Some new faces spiced up Sunday's long-track speedskating races at Cuddy Midtown Park.
Sean Bourque of Fairbanks won the men's 500- and 1,000-meter pack-style races, and Alex Mahoney, a UAA skier from Alberta, won the 1,500-meter race.
Bourque outdueled Mahoney by .26 of a second to take the 500-meter victory.
Anna Rix won all three women's races.
Men
500 meters -- 1) Sean Bourque 44.30; 2) Alex Mahoney 44.56; 3) Adam Verrier 48.50; 4) Peter Haeussler 51.40; 5) John Mucha 56.92; 6) Chuck Hansell 1:00.84; 7. Peter Stiasny 1:09.15
1,000 meters -- 1) Bourque 1:35.64; 2) Verrier 1:42.74; 3) Haeussler 1:47.62; 4) Mucha 2:07.12; 5) Hansell 2:15.50
1,500 meters -- 1) Mahoney 2:30.23; 2) Verrier 2:35.31; 3) Haeussler 2:41.67; 4) Mucha 2:59.79; 5) Hansell 3:26.78; 6) Stiasny 4:03.89
Women
500 meters -- 1) Anna Rix 1:04.30; 2) Kimberly Ames 1:14.30.
1,000 meters -- 1) Rix 2:15.17; 2) Ames 2:33.87.
1,500 meters -- 1) Rix 3:25.22; 2) Ames 3:54.20.
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