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There were 108 finishers at the Homer Epic on Saturday in the Caribou Hills outside of Homer. The event features 50- and 100-kilometer biking, running and skiing events for women and men.

The 100K winners for the women were Erin Mingrone in the bike, Rachelle Kanady in the ski and Erin McKittrick in the run. For the men in the 100K, Mike Monterusso won the bike, Andy Liebner won the ski and Aaron Thomas won the run.

The 50K winners for the women were Melanie Beale in the bike, Holly Brooks in the ski and Sydney Edgerton in the run. For the men at 50K, Devin Mcdowell won the bike, Luke Rosier won the ski and Todd Murdoch won the run.

Homer Epic

Saturday

WOMEN

100-kilometer bike — 1. Erin Mingrone, 8 hours, 41 minutes; 2. Hailey Stark, 9:25; 3. Frances Deblare, 10:19.

100K ski — 1. Rachelle Kanady, 9:36; 2. Jennifer Bando, 11:50.

100K run — 1. Erin McKittrick, 14:33.

50K bike — 1. Melanie Beale, 2:56; 2. Katelyn Stearns, 3:07; 3. Briana Sullivan, 3:08; 4. Christiana Fincher, 3:30; 5. Erica Blake, 3:54; 6. Tristan Ramey Ziegler, 4:08; 7. Carly Haynes, 4:08; 8. Lila Hobbs, 4:09; 9. Ciri Vail, 4:11; 10. Katarzyna Michon, 4:28; 11. Emma Haddix, 4:44; 12. Sarah Johnson, 4:50; 13. Jilleen Charette, 4:50; 14. Laura Mullin, 5:38; 15. Tasha Weaver, 5:41; 16. Nora Rodvik, 7:25.

50K ski — 1. Holly Brooks, 3:02; 2. Nora Fried, 4:11; 3. Gilia Degange, 4:18; 4. Jessi Dullinger, 4:48; 5. Lindsay Wolter, 4:50; 6. Kyla Dammann, 4:54; 7. Ivy Schultz, 4:56; 8. Kelsey Haas, 8:34; 9. Alex Lowber, 8:34; 10. Morgan Smith, 8:34.

50K run — 1. Sydney Edgerton, 7:00; 2. Emma Corby, 7:26; 3. Jessica Hendricks, 7:30; 4. Rachel Peterson, 7:30; 5. Lauren Flynn, 8:01; 6. Zoe Story, 9:08; 7. Meghan Bailey, 9:08.

MEN

100K bike — 1. Mike Monterusso, 5:52; 2. David Kingston, 6:14; 3. Dean Engelhaupt, 6:53; 4. Duncan Green, 7:36; 5. Richie Velez, 7:55; 6. Tom Carter, 8:01; 7. Mike Beiergrohslein, 8:30; 8. Donovan Camp, 8:31; 9. Luke Kiskaddon, 8:45; 10. Martin Renner, 8:46; 11. Nate Anderson, 8:54; 12. Sean Cahoon, 9:22; 13. Caleb Brown, 10:17; 14. Tait Ostrom, 10:39; 15. Greg Mills, 10:50; 16. Marc Teillon, 10:57; 17. Robert Ostrom, 11:16.

100K ski — 1. Andy Liebner, 6:10; 2. Jojo Baldus, 8:20; 3. Robert McNown, 8:21; 4. Ben Gryski, 9:25; 5. Forest Wagner, 12:01.

100K run — 1. Aaron Thomas, 16:33; 2. Adam Mruk, 19:46.

50K bike — 1. Devin Mcdowell, 3:06; 2. David Kochevar, 3:15; 3. Ben Booher, 3:17; 4. Jeremy Mohs, 3:18; 5. Curtis Fincher, 3:22; 6. Eric Holloway, 3:28; 7. Lee Hall, 3:36; 8. Dale Banks, 3:54; 9. Spencer Martin, 3:56; 10. Hal Shepherd, 4:02; 11. Darian Haynes, 4:06; 12. Cyle Ziegler, 4:06; 13. Kenneth Williams, 4:08; 14. Daniel Donovan, 4:13; 15. Richard Ruhe, 4:25; 16. Austin Johnson, 13:28; 17. Dan Eck, 4:33; 18. David Northup, 4:44; 19. Randy Hart, 4:50; 20. Daniel Countess, 4:58; 21. Samuel Jordan, 5:05; 22. James Ingersoll, 5:38; 23. Karl Rodvik, 7:25; 24. Hans Rodvik, 7:26; 25. Joe Martin, 9:17.

50K ski — 1. Luke Rosier, 3:13; 2. Tanner Heil, 3:28; 3. Ryan Casey, 3:30; 4. Bernard Stratman, 4:02; 5. David Martindell, 5:07; 6. Garrett Hall, 7:04; 7. Matt Lowber, 8:04; 8. Zachary Bolen, 8:39; 9. Mason Tarkenton, 9:16.

50K run — 1. Todd Murdoch, 6:43; 2. Nikolas Doland, 6:52; 3. Mark Snyder, 7:00; 4. Blake Hamilton, 7:30; 5. Ben Olwell, 7:30; 6. Brian Burns, 7:35; 7. Tony Gillham, 7:53; 8. Brian Paul Pierce, 8:31; 9. Fred Luminoso, 8:46; 10. Jeffrey Wilson, 9:11; 11. Rhett Brown, 12:20.

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