With perfect conditions permitting the use of the long course for the first time since 2011 in Kal's Knoya Ridge Run, Najeeby Quinn and Jim Shine blew away the course records Thursday night in the opener of the Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix series.
Quinn covered the nine kilometers and 4,500 feet of climbing in 1 hour, 10 minutes, 45 seconds, to lop nearly nine minutes off Abby Rideout's previous record. Shine clocked 57:25 to beat Trond Flagstad's previous standard by 5:15.
More than 200 runners competed over three distances in the Chugach Mountains that overlook Anchorage.
Nancy Pease, who holds the women's records on Mount Marathon and the Crow Pass Crossing, a marathon-length wilderness run, and is arguably the best women's mountain runner in state history, won the 5.6-kilometer women's division in a climb that covered 2,900 vertical feet. She clocked 48:54, and was faster than all but five men. Peter Kling won the men's division in 46:05.
Also, David Spencer took down his own record on the junior course -- 2.5-kilometers, 1,200 vertical feet -- with his 12:01. That slashed 29 seconds off his previous mark.
Kal's Knoya Ridge Run
Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix Series
Long Course (Full Monty) -- 9 kilometers, 4,500 feet vertical
Women -- 1) Najeeby Quinn (record) 1:10:45; 1) Sheryl Loan 1:21:33; 3) Ann Spencer 1:24:22; 4) Amber Walker 1:25:27; 5) Tekla Seavey 1:27:23; 6) Sarah Glaser 1:28:14; 7) Wendy Sailors 1:29:30; 8) Tiffanie Novakovich 1:30:03; 9) Kyle Colburn 1:30:22; 10) Paula Westbrook 1:30:25; 11) Jane Baldwin 1:31:11; 12) Kim Riggs 1:32:48; 13) Karen Williams 1:33:24; 14) Annie Connely 1:34:57; 15) Jane Boer 1:36:05; 16) Leslie Robbins 1:37:06; 17) Amy Deschweintz 1:42:28; 18) Jocelyn Kopsack 1:42:55.
Men -- 1) Jim Shine (record) 0:57:25; 2) Scott Patterson 0:57:53; 3) Matt Shyrock 0:58:11; 4) Eric Strabel 0:58:31; 5) Adam Jensen 1:01:20; 6) Matias Saari 1:01:36; 7) Kenneth Brewer 1:01:45; 8) Chad Trammell1:02:15; 9) Ben Marvin 1:02:38; 10) Erik Johnson 1:03:17; 11) Jim Johnson 1:04:20; 12) Lyon Kopsack1:05:21; 13) Lars Flora 1:05:41; 14) Ben Ward 1:06:10; 15) Dylan Peterson 1:06:40; 16) Nat Herz 1:07:32; 17) Michael Kelly 1:08:07; 18) Patrick Conway 1:08:31; 19) Mike Monterusso 1:10:06; 20) Andrew Stavich 1:10:19; 21) Hamish Wolfe 1:11:43; 22) Levi Younger 1:12:07; 23) Craig Taylor 1:12:44; 24) Aaron Gallagher 1:13:06; 25) Steve Lee 1:13:13; 26) Tom Bronga 1:13:47; 27) Johnathan Harvey 1:15:59; 28) Isaac Lammers 1:16:11; 29) Kenton Curtis 1:16:23; 30) Karl Romig 1:16:33; 31) Andrew Lee 1:17:09; 32) Tony Slatonbarker 1:17:38; 33) Dorian Gross 1:17:54; 34) Patrick Wolfe 1:18:20; 35) Jake Young 1:18:37; 36) Jared Green 1:18:58; 37) Matthew Sandvik 1:19:36; 38) Bodidharma Gross 1:19:39; 39) Mark Brady 1:20:12; 40) Jeff Levin 1:20:59; 41) Gary Schoenhals 1:21:39; 42) Trevor Kreznar 1:23:18; 43) Lance Kopsack 1:24:06; 44) Ali Papillon 1:25:15; 45) Kris Short 1:25:24; 46) Dylan Robertson 1:25:40; 47) Steve Gilles 1:26:07; 48) Ryder Dixon 1:26:24; 49) Derek W. Nottingham 1:26:30; 50) Marlo Karjala1:26:32; 51) Christopher Kirk 1:27:05; 52) Michael Connely 1:27:46; 53) Michael Quimby 1:28:27; 54) Scott Gage 1:28:49; 55) Josh Novakovich 1:29:35; 56) Matt Waliszek 1:29:40; 57) David Ward 1:31:03; 58) David Rebischke 1:35:18; 59) Mark Hansen 1:35:27; 60) Fred Hveding 1:35:50; 61) Roman Gross1:36:16; 62) Mark Smith 1:37:27; 63) Rich Stromberg 1:37:40; 64) Fred Moore 1:48:11; 65) Evan Steinhauser 2:00:19; 66) Chris Crosta 2:01:36; 67) Pat McAnally 2:01:39; Keegan Crow 2:05:25.
