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Hometown runners claim titles at Bear Paw 5K

A pair of hometown racers ran to unexpected victories Saturday at the Bear Paw 5K race in Eagle River.

“I didn’t think I had a chance,” said Eagle River 16-year-old Michael Earnhart, who took the overall title in 16 minutes, 54 seconds.

At least Earnhart has been atop a podium before. Women’s winner Hannah Booher, 21, said Saturday’s victory was a complete shocker.

“It’s the first time I’ve really won anything,” said Booher, a 2015 Chugiak High grad and former teammate of Earnhart’s on the Alaska Nordic Racing team.

The race, an annual highlight of the four-day Bear Paw festival that runs through Sunday in downtown Eagle River, attracted nearly 600 runners.

The men’s race was up for grabs with 10-time winner Jake Moe of Anchorage skipping the event. Four men finished in a 10-second span, with second place going to David Volcy, a 19-year-old U.S. Army soldier from Florida, who was three second back in 16:57. Then came two of Earnhart’s Chugiak High classmates, Jacob Lestina (17:01) and Max Beiergrohslein (17:04).

Earnhart pulled away in the home stretch despite doing mostly long-distance training this summer.

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“I haven’t done any speed work at all so I was a little surprised,” said Earnhart, who won a classic sprint championship at the U.S. Cross Country Junior Nationals in March.

Booher credited an April appearance at the Boston Marathon for getting her fitness levels up and allowing her to seize control midway through Saturday’s race.

“I just felt really good,” said Booher, who ran a 3:21 marathon in Boston. She bested JBER’s Ida Bennion by 21 seconds, while Eagle River’s Morgan Ekemo held off Girdwood’s Ava Earl for third place.

