Saturday's Bear Paw Festival 5K footrace, a signature event at the annual summer celebration in Eagle River, delivered one familiar champion who owns victories by the handful in that event and another runner who became a champ in her debut.
Jake Moe of Anchorage won the men's division for the third straight year, and ninth time overall. He covered the 3.1-miler in 15 minutes, 39 seconds, to top runner-up Blake Bennett (15:50) by 11 seconds. Esteban Trujillo earned third place in 16:12.
Allison VanPelt, who will soon start her junior year at Houston High, won the women's division in 19:09 to top runner-up Morgan Ekemo (19:30) and third-place finisher Pamela Meadows (19:54).
The race featured 566 finishers.
Bear Paw Festival 5K
Saturday's results in Eagle River
Women — 1. Allison Vanpelt 19:09; 2. Morgan Ekemo 19:30; 3. Pamela Meadors 19:54; 4. Julie Johnson 20:11; 5. Verena Gill 20:24; 6. Jessica Pooler 20:34; 7. Emily Walsh 20:39; 8. Hannah Rowland 20:45; 9. Sophie Wright 20:46; 10. Katey Houser 21:06; 11. Karen Kirk 21:12; 12. Kaitlyn Kogl 21:32; 13. Ryann Dorris 21:36; 14. Brynn Kruchoski 21:43; 15. Ashlee Weller 21:44; 16. Alyssa Hargis 21:59; 17. Claire Nelson 22:20; 18. Monica Castro 22:20; 19. Victoria Houser 22:49; 20. Ashley Walsh 22:53; 21. Madeleine Oakley 23:02; 22. Teanna Hehnlin 23:22; 23. Jordin Thompson 23:27; 24. Nicole Bell 23:31; 25. Addison Capozzi 23:36; 26. Hannah Farr 23:45; 27. Brianna Gill Anderson 23:50; 28. Meg Jones 23:59; 29. Elyse Delaney 24:09; 30. Tarja Latva-Kiskola 24:23; 31. Ashley Lang 24:28; 32. Kiana Trupp 24:37; 33. Rita Mckenzie 24:47; 34. Rachel Arnold 24:53; 35. Ashley Hicks 25:06; 36. Susan Doll 25:30; 37. Brooke Dittlinger 25:51; 38. Laura Ripp 25:51; 39. Sarah Rowland 25:54; 40. Naomi Oakley 25:56; 41. Elizabeth Stuber 25:59; 42. Cyndy Mead 26:01; 43. Tana Curtright 26:04; 44. Anna Ripp 26:05; 45. Bonnie Perkins 26:06; 46. Kris Wyatt 26:07; 47. Sherry Murphy 26:13; 48. Dana Espindola 26:18; 49. Layla Beam 26:19; 50. Arianna Espindola 26:25.
51. Ellen Kruchoski 26:30; 52. Tasha Deardorff 26:37; 53. Elizabeth Huffman 26:46; 54. Kay Runyon 26:59; 55. Marie Miller 26:59; 56. Trish Lacey 27:45; 57. Ziva Cain 27:47; 58. Clare Shea 27:52; 59. Savannah Landaker 27:59; 60. Sierra Ellemberger 27:59; 61. Sedona Ellemberger 27:59; 62. Mary Cox 28:00; 63. Deann Denter 28:01; 64. Maureen T Haggblom 28:04; 65. Cheryl Duda 28:07; 66. Caitlin Andrews 28:07; 67. Rachel Scott 28:09; 68. Christine Lundgren 28:13; 69. Iris Jones 28:16; 70. Jillian Gavalya 28:17; 71. Alicia Vernon 28:17; 72. Alexa Blakey 28:20; 73. Lindsey Brown 28:32; 74. Chrissy Barber 28:43; 75. Dyann Hardy 28:44; 76. Vanessa Byrd 28:44; 77. Jocelyn Hardy 28:44; 78. Renae Werner 28:59; 79. Kerry Reifel 29:01; 80. Teila Saarinen 29:01; 81. Emily Draayer 29:02; 82. Anna Bell 29:03; 83. Taylor Mcgrath 29:04; 84. Destiny Lee 29:05; 85. Ayako Mccomb 29:07; 86. Paige Mcgraw 29:13; 87. Kendall Stanavich 29:17; 88. Mary Cole 29:17; 89. Kristen Grimm 29:20; 90. Danielle O'Neill 29:32; 91. Lindsey Parker 29:35; 92. Katie Mathew 29:47; 93. Melody Eickmann 29:48; 94. Gina Stream 29:50; 95. Darline Mclaughlin 29:51; 96. Rebecca Hamel 29:52; 97. Sonya Wagoner 29:59; 98. Sloane Scoggins 30:03; 99. Katia Lundell 30:03; 100. Christine Bingham 30:13.
