Liz Balsan, a former state track champion for Anchorage Christian, challenged for the overall victory in Saturday's 27th annual Salmon Run.
Balsan finished three seconds behind Isaac Dammeyer, a West High skier and runner who won the 5-kilometer race in 18 minutes, 27 seconds. Balsan, who ran to two state titles for ACS as a senior in 2016, claimed second place overall in 18:30.
Balsan finished 83 seconds ahead of the next-fastest woman, Morgan Ekemo (19:23).
In the 10K race, Patrick Conway edged Gregory Encelewski by 10 seconds to win in 36:37, and Sara Bryan topped the women in 45:59.
More than 500 runners finished the two races, which started and ended at Inlet View Elementary School
Women's 5K
1. Elizabeth Balsan 18:30; 2. Morgan Ekemo 19:23; 3. Ivy Eski 21:33; 4. Zoe Chang 22:15; 5. Fiona Witty-Daugherty 22:16; 6. Teagan Smith 22:23; 7. Madeleine Reckmeyer 23:06; 8. Rosie Conway 23:13; 9. Denali Kemppel 23:28; 10. Deborah Balsan 23:38; 11. Kadence Barnett 23:47; 12. Morgan Ainsworth 24:11; 13. Jessica Ecker 25:00; 14. Hattie Harvey 25:06; 15. Jenny Davis 25:09; 16. Sadie Bader 25:23; 17. Lizzy Botero 26:31; 18. Isabella Steenburgh 26:31; 19. Jessica Whitesell 26:42; 20. Natalie Bader 26:44; 21. Byrnn Rathert 26:49; 22. Susanna Balsan 26:51; 23. Parker Stephens 27:05; 24. Piper Sears 27:41; 25. Nicole Kimball 27:48; 26. Morgan Galko 28:07; 27. Aurelie Barnel 28:10; 28. Madisen Benning 28:14; 29. Andrea Wood 28:15; 30. Afton Milliman 28:18; 31. Ayako Mccomb 28:29; 32. Eden Johnsen 28:35; 33. Kristen Maves 28:37; 34. Robbie Graham 28:46; 35. Jessie Salway 28:58; 36. Dali Tremarco 28:59; 37. Leni Sjostrom 29:13; 38. Sorcha Bowers 29:14; 39. Anastacia Kreider 29:14; 40. Veronica Slajer 29:19; 41. Corrie Hruby 29:20; 42. Jane Nelson 29:23; 43. Andrea Chang 29:30; 44. Mary Cox 30:15; 45. Rose Vanhemert 30:20; 46. Kimberly Fickes 30:22; 47. Wyatt Fleming 30:30; 48. Jennifer Machacek 30:33; 49. Sigrid Miller 30:50; 50. Sonya Wagoner 30:55; 51. Melissa Vanderhoof 30:58; 52. Chelsea Lauer 31:01; 53. Shyane Maestre 31:02; 54. Ilsa Robinson 31:07; 55. Naomi Halpern 31:09; 56. Elizabeth Arnold 31:16; 57. Chloe Larson 31:17; 58. Ellie Cutting 31:18; 59. Nyawech Puoy 31:22; 60. Maria Varela 31:29; 61. K'Myah Moore 31:30; 62. Aliyah Miller 31:35; 63. Celeste White 31:39; 64. Trixie Haltness 31:44; 65. Ashley Walters-Otwell 31:47; 66. Patricia O'Gorman 31:53; 67. Tanya Newall 31:59; 68. Olivia Mackinnon 32:04; 69. Darlene Mackinnon 32:04; 70. Bettina Chastain 32:04; 71. Mary Witte 32:04; 72. Kyla Wade 32:09; 73. Ruth Land 32:32; 74. Kerry Reardon 32:39; 75. Lily Poray 32:40; 76. Candis Byers 32:41; 77. Rebecca Garrett 32:51; 78. Rebekah Land 32:53; 79. Mao Hang 32:55; 80. Amy Carle 32:57; 81. Bc Kindred 33:02; 82. Nina Anderson 33:03; 83. Brandy Ostrinski 33:08; 84. Naomi Downing 33:16; 85. Kate Slyker 33:45; 86. Jessica Arriaga 33:48; 87. Brooke Congdon 33:54; 88. Tina Haas 33:54; 89. Jayden Sayers 34:06; 90. Darci Horner 34:25; 91. Kelly Smith 34:25; 92. Ruphina