APU skiers repeat at Besh Cup ski race

Erik Bjornsen, Becca Rorabaugh and Thomas O'Harra each won for the second straight day on the Lookout Mountain Trails.

Bjornsen, a senior-level racer who is a member of the U.S. Ski Team, topped the men's 10-kilometer freestyle race in 29 minutes, 49 seconds.

He owned a 16-second margin over runnerup Jack Novak, also of APU, who was the first Older Junior finisher (30:05). The fastest Junior 1 racer, placing fourth overall, was Erich Hoefler of Fairbanks (31:03.7).

In the 5-kilometer Junior 2 boys race, O'Harra dominated in 15:16.9, beating Tanner Ramey of Alaska Winter Stars (15:47).

Rorabaugh won the women's 5-K race by more than a minute. She finished in 16:21.6 for a comfortable victory over runnerup Kailey Mucha of Alaska Nordic Racing (17:38.2).

Pacing the J-2 girls and placing third overall was Lydia Blanchet of APU (17:39.6). Marion Woods of Alaska Winter Stars was the top J-1 finisher and fourth overall (17:42.8) and Hannah Boyer of Fairbanks was the fastest OJ skier and fifth overall (17:46).

The Conoco Phillips Besh Cup is a six-race series that determines Alaska's Junior Olympic team and, in even-numbered years, its Arctic Winter Games team. The fifth and sixth races are in Fairbanks in two weeks.

Conoco Phillips Besh Cup No. 4

Lookout Mountain Trails

Homer, Alaska

Junior 2 boys

5 kilometers

1) Thomas O'Harra, 15:16.9, 2) Tanner Ramey, 15:47.0, 3) Max Donaldson, 15:54.8, 4) Jacob Volz, 16:04.9, 5) Seiji Takagi, 16:46.7, 6) Luke Mclaughlin, 16:58.9, 7) Jacob Bassett, 17:01.7, 8) John Farr, 17:03.6, 9) Travis Cooper, 17:07.8, 10) Matthew Muffoletto, 17:12.8, 11) Jonathan Koenig, 17:23.4, 12) Conner Truskowski, 17:30.0, 13) Joe Bue, 17:31.5, 14) Bryant Brewster, 17:39.7, 15) Tristan Sayre, 17:41.1, 16) David Swenson, 17:42.9, 17) Max Robicheaux, 17:46.6, 18) Paul Butera, 17:49.3, 19) Jessie Mayo, 17:51.7, 20) Kelson Denton, 18:03.2, 21) Will Mans, 18:33.0, 22) Brett Egeland, 18:50.4, 23) Malte Groenich, 19:13.9, 24) Evan Hagen, 19:40.9, 25) Riley Howard, 20:04.0, 26) Vincent Radoff, 20:38.5, 27) Levi Michael, 22:08.5, 28) Andrew Glen, 22:59.8, 29) Charles Chard, 23:06.7.

Girls J2 and older

5 kilometers

1) Becca Rorabaugh, 16:21.6, 2) Kailey Mucha, 17:38.2, 3) Lydia Blanchet, 17:39.6, 4) Marion Woods, 17:42.8, 5) Hannah Boyer, 17:46.0, 6) Sarah Freistone, 17:56.9, 7) Bree Mucha, 18:04.1, 8) Kryston Mcphetres, 18:08.4, 9) Kinsey Loan, 18:10.9, 10) Celia Haering, 18:11.5, 11) Megan Edic, 18:20.2, 12) Morgan Flynn, 18:34.5, 13) Maria Bray, 18:54.2, 14) Mykaela Mcmullen, 18:55.0, 15) Sarrissa Lammers, 18:56.0, 16) Hannah Stevens, 18:56.9, 17) Maya Radonich, 18:59.3, 18) Helen Sudkamp-Walker, 19:00.5, 19) Tsaina Mahlen, 19:08.5, 20) Anna Price, 19:11.2, 21) Mira Hopkins, 19:14.1, 22) Ana Jager, 19:18.6, 23) Elizabeth Whisenhant, 19:19.3, 24) Jasmine Maurer, 19:26.6, 25) Annika Flynn, 19:32.2, 26) Ann Spencer, 19:32.3, 27) Sheryl Loan, 19:47.6, 28) Sara Falconer, 19:48.0, 29) Mackenzie Flynn, 19:48.3, 30) Eliza Rorabaugh, 19:49.5, 31) Claire Ferree, 19:50.5, 32) Mikayla Hamlin, 19:57.6, 33) Amelia Hartke, 19:58.0, 34) Savanna Desatoff, 19:58.3, 35) Amanda Del Frate, 20:00.5, 36) Grace Graham, 20:04.3, 37) Jane Hoefler, 20:12.7, 38) Ema Mayo, 20:35.0, 39) Rebecca Farr, 20:44.1, 40) Kira Leonard, 20:47.7, 41) Elizabeth Wheatall, 20:49.9, 42) Kaya Morelli, 20:50.7, 43) Marie Schmidt, 20:54.5, 44) Elle Arnold, 20:56.2, 45) Alexandra Okeson, 20:59.2, 46) Sadie Fox, 21:16.1, 47) Jojo Fleischman, 21:41.5, 48) Kirsten Nyquist, 21:42.1, 49) Hannah Xavier, 22:07.8, 50) Rachel Zafren, 22:20.9, 51) Cassidy Soistman, 22:29.3, 52) Kayla Rowe, 22:37.5, 53) Jade Wood, 22:38.0, 54) Irene Bembenek, 22:44.0, 55) Donna Difolco, 23:01.5, 56) Tracie Haan, 23:08.6, 57) Kiana Hamlin, 23:12.6, 58) Mady Gerard, 23:14.4, 59) Sarah Jackson, 23:19.1, 60) Claire Gamache, 23:25.5, 61) Alaine Miller, 23:47.4, 62) Emily Decker, 24:01.7, 63) Sheryl Stevens, 24:06.0, 64) Emily Schmidt, 24:12.5, 65) Kaitlyn Meyers, 24:13.1, 66) Karina Zyatitsky, 24:28.2, 67) Taylor Way, 24:31.2, 68) Jenny Sheasley, 25:02.4, 69) Emma Tarbath, 26:15.9, 70) Katie Schmidt, 26:36.9, 71) Leslee Rogers, 26:44.6.