101. Andrea Winn 30:14; 102. Erin Laughlin 30:15; 103. Thomas Ringsmuth 30:28; 104. Rachel Willyerd 30:33; 105. Katie Moss 30:35; 106. Katherine Ringsmuth 30:56; 107. Rebekah Jensen 30:57; 108. Isabel Cage 30:59; 109. Michelle Maguire 31:01; 110. Ranell Conner 31:04; 111. Michelle Geidl 31:06; 112. Sarah Warnke 31:07; 113. Serena Sweet 31:09; 114. Laura Baez 31:16; 115. Debbie Little 31:21; 116. Tiffany Dufour 31:27; 117. Gloria Hernandez 31:27; 118. Tess Baez-Terry 31:30; 119. Thea Paxton 31:31; 120. Kayla Schommer 31:32; 121. Emily Pitka 31:36; 122. Dianna Clemetson 31:39; 123. Echo Mcdonald 31:39; 124. Cindy Mcelroy 31:39; 125. Linda Olmstead 31:42; 126. Jennifer Scoggins 31:46; 127. Stacy Dapore 31:59; 128. Aimee Woodley 32:04; 129. Nicole Smith 32:05; 130. Anna Petersen 32:14; 131. Annette Gall 32:18; 132. Debbie Duque 32:19; 133. Cecilia Martinez 32:22; 134. Emily Bishop 32:22; 135. Amber Martinez 32:25; 136. Kelsey Reifel 32:26; 137. Laura Orenga De Gaffory 32:27; 138. Nadine Sulli 32:34; 139. Monica Gaupp 32:44; 140. Ashley Shaw 32:56; 141. Anneliese Cooper 32:56; 142. Brooklyn Peters 32:56; 143. Trish Shaw 33:02; 144. Alylah Stevens 33:10; 145. Ami Soellers 33:11; 146. Lillian Mokelke 33:13; 147. Katey Soellers 33:16; 148. Raegan Kelliher 33:18; 149. Amber Draayer 33:19; 150. Erica Quiett 33:19.