Kinisu 34:28; 93. Cami Mcghee 34:28; 94. Summit Larson 34:34; 95. Claudia Rector 34:52; 96. Betsy Mckitrick 34:53; 97. Paola Banchero 34:57; 98. Amarae Dowl 35:29; 99. Barbara Bundy 35:29; 100. Aurora Hablett 35:29; 101. Catie Newall 35:31; 102. Ruby Price 35:32; 103. Amalia Choudhury 35:32; 104. Sage Price 35:40; 105. Katie Butler 35:42; 106. Diana Pullar 35:44; 107. Kristen Bearden 35:45; 108. Victory Cheney 35:50; 109. Alyssa Cheney 35:50; 110. Bridget Anderson 36:13; 111. Mary Flanigin 36:31; 112. Juliana Shields 36:53; 113. Lulu Hedman 37:00; 114. Alix Gingrich 37:00; 115. Elizabeth Lafleur 37:16; 116. Danielle Blanchard 37:39; 117. Cameron Bowman 37:50; 118. Heaher Peavy 37:51; 119. Jorden Guice 37:51; 120. Jennifer Searls 37:52; 121. Krista Warden 37:59; 122. Rylee Warden 38:00; 123. Tana Myrstol 38:14; 124. Ivy Lannet 38:19; 125. Sarah Monkton 38:35; 126. Sarah Haltness 38:36; 127. Mandy Mitchell 38:39; 128. Lynnae St. Louis 38:45; 129. Justina Vazquez 38:48; 130. Ava Austerman 38:53; 131. Alayna Austerman 38:55; 132. Joy Gonzalez 38:57; 133. Mia Gonzalez 38:57; 134. Madyson Coffey 39:00; 135. Erin Coffey 39:02; 136. Sterling Smith 39:04; 137. Sara Aasand 39:05; 138. Hazel Powers 39:15; 139. Samantha Varela 39:18; 140. Laura Eide 39:23; 141. Jennifer Anthony 39:33; 142. Sage Larson 39:43; 143. Caroline Huling 40:07; 144. Sandi Fredrickson 40:29; 145. Lyndsay Wheeles 40:37; 146. Payton Ostrinski 40:38; 147. Makala Moore 40:54; 148. Katryna Hess 40:55; 149. Katie Sevigny 40:55; 150. Emma Haas 40:59; 151. Sheri Heritage 41:02; 152. Khloe Fickes 41:04; 153. Eyana Espinoza 41:06; 154. Linda Shriver 41:11; 155. Reagan Welch 41:12; 156. Marin Walter 41:50; 157. Sarah Deuling 41:51; 158. Makayla Smith 41:57; 159. Deborah Laflamme 42:09; 160. Lexi Cates 42:21; 161. Karen Fairbanks 42:36; 162. Kerry Gray 42:41; 163. Anne Stephens-Denny 42:43; 164. Sophia Coffey 42:45; 165. Sara Mullen 42:54; 166. Renee Fredericks 43:33; 167. Patricia Kozler 43:40; 168. Amelia Schultz 43:41; 169. Julie Petersen 44:23; 170. Maggie Fisher 44:25; 171. River Larson 44:25; 172. Jessica Rushmeyer 45:05; 173. Tara Wheatland 45:11; 174. Bethanie Farrell 45:17; 175. Nattoshia Silvis 45:27; 176. Teresa Taylor 45:34; 177. Cynthia Silvis 45:37; 178. Diane Hanson 46:50; 179. Mckayla Silvis 48:25; 180. Amber Silvis 48:28; 181. Caydence Seguin 48:56; 182. Jacquie Mateja 49:28; 183. Willa Frey 49:28; 184. Ruthie Freeman 49:33; 185. Madison Waleisky 49:34; 186. Pamella Dailey 50:16; 187. Niabella Toth 51:15; 188. Lindsay Durand 51:26; 189. Evelyn Durand 51:27; 190. Laura Sawdon 51:54; 191. Connie White 53:30; 192. Christina Seguin 53:38; 193. Jean Carpenter 54:04; 194. Constance Reyes 54:06; 195. Claire Wolfe 54:26; 196. Evelyn Delaney 57:48; 197. Dawn Demallie 57:49; 198. Dana Jara 1:00:51; 199. Jan Pendleton 1:08:48; 200. Melanie Johnson 1:09:41; 201. Abby Baker 1:11:38; 202. Diana Kurka 1:11:40; 203. Joyce Middleton 1:11:40; 204. Courtney Fleischman 1:12:17; 205. Teresa Cunningham 1:12:49.
