The 2014 Kenai River Marathon event featured a full marathon, half marathon and 5-kilometer events on Sunday competed through the streets of Kenai and Soldotna. The three distances for the Kenai River Marathon day attracted 219 participants.
Full Marathon: Men
Peter Svenning raced to the men’s full marathon title. From Palm City, Florida, Svenning completed the 26.2 mile course in 3 hours, 29:02 seconds.
Sean Campbell of Homer posted the fastest finish for a peninsula runner, finishing 4th overall.
Full Marathon: Women
Whitney Barnett of Anchorage posted the fastest women’s full marathon time, completing the course in 3 hours, 34:5 minutes.
Susan Craig from Soldotna was the fastest local runner finishing 3rd overall, just 10 minutes off the winner’s time.
Relay Marathon
Team Tesoro captured the relay event with a time of 3 hours, 12:30. The local team Miscoots finished second; team members included: Bryan Frapp, Jason Buckbee, Stephanie Winter and Rachel Nevendorf.
Half Marathon: Men
Andy Liebner (from Michigan), formerly of Soldotna and past SoHi cross country running state champion, posted the fastest half marathon time of 1 hour, 14:42 minutes.
Half Marathon: Women
Sharon Ehasz from JBER won the women’s event in 1 hour, 41:44 minutes.
5-Kilometer: Men
Lance Chilton, Soldotna, recorded a 23:06 to win the 5K event.
5-Kilometer: Women
Susie Smith from Valdez posted a 25:51 and April Chilton from Soldotna a 27:04.
2014 Kenai River Marathon Race Results
