High School Sports

West girls put 5 skiers in top 10 on 1st day of at Lynx Loppet races

The West girls ski team has the rest of the field playing catch-up after the first day of Lynx Loppet nordic ski races Friday at Kincaid Park.

West's Molly Gellert won the girls 5-kilometer classic race in 15 minutes, 49.6 seconds to pace five Eagles in the top 10.

Service's Gus Schumacher won the boys race in 12:34.7. Second-place Ti Donaldson of West Valley finished more than a minute behind Schumacher in 13:40.5.

The other West girls in the top 10 were Aubrey LeClair (2nd, 16:06.5), Quincy Donley (6th, 16:34.4), Ellie Mitchell (8th, 16:59.6) and Ivy Eski (10th, 17:12.0). The Eagles' combined time of 1:05:30.1 is more than five minutes faster than Chugiak at 1:10:37.5.

On the boys side, Service leads West Valley by 35.4 seconds with a 56:51.4.

Eleven teams and 131 skiers competed in Friday's A races.

The Lynx Loppet continues Saturday with freestyle pursuit races based on Friday's finishes.

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Lynx Loppet
Friday's 5-kilometer classic

Boys A

Team

1) Service 56:51.4
2) West Valley 57:26.8
3) West 58:24.2
4) Chugiak 58:31.2
5) Dimond 59:08.2
6) Soldotna 59:14.7
7) South 1:01:01.9
8) Grace 1:03:02.3
9) Colony 1:10:18.6,
10) Eagle River 1:10:38.4

Individual

1) Gus Schumacher, Service, 12:34.7
2) Ti Donaldson, West Valley, 13:40.5
3) Eli Hermanson, Service, 13:46.6
4) Zanden McMullen, South, 13:54.9
5) Miles Dennis, Chugiak, 14:08.4
6) Karl Danielson, Kenai, 14:15.0
7) Rhys Yates, West Valley, 14:16.4
8) John-Mark Pothast, Soldotna, 14:22.8
9) Koby Vinson, Soldotna, 14:28.3
10) Bryce Pintner, Dimond, 14:28.7
11) Jeremy Kupferschmid, Soldotna, 14:30.6
12) Micah Barber, Dimond, 14:31.5
13) Everett Cason, West, 14:33.9
14) Ari Endestad, West Valley, 14:34.3
15) Maxime Germain, West, 14:35.9
16) Max Beiergrohslein, Chugiak, 14:36.1
17) Noah Ravens, West, 14:36.9
18) Sam York, West, 14:37.5
19) Luke Fritzel, Grace, 14:46.3
20) Kai Meyers, South, 14:48.1
21) Michael Earnhart, Chugiak, 14:49.1
22) George Cvancara, Dimond, 14:53.0
23) Joseph Walling, Palmer, 14:55.1
24) Alexander Maurer, Service, 14:55.5
25) Jack Cater, West Valley, 14:55.6
26) Thomas Bueler, West Valley, 14:56.2
27) Sean Clapp, South, 14:56.9
28) Torsten Renner, Chugiak, 14:57.6
29) Avi Johnson, Grace, 15:02.1
30) Aaron Maves, West, 15:08.7
31) Peter Hinds, Dimond, 15:15.0
32) Konrad Renner, Chugiak, 15:20.2
33) Dale Baurick, West Valley, 15:25.3
34) Richard Gordon-Rein, West, 15:32.3
35) Parker Stoltz, West Valley, 15:33.6
36) Joel Power, Service, 15:34.6
37) Nick Carl, Eagle River, 15:35.5
38) Keleman Legate, West, 15:51.6
39) Joshua Shuler, Soldotna, 15:53.0
40) Kaden Denton, Dimond, 16:14.7
41) Aiden Gannon, Grace, 16:15.5
42) Hayden Ulbrich, Service, 16:22.9
43) Elic Cowan, Colony, 16:23.3
44) Sean Swalling, Dimond, 16:23.8
45) Luke Howe, East, 16:31.6
46) Brian Wing, Chugiak, 16:37.9
47) Joshua Bierma, Service, 16:41.3
48) Jacob Tyler Davis, Homer, 16:49.0
49) Jode Sparks, Soldotna, 16:53.6
50) Cole Fritzel, Grace, 16:58.4
51) Caleb Frederick Rauch, Homer, 16:59.3
52) Matthew Terry, Service, 16:59.7
53) Wyatt Barrett, South, 17:22.0
54) Nathan Kristich, Colony, 17:28.3
55) Curtis Bay, Eagle River, 17:41.2
56) Jaxson R Lee, Palmer, 17:42.4
57) Jared Haberman, South, 17:43.3
58) Calum Colver, Colony, 17:49.4
59) Alex Carl, Eagle River, 17:53.0
60) Aden Rothmeyer, South, 17:55.6
61) Kaj Taylor, Palmer, 18:07.8
62) Daniel Desaulniers, South, 18:16.2
63) Joshua Taylor, Colony, 18:37.6
64) Christian Baldridge, Eagle River, 19:28.7