Women

1. Hannah Booher 19:00, 2. Ida Bennion 19:21, 3. Morgan Ekemo 19:53, 4. Ava Earl 20:00, 5. Abbi Boucher 20:01, 6. Helen Wilson 20:25, 7. Karen Kirk 20:55, 8. Julie Johnson 21:03, 9. Kari Skinner 21:10, 10. Viviana Mina 21:16, 11. Victoria Houser 21:29, 12. Michelle Witt 21:30, 13. Emersyn Brewer 22:21, 14. Emily Moore 22:23, 15. Amanda Hegna 22:27, 16. Arianna Espindola 22:41, 17. Julie Aloysius 23:03, 18. Ellen Kruchoski 23:11, 19. Tatum Brewer 23:18, 20. Abby Debonis 23:25, 21. Ada Burrup 23:36, 22. Naomi Griffin 23:39, 23. Deann Denter 23:41, 24. Kinley Sanders 23:41, 25. Ashley Lang 24:03, 26. Emily Soule 24:16, 27. Hannah Farr 24:30, 28. Diana Carter 24:30, 29. Jeanine Madden 24:31, 30. Hannah Krause 24:40, 31. Carol Halvorson 24:48, 32. Ashley Shaw 25:02, 33. Alysyn Thibault 25:03, 34. Jamie Jemes 25:07, 35. Stephanie Massie 25:13, 36. Kinsey Levin 25:15, 37. Kristine Swain 25:22, 38. Melinda Harr 25:25, 39. Natalie Hopkins 25:30, 40. Maria Peters 25:32, 41. Destiny Lee 25:36, 42. Keisha Engley 25:40, 43. Kristen Bearden 25:48, 44. Rita Mckenzie 25:49, 45. Courtney Norris 26:06, 46. Marcie Stavich 26:07, 47. Olivia Burrup 26:08, 48. Jane Powers 26:18, 49. Meg Jones 26:20, 50. Angie Meahan 26:21, 51. Jacqueline Villacorta 26:21, 52. Marie Westphal 26:33, 53. Jodey Ellis-Spansel 26:36, 54. Katia Lundell 26:36, 55. Manuela Jay 26:40, 56. Teresa Lawless 26:41, 57. Linnea Gray 26:43, 58. Mya Olds 26:54, 59. Landri Johnson 26:56, 60. Rachel Arnold 27:02, 61. Sedona Ellemberger 27:15, 62. Kristie Rushing 27:15, 63. Patricia Hentschel 27:37, 64. Sierra Ellemberger 27:49, 65. Shelene Sainsbury 27:55, 66. Sarah Buhr 27:55, 67. Alison Campbell 27:56, 68. Kimberly Stoltze 27:57, 69. Beraiah Byerly 28:03, 70. Lisa Deloney 28:22, 71. Colleen Jordan 28:25, 72. Chelsea Aspelund 28:28, 73. Jessica Villacorta 28:33, 74. Kyra Helin 28:35, 75. Mary Milliman 28:47, 76. Rachel Rohwer 28:47, 77. Ronnie Garrett 28:49, 78. Kendra Comer 28:49, 79. Angela Horn 28:49, 80. Suzanne Armentrout 28:50, 81. Grace Lang 29:01, 82. Nicole Lewis 29:02, 83. Heidi Sipin 29:03, 84. Madison Roberts 29:12, 85. Aubreanna Adams 29:13, 86. Charlotte Kotlarchuk 29:15, 87. Allison Perotti 29:18, 88. Madeline Eliassen 29:19, 89. Emily Draayer 29:19, 90. Jennifer Smith 29:22, 91. Julia Gray 29:26, 92. Renae Werner 29:27, 93. Anna Burrup 29:36, 94. Randi Dicello 29:41, 95. Claudine Decorato 29:42, 96. Melodie Smith 29:51, 97. Sarah Davenport 29:56, 98. Sabreena Stratton 29:57, 99. Shauna Crawford 30:01, 100. Allison Bargelski 30:02, 101. Emily Rosser 30:04, 102. Amanda Sparks 30:04, 103. Alma Rodoni 30:11, 104. Kellee Grenier 30:12, 105. Jennifer Putnam 30:21, 106. Brooke Alf 30:33, 107. Kerry Reifel 30:33, 108. Kim Baldwin 30:41, 109. Lindsay Burrup 30:42, 110. Sarah Warnke 30:51, 111. Alexa Blakey 30:54, 112. Maureen T Haggblom 30:57, 113. Cameron Miller 30:58, 114. Caroline Kline 31:00, 115. Dyann Hardy 31:04, 