151. Kimber Grenier 33:24; 152. Deborah Wilmoth 33:25; 153. Victoria Hillwig 33:26; 154. Kristin Vasquez 33:29; 155. Joan Nelson 33:35; 156. Jessica Maves 33:37; 157. Riley Maves 33:39; 158. Jennifer Sardakowski 33:42; 159. Lorell David 33:42; 160. Lavonne Taylor 33:46; 161. Aurora Taylor 33:47; 162. Sandra Burvee 34:03; 163. Kelly Gwynn 34:04; 164. Dayna Laird 34:08; 165. Mariachristina Montes 34:11; 166. Madison Alger 34:12; 167. April Burgess 34:17; 168. Brenda Wood 34:18; 169. Cassie Wood 34:19; 170. Jess Jones 34:20; 171. Isabela Bidaburu 34:23; 172. Ashten Glaves 34:24; 173. Teresa Hull 34:29; 174. Maureen Young 34:32; 175. Jackie Bennett 34:34; 176. Hanna Bloomquist 34:40; 177. Stephanie Schulling 34:42; 178. Bridgett Dyson 34:52; 179. Lesli Ellis-Wouters 34:52; 180. Diane Mohwinkel 34:57; 181. Linnea Cafmeyer 34:59; 182. Sarah Ensign 35:02; 183. Lara Madden 35:04; 184. Olivia Chichenoff 35:06; 185. Trudy James 35:20; 186. Brenna Hattenburg 35:20; 187. Barbara Abercrombie 35:29; 188. Shannon Jones 35:42; 189. Sarah Deuling 35:48; 190. Michelle St. Martin 35:58; 191. Suzanne Worker 36:02; 192. Jennifer Mclaughlin 36:02; 193. Jill Hall 36:23; 194. Tiffany Briggs 36:23; 195. Dawna Eickhoff 36:30; 196. Izabell Rushing 36:33; 197. Kristie Rushing 36:45; 198. Dawn Hansen 37:00; 199. Gabriela Martinez 37:18; 200. Judy Krier 37:20.
201. Bianca Cross 37:24; 202. Hope Solberg 37:26; 203. Janell Grant 37:33; 204. Jessica Bjornstad 37:43; 205. Brenda Lester 37:51; 206. Sharon Toki-Coleman 38:03; 207. Katie Roche 38:06; 208. Kacy Stille 38:06; 209. Traci Caudill 38:07; 210. Jessie Caudill 38:07; 211. Zoey Stille 38:08; 212. Becky Jacobs 38:11; 213. Gabriella Dedmore 38:16; 214. Ainsley Hindman 38:22; 215. Kristen Carl 38:39; 216. Rebecca Scott 38:52; 217. Gina Gorski 38:58; 218. Kaela Dingman 39:00; 219. Marianne Dingman 39:08; 220. Meagan Nelson 39:17; 221. Hailey Nelson 39:22; 222. Spring Ellemberger 39:25; 223. Aspen Ellemberger 39:26; 224. Carrie Rosenberg 39:36; 225. Emily Levanduski 39:42; 226. Jessica Crisp 39:57; 227. Kendall Fuller 40:02; 228. Laura Eide 40:06; 229. Ashley Farrell 40:13; 230. Emily Lindsey 40:14; 231. Braelyn Farrell 40:14; 232. Lynn Kinney 40:15; 233. Jenn Hall 40:16; 234. Kinsey Jacobs 40:17; 235. Shannon Scarbrough 40:31; 236. Bella Cleary 40:36; 237. Nicole Cleary 40:37; 238. Dawn Tecklenburg 40:58; 239. Kelly Foreman 41:15; 240. Noelle Foreman 41:16; 241. Jessica Abel 42:03; 242. Tonya Bailey 42:04; 243. Charisse Holman 42:15; 244. Aspen Kwan 42:20; 245. Lora Buller 42:22; 246. Erica Buller 42:24; 247. Theresa Weihrich 42:24; 248. Selah Weihrich 42:24; 249. Tammy Harris 42:37; 250. Iesha Jones 42:46.