Girls A

Team

1) West 1:05:30.1
2) Chugiak 1:10:37.5
3) Service 1:11:19.5
4) West Valley 1:11:30.1
5) South 1:13:54.6
6) Colony 1:17:21.0
7) Eagle River 1:18:58.5
8) Dimond 1:21:54.3
9) Palmer 1:24:50.7
10) Homer 1:45:41.8

Individual

1) Molly Gellert, West, 15:49.6
2) Aubrey LeClair, West, 16:06.5
3) Kendall Kramer, West Valley, 16:12.4
4) Helen Wilson, Eagle River, 16:20.4
5) Heidi Booher, Chugiak, 16:26.2
6) Quincy Donley, West, 16:34.4
7) Annika Hannestadt, Colony, 16:35.4
8) Ellie Mitchell, West, 16:59.6
9) Garvee Tobin, Service, 17:10.5
10) Ivy Eski, West, 17:12.0
11) Adrianna Proffitt, Chugiak, 17:13.3
12) Maggie Druckenmiller, West Valley, 17:13.9
13) Emma Nelson, Chugiak, 17:18.4
14) Caitlin Gohr, Service, 17:32.7
15) Addison Gibson, Kenai, 17:42.2
16) Grace Gilliland, South, 17:53.4
17) Maja Lapkass, West, 18:00.7
18) Maya Brubaker, Service, 18:04.5
19) Maggie Meeds, South, 18:05.1
20) Zoe Ratzlaff, West Valley, 18:22.8
21) Avery Mozen, West, 18:30.9
22) Adeline Wright, Service, 18:31.8
23) Alyson Kopsack, Colony, 18:45.2
24) Charlee Demientieff, Grace, 18:46.1
25) Kaylee Heck, South, 18:54.3
26) Sophia Cvancara, Dimond, 18:55.4
27) Maria Cvancara, Dimond, 18:58.2
28) Abby Amick, South, 19:01.8
29) Nadia Dworian, Service, 19:06.7
30) Elizabeth Kilby, South, 19:14.6
31) Aila Berrigan, Palmer, 19:25.3
32) Sarah Freeman, East, 19:36.8
33) Tatum Witter, Service, 19:37.7
34) Sofija Spaic, Colony, 19:39.0
35) Breanna Day, Chugiak, 19:39.6
36) Mallory Presler, West Valley, 19:41.0
37) Hannah Armbrust, South, 19:55.1
38) Emily Walsh, Eagle River, 20:02.9
39) Kellie Arthur, Soldotna, 20:04.7
40) Autumn Grace Daigle, Homer, 20:09.8
41) Hanna Wuttig, West Valley, 20:18.6
42) Sonora Martin, Soldotna, 20:34.7
43) Amy Baxter, Palmer, 20:35.7
44) Myah Smith, Eagle River, 20:36.7
45) Eloise Darrow, West Valley, 20:42.3
46) Olive Heatwole, South, 20:46.1
47) Sophie Ruth Wright, Palmer, 21:32.4
48) Cameron Blackwell, Soldotna, 21:34.3
49) Lindsey Gerlach, Chugiak, 21:36.1
50) Katelyn Marie Davis, Homer, 21:39.9
51) Hannah Cryder, Chugiak, 21:52.6
51) Maria Salzetti, Kenai, 21:52.6
53) Claire Nelson, Eagle River, 21:58.5
54) Milai Gilbert, Dimond, 21:58.8
55) Abigail Luiken, Dimond, 22:01.9
56) Zoe Margaret Stonorov, Homer, 22:07.0
57) Kate Baring, West Valley, 22:14.2
58) Nicole Bell, Colony, 22:21.4
59) Ashley Walsh, Eagle River, 22:21.8
60) Zoe T Copp, Palmer, 23:17.3
61) Ocean Tennant-McCubbin, Palmer, 23:38.9
62) Caitlin Fueg, Chugiak, 23:41.3
63) Quincy Smith, Dimond, 23:42.7
64) Shelby Kelliher, Dimond, 23:48.3
65) Megan Penman, Dimond, 25:21.6
66) Ariana O'Harra, East, 25:22.3
67) Brita Jane Restad, Homer, 41:45.1

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