A combination of racing events allowed for a little competition or a little recreation, depending on desire, with the annual Run For The River and the yearly Tri The Kenai Triathlon both held over the weekend.
2019 Run For The River Features Event For Racers and Recreational Runners Alike
The 2019 Run For The River event; in conjunction with the Kenai River Festival, featured racing in both the 5-kilometer and 10-mile distances, both men and women.
In the 5K run, Spencer Townsend posted a 17:08 for first place followed by Tucker Mueller (17:51). Riley Burroughs topped the women’s field in 18:18.
In the 10-Mile run, Will Steffe won by nearly five minutes posting a time of 1:07:26. Sea Goff finished second in 1:12:20.
Run for the River
5K Results
Men — 1. Spencer Townsend, 17:08; 2. Tucker Mueller, 17:51; 3. Mitchell Andrew, 18:51; 4. Fran Camen, 19:10; 5. Sean Babitt, 19:50; 6. Wyatt Dement, 19:50; 7. Jake Streich, 20:13; 8. Ben Boersma, 20:46; 9. Evan Lotz, 20:48; 10. Kent Peterson, 21:27; 11. Kadyn Brown, 21:32; 12. Luke Morse, 21:37; 13. Zach Armstrong, 21:59; 14. Quinn Brown, 22:25; 15. Kiel Brown, 22:41; 16. Tom Seggerman, 23:15; 17. Bill Larned, 23:20; 18. Craig Babitt, 23:33; 19. Brody Linton, 24:36; 20. Bryan Kirby, 24:37; 21. Aiden Culver, 24:41; 22. Corbin Ebenezer, 24:45; 23. Kenji Alejandre, 24:52; 24. Travis Alatalo, 24:59; 25. Tony Bass, 25:10; 26. Morris Linett, 25:17; 27. Joshua Lewis, 25:19; 28. Matt Brown, 25:19; 29. Wade VonHeeder, 25:36; 30. Dylan Hogue, 25:44; 31. Jim Krein, 25:47; 32. Scott Young, 25:50; 33. Asher Farmer, 25:54; 34. Roy Stonecipher, 25:58; 35. Mike Farmer, 26:17; 36. Brenden Farmer, 26:17; 37. Pete Maruo, 26:44; 38. Gregory Endsley, 27:01; 39. Brian Endsley, 27:02; 40. Rich Breuing, 27:12; 41. Hugh Garske, 27:20; 42. Pete Sprague, 27:22; 43. Kenneth Octuk, 27:31; 44. Tom Rhyner, 28:24; 45. Bill Radtke, 28:34; 46. John Pothast, 28:44; 47. Jeff Smith, 29:14; 48. Jaxson Ebenezer, 29:58; 49. Kristopher Wagoner, 30:00; 50. Jake Edmunds, 30:03; 51. Scott Anderson, 30:09; 52. Jordan Reif, 31:39; 53. Christian Edmunds, 34:15; 54. Sullivan Bundy, 34:34; 55. Jareth Wilmoth, 35:01; 56. Herb Mann, 37:22; 57. Jacob Moline, 37:45; 58. Stuart Lytton, 37:46; 59. Colton Herzog, 38:27; 60. Milo Martin, 43:35; 61. Declan Culver, 44:25; 62. Robert McAlpine, 44:48; 63. Jason Helton, 45:05; 64. Jakob Dempster, 45:43; 65. Greg Matturro, 46:04; 66. Justin Martin, 47:16; 67. Keith Hamilton, 47:49; 68. Vincent Palancia, 48:08; 69. Matthew Dura, 49:39.