251. Heather Magginetti 42:53; 252. Gabriella Hindman 42:58; 253. Jacqui Lockman 42:59; 254. Amanda Mahany 43:04; 255. Brittany Maroney 43:05; 256. Susan Buller 43:30; 257. Mackenzie Steele 43:31; 258. Liz Steele 43:32; 259. Susan Gregg 43:41; 260. Emilee Gregg 43:41; 261. Laura Kautzman 43:41; 262. Robin Coy 43:55; 263. Blair Sargento 44:08; 264. Kionna Huewitt 44:12; 265. Pamela Ricketts 44:35; 266. Krystle Wallace 44:36; 267. Emily Niebuhr 44:42; 268. Mary-Beth Schreck 44:42; 269. Sheri Del Frate 44:54; 270. Annabelle Harris 45:13; 271. Krista Roberson 45:14; 272. Aprille Cage 45:30; 273. Wendy Murray 45:39; 274. Rita Peters 45:50; 275. Kelsey Lien 45:55; 276. Phillip Sailler 45:57; 277. Camron Miller 46:09; 278. Colleen Miller 46:14; 279. Terry Gryting 46:22; 280. Kathy Wisthoff 46:44; 281. Jean Johnston 46:56; 282. Brianna Keisor-Reynolds 47:27; 283. Riley Jackson 48:01; 284. Crystal Mokelke 48:03; 285. Holly Dapore 49:02; 286. Casie Walters 49:03; 287. Brandy Bishop 49:20; 288. Louise Kane 49:20; 289. Regina Dabbs 49:25; 290. Jessica Passini 49:29; 291. Amber Treadway 49:33; 292. Lillie Sullivan 49:46; 293. Catherine Mullins 49:53; 294. Kathleen Gallagher 49:55; 295. Michelle Salzman 49:57; 296. Makayla Gundersen 50:20; 297. Ashley Mcwethy 50:33; 298. Deandra Ingram 51:01; 299. Cecelia Pullen 51:45; 300. Eileen Levinson 51:47.
301. Leslie Frey 51:48; 302. Stacy Flagg 51:52; 303. Beth Kutyba 51:53; 304. Denise Maurice 52:02; 305. Kathy Godsey 52:02; 306. Kylie Burns 52:10; 307. Allison Curry 52:17; 308. Leslie Hubbell 53:39; 309. Molly Baker 53:39; 310. Jordan Stamnes 54:00; 311. Kayla Pokorny 54:01; 312. Madison Barsalou 55:17; 313. Jennifer Barsalou 55:20; 314. Tasha Quiett 56:59; 315. Tonya Quiett 57:14; 316. Sherri Warnke 57:17; 317. Kate Strain 57:25; 318. Linda Merkley 57:26; 319. Tammy Taylor 57:30; 320. Rachel Seedorf 57:37; 321. Denise Baldwin 57:39; 322. Ayesha Abdul-Jillil 59:59; 323. Kate Bentley 1:00:08; 324. Erin Glines 1:00:47; 325. Terre Kimble 1:26:31; 326. Rowan Kimble 1:26:31; 327. Addison Kimble 1:26:31; 328. Martha Dickerson 1:26:56.
Men — 1. Jake Moe 15:39; 2. Blake Bennett 15:50; 3. Esteban Trujillo 16:12; 4. Isaac Lammers 16:19; 5. Daniel Bausch 16:21; 6. Ryan Davis 16:25; 7. Eliasson Vanpelt 17:12; 8. Nicholas Fowler 17:18; 9. Jacob Bradley 17:22; 10. Josh Taylor 17:55; 11. Jacob Lestina 17:57; 12. Michael Maddox 17:57; 13. Jaylon Miller 18:01; 14. Scott Clemetson 18:26; 15. Torsten Renner 18:38; 16. Laron Thomas 18:41; 17. Nicholas Letourneau 18:51; 18. Cole Abarr 18:55; 19. Tucker Lien 18:59; 20. Will Michener 19:00; 21. Gregory Scofield 19:11; 22. Evan Jones 19:13; 23. Brian Boyle 19:18; 24. Michael Michener 19:21; 25. Chapman Voris 19:31; 26. Brad Hillwig 19:31; 27. Slade Manning 19:32; 28. Liam Baez-Terry 19:36; 29. Jamie Dreher 19:45; 30. Chris Gregg 19:51; 31. Jonathan Diaz 20:03; 32. Eric Richards 20:17; 33. Ira Deardorff 20:30; 34. Camden Ensign 20:33; 35. Brian Kruchoski 20:34; 36. Patrick Martinez 20:41; 37. Tucker Mcgownd 21:05; 38. Travis Kindred 21:08; 39. Markus Latva-Kiskola 21:09; 40. Kelley Maves 21:13; 41. Eric Dearborn 21:20; 42. Dayton Denter 21:29; 43. Ben Brown 21:33; 44. Lucius Rains 21:35; 45. Brandon O'Fihelly 21:42; 46. Dean Denter 21:54; 47. Aidan Houser 21:58; 48. Gus Frankl 22:01; 49. Owen Farr 22:04; 50. Mark Ireland 22:14.