116. Aungkana Harris 31:11, 117. Jill Cadieux 31:11, 118. Jessica Weaver 31:24, 119. Blake Phillips 31:26, 120. Pat Brady 31:26, 121. Kari Parrish 31:28, 122. Tracy Pullar 31:31, 123. Annemarie Weihrich 31:34, 124. Bridgett Dyson 31:38, 124. Chelsea Gamby 31:38, 126. Yvonne Fitzpatrick 31:56, 127. Michelle Fimbres 32:01, 128. Melba Rodriguez 32:19, 129. Darline Mclaughlin 32:22, 130. Karen Breck 32:25, 131. Sonya Wagoner 32:30, 132. Victoria Flint 32:36, 133. Christy Ellzey 32:42, 134. Stacey Johnson 32:44, 135. Kaitlin Toledomarquez 32:49, 136. Cathy Satterfield 32:52, 137. Samantha Lamphier 32:53, 138. Eva Khadjinova 32:58, 139. Dawn Hoxie 33:02, 140. Paige Mcgraw 33:10, 141. Morgan Richards 33:18, 142. Christie Vandendries 33:21, 143. Jennifer Foraker 33:22, 144. Katie Moss 33:22, 145. Jaiden Yaskulski 33:36, 146. Meyanna Fairbank 33:39, 147. Kimber Grenier 33:40, 148. Wendy Clark 33:42, 149. Stephanie Schulling 33:44, 150. Kaila Coddington 33:44, 151. Christina Platt 33:45, 152. Raelee Alf 33:45, 153. Savannah Keoghan 33:46, 154. Kelsey Reifel 33:46, 155. Julie Rongitsch 33:47, 156. Ashten Glaves 33:47, 157. Spring Ellemberger 33:55, 158. Aspen Ellemberger 33:55, 159. Zoey Stille 33:55, 160. Khloe Ivey 34:11, 161. Shelly Ivey 34:11, 162. Karnellia Khadjinova 34:12, 163. Samantha Roberts 34:13, 164. Becky Tuominen 34:31, 165. Keirah Beaver 34:40, 166. Nicole Cleary 34:45, 167. Amory Sanders 34:49, 168. Abbie Dyches 34:49, 169. Joan Nelson 34:56, 170. Laura Southwell 34:57, 171. Chantel Adams 34:57, 172. Sapphira Flint 34:58, 173. Janet Huff 34:59, 174. Amber Henry 35:10, 175. Erin Carrick 35:13, 176. Kristen Trevorrow 35:13, 177. Courtney Vandegriff 35:25, 178. Emily Morrison 35:25, 179. Kate Drebert 35:31, 180. Teresa Sellers 35:34, 181. Allison Van Haastert 35:37, 182. Riley Jackson 35:39, 183. Kari Dembroski 35:49, 184. Christine Parente 35:49, 185. Allyson Roberts 35:52, 186. Elena Mabeus 35:58, 187. Sandra Cox 36:04, 188. Alexis Plumb 36:06, 189. Jennifer Meyere 36:12, 190. Kristin Ballard 36:12, 191. Megan Schellenger 36:18, 192. Tara Church 36:25, 193. Dawna Eickhoff 36:27, 194. Candis Byers 36:31, 195. Felicia Holst 36:33, 196. Colleen Miller 36:35, 197. Debbie Little 36:41, 198. Clara Little 36:41, 199. Emily Luke 36:42, 200. Reese Luke 36:45, 201. Christina Gamez 37:01, 202. Patricia Balza 37:01, 203. Diane Baker 37:09, 204. Abigail Little 37:27, 205. Allison Jones 37:31, 206. Rennea Goff 37:34, 207. Kylee Egeland 37:35, 208. Madison Alger 37:38, 209. Kami Harrison 37:42, 210. Cassandra Barsalou 37:44, 211. Patty Deyermond 38:10, 212. Jennifer Monegan 38:14, 213. Jennifer Timothy 38:19, 214. Lyndsay Jones 38:33, 215. Melody Eickmann 38:39, 216. Valerie Long 38:39, 217. Leah Davies 38:48, 218. Marti Garrett 38:51, 219. Bianca Cross 38:54, 220. Nikelle Sherman 38:58, 221. Theresa Weihrich 39:09, 222. Meagan Nelson 39:15, 223. Shelly Deano 39:28, 224. Anna Yakovleva 39:47, 