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Wins for Fritzel, Fox at Colony ski meet

The Kenai Kardinals swept the team titles at the Colony Invitational cross-country ski meet Saturday at the Government Peak Ski Area.

Kenai skiers Addison Gibson and Travis Cooper took runner-up honors in Saturday's mass-start freestyle race on the trail system at Hatcher Pass.

Gibson finished 21 seconds behind Soldotna's Sadie Fox in the girls 5-kilometer race. The win was the second for Fox at the two-day meet.

Cooper trailed Grace Christian's Trent Fritzel in the boys 7.5-K race by nearly a minute. In Friday's classic race, those two finished in reverse order, with Cooper winning and Fritzel finishing second.

Colony Invitational

Boys

Team scores (2-day total time) -- 1) Kenai 2:24:45; 2) Grace 2:27:33; 3) Soldotna 2:28:47; 4) Colony 2:33:37; 5) Palmer 2:40:46.

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7.5-K freestyle

Top 10

1) Trent Fritzel, Grace, 19:43.9; 2) Travis Cooper, Kenai, 20:40.2; 3) John-Mark Pothast, Soldotna, 20:50.1; 4) Jordan Theisen, Kenai, 21:06.4; 5) Karl Danielson, Kenai, 21:30.2; 6) John Cosgrave, Grace, 21:31.3; 7) Dakota Peterson-Thompson, Colony, 21:49.9; 8) Josiah Alverts, Palmer, 21:52.4; 9) Colbe Hand, Palmer, 21:57.5; 10) Levi Michael, Soldotna, 21:59.8.

Girls

Team scores (2-day total time) -- 1) Kenai 2:15:47; 2) Soldotna 2:21:15; 3) Colony 2:21:16; 4) Palmer 2:23:01; 5) Homer 2:27:36; 6) Grace 2:52:01

5-K freestyle

Top 10

1) Sadie Fox, Soldotna, 14:54.6; 2) Addison Gibson, Kenai, 15:15.6; 3) Hannah Pothast, Soldotna, 15:41.8; 4) Alexandria Bergholtz, Kenai, 16:08.0; 5) Ruby Woodings, Palmer, 16:16.0; 6) Rya Berrigan, Palmer, 16:17.5; 7) Jordyn Block, Colony, 16:19.3; 8) Aspen Daigle, Homer, 16:24.6; 9) Lisbeth Olsen, Colony, 16:37.3; 10) Mikaela Salzetti, Kenai, 16:54.0.

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