Boys Junior 1 and older

10 kilometers

1) Erik Bjornsen, 29:49.0, 2) Jack Novak, 30:05.0, 3) Stefan Hajdukovich, 30:53.9, 4) Dylan Watts, 31:03.7, 5) Erich Hoefler, 31:14.3, 6) Isaac Lammers, 31:25.1, 7) Forrest Mahlen, 31:27.0, 8) Kenny Brewer, 31:35.1, 9) Alex Loan, 31:36.4, 10) John Glen, 31:48.6, 11) Wyatt Mayo, 32:08.8, 12) Erin Phillips, 32:10.2, 13) Andrew Arnold, 32:30.3, 14) Brandon Brewster, 32:51.9, 15) David McPhetres, 32:54.7, 16) Daniel Serventi, 33:00.8, 17) Douglas Watts, 33:10.3, 18) Eric Backstrum, 33:13.1, 19) Neill Toelle, 33:20.2, 20) Patrick Nugent, 33:22.6, 21) Dillon Jensen, 33:24.6, 22) Abe Meyerhofer, 33:35.0, 23) Schyler Knopp, 33:37.5, 23) Davis Dunlap, 33:37.5, 25) Riley Troyer, 33:52.0, 26) Andre Lovett, 33:57.4, 27) Skyler Frank, 33:57.9, 28) Bobby Signor, 34:01.2, 29) Forest Tarbath, 34:01.8, 30) Peter Brewer, 34:02.3, 31) Mark Brady, 34:07.8, 32) Austin Hess, 34:23.8, 33) Kipp Wilkinson, 34:41.0, 34) Garth Schulz, 34:42.7, 35) Will Timmons, 34:57.1, 36) Roger Sayre, 35:25.7, 37) Noah King, 35:27.2, 38) Keenan Brownsberger, 35:44.8, 39) Patrick Terhune, 35:46.5, 40) Robert Colles, 36:12.7, 41) Leopold Jaschek, 36:40.5, 42) Brandon Kowalski, 36:47.2, 43) Lucas Schlemme, 36:51.2, 44) David Edic, 36:59.3, 45) Henry Loeffler, 37:13.4, 46) Connor Scher, 37:14.5, 47) David Knopp, 37:26.6, 48) Troy Walters, 37:43.3, 49) Lucas Michael, 37:58.7, 50) Eli Shayer, 38:39.7, 51) James Colles, 38:43.8, 52) Louis Maurer, 38:46.0, 53) Colton Diehl, 38:50.5, 54) Isaiah Montoya, 38:58.4, 55) Jacob Buck, 39:05.2, 56) Jacob Wahry, 39:06.5, 57) Colin Lamb, 39:08.1, 58) Bad Bob Baker, 40:58.8, 59) Robert Arnold, 41:59.0, 60) Nathan Dennis, 42:23.6, 61) Karl Hanneman, 42:33.8, 62) Kyle Wentz, 43:21.4, 63) James Kari, 45:08.0, 64) Alan Parks, 45:47.1, 65) Brad Nyquist, 47:13.4