On a beautiful sunny day Sunday, Anchorage local skiers James Southam and Holly Brooks won the 21st annual 50km skate race that winds through town and ends at Kincaid Park. This was a first win for both Southam (29) and Brooks (25). Southam has been in Anchorage the last few weeks training for the upcoming US distance nationals, and Brooks is an assistant coach for APUNSC.
Southam, a 2006 Olympian, beat out Thomas Oyberg (2nd) and Martin Rosvall (3rd).
Brooks, in her first Tour race, outpaced Kassi Rice (2nd) and Kate [Pearson] Arduser (3rd).
The Tour of Anchorage is part of the American Ski Marathon Series throughout the US every winter.
For complete results or all the race distances, division, and race photos, please visit:
http://www.tourofanchorage.com/results.html
To read more in the Anchorage Daily News Monday (March 4th ) article, please visit:
http://www.adn.com/sports/story/333100.html
Men's 50km:
1 James Southam 2:07:12.1
2 Thomas Oyberg 2:07:39.6
3 Martin Rosvall 2:07:43.6
4 Dylan Watts 2:08:09.1
5 Anders Haugen 2:09:55.0
6 Bart Dengel 2:10:42.8
7 Seth Downs 2:10:55.4
8 Brent Knight 2:12:04.8
9 Chris Clark 2:15:28.1
10 Peter Kling 2:17:15.9
11 Frode Lillefjel 2:17:15.9
12 Adam Verrier 2:17:22.0
13 Paul Schauer 2:17:37.9
14 Cory Smith 2:23:14.4
15 Chet Ferhmann 2:23:15.9
Women's 50km:
1 Holly Brooks 2:25:15.7
2 Kasandra Rice 2:25:44.1
3 Kate Arduser 2:25:56.1
4 Rachel Steer 2:34:04.3
5 Kate Fitzgerald 2:36:59.1
6 Christina May 2:40:14.3
7 Becky Hauser 2:43:18.9
8 Diana Johnson 2:45:39.2
9 Shannon Donley 2:51:09.9
10 Nancy Pease 2:51:27.6
11 Erika Downs 2:52:15.6
12 Carly Reimer 2:52:43.0
13 Shannon Brockman 2:54:08.9
14 Rosalyn Singleto 2:55:15.7
15 Kelsey Cooledge 2:55:41.0
