds in 27:28.7. That performance easily vaulted him to Skimeister honors over Service's Tyler Kornfield, who won Thursday by beating Patterson by 4.6 seconds but was a distant fifth Friday.

"When you lose, just by a little bit, it's always so motivating, and I was really determined to go out hard today," Patterson told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

The two-day effort puts Patterson, a junior, in position to win a third Skimeister crown next season, a three-peat only Chugiak's Eric Strabel has managed (1998-2000).

Mucha took Friday's race with a late move that left Alyson McPhetres of Chugiak (second in 26:02.9), Loan (third in 26:04.0) and Rebecca Mamrol of Service (fourth in 26:05.2) chasing her.

"Just right around this corner, she suddenly appeared and outsprinted us," Loan told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

Loan consoled herself with the Skimeister crown and a terrific Chugiak performance that landed three Mustangs in the top five. Joining McPhetres and Loan was Kryston McPhetres, Alyson's younger sister, who finished fifth in 26:16.5.

That wasn't enough to give the Mustangs control of the team race, however. South's boys and Service's girls lead the team standings, South by a lot and Service by a little.

The Wolverines are ahead of the Chugiak girls by 41.3 seconds going into today's final event, the mixed-technique relay, while South's boys have a substantial lead of nearly five minutes over Service.

2009 ASAA State Nordic Skiing Championships

at Birch Hill, Fairbanks

Friday's results

Girls team standings (after 2 days)

1) Service 2:58:34.8; 2) Chugiak 2:59:16.1; 3) South 3:02:50.5; 4) Soldotna 3:04:46.7; 5) West 3:11:41.6; 6) West Valley 3:15:36.2; 7) Homer 3:17:26.4; 8) East 3:20:17.8; 9) Palmer 3:20:31.8; 10) Kenai 3:23:14.8; 11) Lathrop 3:23:19.4; 12) Colony 3:28:44.3; 13) Dimond 3:34:43.3; 14) Grace Christian 3:37:30.9; 15) Eagle River 3:40:15.9; 16) Valdez 3:42:36.3; 17) North Pole 3:45:11.1; 18) Wasilla 3:49:04.8; 19) Seward 3:52:18.2; 20) Skyview 3:56:39.0; 21) Bartlett 4:07:32.5;

Girls 7.8 kilometer freestyle

1) Kailey Mucha, Sol, 26:00.4; 2) Alyson McPhetres, Chug, 26:02.9; 3) Kinsey Loan, Chug, 26:04.0; 4) Rebecca Mamrol, Ser, 26:05.2; 5) Kryston McPhetres, Chug, 26:16.5; 6) Annie Liotta, West, 26:32.1; 7) Kate Backstrum, South, 26:33.2; 8) Christina Knapp, East, 26:34.7; 9) Esther Kennedy, Ser, 26:36.1; 10) Karina Packer, South, 26:39.4; 11) Bree Mucha, Sol, 26:42.3;12) Lauren Hess, Ser, 26:48.1; 13) Maranda Merkes, Sol, 27:10.1; 14) Morgan Bender, Chug, 27:26.8; 15) Anna Price, Ser, 27:27.1; 16) Heather Edic, Lath, 27:27.5; 17) Molly Watkins, Ken, 27:29.7; 18) Emily Rogers, South, 27:34.0; 19) Brittany Hippe, Dim, 27:53.1; 20) Hannah Boyer, WV, 27:56.8; 21) Kimberly Delfrate, Pal, 27:58.3; 22) Sarah Cresap, Grace, 28:02.8; 23) Greta Anderson, Ser, 28:14.2; 24) Stephanie Dow, South, 28:19.2; 25) Tristan Ramey, South, 28:27.5; 26) Jaclyn Arndt, Homer, 28:29.1; 27) Megan Baker, West, 28:34.5; 28) Marisa Rorabaugh, WV, 28:42.6; 29) Kristi Louthan, Ken, 28:44.5; 30) Molly Larsen, West, 29:05.3; 31) Jasmine Clock, Sol, 29:07.4; 32) Amanda Delfrate, Pal, 29:13.6; 33) Melissa Flynn, East, 29:17.3; 34) Maggie Bursch, Homer, 29:19.2; 35) Bonnie Scott, Chug, 29:26.6; 36) Mackenzie Kanady, Ser, 29:28.8; 37) Katie Miller, Homer, 29:38.4; 38) Sarah Falcone, South, 29:48.5; 39) Emma Laukitis, Homer, 29:50.2; 40) Christi Schmitz, NP, 30:08.0; 41) D.Anne Martin, Sol, 30:13.0; 42) Makenzie Barnwell, Seward, 30:20.0; 43) Rebecca Farr, East, 30:27.2; 44) Elizabeth Whisenhant, WV, 30:45.8; 45) Melanie Smith, Sol, 30:57.3; 46) Marie Schmidt, Homer, 31:00.2; 47) Wendy Boger, WV, 31:12.4; 48) Abby Jahn, Col, 31:12.9; 49) Morgan Michels, Su-Valley, 31:13.2; 50) Lara Frisch, Valdez, 31:13.8;