51. John Espindola 22:19; 52. Josh Cutright 22:37; 53. William Salter 22:39; 54. Dylan Denter 22:41; 55. Paul Malin 22:47; 56. John Brewer 22:53; 57. Isaiah Nick 23:00; 58. Pete Mcenaney 23:10; 59. Matthew Wallace 23:12; 60. Ivan Cuevas 23:13; 61. Owen Hayes 23:13; 62. Sebastian Kogl 23:21; 63. Guy Hayes 23:31; 64. Kevin Jones 23:36; 65. Blaise Coy 23:38; 66. Bradley Goodman 23:39; 67. James Salter 23:40; 68. Perry Lundgren 24:00; 69. Adam Sparrs 24:04; 70. Alex Moss 24:08; 71. Baba Turner 24:08; 72. Jered Weaver 24:16; 73. Tom Downey 24:16; 74. Ilkka Saarinen 24:18; 75. Cam Mcdonald 24:37; 76. Elia Ortegascott 24:53; 77. Zachary Rinder 24:55; 78. James Wheeler Jr 24:58; 79. Mark Guerrero 25:00; 80. Johnny Guerrero 25:09; 81. Justin Farr 25:11; 82. Jake Monaco 25:17; 83. Dan Proefrock 25:21; 84. Michael Balega 25:26; 85. Jeremy Charles 25:35; 86. Michael Conner 25:35; 87. Tyler Cage 25:37; 88. Luke Steele 25:39; 89. Josiah Dowdy 25:47; 90. Brayden Sparrs 25:47; 91. Gino Del Frate 25:47; 92. Chris Hall 25:56; 93. Terry Gibson 25:59; 94. Bryan Hardy 25:59; 95. Chace Hardy 25:59; 96. Elisha Cagle 25:59; 97. Achilles Sargento 26:05; 98. Ben Little 26:07; 99. Max Scott 26:08; 100. Cameron Murphy 26:13.
101. Aaron James 26:24; 102. Maximus Huffman 26:35; 103. Johnny Johnson 26:37; 104. Jacob James 26:37; 105. Mark Bohrer 26:44; 106. George Hays 26:56; 107. Matt St. Pierre 26:58; 108. Ryan Ramstad 27:00; 109. Joshua Estes 27:00; 110. Brandon Childers 27:19; 111. John Barber 27:33; 112. Eric Babasa 27:34; 113. Michael Roderick 27:35; 114. Paul Rinder 27:49; 115. Patrick O'Neill 27:49; 116. Austin Napoka 27:50; 117. William Mckenzie 27:54; 118. Tyler Desjarlais 27:56; 119. Rich Jordan 28:02; 120. Hayden Rushing 28:16; 121. Raymond Rushing 28:16; 122. Greg Markle 28:24; 123. Alexander O'Neill 28:29; 124. Savio Le 28:29; 125. Danny Salter 28:36; 126. Leonel David 28:38; 127. Matthias Espindola 28:43; 128. Colten Witt 28:45; 129. Nathan Gorski 28:49; 130. Mauri Saarinen 29:02; 131. Derrek Lee 29:05; 132. Thomas Wadsworth 29:08; 133. Tyler Carnahan 29:13; 134. David Schulling 29:16; 135. Justin Hall 29:17; 136. Kimball Bowcutt 29:25; 137. Mo Bowcutt 29:27; 138. Brice Mast 29:33; 139. Dominic Francis 29:35; 140. Scott Myers 29:35; 141. Lester Lukin 29:41; 142. Kevin Hao 29:42; 143. Alvin Hymes 29:44; 144. Carrig Hindman 29:47; 145. Troy Wouters 29:55; 146. Scotty Scoggins 30:03; 147. Tim Middleton 30:12; 148. Austin Johnson 30:16; 149. Bill Kane 30:25; 150. Mike Berger 30:32.
