The 2022 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Nordic Ski State Championships continued on Friday with the Classic mass start technique events at the Birth Hill Recreation Area in Fairbanks.
In the classic ski event all skiers start at the same time. A skier’s finish rank in the interval start event on Thursday determined his or her start position and bib number in Friday’s mass start event. All the skiers were placed in specific start positions in the starting grid, or chevron.
The boys will ski two laps of a 5K course. The girls will ski the same first lap as the boys, then ski the 2nd half of the 5Km loop again to make 7.5K.
Friday Race Results: Girls 7.5K
For a second day, Marit Flora of Service High School in Anchorage posted the fastest time overall time, completing the 7.5K classic race in 24:07.4.
Kenai’s Jayna Boonstra recorded a 15th-place finish with a time of 27.17.9 for the fastest time by a Kenai Peninsula skier. Kenai’s Emily Moss finished 16th in 27:21.
Jordan Ruffner posted the fastest SoHi finish and third-fastest peninsula time with a 29:21.8 good for 31st overall.
Link to Girls 75K Classic results: Click Here
Friday Race Results: Boys 10K
Aaron Power of Service completed the sweep of the individual ski events with a first-place finish in the boys 10K Mass Classic event completing the course in 28:52.
Kenai’s Jack Laker posted the fastest time for a Kenai Peninsula skier finishing in 22nd overall with a time of 32:32. Quinn Cox from SoHi finished 31st with a time of 33:17.
Kenai’s Tyler Hippchen placed 36th overall at 33:52. Greg Fallon placed 40th at 34:10; Zane Tews was 62nd at 37:37; Ben Boersma was 71st at 38:27 and George Wright was 91st in 42:17.
For the Stars, Andrew Cox placed 64th in 37:48; Levi Mickelson placed 70th in 38:13; Bennjamin Able placed 74th in 39:01; Trenton Boots finished 80th in 39:35 and Jonathan Gordon placed 81st in 40:06.
