Last Wednesday Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska celebrated its 20th anniversary with a party and a rollerski race on a newly-paved trail paralleling the park road.
The race was organized by Ronn Randall of the Anchorage Parks & Recreation Department, who also organized a sprint rollerski race at Cuddy Park in Anchorage last month. With great weather for the 6:00 PM start, over 60 athletes showed up to take part.
In the men's 10K Eric Strabel just edged UAA head coach Trond Flagstad by six seconds to take the win. Up and coming junior Eric Packer of Alaska Winter Stars was third.
In the women's 5K, APU and US Ski Team member Kikkan Randall had to work pretty hard to hold off Kasandra Rice by 4 seconds. Kikkan's APU & USST teammate Tazlina Mannix was third.
Kincaid Rollerski Stampede Results
Men
20-29 (10-K) — 1) Eric Strabel 27:09:76; 2) Trond Flagstad 27:15:95; 3) Eric Packer 28:37:96; 4) Paul Shauer 29:06:38; 5) Cole Talbot 31:23:59; 6) Harry T. Crawford 31:37:15.
15-19 (10-K) — 1) Steven Buklis 30:09:11; 2) Andrew Dougherty 30:28:34; 3) Nick Treinen 31:33:78; 4) Eric Ryan 32:04:56; 5) Anson Moxness 33:11:68; 6) Lex Treinen 34:47:25; 7) Don Haering 37:13:26; 8) Wiley Dunlop Shell 37:17:15.
15-19 (7-K) — 1) Neil Liotta 28:14:66; 2) Daniel Riley 29:12:60; 3) Erin Phillips 29:31:15.
30 and over (7-K) — 1) Rich Suddock 28.04.60; 2) tie David Meyers 30:36:01; 2) tie Rich Rogers 30:36:01; 4) Chip Treinen 30:59:19; 5) Joe Kurtak 39:27:66; 6) Marko Radonich 41:27:66.
Women
20-29 (5-K) — 1) Kikkan Randall 16:32:80; 2) Kasandra Rice 16:36:70; 3) Tazlina Mannix 17:20:00; 4) Aleta Phelps 18:42:36; 5) Kate Pearson 19:14:19.
15-19 (5K) — 1) Rachelle Kanady 18:05:01; 2) Ky Eiben 18:12:51; 3) Hanna Johnson 18:12:91.
15-19 (5K) — 1) Caitlin Patterson 17:41:18; 2) Jaime Bronga 17:43:38; 3) Alison Butler 18:17:94; 4) Kate Fitzgerald 19:17:51; 5) Jasmine Neeno 19:29:91; 6) Heidi Rogers 19:31:01; 7) Megan Ryan 20:07:90; 8) Kellen MacFadyen 20:30:21; 9) Liz Conway 21:34:70.
30 and over (5K) — 1) Terri Pauls 21:11:66; 2) Devra Louis 22:38:99; 3) Jay Laxson 23:07:44; 4) Diana Evans 24:23:72.
Article From Anchorage Daily News:
Skiing on wheels
By MELISSA DeVAUGHN
Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 15, 2006
Roller skiing in Anchorage is almost always a training technique for nordic skiers, but on Wednesday night it grabbed the spotlight. More than 60 skiers in shorts and tank tops, wearing 3-foot skis on wheels, showed Anchorage that roller skiing can be a competitive summer sport.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/8196635p-8089877c.html
The following pictures were sent to us by Sarah Radonich via Holly Brooks.
