The Empire Cup race series ended on Saturday with the 5-mile and 1-mile Veterans Day Run at Thunder Mountain High School.
Alec Nevalainen, age 41, won the five-mile male portion with a time of 30 minutes and two seconds. TMHS Falcons runners Erin Wallace, 14, and Naomi Welling, 17, were the top female runners (fifth overall) in a matching time of 35:43, a full minute faster than their high school coach Scott May.
Will Robinson, 10, won the one-mile male portion in 7:34 and Mallory Welling, 10, was the fastest female with 8:17.
Southeast Alaska Road Runners will now finalize and double check the season standings to determine the age group and overall winners for honors at the end-of-season banquet to be announced at a later date.
5 MILE RESULTS
(place, name, age, sex, time):
1 Alec Nevalainen 41 M 30:02
2 Hiram Henry 40 M 32:10
3 David Phillips 34 M 34:31
4 Dan Robinson 48 M 35:02
5 Erin Wallace 14 F 35:43
6 Naomi Welling 17 F 35:43
7 Scott May 51 M 36:41
8 Wesley Shutts 38 M 39:18
9 Karlynn Welling 45 F 39:35
10 Adelaide Johnson 55 F 40:36
11 Paul Desloover 67 M 41:32
12 Jim Grammel 51 M 42:27
13 David Thomson 55 M 42:51
14 Jeff Gnass 69 M 43:23
15 Becky Bohrer 37 F 44:17
16 Sarah Brister 27 F 44:28
17 John Wright 49 M 45:00
18 Lucrecia Mervine 39 F 45:12
19 Darla Orbistondo 52 F 45:55
20 George Elgee 64 M 47:09
21 Mike McKrill 70 M 47:11
22 Christy Wallace 43 F 47:25
23 Guy Crockroft 55 M 47:25
24 Joann Rieselbach 54 F 47:28
25 Molly Hillis 42 F 48:10
26 Breanna Hills 30 F 49:01
27 Dan Edwards 40 M 50:08
28 Leslie Weaver Daugherty 62 F 50:13
29 Katie Pittman 39 F 51:02
30 Amy Lekanof 37 F 54:42
31 Martin Stepetin 29 M 59:31
32 Bryson Stepetin 11 M 59:32
ONE-MILE RESULTS
(place, name, age, sex, time):
1 Will Robinson 10 M 7:34
2 Mallory Welling 10 F 8:17
3 Craig Thorsteinson 5 M 10:24
4 Kirk Thorsteinson 36 M 10:26
5 Arik Koverdan 7 M 10:57
6 Ted Vanbronkhorst 62 M 12:10
7 Justine Bishop 48 F 12:19
8 Andy Koverdan 4 M 12:53
9 Linda Kruger 64 F 15:54
10 Ayden Martin 0 M 25:08
11 Alexis Grundmann 26 F 25:42
12 Barbara Sanford 78 F 25:46
Top female finishers Naomi Welling, age 17, and Erin Wallace, age 14, finish in a tie at Saturday’s Veterans Day Run. A slideshow of photos is at juneauempire.com.