Men's 5K
1. Isaac Dammeyer 18:27; 2. Kevin Donley 19:49; 3. Daniel Desaulniers 19:51; 4. Paul Hlasny 19:52; 5. Daniel Ferucci 19:57; 6. Murphy Kimball 20:16; 7. Brad Hillwig 20:17; 8. Will Kimball 20:18; 9. Deshawn Rushmeyer 21:09; 10. Nico Prosser 21:12; 11. Bennett Main 21:26; 12. Logan Cuddy 21:34; 13. William Serra 21:41; 14. Kevin Cuddy 21:45; 15. Isaac Main 22:11; 16. Chris Barnett 22:53; 17. Blake Hanley 22:56; 18. Eugene Chang 23:06; 19. Abad Vargas 23:32; 20. Nicholas Luby 23:43; 21. Bryson Ecker 23:43; 22. Jamie Harvey 23:46; 23. Evan Fitzgerald 23:49; 24. Kevin Harris 24:14; 25. Jackson Ainsworth 24:22; 26. Conner Mclaughlin 24:32; 27. Luca Driscoll 24:37; 28. David Balsan 24:48; 29. Scott Henry 24:48; 30. Ryer Harings 24:52; 31. Jack Ekleberry 25:37; 32. Matt Eberhardt 25:38; 33. Gabriel Donner 25:39; 34. Santiago Bajwa 26:07; 35. David Smith 26:11; 36. Asa Plikat 26:24; 37. Ben Chavez 26:25; 38. Saneal Rajanahally 26:27; 39. Eiven Brudie 26:30; 40. Zachary Herman 26:42; 41. Rorke Bulter 26:45; 42. Quang Bui 26:51; 43. Bradley Smith 26:52; 44. Malachy Flanagan 26:53; 45. Finley Flanagan 26:54; 46. Gabe Sallows 26:54; 47. Bryson Jarzynkowski 26:56; 48. Paxton Mattie 27:07; 49. Riley Poray 27:07; 50. Elias Walker 27:09; 51. Jimmy Miner 27:20; 52. Elias Williams 27:22; 53. Henry Beltzer 27:26; 54. Oliver Shephard 27:37; 55. Isaac Fisher 27:39; 56. Jack James 27:41; 57. Miles Price 27:43; 58. Joshua Cochran 27:47; 59. William Sears 27:48; 60. Finn Myrstol 27:51; 61. Kyle Joule 28:04; 62. Devlin Platt 28:05; 63. Gary Burleson 28:08; 64. Jack Leveque 28:10; 65. Porter Harings 28:13; 66. Nicholas Nelson 28:15; 67. Tristan Massey 28:25; 68. Carter Poray 28:31; 69. Krag Johnsen 28:32; 70. Ryan Maves 28:36; 71. Mac Barber 28:37; 72. Leo Shephard 28:42; 73. Peter Mcglashan 28:43; 74. Jonathan Demientieff 28:43; 75. Nick Tremarco 28:51; 76. Porter Youngman 29:02; 77. Lewis Price 29:02; 78. Drake Slyker 29:04; 79. Todd Heverling 29:05; 80. Esai Sandowal 29:13; 81. Philip Tremarco 29:14; 82. Stephan Espinoza 29:16; 83. Daniel Reynolds 29:20; 84. Mason Ecker 29:43; 85. Randal Ecker 29:44; 86. Christopher Beltzer 29:58; 87. Michael Smith 30:01; 88. Zach Wariner 30:02; 89. Drake Maestre 30:06; 90. Kooper Fickes 30:23; 91. Gordon Pullar 30:26; 92. Caleb Cochran 30:30; 93. Gage Willimas 30:37; 94. Gideon Plikat 30:42; 95. Keagan Mclaughlin 