51) Ellen VanGorder, Col, 31:16.7; 52) Caitlin Skvorc, Col, 31:18.4; 53) Mikayla Hamlin, Lath, 31:22.5; 54) Eliza Rorabaugh, WV, 31:33.9; 55) Laura Whitmore, Pal, 31:34.2; 56) Sarah Freistone, Dim, 31:35.3; 57) Mariah Applegate, Grace, 31:41.3; 58) Vanessa Anderson, Ken, 31:50.1; 59) Michelle Klaben, Ken, 31:51.9; 60) Sarah Poggi, ER, 31:55.4; 61) Rosemary Hanson, Lath, 31:59.0; 62) Jasmine Neeno, West, 32:00.3; 63) Kelley Schmitz, NP, 32:02.6; 64) Mariah Shones, Pal, 32:07.5; 65) Rachael Schmoker, WV, 32:13.5; 66) Sydney Stone, Lath, 32:23.3; 67) Kristen Lessard, Chug, 32:28.0; 68) Sydney Stewart, Col, 32:37.0; 69) Jackie Klecka, ER, 32:47.3; 70) Megan O'Leary, Sew, 32:51.8; 71) Hannah Norris, Vald, 32:55.6; 72) Valerie Schleich, Was, 32:56.0; 73) Rachel Carey, East, 32:57.6; 74) Ashley Strauch, Dim, 32:58.1; 75) Megan Edic, Lath, 32:59.1; 76) Kim Fitzgerald, Lath, 33:05.9; 77) Cory Schleich, Was, 33:08.2; 78) Melissa Grammer, Vald, 33:12.5; 79) Rachael Echols, Bart, 33:40.4; 80) Carol Clonan, Sky, 33:52.2; 81) Madigan Stanley, West, 33:59.0; 82) Jenny Klecka, ER, 34:06.1; 83) Taylor Stewart, Col, 34:08.8; 84) Olivia Pfiefer, Ken, 34:28.7; 85) Katherine Parker, Was, 34:33.9; 86) Samantha Feemster, Sew, 34:48.3; 87) Sarah-Marie Chan, Dim, 34:55.7; 88) Stephanie Stephens, Pal, 34:56.8; 89) Shannon Stough, Pal, 35:00.1; 90) Malalaika Kelly, Vald, 35:03.3; 91) Tamlyn Silva, Sky, 35:05.7; 92) Sarah Frankl, ER, 35:06.5; 93) Lindsay Dreese, Col, 35:15.1; 94) Betsy Winkle, Grace, 35:15.4; 95) Elisha Hollers, Sky, 35:31.2; 96) McKinley Wallace, East, 35:51.0; 97) Josephine Reagle, East, 36:03.1; 98) Robin Stramp, Dim, 36:13.9; 99) Meera Oftedal, Sky, 36:25.5; 100) Valerie Stewart, ER, 36:25.9;

