Sam Tilly dodged the rain and field of 69 runners to win race 4 of the Salmon Run Series 5-kilometer event Wednesday evening at the Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna.
Tilly conquered the notoriously tough Bear loop to post a fast time of 16 minutes, 37 seconds, beating second-place Lance Chilton by nearly two minutes. Bradley Walters lost out to Chilton in a sprint to the finish by one second.
Carly Reimer finished 20th to claim the women’s win in 24:53, finishing just three seconds ahead of women’s runner-up Elizabeth Hardie.
The fifth and final race of the series runs next Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Skyview Middle School track adjacent to the Tsalteshi Trails.
Salmon Run Series race 4
Tsalteshi Trails
1. Sam Tilly, 16:37; 2. Lance Chilton, 18:32; 3. Bradley Walters, 18:33; 4. Maison Dunham, 18:37; 5. Dan McIntosh, 18:59; 6. Langston Alexander, 19:52; 7. Michael Berkenwald, 20:13; 8. Sean Dilley, 20:21; 9. Benjamin McGarry, 20:34; 10. Matti Silta, 20:45; 11. Tucker Mueller, 20:46; 12. Joey Klecka, 20:51; 13. Jack Harris, 22:02; 14. Jon Iannaccone, 22:45; 15. Jordan Chilson, 23:26; 16. John Paul Dammeyer, 23:55; 17. Marcus Mueller, 23:59; 18. Jeff Helminiak, 24:08; 19. Jace Kornstad, 24:10; 20. Carly Reimer, 24:53; 21. Elizabeth Hardie, 24:56; 22. Ben Hanson, 25:02; 23. Maria Salzetti, 25:13; 24. Mikaela Salzetti, 25:22; 25. Erica Cowart, 26:16;
26. James Dammeyer, 26:17; 27. Morgan Aldridge, 26:24; 28. Sara Berkenwald, 26:34; 29. Sara Bundy, 26:37; 30. Jodi Hanson, 26:39; 31. Alek McGarry, 27:05; 32. Eric Trevino, 27:09; 33. Ian McGarry, 27:43; 34. Patty Moran, 27:54; 35. Isabella Dammeyer, 28:47; 36. Teri Farris, 28:51; 37. Kandi Barcus, 28:58; 38. Kathleen Sorensen, 29:06; 39. Maria Dammeyer, 29:36; 40. Kate Swaby, 30:04; 41. Rena Kornstad, 30:28; 42. Karalyn Veihdeffer, 30:35; 43. Ariana Cannava, 30:37; 44. Aubree Renfro, 30:40; 45. Chelsea McGarry, 30:55; 46. Melissa Smith, 31:26; 47. Kaiden Peterson, 31:44; 48. Carrie Wawrzyck, 31:50; 49. William Butsic, 32:04; 50. Landen Showalter, 32:19;
51. Amy Kaucic, 32:34; 52. Jennifer Showalter, 32:39; 53. Sarah Hollers, 33:39; 54. Ayla Tallent, 34:35; 55. Michael Tallent, 34:35; 56. Terri Cowart, 34:35; 57. Mary Rhyner, 36:40; 58. Maria Sweppy, 37:37; 59. Cooper Darling, 38:01; 60. Katie Tallent, 38:11; 61. Henry Heft, 38:14; 62. Meg Mueller, 39:17; 63. Amelia Mueller, 39:18; 64. Rory Clark, 39:55; 65. Nicole Olender, 39:56; 66. Parker Cannava, 41:38; 67. Katrina Cannava, 41:39; 68. Brooke Walters, 44:55; 69. Laurie Walters, 44:55.