30:44; 96. Carson Huettl 30:46; 97. Jacob Mattie 30:47; 98. Jason Vanderhoof 30:57; 99. Ethan Vanderhoof 30:57; 100. Russ Beck 31:00; 101. Dan Nagoda 31:01; 102. Tor Miller 31:04; 103. Ray Robinson 31:07; 104. Vinay Sharma 31:08; 105. Mitchell Newall 31:11; 106. Ryan Laflamme 31:13; 107. Stephen Mayer 31:20; 108. Matthew Mayer 31:20; 109. Alex Varela 31:21; 110. Matthew Knorr 31:30; 111. Jake Passmore 31:33; 112. Logan Haas 31:43; 113. Max Madsen 31:45; 114. Michael Madsen 31:45; 115. Hagan Powers 31:46; 116. Ryder Passmore 31:51; 117. John Huling 32:00; 118. Jorge Gonzalez 32:03; 119. Rhys Tony 32:04; 120. Paulo Gonzalez 32:04; 121. Steve Buckley 32:33; 122. Harris Anderson 32:48; 123. Atlin Frederick 33:09; 124. Patrick Gray 33:18; 125. Caleb Sutton 33:32; 126. Devon James 33:40; 127. Wayne Eski 33:42; 128. David Slyker 33:44; 129. Michael Carr 34:10; 130. Kian Beck 34:38; 131. Brandon Byers 34:40; 132. Dempsey Quinn 34:40; 133. Alvin Smith 34:47; 134. Edward Mccomb 34:50; 135. Thomas Meacham 35:14; 136. Ron Briggs 35:22; 137. Cooper Sevigny 35:32; 138. Knox Butler 35:41; 139. Antonio Calvillo 35:44; 140. Mike Steed 36:32; 141. Ryan Searls 36:32; 142. Ralph Duerre 36:38; 143. Steven Larson 36:40; 144. Gavin Gingrich 36:44; 145. Liam Cuddy 36:54; 146. Pete Ostrinski 37:23; 147. Nick Marshall 37:29; 148. Samuel Reynolds 37:42; 149. Ethan Searls 37:49; 150. Kael Peavy 37:54; 151. Haydin Laflamme 38:15; 152. Lucas Schweizer 38:26; 153. Galen Steiner 38:35; 154. Alejandro Varela 39:08; 155. Logan Jokela 39:09; 156. Scott Gingrich 39:37; 157. Nicholas Huling 40:06; 158. Ezra Cutting 40:11; 159. Anders Armentrout 40:15; 160. Ben Armentrout 40:16; 161. Steve Haas 40:58; 162. Ethan Morgan 41:00; 163. David Welsh 41:07; 164. David Wagoner 41:09; 165. Chrisitan Thierry 41:18; 166. Erich Walter 41:44; 167. Joshua Coffey 42:43; 168. Hunter Coffey 42:44; 169. Luca Eski 43:02; 170. Jubal Bryant 43:13; 171. Gabriel Schultz 43:30; 172. Cody Kozler 43:31; 173. Xavier Fredericks 43:33; 174. Maxwell Hartz 45:08; 175. Zachary Decker 45:11; 176. Andrew Woodruff 46:29; 177. Alan Lorimer 47:39; 178. Ethan Gheen 48:58; 179. Hollis Crosby 48:59; 180. Gabriel Conchas 51:35; 181. Ross Conchas 52:06; 182. Craig Sevigny 53:08; 183. Carlos Aleman 53:30; 184. Alex Seguin 53:40; 185. Brysen Seguin 53:41; 186. Jason Hartz 54:59; 187. Willem Vanhemert 55:50.