Women — 1. Riley Burroughs, 18:18; 2. Mallory Millay, 21:58; 3. Megan Anderson, 22:16; 4. Kaidence Shaeffer, 22:47; 5. Karalyn Veihdeffer, 23:36; 6. Nettie Keller, 24:40; 7. Amanda Millay, 24:45; 8. Maddy Campbell, 24:56; 9. Melissa Linton, 24:56; 10. Breanna Alatalo, 24:59; 11. Carson Dement, 25:23; 12. Sarah Hobart, 25:24; 13. Rachel Babitt, 25:51; 14. Joy Hobart, 26:02; 15. Jesse Hughes, 26:04; 16. Rheanna Daily, 26:20; 17. Taylor Sheldon, 26:44; 18. Sara Alejandre, 26:51; 19. Leah Streich, 27:08; 20. Danielle Seramur, 27:13; 21. Heather Huff, 27:17; 22. Brie Dement, 27:30; 23. Fiona Follett, 27:32; 24. Paige Parker, 27:47; 25. Donna Edmunds, 27:52; 26. Maggie Nelson, 27:54; 27. Mollie Pate, 27:55; 28. Natalia Taeschner, 28:23; 29. Larissa Arbelovsky, 28:25; 30. Dallas Voss, 28:40; 31. Sheilah-Margeret Pothast, 28:43; 32. Emily Knight, 28:47; 33. Hadley Kornelis, 28:54; 34. Tessa Luecker, 29:06; 35. Kristi Bradford, 29:11; 36. Tasha Reynolds, 29:11; 37. Dana McDonald, 29:24; 38. Madison McDonald, 29:51; 39. Payton Rusk, 29:54; 40. Katherine Ebenezer, 29:58; 41. Sonya Wagoner, 30:09; 42. Katelyn Jacobson, 30:33; 43. Kyaran Matturro, 30:43; 44. Terri Cowart, 30:59; 45. Christine Morin, 31:15; 46. Kelli Stroh, 31:22; 47. Sara Baersma, 31:23; 48. Nicole Sheldon, 31:28; 49. Haley Earl, 31:38; 50. Darci Drury, 32:29; 51. Julie English, 32:29; 52. Brittany Gilman, 32:40; 53. Mayzie Potton, 32:40; 54. Megan Hamilton, 32:40; 55. Tina Hensley, 32:52; 56. Maria Sweppy, 33:18; 57. Maddy Gauthier, 33:38; 58. Rosemary Dura, 34:16; 59. Mary Chapman, 34:27; 60. Sharon Radtke, 34:29; 61. Sawyer Link, 34:30; 62. Sage Link, 34:30; 63. Deborah Ransburg, 34:30; 64. Piper Bundy, 34:32; 65. Sara Bundy, 34:33; 66. Rebekah Wilmoth, 35:00; 67. Deborah Wilmoth, 35:01; 68. Meg Mueller, 35:25; 69. Becky Hart, 35:57; 70. Kylie Brown, 36:05; 71. Josie Lloyd, 36:10; 72. April Erhardt, 36:10; 73. Jessica Lloyd, 36:10; 74. Nancy Lafferty, 36:30; 75. Katie Evans, 37:37; 76. Kristen Russell, 37:37; 77. Bristol Walton, 37:37; 78. Marietta Kornelis, 38:14; 79. Mary Rhyner, 38:14; 80. Michelle Thomason, 38:18; 81. April Kaufman, 38:22; 82. Kathy Hobart, 39:37; 83. Laura Timko, 39:41; 84. Eileen Bryson, 39:48; 85. Chris Richardson, 39:50; 86. Mary Bodnar, 40:30; 87. Yvonne Oren, 40:45; 88. Melissa LaPlante, 41:28; 89. Doris Palancia, 41:58; 90. Nivia Martin, 43:35; 91. Denali Tucker, 43:52; 92. Kandi Barcus, 43:54; 93. Cathy McAlpine, 43:58; 94. Sara Dennis, 44:46; 95. Jennifer Tollackson, 44:46; 96. Rachel Gilliland, 45:04; 97. Hailey Stonecipher, 45:20; 98. Erica Dempster, 45:42; 99. Cassandra Winslow, 45:44; 100. Lisa Parker, 45:44; 101. Penny Furnish, 45:59; 102. Susan Larned, 46:02; 103. Paula Standefer, 46:02; 104. Mary Starrs-Armstrong, 46:04; 105. Louise Martin, 46:05; 106. Sharon Isaak, 46:22; 107. Betty Gilcrist, 47:16; 108. Bella Martin, 47:17; 109. Rosemarie Waters, 47:17; 110. Sue Mann, 47:28; 111. Margaret Gilman, 47:29; 112. Debra Hamilton, 47:31; 113. Connie Wheat, 47:49; 114. Irma Peterson, 47:51; 115. Susan Ellis, 47:38; 116. Taylor Stonecipher, 48:53; 117. Hailee Williams, 49:04; 118. Annabeth Dura, 49:39; 119. Marianne Dailey, 49:41; 120. Gayle Koger, 49:41; 121. Trena Richardson, 50:18; 122. Jacqueline Smith, 52:10; 123. Pamela Culver, 52:10; 124. Nancy Courtright, 52:28; 125. Connie Goltz, 52:29; 126. Jodi Dura, 53:28; 127. Lindsey May, 54:53; 128. Amy Hogue, 54:53; 129. Elizabeth Cristiano, 59:03; 130. Syerenna Van Bruggen, 59:04; 131. Lissa Lloyd, 59:04; 132. Marilyn Pamplin, 59:05; 133. Yvonne Rhodes, 1:00:44; 134. Sarah Hart, 1:00:47; 135. Karen Scroggins, 1:23:02.