101) Jaala Gionet, Grace, 36:30.5; 102) Rita Spann, NP, 36:42.1; 103) Tristen Larson, Vald, 37:16.4; 104) Jenna Wright, Was, 37:23.2; 105) Charlotte Goffinet, NP, 37:38.8; 106) Christine O'Callaghan, Bart, 37:50.1; 107) Janice Simmons, Vald, 38:15.7; 108) Sonja Wood, Bart, 38:40.9; 109) Kaitlyn Meyers, Bart, 38:49.6; 110) Allyse Eide, NP, 38:59.8; 111) Katie Clonan, Sky, 39:27.6; 112) Robyn Hall, Was, 39:33.2; 113) Nichole Rood, NP, 40:00.3; 114) Lillian Bassler, Grace, 40:18.0; 115) Brenna Wheeler, ER, 40:18.5; 116) Melissa Cunniff, Bart, 40:38.9; 117) Kailyn Davis, Dim, 41:49.1; 118) Amanda Olsen, Sew, 42:32.8; 119) Gabby Serventi, Grace, 44:43.2;

Boys team standings (after 2 days)

1) South 3:25:32.3; 2) West 3:30:29.7; 3) Lathrop 3:35:57.7; 4) Service 3:39:11.9; 5) Soldotna 3:49:07.4; 6) West Valley 3:50:54.7; 7) Chugiak 3:54:25.7; 8) Palmer 3:54:35.6; 9) Homer 3:58:28.0; 10) East 4:00:07.5; 11) Colony 4:04:35.6; 12) Dimond 4:09:00.9; 13) Skyview 4:09:49.9; 14) Kenai 4:18:02.8; 15) Wasilla 4:19:19.5; 16) Seward 4:25:22.0; 17) Su Valley 4:28:05.1; 18) Eagle River 4:28:28.7; 19) Grace Christian 4:34:52.7; 20) Bartlett 4:53:39.2; 21) Valdez 5:04:57.4.

Boys 10.1 kilometer freestyle

1) Scott Patterson, South, 27:28.7; 2) Andrew Dougherty, South, 28:16.4; 3) Jordan Buetow, Lath, 28:23.8; 4) Donald Haering, West, 28:26.3; 5) Tyler Kornfield, Ser, 28:45.2; 6) Erin Phillips, East, 28:56.4; 7) Forrest Mahlen, South, 29:17.4; 8) Nicholas Treinen, West, 29:21.7; 9) James Crimp, West, 29:22.1; 10) Logan Hanneman, Lath, 29:32.8; 11) Jacob Remington, WV, 29:43.5; 12) Aaron Fletcher, South, 29:55.5; 13) Silas Talbot, Ser, 30:00.2; 14) Travis Semmens, Sol, 30:02.3; 15) Neil Liotta, West, 30:20.7; 16) Kelsey Boyer, WV, 30:33.9; 17) Sam Dougherty, South, 30:44.1; 18) Will Anderson, Homer, 30:53.7; 19) Patrick Nugent, Lath, 30:54.1; 20) Lars Arneson, Cook Inlet, 31:04.7; 21) Anders Nyquist, Ken, 31:05.1; 22) Isaac Lammers, Chug, 31:12.1; 23) Hunter Jackinsky, Sky, 31:16.8; 24) Nathaniel Knapp, East, 31:25.8; 25) Robert Hovda, Lath, 31:36.4; 26) Jack Novak, South, 31:43.0; 27) Dunedin Strickland, Palmer HS, 31:56.7; 28) Ian Mannix, Su-Valley HS, 31:59.2; 29) Andrew Arnold, Grace, 32:02.6; 30) Aaron Chase, Sol, 32:08.0; 31) Jacob Kirk, Grace, 32:12.4; 32) Davis Dunlap, Palmer HS, 32:26.2; 33) IntiMayo Harbison, Sol, 32:27.8; 34) Wylie Mangelsdorf, Palmer HS, 32:34.3; 35) Jordan Merkes, Sol, 32:37.6; 36) Ben Fitzgerald, Chug, 32:40.4; 37) Scott Wheeler, West, 32:41.4; 38) John Glen, Ser, 32:45.0; 39) Jack Anderson, Homer, 32:47.0; 40) Schyler Knopp, Col, 32:47.6; 41) Gabe Murray, Sol, 32:55.7; 42) Conrad Chapman, Chug, 32:56.2; 43) Ryan Sanders, Sol, 32:59.2; 44) Kyle Barnhart, Ser, 33:01.3; 45) Kevin Rowe, Homer, 33:11.5; 46) Kyle Todd, Dim, 33:25.8; 47) Will Wright, West, 33:38.7; 48) Stefan Hajdukovich, Lath, 33:43.8; 49) Gunner Williams, Col, 33:45.7; 50) Vanya Rybkin, WV, 33:48.6