Women's 10K
1. Sara Bryan 45:59; 2. Marian Mclaughlin 47:13; 3. Michelle Witt 48:13; 4. Sara Rufner 49:08; 5. Brenda Noble 50:31; 6. Jaylee Brendel 50:40; 7. Jennifer Congdon 50:50; 8. Shelby Wagoner 51:26; 9. Brittany Nerland 51:40; 10. Rebekah Clark 51:52; 11. Kristina Ferguson 53:30; 12. Jeannie Fitzgerald 54:12; 13. Zuma Thoms 54:27; 14. Katrina Light 54:48; 15. Cyndy Mead 56:30; 16. Jennifer Schmidt 56:38; 17. Kristin Main 56:46; 18. Edgar Madrid 56:59; 19. Lisa Botero 57:13; 20. Leah Zumwalt 57:39; 21. Coreena Olivas 57:52; 22. Lucy Galloway 57:55; 23. Reagan Blackley 57:55; 24. Michelle Fabry 58:22; 25. Sherry Murphy 58:27; 26. Jiliane Petersen 58:38; 27. Anne Vining 58:52; 28. Camryn Maxon 59:03; 29. Laura Hartz 59:56; 30. Jamie Whiteman 1:00:11; 31. Destiny Lee 1:00:14; 32. Ashley Johnson 1:00:22; 33. Michelle Scott-Weber 1:00:30; 34. Samantha Sloss 1:00:59; 35. Caitlyn Novy 1:01:03; 36. Carrie Ziolkowski 1:01:03; 37. Ashley Lanier 1:01:18; 38. Alissa Varrati 1:01:19; 39. Zen Godfrey 1:01:41; 40. Anne Morrison 1:01:57; 41. Pam O'Brien 1:02:13; 42. Yereth Rosen 1:02:30; 43. Heidi Voeller 1:04:16; 44. Pok Maley 1:04:45; 45. Linda Olmstead 1:04:53; 46. Jess Worthington 1:05:10; 47. Annie Luck 1:05:29; 48. Katherine Jernstrom 1:05:35; 49. Aimee Chauvot 1:05:36; 50. Kim Stone 1:05:41; 51. Violet Risinger 1:06:18; 52. Leanne Wilda 1:06:19; 53. Emily Taylor 1:06:20; 54. Alicia Vernon 1:06:26; 55. Nicole Cleary 1:07:17; 56. Traci Ross 1:07:24; 57. Aunnie Steward 1:07:24; 58. Aveena Koontz 1:07:46; 59. Lara Wayt 1:07:57; 60. Monik Trick 1:08:39; 61. Chelsea Swinny 1:08:41; 62. Karen Loeffler 1:08:50; 63. Emily Taylor 1:09:08; 64. Ashley Moore 1:10:08; 65. Lexi Fernandez 1:11:15; 66. Brigitte Brantley 1:11:26; 67. Michelle Coombs 1:11:33; 68. Louanne Lum 1:13:34; 69. Desiree Winters 1:14:40; 70. Lisa Friesen 1:15:21; 71. Judy Krier 1:25:44; 72. Cori Steed 1:30:24; 73. Joy Uy 1:31:21; 74. Anna Subeldia 1:31:22; 75. Sherry Billings 1:45:06; 76. Pam Barkeley 1:45:06.
Men's 10K
1. Patrick Conway 36:37; 2. Gregory Encelewski 36:47; 3. James Miller 38:16; 4. Jonathan Walton 41:02; 5. Bryan Hesse 41:32; 6. Zachary Ricketts 41:35; 7. Paul Ferucci 42:08; 8. Lloyd Raines 42:29; 9. Steven Buklis 42:50; 10. Travis Kindred 43:22; 11. Jeffdave Kim 44:43; 12. Kameron Perez-Verdia 45:07; 13. Todd Parrish 45:53; 14. Lars Robinson 47:34; 15. Marty Byrne 48:07; 16. Brady Rufner 49:09; 17. Isen Koontz 49:39; 18. John Brewer 49:54; 19. Jared Noble 49:58; 20. Jon Dykstra 50:07; 21. Steve Noble 50:09; 22. Thomas Mack 50:53; 23. Christopher Alano 52:24; 24. Huy Bui 52:39; 25. Eric Steenburgh 52:59; 26. David Schweizer 53:04; 27. Mouhcine Guettabi 55:06; 28. Kristopher Wagoner 55:08; 29. Edward Hills 55:51; 30. Patrick Mcanally 56:49; 31. Henry Sholton 57:02; 32. John Lohuis 58:08; 33. Raj Choudhury 58:18; 34. Jared Kettler 59:38; 35. Brecken Sayers 59:45; 36. David Searls 1:00:40; 37. Steve Dwyer 1:01:16; 38. Robert Schroeter 1:01:58; 39. Deven Brady 1:02:18; 40. Aras Worthington 1:02:46; 41. Raul Rovira 1:02:46; 42. John Worthington 1:05:11; 43. Jim Leonard 1:08:14; 44. Angus Thoms 1:08:29; 45. Barry Bruninga 1:08:53; 46. Andrew Lloyd 1:11:27; 47. Evan Thoms 1:11:32; 48. Aidan Mackinnon 1:14:24.