Age-group slalom champs crowned at Alyeska

State age-group titles were awarded in the slalom Friday when the Alyeska Cup race series kicked off in Girdwood.

Claiming state championships in the Under-19 age group were Kennedy Kane and Kevin Leach. In the U-16 competition, Mary Grace Stahla and Colin Horrigan took home the titles.

Results were based on two slalom races. Overall race winners in the first slalom were UAA's Charley Field and Conor McDonald. In the second slalom, Stahla and Hunter Eid were the overall winners.

The Alyeska Cup and the U16/U19 State Championships, sponsored by Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic, continue Saturday at Alyeska with two giant slalom races.

Slalom No. 1

Girls

U16 — 1) Stahla, Mary Grace, Alyeska Ski Club (ASC), 1:51.08; 2) Griggs, Johanna, Juneau Ski Club (JSC), 1:54.03; 3) Kragt, Hannah, ASC, 1:57.27; 4) Bergstedt, Francesca, ASC, 1:57.34; 5) Von Wichman, Randi, ASC, 1:57.98

U19 — 1) Kane, Kennedy, ASC, 1:50.76; 2) Patten, Lexi, ASC, 1:57.14; 3) Maroney, Madi, ASC, 2:07.54; 4) Maroney, Miki, ASC, 1:07.36; 5) Wessels, Lubava, ASC, 2:15.87

Overall — 1) Field, Charley, UAA, 1:43.11; 2) KANE, Kennedy, ASC, 1:50.76; 3) Stahla, Mary Grace, ASC, 1:51.08; 4) Griggs, Johanna, JSC, 1:54.03; 5) Patten, Lexi, ASC, 1:57.14

Boys

U16 — 1) Horrigan, Colin, ASC, 1:44.57; 2) Wrigley, William, ASC, 1:49.64; 3) Rand, Evan, ASC, 1:50.12; 4) Rygh, Noah, ASC, 1:52.44; 5) Quigley, Nolan, ASC, 1:56.11

U19 — 1) Leach, Kevin, ASC, 1:39.04; 2) Eid, Hunter, ASC, 1:42.64; 3) Eriksson, Austen, ASC, 1:47.04; 4) Penn, Kai, ASC, 1:57.88; 5) Ostberg, Adam, ASC, 2:04.21

Overall — 1) McDonald, Conor, UAA, 1:36.88; 2) Cruz, Erik, UAA, 1:37.37; 3) LEACH, Kevin, ASC, 1:39.04; 4) Eid, Hunter, ASC, 1:42.64; 5) Horrigan, Colin, ASC, 1:44.57

Slalom No. 2

Girls
U16 — 1) Stahla, Mary Grace, ASC, 1:33.53; 2) Sage, Piper, ASC, 1:33.54; 3) Von Wichman, Randi, ASC, 1:36.69; 4) Griggs, Johanna, JSC, 1:37.72; 5) Liles, Ava ASC, 1:40.74

U19 — 1) Buck, Sydney, ASC, 1:36.26; 2) Kane, Kennedy, ASC, 1:36.28; 3) Patten, Lexi, ASC, 1:42.84; 4) Maroney, Madi, ASC, 1:43.26; 5) Ingrim, April, 1:44.04

Overall — 1) Stahla, Mary Grace, ASC, 1:33.53; 2) Sage, Piper, ASC, 1:33.54; 3) BUCK, Sydney, ASC, 1:36.26; 4) Kane, Kennedy, ASC, 1:36.28; 5) Von Wichman, Randi, ASC, 1:36.69

Boys

U16 — 1) Sticka, Tanner, ASC, 1:31.44; Horrigan, Colin, ASC, 1:34.01; 3) Hildreth, Sage, ASC, 1:35.76; 4) Quigley, Nolan, ASC, 1:39.13; Rygh, Noah, ASC, 1:44.11

U19 — 1) Eid, Hunter, ASC, 1:29.17; 2) Lane, Conner, ASC, 1:31.45; 3) Leach, Kevin, ASC, 1:34.27; 4) Eriksson, Austen, ASC, 1:38.27; 5) Penn, Kai, ASC,1:41.38

Overall — 1) Eid, Hunter, ASC, 1:29.17; 2) Sticka, Tanner, ASC, 1:31.44; 3) LANE, Conner, ASC, 1:31.45; 4) Horrigan, Colin, ASC, 1:34.01; 5) Leach, Kevin, ASC, 1:34.27