The 10th annual Fireweed 400 belonged to the women.
With record-setting Kristin Wolf leading the way, women set the overall pace in three categories, including the premier event of Alaska's biggest bike race.
Wolf shaved nearly six minutes off the women's record and topped a field of eight -- seven men and Wolf -- in the 400-mile race from Sheep Mountain Lodge to Valdez and back.
Wolf finished in 25 hours, 11 minutes, 51 seconds to wipe out the record set in 2003 by Janice Tower (25:17:18).
She didn't eliminate Tower from the record book, however. Tower still owns four Fireweed 400 records, because she and Darcy Davis raced to a new record in the women's 200-mile tandem division. They finished in 10:23:25, lopping more than four hours off the old record.
Wolf was one of three women who set the pace for everyone -- men and women -- in their respective races.
The only women's soloist in the 400-mile race, Wolf was more than an hour ahead of the top man. Erik Christensen took the men's victory in 26:42:33.
In the 50-miler, Shannon Donley topped all cyclists in 2:04:18, which put her five minutes ahead of the fastest man.
And in the fat-tire 50-miler, Paisley Meekin blew away all of her competitors as well as the course record. Meekin finished in 2:11:25, more than an hour ahead of the fastest man as well as the second-fastest woman.
Meekin shattered the 2008 record of 3:03:16 set by Liz Butera and also bettered the men's record of 2:51:37, set in 2008 by Chris Gregg.
The Fireweed 400, which offers distances of 400, 200, 100 and 50 miles, drew hundreds of cyclists over the weekend.
Fireweed 400
Individual results and top 3 teams
400-mile time trial
Women -- 1) Kristin Wolf, 25:11:51. Men -- 1) Erik Christensen, 26:42:33; 2) Danny Martinez, 27:17:58; 3) Trevor Jones, 29:41:52; 4) Brian Wright, 29:44:50; 5) Todd Goodman, 29:53:41; 6) Leonard Fancher, 29:56:10; 7) Ben LaFevers, 32:18:01.
Two-person male -- 1) Superal Mitchell/Kim Kittredge, 27:13:03. Four-person male -- 1) Connor Scher/Jacob Wahry/Keenan Brownsberger/Skyler Frank, 21:53:57. Four-person mixed -- 1) Louis Mass/Robin Smyth/Annette Cartier/Shawn Wendling, 24:53:29; 2) Andrea Tesch/Carmen Thomas/Charlie Tesch/Diane Loopstra, 26:49:50; 3) Scott Goldsmith/Yvonne Goldsmith/Glenn Cravez/Pam Cravez, 29:28:10.
200-mile time trial
Men -- 1) Peter Jackson, 10:42:47; 2) Mark Davis, 11:18:26; 3) Andy Sorensen, 11:40:42; 4) Kirk Pintar, 11:50:57; 5) Eric Cross, 11:59:08; 6) Tom Moran, 12:12:58; 7) Scott Freeman, 12:28:32; 8) Jay Cable, 12:30:00; 9) Martin Renner, 13:27:11; 10) Charles Homestead, 14:16:42; 11) Dave Meyer, 14:16:43; 12) William Wesley, 14:16:45;
Tandem female -- 1) Janice Tower/Darcy Davis, 10:23:25. Two-person female -- 1) Rose Theisen/Katherine Lindstrom, 11:21:45; 2) Elaina Hveding/Jenny Greeve, 12:58:39; 3) Laura Hilger/Patty Chase, 13:05:47. Two-person male -- 1) Erik Ostberg/Doug Schutte, 8:41:11; 2) Steve Clautice/Larry Hodges, 10:49:46; 3) Jamie Blom/Robbie Blom, 11:17:12. Two-person mixed -- 1) Mackie Derrick/Laurie Derrick, 10:19:39; 2) Erica Betts/Joel Homan, 10:30:01; 3) Leah Ballard/Gene Till, 10:50:26. Four-person female -- 1) Colleen Franks/Tanya Kirk/Valerie Kirk/Lori Deschamps, 9:54:01; 2) Marisa Rorabaugh/Becca Rorabaugh/Eliza Rorabaugh/Kate Fitzgerald, 9:58:12; 3) Maddy Boutet/Zoe Xavier/Jules Parke /, 10:11:23. Four-person male -- 1) Pat Terhune/David McPhetres/Riley Troyer/Jonathan Koenig, 8:42:45; 2) Greg McDuffie/Tom Coolidge/Dan Thorsness/Mark Burson, 9:23:06; 3) Andrew Kirk/Macky Franks/Shawn Aspelund/Scott Digert, 9:29:41. Four-person mixed -- 1) Logan Hanneman/Hanna Gillis/Karl Hanneman/Marion Woods, 9:21:14; 2) Madigan Stanley/Will Wright/Anson Moxness/Rachelle Kanady, 9:28:37; 3) Laura Gardner/Randall Kanady/Judy Kanady/Rick Rogers, 9:30:05.