225. Robin Coy 40:00, 226. Sweet Pegarro 40:18, 227. Kristin Sperling 40:34, 228. Christina Soto 40:39, 229. Megan Liska 40:44, 230. Melissa Alger 40:47, 231. Robyn Miller 40:52, 232. Anna Mcgovern 41:08, 233. Penny Layne 41:11, 234. Carrie Rosenberg 41:13, 235. Jane Serie 41:29, 236. Annie Ciszak Pazar 41:29, 237. Callison Oistad 42:03, 238. Cynthia Oistad 42:03, 239. Denise Baldwin 42:04, 240. Jessica Bruscher 42:21, 241. Maggie Zych 42:21, 242. Mackenzie Steele 42:26, 243. Laura Eide 42:35, 244. Adrienne Keck 42:39, 245. Shalea Davies 42:48, 246. Denise Demetree-Trombley 43:06, 247. Tiffany Egeland 43:08, 248. Ruth Anderson 43:09, 249. Lisa Ramstad 43:24, 250. Katie Roche 43:25, 251. Nikki Cox 43:26, 252. Baylee Russell 43:28, 253. Samantha Hoffman 43:33, 254. Alison Miller 43:34, 255. Taryn Miller 43:35, 256. Stacy Wesolowski 43:35, 257. Daphne Layne 43:36, 258. Carolyn Heyman 43:37, 259. Mina Remley 43:37, 260. Hailey Newman 43:54, 261. Emma Booher 44:02, 262. Eleanor Remley 44:02, 263. Monica Brown 44:06, 264. Karis Yaskulski 44:11, 265. Hailey Nelson 44:20, 266. Sheli Dodson 44:41, 267. Serena Sweet 44:42, 268. Lesli Ellis-Wouters 44:44, 269. Finola Remley 45:14, 270. Erin Remley 45:14, 271. Mandy Dulin 45:44, 272. Terry Gryting 45:54, 273. Kimberly Mckenna 46:13, 274. Penny Hattenburg 46:18, 275. Brenna Aspiras 46:19, 276. Barbara Kolb 46:24, 277. Donna Woronec 46:27, 278. Arianna Humphrey 46:27, 279. Sherrille Van Horn 46:39, 280. Jocelynn Byers 46:56, 281. Donna Farley 47:32, 282. Peggy Fulton 47:42, 283. Carissa Kiefer 48:06, 284. Asha Mckenna 48:29, 285. Jessica Crisp 49:34, 286. Cayleigh Brooks 49:36, 287. Cheryl Wilga 50:00, 288. Nicole Odegaard 50:18, 289. Melinda Rathkopf 50:47, 290. Amanda Roberts 51:18, 291. Monica Miller 51:18, 292. Ranell Conner 51:22, 293. Mary Lynn Hays 51:22, 294. Molly Garrett 51:38, 295. Jennifer Barsalou 52:34, 296. Madison Barsalou 52:34, 297. Rachel Seedorf 52:39, 298. Tabitha Chartraw 52:55, 299. Amy Phelps 53:07, 300. Jean Abel 53:12, 301. Susan Gregg 54:43, 302. Emilee Ireland 54:43, 303. Loretta Mason 55:02, 304. Megan Byers 55:03, 305. Leslie Frey 55:25, 306. Cecelia Pullen 55:26, 307. Suasan Patrick 55:26, 308. Angela Walker 55:30, 309. Joan Bernard 55:30, 310. Jessi Goldman 55:32, 311. Crystal Ignacio Copperas Cove, TX 55:44, 312. Summer Ignacio 55:51, 313. Dusty Davis 57:20, 314. Jenn Marler 57:22, 315. Khafani Abel 57:23, 316. Audrey Blenkush 57:25, 317. Alicia Blenkush 57:27, 318. Kayla Lazenby 58:10, 319. Stacey Fuccillo 58:52, 320. Nika Powell 59:20, 321. Kelsey Cash 59:23, 322. Rebekah Keene 59:49, 323. Grace Jones 59:49, 324. Elena Wilson 59:53, 325. Dondi Lish 1:00:03, 326. Liz Steele 1:01:12, 327. Evelyn Steele 1:01:19, 328. Sheila Baker 1:03:08, 329. Tina Nelson 1:03:10, 330. Carol Plunkett 1:04:51, 331. Kathy Godsey 1:04:52, 332. Elicia Mcdonald 1:05:40, 333. Julie Mcdonald 1:05:41, 334. November Mcdonald 1:05:42.

