Nordic skiers enjoyed near-perfect conditions Sunday at Kincaid Park, where Cody Priest and Sarah Freistone garnered victories in the third race of the Anchorage Cup series.
"A wonderful race on nice new snow," Bob Stehn of the Nordic Ski Club said in an email. "10 (degrees) with a nice north wind. It finally felt like Alaskan old times today."
Men 15K — 1) Cody Priest, 45:08.4; 2) Peter Brewer, 46:01.2; 3) Galen Johnston, 46:05.5; 4) Seth Downs, 46:06.0; 5) Tor Christopherson, 47:26.9; 6) Ben Arians, 48:11.1; 7) Rich Suddock, 49:05.8; 8) Gary Snyder, 49:22.6; 9) Jeremy Littell, 49:59.8; 10) Andrew Dougherty, 51:22.8; 11) Duncan Wright, 51:23.6; 12) Stacey Moon, 51:34.6; 13) Derek Nord, 52:40.5; 14) Ben Allen, 53:07.2; 15) David Knopp, 53:08.7; 16) Mike Truskowski, 53:11.1; 17) Steven Bergt, 53:20.2; 18) Mark Brady, 53:28.3; 19) Dan Libbey, 53:29.5; 20) Branden Fontana, 54:14.7; 21) Fred Stutzer, 55:52.6; 22) Rick Rogers, 56:09.5; 23) John Weddleton, 57:03.3; 24) Joel Cladhouhos, 57:22.4; 25) Henry Arend, 57:39.4; 26) Greg McDuffie, 58:52.4; 27) Bo York, 58:53.6; 28) Allan Spangler, 58:54.1; 29) Glenn Gellert, 59:20.2; 30) Elias Rubin, 60:47.5; 31) David Ward, 61:06.9; 32) Davin Holen, 62:02.1; 33) Art Copoulos, 62:55.1; 34) Randy Hessong, 63:09.8; 35) John Kagerer, 65:18.6; 36) Jonathan Witherell, 66:27.1; 37) John Fick, 67:09.3; 38) Tom Livingston, 72:52.6; 39) Mike Frank, 75:17.7; 40) Samuel Flora, 76:15.6; 41) Ben Stedman, 83:12.2.
Women 15K —1) Sarah Freistone, 52:52.9; 2) Kristy DeYong, 55:08.3; 3) Lauren Hess, 56:34.3; 4) Rachelle Kanady, 57:57.6; 5) Tamra Kornfield, 62:07.1; 6) Elizabeth Knapp, 62:18.5; 7) Julia Ditto, 63:13.1; 8) Kathleen Rehm, 63:33.0; 9) Robyn Hall, 66:12.8; 10) Cynthia Decker, 66:14.9; 11) Cindy Freistone, 66:30.6; 12) Yukiko Hayano, 73:44.3; 13) Debra Caldera, 81:11.0.
Men 7.5K — 1) Aiden Gannon, 22:25.6; 2) Alexander Maurer, 22:43.6; 3) Oliver Wright, 30:22.4; 4) Jeff Rubin, 31:53.1; 5) Geoff Wright, 33:11.9; 6) Forrest Rodgers, 34:58.7; 7) Cesar Rodgers, 36:31.9; 8) Neil Liotta, 52:28.9 (extra lap).
Women 7.5K — 1) Aurelie Bornel, 26:42.7; 2) Hannah Armburst, 27:23.4; 3) Heather Hetzer, 30:59.8; 4) Linda Ulrich, 31:44.9; 5) Joan Antonson, 32:33.4; 6) June Takagi, 33:17.7; 7) Cathy Wright, 35:10.4; 8) Nora Hulse, 36:08.3; 9) Zoe Rodgers, 36:28.7; 10) Julie Truskowski, 40:39.5; 11) Paige Brown, 40:50.2; 12) Wendy Leseman, 41:13.6; 13) Berit Flora, 42:27.7; 14) Mariah Graham, 46:48.3; 15) Dorothy Childers, 54:10.7.
Boys 2.5K — 1) Mark Eggener, 8:59.0; 2) Murphy Kimball, 10:00.1; 3) Levi Brown, 11:19.9; 4) Zach Priebe, 11:21.8.
Girls 2.5K — 1) Alison Ulrich, 9:31.2; 2) Heidi Schumacher, 9:55.6; 3) Meredith Duhrsen, 10:36.9; 4) Claire O'Leary, 13:26.8; 5) Norah Brown, 14:22.2.
UAA lands four in top 15
Four skiers posted top-15 finishes Sunday for the UAA ski team in NCAA cross-country ski races in Bozeman, Montana.
Three women cracked the top 15 in the women's 15-kilometer classic — 11th-place Casey Wright, 13th-place Hailey Swirl and 14th-place Natalie Hynes.
UAA's Zackarias Torsion placed 15th in the men's 20K. Pietro Mosconi was 17th and Marcus Deuling 25th.
In alpine competition in Utah, Seawolves senior Hughston Norton grabbed fifth place in the men's slalom race. Alix Wells had a team-leading 17th-place showing in the women's slalom.
Next up for the Seawolves are some rare competitions at home. They'll host alpine races at Alyeska Ski Resort on Jan. 25-28 and nordic races at Kincaid Park on Feb. 7-8 and Feb. 11-12.