Original Course -- 5.6 kilometers, 2,900 feet vertical
Women -- 1) Nancy Pease 0:48:54; 2) Jamie Bronga 0:50:16; 3) Denali Foldager 0:50:37; 4) Tsaina Mahlen 0:51:57; 5) Lia Slemons 0:52:57; 6) Katelyn Stearns 0:53:00; 7) Danielle Dalton 0:56:42; 8) Clare Cook0:57:17; 9) Aly Kopsack 0:57:50; 10) Jess Walsh 0:57:54; 11) Karol Fink 0:58:08; 12) Carolyn Kirchner 1:00:37; 13) Kelsey Coolidge 1:01:21; 14) Carolyn Boone 1:01:46; 15) Kristy DeYoung 1:01:48; 16) Leah Legate 1:02:00; 17) Trish Kopp 1:03:19; 18) Sara Duffy 1:03:38; 19) Danielle Bailey 1:03:40; 20) Molly Etters 1:05:07; 21) Karen Bronga 1:05:29; 22) Ziyi LaKota 1:06:27; 23) Charlotte Edmundson 1:07:12; 24) Dyann Hardy 1:08:37; 25) Kristen Hanse 1:09:57; 26) Cinthia Richie 1:10:47; 27) Kathleen Haines 1:11:39; 28) Catherine Bodry 1:12:13; 29) Alex McCready 1:12:28; 30) Dawn Dinnwoodie 1:13:06; 31) Reilly Hall 1:14:18; 32) Linda Rao 1:15:07; 33) Katelyn Liska 1:16:28; 34) Angie Whitinger 1:23:02; 35) Sue Skvorc 1:24:01; 36) Sarah Webster 1:25:01; 37) Shauna Bogvist 1:25:02; 38) Callie Jones 1:25:03; 39) Kris Kile 1:31:41; 40) Melodie Brodersen 1:39:53; 41) Kristin Taylor 1:41:07; 42) Sherri Warnke 1:41:34; 43) Marci Lynn Graham 1:41:51; Rose Banks 1:41:58; 52) Brittany Smith 1:42:02.
Men -- 1) Peter Kling 0:46:05; 2) Tor Christopherson 0:46:51; 3) Forrest Mahlen 0:47:15; 4) Gillean Szweda Mittelstadt 0:48:21; 5) Bryan Hardy 0:48:36; 6) Nate Normandin 0:51:21; 7) Sebastian Szweda Mittelstadt 0:51:45; 8) Cole Deal 0:51:49; 9) Luke Cvancara 0:51:53; 10) Mike Schroeder 0:53:24; 11) Ben Muse 0:53:28; 12) Rob Cushman 0:53:31; 13) Gregg Brigton 0:53:58; 14) Matthew Anderson 0:54:05; 15) Leif Mumma 0:54:14; 16) Justin Hickel 0:54:30; 17) Dan Virgin 0:55:32; 18) Brian Waite 0:55:48; 19) Cameron Reitmeier 0:56:23; 20) Charles Kopp 0:56:27; 21) Jason Moore 0:57:15; 22) Marty Byrne 0:57:44; 23) Ashton Summers 0:58:51; 24) Rick Hansen 0:59:12; 25) Michea Westbrook 0:59:32; 26) Lars Johnson 1:00:06; 27) Stephen Meyer 1:00:40; 28) Johan Clark 1:01:07; 29) Sam Sanders 1:01:30; 30) Daniel Crumpacker 1:01:52; 31) Timothy Samuelson 1:01:56; 32) Sean Zumwalt 1:02:04; 33) Eric Rogers 1:02:14; 34) Neil McMahon 1:02:17; 35) Jeremy Iamet 1:02:51; 36) Michael Pugrab 1:03:10; 37) Cory Jones 1:03:27; 38) Mike Mitchell 1:03:29; 39) Tim Silvers 1:03:33; 40) David Grabwiski 1:03:35; 41) Ari Gardner 1:04:46; 42) Mike Robinson 1:05:00; 43) Keith Cook 1:05:04; 44) Mark Fundren 1:05:40; 45) Mike Huckabay 1:07:20; 46) Mike Potter 1:07:30; 47) Randy Green 1:07:52; 48) Mike Braniff 1:08:00; 49) Greg Atkin 1:08:44; 50) Rhyss Vivian 1:08:47; 51) Steve McKeever 1:11:55; 52) Dylan Gumminger 1:13:56; 53) Andy Hall 1:15:20; 54) Philip Walters 1:15:56; 55) Bill Wamsganz 1:16:19; 56) Frank Farmer 1:18:17; 57) Dane Crowley 1:20:22; 58) Matt Kenney 1:26:09; 59) Trent Taylor 1:30:35; 60) Martin Hansen 1:32:35; 61) Bern Fuller 1:32:38; 62) Jubal Bryant 1:39:05; 63) Bill Spencer 1:42:15.
Happy Trail/Junior Course - 2.5 kilometers, 1,200 feet vertical
Women -- 1) Samantha Legate 18:58; 2) Kylar Westbrook 18:59; 3) Hailey Finch 21:39; 4) Bonnie Moore 24:07; 5) Carmen West 24:25; 6) Brynn Mano 25:56; 7) Eden Rinner 26:17; 8) Wendy Spencer 28:21
Men -- 1) David Spencer (record) 12:01; 2) Kelmen Legate 12:17; 3) Branden Rinner 12:25; 4) Soren Monroe-Anderson 15:19; 5) Blaise Rinner 15:47; 6) Coby Marvin 15:48; 7) Kael Westbrook 19:00; 8) Jeb Marvin 21:36; 9) Rans Hinshaw 23:24; 10) Kai Finch 23:27; 11) Isaac Marvin 28:04; 12) Joseph Gross 28:21.