10-Mile Results
Men — 1. Will Steffe, 1:07:26; 2. Sean Goff, 1:12:20; 3. Steve Harrison, 1:12:53; 4. Alex Young, 1:13:11; 5. Chad Flanders, 1:14:40; 6. Lee Frey, 1:14:53; 7. Jordan Klepser, 1:23:11; 8. Carl Kincaid, 1:25:41; 9. Roy Stuckey, 1:30:40; 10. Sean Liebers, 1:31:58; 11. Bryson Ecker, 1:36:11; 12. Mason Ecker, 1:36:11; 13. Randal Ecker, 1:36:11; 14. Robert Gray, 1:38:14; 15. Daniel Strigle, 1:51:20.
Women — 1. Danielle Meyers, 1:16:06; 2. Kristie Cotroneo, 1:19:24; 3. Sondra Stonecipher, 1:23:21; 4. Jodi Hanson, 1:26:42; 5. Shelby Wagoner, 1:31:19; 6. Susan Craig, 1:33:34; 7. Jessica Ecker, 1:36:11; 8. Amy Baxter, 1:37:08; 9. Chisato Johnson, 1:37:33; 10. June Stuckey, 1:40:36; 11. Tara Schmidt, 1:41:01; 12. Rachel Walden, 1:43:51; 13. Melissa Tafoya, 1:44:27; 14. Cecilia Borries-Strigle, 1:51:28; 15. Renee Desiderio, 1:53:06; 16. Nichole Teeter, 1:53:07.
2019 Tri The Kenai Triathlon Tests Athletes
The 2019 Tri The Kenai Triathlon featured swimming, biking and running using the Skyview Middle School pool, road racing on bikes, and the Tsalteshi Trails for the running legs with competition divided into adult sprint, adult intermediate, adult relay, youth sprint and youth relay.
2019 Tri The Kenai Triathlon
Women’s Adult
1. Jenny Kimball Anchorage, AK 1:06:45, 2. Morgan Aldridge Sterling, AK 1:09:44, 3. Kristine Percival Anchorage, AK 1:10:12, 4. Elena Hartford Anchorage, AK 1:10:57, 5. Stacey Pault Kenai, AK 1:11:59, 6. Melinda Greig Anchorage, AK 1:12:16, 7. Elizabeth Calabro Anchorage, AK 1:15:00, 8. Alina Rykaczewski Homer, AK 1:16:06, 9. Naomi Gallien Anchorage, AK 1:16:32, 10. Isabella Dammeyer Soldotna, AK 1:18:00, 11. Courtney Ruckel Indian, AK 1:19:38, 12. Brandy McGee Homer, AK 1:20:31, 13. Meg Paulson Anchorage, AK 1:22:09, 14. Jennifer Neff Anchorage, AK 1:23:39, 15. Eden Lunsford Anchorage, AK 1:24:59, 16. Gloria Reyes Anchorage, AK 1:24:59, 17. Kari Dupree Anchorage, AK 1:25:23, 18. Sue Parry Girdwood, AK 1:26:36, 19. Elizabeth Mary Thomas Girdwood, AK 1:27:58, 20. Sherry Pederson Homer, AK 1:29:31, 21. Julie Laker Kasilof, AK 1:29:37, 22. Mj Motta Chugiak, AK 1:33:18, 23. Jaylee Brendel Anchorage, AK 1:33:26, 24. Sara Bundy Soldotna, AK 1:34:17, 25. Marjorie Moeller Kasilof, AK 1:35:39, 26. Alexis Kaferstein Seward, AK 1:36:05, 27. Joan Nelson Wasilla, AK 1:36:44, 28. Krista Etzwiler Homer, AK 1:36:53, 29. Andrea Stineff Homer, AK 1:40:34, 30. Jennifer Waltenbaugh Homer, AK 1:41:44, 31. Kathryn Crowley Homer, AK 1:43:39, 32. Christine Boivin Anchorage, AK 1:43:43, 33. Dana Cordle Homer, AK 1:44:51, 34. Jessy Hilliard Palmer, AK 1:46:25, 35. Dagmar Mlynkova Anchorage, AK 1:48:21, 36. Judy Krier Chugiak, AK 1:50:53, 37. Meagan Nelson Wasilla, AK 1:52:47, 38. Vicki Illg- Lowe Homer, AK 1:54:05, 39. Karen Weston Homer, AK 1:55:26, 40. Eleanora Mayo Anchorage, AK 1:57:11, 41. Nancy Chambers Anchor Point, AK 2:00:54, 42. Rachel Gilbert Kenai, AK 2:01:19, 43. Tamara Miller Soldotna, AK 2:02:22, 44. Rebekah Koch Kenai, AK 2:11:56, 45. Kristin Webber Kenai, AK 2:12:33, 46. Kimberly Dodge Kenai, AK 2:41:02
Men’s Adult
1. Tyler Osland Soldotna, AK 1:02:14, 2. Jason Moore Kenai, AK 1:04:59, 3. Benjamin McGarry Soldotna, AK 1:10:15, 4. Kevin Lauver Soldotna, AK 1:12:03, 5. Mark Laker Kasilof, AK 1:13:40, 6. Michael Crump Anchorage, AK 1:16:06, 7. Chad Flanders Saint Louis, MO 1:16:08, 8. Daniel Mangione Kenai, AK 1:24:26, 9. Samuel Dye Eagle River, AK 1:25:52, 10. Carl Kincaid Sterling, AK 1:26:49, 11. Eric Pederson Homer, AK 1:28:01, 12. Jaydin Dufrane Anchorage, AK 1:30:12, 13. Kevin Chambers Anchor Point, AK 1:33:10, 14. Darrell Rhoades Wasilla, AK 1:34:34, 15. Michael Hilliard Palmer, AK 1:35:40, 16. Dustin Briggs Kenai, AK 1:38:28, 17. Mark Mcgarry Anchorage, AK 1:41:33, 18. Domenic Cordle Homer, AK 1:44:06.