151. Brandon Fisk 30:38; 152. Riley Foreman 30:56; 153. Jeremy Weihrich 31:01; 154. Jake Weihrich 31:01; 155. Noah Little 31:05; 156. Max Geidl 31:09; 157. Edward Mccomb 31:23; 158. Brian Coy 31:30; 159. Joe Belk 31:42; 160. Neil Murray 32:07; 161. Joe Quickel 32:19; 162. Annabelle Dedmore 32:21; 163. Casey Miller 32:25; 164. Jonathan Woodman 32:37; 165. Gary Martin 33:00; 166. David Gorski 33:07; 167. Micheal Farmer 33:24; 168. Asher Farmer 33:25; 169. Brenden Farmer 33:27; 170. Richard Farmer 33:28; 171. Tyler Vasquez 33:29; 172. Morgan Maves 33:29; 173. Jacob Cole 33:51; 174. Christian Laird 34:07; 175. Rhett Jones 34:20; 176. Curtis Woerner 34:24; 177. Rich Hull 34:29; 178. Daniel Parsons 34:50; 179. Chad Cole 34:57; 180. Eric Cafmeyer 34:59; 181. Gentry Ensign 35:01; 182. Brooks Ellemberger 35:22; 183. Clint Roberson 35:24; 184. Anderson Harris 35:25; 185. Brandon Lee 35:42; 186. Curtis Smith 36:27; 187. Colby Nelson 36:44; 188. Rooster Jeffries 36:44; 189. Stephen Moses 36:49; 190. Devin Grant 37:15; 191. Tally Dapore 38:02; 192. David Wagoner 38:19; 193. William Dapore 39:15; 194. Rio Dapore 39:16; 195. Kristofer Abel 39:43; 196. Matthew Ireland 39:50; 197. Shon Hargis 39:56; 198. Lee Baker 40:00; 199. Dustin Fuller 40:03.
200. Bruce Tecklenburg 40:14; 201. Nathan Hall 40:16; 202. Andrew Mullins 40:29; 203. Danny Byrd 41:47; 204. Aliyas Sargento 42:14; 205. Jericho Sargento 42:15; 206. Xander Nault 42:21; 206. Ray Kwan 42:21; 208. Oscar Hindman 43:10; 209. Jubal Bryant 43:26; 210. Lonnie Law 45:22; 211. Gregor Glines 45:29; 212. Bill Murray 45:38; 213. Elijah Scarbrough 45:47; 214. Dan Lien 45:53; 215. Nate Reynolds 46:44; 216. Jay Wisthoff 46:56; 217. Mark Johnston 46:56; 218. Karter Reynolds 47:27; 219. Greg Kennedy 47:41; 220. Ben Jackson 48:01; 221. Hal Keisor 48:03; 222. Channing Reynolds 48:05; 223. Robert Pullen 48:23; 224. Sam Pullen 48:30; 225. Ron Wheeler 49:21; 226. Michael Sauvageau 49:57; 227. Noah Curry 52:09; 228. Gene Hubbell 53:39; 229. Henry Stille 55:45; 230. Ted Stille 55:49; 231. Dayton Quiett 57:15; 232. Justyn Strain 57:27; 233. Mark Stroisch 57:32; 234. Mason Dickerson 59:11; 235. William Ehelebe 59:12; 236. Garrett Glines 1:00:40; 237. Rob Woolsey 1:06:02; 238. Tom Kimble 1:26:31.