Men

1. Michael Earnhart 16:54, 2. David Volcy 16:57, 3. Jacob Lestina 17:01, 4. Max Beiergrohslein 17:04, 5. Ethan Davis 17:29, 6. Slade Manning 17:53, 7. Mike Reem 18:08, 8. Noble Gurney 18:10, 9. Ryan Owens 18:23, 10. Alex Yang 18:30, 11. Joseph Davis 18:34, 12. Danny Melin 18:37, 13. Evan Jones 18:38, 14. Alex Carl 18:45, 15. Odrigue Joseph 18:56, 16. Tim Johnson 19:06, 17. Anthony Maghupoy 19:14, 18. Jaylon Miller 19:17, 19. Tobias Buchanan 19:17, 20. Porter Blei 19:20, 21. Mark Shepherd 19:23, 22. Connor Priest 19:25, 23. Matt Tompkins 19:26, 24. Shayne Wescott 19:35, 25. Gustavo Frankl 19:51, 26. Austin Harr 20:01, 27. Andrew Stavich 20:04, 28. Michael Ulroan 20:05, 29. Michael Olson 20:06, 30. Scott Silliman 20:11, 31. James Warren 20:19, 32. Dayton Denter 20:36, 33. Gunnar Sackerson 20:49, 34. Tucker Lien 20:50, 35. Jeff Roberts 20:56, 36. Neil Munroe 20:58, 37. Kevin Sullivan Louisville, KY 21:03, 38. Michael Sanders 21:13, 39. Justin Jay 21:23, 40. Josiah Dowdy 21:59, 41. Dean Denter 22:01, 42. Jacob Heavener 22:03, 43. Robert Sadykov 22:03, 44. Owen Farr 22:10, 45. Jacob C 22:19, 46. Owen Hayes 22:27, 47. Pete McEnaney 22:30, 48. Elias Johnson 22:41, 49. Aaron Witt 22:42, 50. Bryan Rollins 22:42, 51. Jared Parrish 22:42, 52. Ryan Nelson 22:46, 53. Chris Gregg 22:47, 54. Thaddaeus Werner 22:56, 55. Travis Kindred 22:58, 56. Eli Lammers 22:58, 57. Trevor Tew 23:19, 58. Christopher Lawrence 23:31, 59. Owen Smedley 23:33, 60. Dan Baldwin 23:34, 61. Christopher Parker 23:40, 62. Jason Werner 23:52, 63. Brody Phillips 23:57, 64. Rollin Beardslee 23:57, 65. Jesse Johnson 24:01, 66. Preston Aaron 24:06, 67. David Shaw 24:14, 68. Daniel Shaw 24:14, 69. Charles Gunderson 24:15, 70. James Parry Toronto, Canada 24:15, 71. David Michael Shaw 24:15, 72. James Conley 24:19, 73. Paul Adkins 24:21, 74. Kenneth Holt 24:24, 75. Matthew Moore 24:26, 76. Herman Ellemberger 24:27, 77. Dustin Staley 24:31, 78. unknown runner 24:34, 79. Cody Aaron 24:36, 80. Chris Cadieux 24:37, 81. Jared Phearson 24:40, 82. Johannes Meyer 24:42, 83. Adam Frazier 24:44, 84. Erik Crawford 24:47, 85. William Griffith 24:59, 86. Drew Legenza 25:01, 87. Chace Hardy 25:11, 88. Bryan Hardy 25:14, 89. Michael Frieser 25:17, 90. Hunter Frey 25:22, 91. Justin Mckenna 25:32, 92. Ben Little 25:32, 93. Markus Martin 25:35, 94. Brian Hopkins 25:37, 95. John Barber 25:38, 96. Jack Wade 25:39, 97. Sean Herrmann 25:46, 98. Zachary Rinder 25:52, 99. Trevor Empey 25:58, 100. Jake Carroll 25:58, 101. Peter Malecha 26:09, 102. Noah Little 26:12, 103. Nolan Borger 26:12, 104. Travis Williamson 26:22, 105. Michael Conner 26:24, 106. Martin Sackerson 26:42, 107. Edward Hills 26:51, 108. Wrally Dahl 27:03, 109. Ray Rushing 27:09, 110. Bradley Hentschel 27:11, 111. Scott Kugel 27:13, 112. Gordon Pullar Jr 27:27, 113. Matthias Hopkins 27:43, 114. Tavis Shaw 27:46, 115. Chris Olds 27:50, 116. Cannon Clifford 27:52, 117. Dave Mabeus 27:54, 118. Matt Soule 27:59, 119. Nick Dubie 28:00, 120. Brendan Smith 28:00, 121. Luke Woods 28:08, 122. Joe Woods 28:09, 123. Brandon Childers 28:10, 124. Danny Salter 28:13, 125. Jered Weaver 28:14, 126. Jake Holst 28:19, 127. Kurt Komyati 28:35, 128. Chris Reifel 28:43, 129. Steven Larson 28:46, 130. Nate Olmstead 28:56, 131. Austin Johnson 28:58, 132. Jude Miller 28:59, 133. James Driggers 29:04, 134. Martin Lang 