Lars Arneson and Novie McCabe, both of Anchorage, were the winners of the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb at Bird Ridge on Sunday.
Arneson, a top Alaska trail runner, bested an incredibly competitive field that included a number of world-class skiers in the top 10. Arneson’s time was 41 minutes, 40 seconds, in the race, which is an uphill-only climb. He was followed by Thomas O’Harra, Tracen Knopp, Luke Jager and Joshua Taylor in the top five.
O’Harra (42:17), Jager (42:46) and sixth-place finisher Michael Earnhart are all members of the APU Elite Ski Team while Knopp (42:18) is among the state’s top trail and distance runners.
McCabe, a three-time NCAA champion and 2022 U.S. Olympian, is also a member of the APU Elite Team. She finished with a time of 44:08 to top an equally competive field in the women’s race that included runner-up Meg Inokuma (48:08), two-time Mount Marathon champ Hannah Lafleur (49:04) and Denali Strabel (49:42).
The race is the final Southcentral competition in the Alaska Mountain Runners Grand Prix before Mount Marathon, which is scheduled for July 4 in Seward.
Men full climb
1. Lars Arneson, Anchorage, 41:40 2. Thomas O’Harra, Anchorage, 42:17 3. Tracen Knopp, Palmer, 42:18 4. Luke Jager, Anchorage, 42:46 5. Joshua Taylor, Wasilla, 43:05 6. Michael Earnhart, Eagle River, 43:24 7. Oskar Flora, Anchorage, 43:32 8. Galen Hecht, Anchorage, 43:41 9. Chris Osiensky, Anchorage, 43:45 10. Nathan Vander Lugt, Jber, 44:38 11. David Ryland, Anchorage, 44:45 12. Alexander Maurer, Anchorage, 44:57 13. William Zenker, Anchorage, 46:45 14. Elias Oswald, Anchorage, 46:52 15. Erik Johnson, Seward, 47:11 16. Kurtis Brumbaugh, Anchorage, 47:47 17. Dylan Prosser, Anchorage, 47:50 18. Tom Ritchie, Anchorage, 48:01 19. Collin Atkinson, Seward, 48:12 20. Blake Hanley, Anchorage, 48:15 21. Ty Elliott, Anchorage, 48:20 22. Michael Connelly, Chugiak, 49:18 23. David Berg, Juneau, 50:21 24. Brady Burrough, Anchorage, 50:27 25. Robbie Annett, Anchorage, 50:31 26. William Mans, Anchorage, 50:36 27. Jerome Ross, Anchorage, 50:39 28. Sebastian Szweda Mittelstadt, Indian, 50:44 29. Michael Garvey, Anchorage, 51:36 30. Patrick Conway, Anchorage, 51:44 31. Eric Vilce, Anchorage, 51:57 32. Andrew Duenow, Anchorage, 52:13 33. Michael Vander Lugt, Anchorage, 52:17 34. Eli Hermanson, Anchorage, 52:28 35. Ryan Rogers, Palmer, 52:34 36. Zachary Cheyette, Palmer, 52:44 37. Kevin Donley, Anchorage, 52:52 38. Miles Numme-Worrell, Anchorage, 53:25 39. Noa Kam-Magruder, Anchorage, 53:32 40. Max Kiskaddon, Anchorage, 53:43 41. Jereld Rice, Palmer, 53:49 42. Mitch Mitchell, Anchorage, 53:50 43. Dante Petri, Anchorage, 54:06 44. Logan Cuddy, Anchorage, 54:07 45. Barney Griffith, Anchorage, 54:32 46. Sam O Melia, Anchorage, 54:39 47. Matthew Sandvik, Anchorage, 55:36 48. Brian Bonney, AnchorageAnchorage, 55:45 49. Isaac Bertschi, Anchorage, 56:03 50. Ben Matheson, Anchorage, 