51) Dan Bradley, Chug, 33:54.4; 52) Kenneth Brewer, Chug, 34:01.5; 53) Kyle Carpenter, Dim, 34:25.5; 54) Leif Johnson, Was, 34:26.1; 55) Josh Branham, Lath, 34:29.9; 56) Jani Lane, Ser, 34:30.7; 57) Hugh Cosgrave, Ser, 34:31.6; 58) Andre Lovett, Homer, 34:36.6; 59) Leif Danielson, Sky, 34:40.9; 60) Corbyn Jahn, Col, 34:41.3; 61) Jacob Hakala, Chug, 34:41.6; 62) Baruch Chamberlain, Was, 34:43.1; 63) Bryce Monaco, Dim, 34:54.9; 64) Brett Chase, Sew, 34:56.7; 65) Jacob Arthen, ER, 34:59.8; 66) Patrick Schneider, Homer, 35:27.8; 67) Ted Hoople, Palmer HS, 35:54.2; 68) James Leder, WV, 35:56.1; 69) Victor Wickwire, WV, 35:56.7; 70) Jonathan Mastroyanis, Col, 35:59.0; 71) James Watkins, Ken, 36:03.7; 72) Dan Fink, East, 36:04.1; 73) Ryan Helminski, Sky, 36:06.5; 74) Jacob Simon, Palmer HS, 36:14.2; 75) Steven Sinnett, Col, 36:20.7; 76) Brayden Holt, Sky, 36:46.7; 77) Abe Meyerhofer, Col, 36:55.1; 78) Andrew Ferfinoff, Sew, 36:59.3; 79) Andrew McConnell, Palmer HS, 37:17.3; 80) Aaron Williams, Ken, 37:24.9; 81) Michael Zweifel, Sew, 37:31.4; 82) Cole Beck, Vald, 37:35.8; 83) Tyler Figley, Su-Valley HS, 37:37.0; 84) Alex Schumann, Dim, 37:38.3; 85) Justin Herrick, ER, 37:45.9; 86) Connor Mattson, Was, 37:48.5; 87) Trevor Clayton, Dim, 37:50.7; 88) Josh Pakhala, Was, 37:51.8; 89) Cameron Johnson, ER, 37:57.2; 90) Elias Curtis, Su-Valley HS, 38:05.2; 91) Anton Krull, Ken, 38:23.6; 92) Joey Hansmeyer, East, 38:33.1; 93) John Sanders, ER, 38:58.6; 94) Austin Gillespie, Sew, 38:59.5; 95) Justin Marsh, Sky, 39:00.8; 96) Erskine Frank, Dim, 39:14.9; 97) Kasey Walker, Vald, 39:28.4; 98) Jacob Wahry, East, 39:29.0; 99) Matthew Johnson, ER, 39:37.5; 100) Evan Atchley, Ken, 39:41.4;

101) Jacob Timmons, ER, 39:42.7; 102) Alec Sweetland, Sky, 40:20.2; 103) James Colles, Bart, 40:36.4; 104) Michael Bramer, Bart, 40:39.2; 105) Matthew Eller, Grace, 40:54.3; 106) Matt Stoller, NP, 41:03.7; 107) Kenley Scarlett, Ken, 41:07.8; 108) Joseph Nyholm, Sew, 41:27.0; 109) Robert Colles, Bart, 42:14.6; 110) Tyler Greeson, Bart, 42:26.4; 111) Suvan Sterling, Su-Valley HS, 43:02.7; 112) P.J. Sebastiani, Bart, 43:21.9; 113) Quinn Verfaillie, Vald, 44:09.0; 114) Rick Loveless, Was, 45:01.7; 115) Casey Reece, NP, 48:00.2; 116) Levi Turner, Grace, 48:32.8; 117) Matt Adamson, Vald, 52:28.5; 118) Matthew Viergutz, Grace, 53:12.