29:13, 135. Jacob Eliassen 29:16, 136. Antonio Calvillo 29:18, 137. Randy Cox 29:27, 138. Samuel Lang 29:31, 139. Mark Bohrer 29:38, 140. Nicholas Smith 29:48, 141. Justin Martin 29:49, 142. Guy Hayes 29:53, 143. Paul Mordini 29:53, 144. Luke Hayes 29:54, 145. Lancelot Lavares 30:00, 146. Quentin Fernandez 30:02, 146. Nicholas Fussner 30:02, 148. Steve Edwards 30:03, 149. Lance Putnam 30:07, 150. Hayden Putnam 30:09, 151. Brandon Welsh 30:11, 152. Derrek Lee 30:11, 153. Ian Zwink 30:38, 154. Greg Luke 30:50, 155. Andrew Kline 30:58, 156. Mike Berger 30:59, 157. Angelo Mangrobang 31:18, 158. Levi Hopkins 31:20, 159. Aaron Hopkins 31:20, 160. Tom Downey 31:24, 161. Sam Throckmorton 31:28, 162. Dan Lang 31:30, 163. Jeremy Weihrich 31:34, 164. Joseph Staunches 31:38, 165. Charles Clark 31:50, 166. Mike Fimbres 32:00, 167. Daniel Parsons 32:14, 168. Gunnar Johnson 32:17, 169. Kent Wells 32:23, 170. Brandon Fisk 32:26, 171. Craig Funcke 32:31, 172. Austin Boy 32:38, 173. Kaison Postma 32:43, 174. Jon Billman 33:04, 175. Beckett Foye 33:06, 176. Brooks Ellemberger 33:11, 177. Caleb Garrett 33:17, 178. Paul Rinder 33:17, 179. Alex Moss 33:23, 180. Ramon Diaz 33:28, 181. Ritch Ramstad 33:38, 182. David Schulling 33:43, 183. Matt Edman 33:58, 184. Tristan Shepherd 33:58, 185. Tyler Martin 34:00, 186. Skylar Shepherd 34:01, 187. Jay Jordan 34:09, 188. Jack Carson 34:30, 189. Brian Coy 34:35, 190. James Collman 34:37, 191. Derek Henry 35:10, 192. Zach Sullivan 35:31, 193. James Carlson 35:44, 194. Calvin Clements 35:52, 195. Scott Venable 35:52, 196. Luke Plumb 36:06, 197. Carson Gamez 36:08, 198. Matthew Schellenger 36:18, 199. Troy Rinder 36:31, 200. Peyton Neumann 36:40, 201. Kamden Postma 36:44, 202. David Lee 36:49, 203. Brendan Lee 36:49, 204. Richardt Figueroa 37:02, 205. Joe Quickel 37:05, 206. Donnie Amundson 37:20, 207. Henry Stille 37:21, 208. Ted Stille 37:22, 209. Greg Egeland 37:34, 210. William Marshall 37:42, 211. Luke Jackson 38:26, 212. Benjamin Jackson 38:27, 213. Jeremy Landreth 38:36, 214. Joseph Stubbins 38:36, 215. Josh Monster 38:37, 216. Liam Galvin 38:45, 217. John Sherman 39:00, 218. Robert Pullen 39:01, 219. Samuel Pullen 39:05, 220. Sean Kelliher 39:47, 221. Jubal Bryant 40:46, 222. Stanley Snider 40:57, 223. Alexander Rinder 41:59, 224. Luke Steele 42:25, 225. Gabriel Bailey 42:30, 226. Shawn Davies 42:48, 227. Cody Egeland 43:09, 228. Ryan Booher 44:02, 229. Alexander Harris 44:06, 230. Troy Wouters 44:43, 231. Asher Hopkins 44:57, 232. Gabe Abel 45:17, 233. Daniel Lien 45:55, 234. Michael Hupe 46:08, 235. Xavier Osterbauer 46:46, 236. Rich Jordan 46:48, 237. Brandon Byers 46:57, 238. Sterling Johnson 47:21, 239. Steven Houser 47:58, 240. Brody Mckenna 48:27, 241. Dennis Serie 49:10, 242. Ted Rathkopf 50:00, 243. Jason Everidge 50:02, 244. Ethen Cox 50:05, 245. Jaren Postma 50:05, 246. Ron Nelson 50:24, 247. Daniel Cox 50:55, 248. Dean Cox 51:11, 249. George Hays 51:22, 250. Chris Garrett 51:38, 251. Owen Woods 52:54, 252. Emery Woods 52:57, 253. Curtis Phelps 53:09, 254. Dennis Chartraw 53:10, 255. Branson Byers 55:05, 256. Zachary Goldman 55:33, 257. Joel Ignacio 55:46, 258. Leon Ignacio 55:47, 259. Matthew Ireland 56:07, 260. Logan Fuccillo 58:51, 261. John Fuccillo 58:52, 262. Grady Lish 1:00:03, 263. Gerry Gamez 1:01:18.

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