56:05 51. Andrew Ressguie, Anchorage, 56:07 52. John Weddleton, Anchorage, 56:10 53. Elias Williams, Anchorage, 56:12 54. Jared Kirkham, Anchorage, 56:18 55. James Miller, Anchorage, 56:25 56. John Pahkala, Anchorage, 56:27 57. Taylor Turney, Anchorage, 57:19 58. Isaac Bonney, AnchorageAnchorage, 57:51 59. Brad Benter, Anchorage, 57:58 60. Karl Boehmer, Anchorage, 58:35 61. Connor Marth, Anchorage, 59:32 62. Mark Wing, Chugiak, 59:47 63. Gary Snyder, Anchorage, 59:50 64. Trent Fritzel, Anchorage, 1:00:39 65. Eugen Beutler, Anchorage, 1:00:44 66. Marten Martensen, Anchorage, 1:00:52 67. Scott Warner, Anchorage, 1:01:29 68. Paul Basel, Anchorage, 1:01:45 69. Haden Petrone, Anchorage, 1:01:47 70. Gunner Bahn, Anchorage, 1:05:20 71. Dan Myers, Anchorage, 1:05:20 72. Joshua Zuber, Anchorage, 1:06:42 73. Brede Emtman, Eagle River, 1:07:10 74. Corey Kemp, Anchorage, 1:07:38 75. Bryan Templeman, Anchorage, 1:08:10 76. Axel Kiskaddon, Anchorage, 1:08:47 77. Josh Jacko, Anchorage, 1:09:02 78. Cole Falkenstine, Anchorage, 1:09:29 79. Keith Weinhold, Anchorage, 1:09:40 80. Alec Kay, Anchorage, 1:10:33 81. Scott Henry, Anchorage, 1:10:45 82. Peter Taylor, Anchorage, 1:11:12 83. Beckett Miller, Brainerd, MN 1:11:44 84. Casey Miller, Brainerd, MN 1:11:51 85. Doug Zellmer, Palmer, 1:11:59 86. Tucker Looney, Palmer, 1:13:22 87. Neil Lamothe, Anchorage, 1:14:29 88. Bob Butera, Anchorage, 1:14:30 89. Chad Bouchard, Anchorage, 1:15:53 90. Stone Conroy, Chicago, IL 1:16:23 91. Jess Franco, Anchorage, 1:16:28 92. Nathan Rehberg, Anchorage, 1:17:48 93. Keith Sanfacon, Anchorage, 1:19:07 94. Steve McKeever, Anchorage, 1:20:49 95. Carl Bassler, Anchorage, 1:20:58 96. Mark Jacobsen, Anchorage, 1:21:36 97. Alex Kunesh, Deerwood, MN 1:25:30 98. Dylan Garbe, Eagle River, 1:27:01 99. Evan R Steinhauser, Eagle River, 1:32:51 100. Duwayne Ruzicka, Anchorage, 1:33:03 101. Noah Rehberg, Anchorage, 1:37:22 102. Josh Duerr, Brainerd, MN 1:38:42 103. Timothy Garbe, Eagle River, 1:46:36
Women full climb
1. Novie McCabe, Anchorage, 44:08 2. Meg Inokuma, Palmer, 48:08 3. Hannah Lafleur, Seward, 49:04 4. Renae Anderson, Minneapolis, MN 49:33 5. Denali Strabel, Anchorage, 49:42 6. Jenna DiFolco, Anchorage, 49:49 7. Heather Arneson, Anchorage, 50:07 8. Mia Stiassny, Girdwood, 50:59 9. Viviana Mina, Eagle River, 51:21 10. Shauna Severson, Eagle River, 52:36 11. Gail Taylor, Wasilla, 53:59 12. Charity Duley, Anchorage, 54:00 13. Miya Kam-Magruder, Anchorage, 55:42 14. Sam Longacre, Anchorage, 56:11 15. Julianne Dickerson, Anchorage, 56:29 16. Svea Lunoe, AnchorageAnchorage, 56:48 17. Amae Kam-Magruder, Anchorage, 57:05 18. Megan Neale, Anchorage, 57:22 19. Megan Murphy, Anchorage, 57:58 20. Sofija Spaic, Palmer, 59:04 21. Krista Inscho, Anchorage, 59:04 22. Quincy Donley, Anchorage, 59:23 23. Laura Tuttle, Anchorage, 1:00:16 24. Jennifer Sandvik, Eagle River, 1:00:44 25. Heather Ricci, Jber, 1:01:02 26. Tatjana