100-mile time trial
Women -- 1) Laurel Brady, 5:19:45; 2) Emily Bodner, 6:30:04; 3) Joyce Jenkins, 6:31:39; 4) Liz Friedman, 7:09:50; 5) Sheila Best, 7:37:09; 6) Shannon Sinclair, 7:52:55; 7) Saree Timmons, 7:57:45; 8) Elizabeth Irving, 8:01:06. Men -- 1) Dashiell Feierabend, 4:55:04; 2) Nathan van der Most, 4:59:25; 3) Tim Gravel, 5:05:05; 4) Buzz Scher, 5:08:03; 5) Stewart Osgood, 5:12:59; 6) Jeromie Sandall, 5:23:21; 7) Steve Kiefer, 5:42:40; 8) Robert Wiggins, 5:53:35; 9) James Singleton, 5:59:52; 10) Greg Galanos, 6:01:17; 11) Will Timmons, 6:03:42; 12) Ralph Comellas, 6:05:40; 13) Jon Sears, 6:09:06; 14) Ken Fitzgerald, 6:52:12; 15) Tanner Best, 7:35:07; 16) Justin Harris, 8:01:13.
50-mile time trial
Women -- 1) Shannon Donley, 2:04:18; 2) Janus Reyes, 2:30:36; 3) Colleen Ulbrich, 2:32:26; 4) Janet Smalley, 2:43:21; 5) Maggi Arend, 2:48:16; 6) Kerry Reardon, 2:52:19; 7) Janna Harvey, 2:57:38; 8) Kelsey Coolidge, 2:57:38; ) Jane Whitsett, 3:00:34; 10) Anne Doubek, 3:05:47; 11) Charla Lee, 3:06:14. Men -- 1) Dick Quinn, 2:09:17; 2) Daniel Libbey, 2:09:21; 3) Kevin Donley, 2:24:55; 4) Joey Austerman, 2:25:26; 5) Bob Eastaugh, 2:28:44; 6) Vispi Mistry, 2:29:58; 7) Matt Kinney, 2:37:53; 8) Daniel Reyes, 2:40:27; 9) Bob Ulbrich, 2:41:00; 10) Jay Holtan, 2:48:50; 11) Curtis Wilson, 2:49:25; 12) Joshua Brown, 2:56:34; 13) Randy Taylor, 2:58:31; 14) Max Beiergrohslein, 3:04:41; 15) David Williams, 3:12:10; 16) Jay Ehly, 3:43:41.
Tandem mixed -- 1) Daniel Safranek/Laurel Safranek, 2:48:16; 2) Mike Beiergrohslein/Zoee Beiergrohslein, 3:04:41; 3) Kenneth Cook/Tara Cook, 3:29:55.
Fat-tire female -- 1) Paisley Meekin, 2:11:25; 2) Mary Herman, 3:25:31; 3) Jenny Nugent, 3:37:44; 4) Sarah Marechal, 3:38:59; 5) Diane Firmani, 3:43:59; 6) Kellie Merrill, 4:10:22; 7) Pamela Maslyk, 4:17:47; 8) Tina Tomsen, 4:44:11; 9) Veronica Green, 7:12:26; 10) Jennifer Green, 7:12:29. Fat-tire men -- 1) Gabriel Beecham, 3:18:14; 2) Alexander Belvo, 3:18:17; 3) Toby Merrill, 4:10:24; 4) Bruce Schulte, 4:17:47.


Ross, Stull claim wins in a race slick from rain, slowed by moose