Intermediate Race Results
Women’s Adult
1. Katra Wedeking Girdwood, AK 2:27:21; 2. Linda Barnack Anchorage, AK 2:28:58; 3. Natasha Dye Eagle River, AK 2:29:55; 4. Lauren Grippo JBER, AK 2:40:45; 5. Caitlin Upton Anchorage, AK 2:41:37; 6. Mandy Hawes Girdwood, AK 2:47:35; 7. Madeline Ramuglia Anchorage, AK 2:49:35; 8. Amanda Miotke Homer, AK 2:53:00; 9. Afton Milliman Anchorage, AK 3:05:14; 10. Mari Rueter Anchorage, AK 3:08:26; 11. Wendy Roberts Anchorage, AK 3:09:14; 12. Kayla Guerrero Anchorage, AK 3:11:25
Men’s Adult
1. Adam Dixon Homer, AK 2:06:08; 2. Jon Iannaccone Kenai, AK 2:09:00; 3. Dan Miotke Homer, AK 2:10:54; 4. Karl Romig Seward, AK 2:14:28; 5. John Krellner JBER, AK 2:23:33; 6. Brandon Ruckel Indian, AK 2:30:45; 7. Ethan Davis Anchorage, AK 2:53:27; 8. Jason Gilbert Kenai, AK 3:10:20; 9. Yonatan Ben Shabat Anchorage, AK 3:10:22
Adult Relay
1. Diminishing Returns Kenai 1:14:29; 2. Thee 3 M’S Kenai 1:14:33; 3. We Keep Tri’N Kenai 1:49:54
Youth Division Results
Girls Youth
1. Kaytlin Mcanelly Soldotna, AK 35:41, 2. Emily Moss Kenai, AK 36:37, 3. Madison Mcdonald Kenai, AK 37:42, 4. Sophie Kimball Anchorage, AK 38:44, 5. Emmaclare Dammeyer Soldotna, AK 38:47, 6. Bailey Conner Soldotna, AK 41:20, 7. Valarie Mcanelly Soldotna, AK 42:30, 8. Liberty Miller Soldotna, AK 44:24, 9. Katie Nye Soldotna, AK 46:49, 10. Tatum Dufrane Anchorage, AK 53:12, 11. Dotty Brown Soldotna, AK 53:58, 12. Svea Miller Soldotna, AK 1:13:41
1. Murphy Kimball Anchorage, AK 27:59, 2. Jack Laker Kasilof, AK 29:12, 3. Chase Laker Kasilof, AK 30:07, 4. Johnpaul Dammeyer Soldotna, AK 33:21, 5. Brodie Wedeking Girdwood, AK 35:31, 6. Cedar Ruckel Indian, AK 35:31, 7. James Dammeyer Soldotna, AK 37:04, 8. Carson Hawes Girdwood, AK 38:27, 9. Alek Mcgarry Soldotna, AK 39:29, 10. Dwight Brown Soldotna, AK 40:29, 11. Ian Mcgarry Soldotna, AK 40:30, 12. Caleb Long Soldotna, AK 41:54, 13. Joel Moss Kenai, AK 42:56, 14. Tyson Ruckel Indian, AK 44:30, 15. Leif Laker Kasilof, AK 46:55, 16. Max Hawes Girdwood, AK 47:06, 17. Carson Humphrey Anchorage, AK 58:24, 18. Parker Allen Anchorage, AK 58:41
Youth Relay
1. Hypersonic Nines Soldotna 33:14; 2. Royal Unicorns Homer 34:04; 3. Wersmmedlrg Soldotna 37:27; 4. Undecided Team Name Anchorage 46:38.