Spaic, Palmer, 1:01:13 27. Emma Kimball, Anchorage, 1:01:46 28. Marit Flora, Anchorage, 1:02:25 29. Whitney Bennett Bouchard, Anchorage, 1:02:29 30. Teresa Comer, Eagle River, 1:03:00 31. Lauren Spinelli, Anchorage, 1:03:01 32. Kristen Sieminski, Seward, 1:03:09 33. Kayla Nowak, Eagle River, 1:03:10 34. Janel Kam-Magruder, Anchorage, 1:03:45 35. Amber McDonough, Anchorage, 1:04:04 36. Rose Conway, Anchorage, 1:04:33 37. Gina Gregoire, Soldotna, 1:06:29 38. Brenna Flannery, Anchorage, 1:07:12 39. Kim Kersten, Anchorage, 1:07:27 40. Leah Legate, Anchorage, 1:07:29 41. Alina Rice, Palmer, 1:07:34 42. Jillian Gavalya, Chugiak, 1:08:04 43. Emily Urlacher-Kirkham, Anchorage, 1:08:25 44. Jessie Pierce, Anchorage, 1:09:17 45. Maddie Schuh, Anchorage, 1:09:35 46. Elizabeth Matthews, Anchorage, 1:10:07 47. Rachel Gernat, Palmer, 1:12:01 48. Payton Osiensky, Anchorage, 1:12:02 49. Amie Wu, Anchorage, 1:12:41 50. Karen Looney, Palmer, 1:13:36 51. Shelby Sieminski, Seward, 1:13:45 52. Sondra Stonecipher, Soldotna, 1:14:01 53. Karen Boschenstein, Anchorage, 1:14:10 54. Ellyn Brown, Anchorage, 1:14:31 55. Madelyn Miller, Brainerd, MN 1:14:36 56. Brooke Wenz, Brainerd, MN 1:14:37 57. Christie Haupert, Anchorage, 1:15:05 58. Ivy Bowler, Anchorage, 1:15:14 59. Ale Legate, Anchorage, 1:16:14 60. Hannah Ingrim, Anchorage, 1:16:21 61. Janee Moore, Sterling, 1:16:25 62. Samantha Bassler, Anchorage, 1:17:19 63. Erin Messmer, Eagle River, 1:17:19 64. Jordyn Caldwell, Palmer, 1:17:25 65. Jennifer Anderson, Seward, 1:17:39 66. Brooke Dudley, Anchorage, 1:17:51 67. Sienna Himes, Chugiak, 1:18:02 68. Erin Hamilton, Anchorage, 1:19:56 69. Katrina Garner, Anchorage, 1:20:02 70. Grace Kirkey, Anchorage, 1:21:17 71. Brooklyn Kopsack, Palmer, 1:21:18 72. Loren Gurkowski, Anchorage, 1:21:24 73. Kathy Jacobsen, Anchorage, 1:23:29 74. Victoria Johansen, Anchorage, 1:23:52 75. Rose Garner, Anchorage, 1:25:16 76. Angelina Anderson, Anchorage, 1:25:25 77. Ellen Kruchoski, Eagle River, 1:27:39 78. Susannah Numme, Anchorage, 1:27:46 79. Carole Holley, Anchorage, 1:29:39 80. Brigitte Ennis, Anchorage, 1:36:31 81. Jennifer Christner, Falcon, CO 1:46:13 82. Elley Slwooko, Anchorage, 1:52:16 83. Mari Rueter, Anchorage, 1:58:54
Boys run
1. Finn Dudley, Anchorage, 23:31 2. Thale Randall, Willow, 24:49 3. Liam Cleary, Anchorage, 25:16 4. Logan Williams, Anchorage, 25:30 5. Isaac Yager, Anchorage, 25:37 6. Liam Yager, Anchorage, 27:09 7. Peter Solberg, Cordova, 30:11 8. Liam Cuddy, Anchorage, 31:14 9. Leif Solberg, Cordova, 33:09 10. Oliver Zuber, Anchorage, 33:17 11. Eli Kunesh, Deerwood, MN 33:59 12. Finn Hamilton-Iverson, Anchorage, 36:34 13. Cole Kunesh, Deerwood, MN 36:59 14. Russell Adams, Anchorage, 37:28 15. Julian Salao, Anchorage, 38:19
Girls run
1. Calista Zuber, Anchorage, 25:48 2. Solvej Lunoe, Anchorage, 26:22 3. Elin Lunoe, Anchorage, 29:12 4. Margaret Adams, Anchorage, 45:12 5. Ellery Duerr, Brainerd, MN 1:02:19