No surprises in Saturday's Alyeska Mountain Run. Christy Marvin set a women's record and Alaska Pacific University cross-country skiers dominated in the men's race.
Marvin continued her strong mountain running season by becoming the first woman to break the 29-minute mark in the run up Alyeska's North Face.
She completed the taxing uphill run – 2,000 feet of elevation in two miles — in 28:36.5.
That bettered the previous-best of 29:07.5, a time posted by Marvin in 2014, the first year the race was held on the North Face trail.
Marvin finished 10th overall. Among those ahead of her were six APU skiers and an APU coach.
Erik Bjornsen was the first to the top of the mountain and was followed by five of his APU teammates and one of his coaches.
Bjornsen finished in 23:37.8. David Norris, the record-setting Mount Marathon champion, was next in 23:57.1, seven seconds ahead of third-place Scott Patterson (24:04.1).
APU coach Eric Strabel placed fourth (25:13.3), followed by Lex Treinen (25:29.6), Eric Packer (25:59.3) and Thomas O'Harra (27:10.8).
Seiji Takagi was the first non-APU finisher, taking eighth place in 27:47.3.
Marvin overwhelmed the competition in the women's field. She was 44 seconds ahead of former UAA skier Marine Dusser (29:20.8) and more than a minute ahead of APU skiers Becca Rorabaugh (29:51.8), Rosie Brennan (30:21.5) and Jessica Yeaton (30:41.8).
Sixth place went to 49-year-old Mara Rabinowitz in 31:33.3.