A handful of Kenai Peninsula athletes traveled north Sunday to compete in the Gold Nugget Triathlon in Anchorage, which features a 500-yard swim, 12-mile bike and 3.5-mile run. The event was won by Stephanie Arnold in 1 hour, 1 minutes and 44 seconds. There were 1,445 finishers.
Peninsula finishers follow:
74. Morgan Aldridge, Sterling, 1:16:41; 191. Hartley Miller, Homer, 1:23:45; 387. Kristi Ellsworth, Moose Pass, 1:32:38; 428. Margaret Shalit, Nikiski, 1:34:16; 432. Sidney Epperheimer, Kenai, 1:34:28; 533. Avery Kornstad, Kenai, 1:38:01; 534. Nadia Anders, Kenai, 1:38:04; 563. Chelsea Springer, Soldotna, 1:39:31; 590. Bailey Epperheimer, Kenai, 1:40:28; 597. Rena Kornstad, Kenai, 1:40:38; 621. Jill Evoy, Kenai, 1:41:38; 711. Julie English, Kenai, 1:45:22; 721. Chelsea McGarry, Soldotna, 1:45:47; 735. Alexi Walker, Seward, 1:46:14; 737. Brandi Mangione, Kenai, 1:46:21; 743. Lori Wagoner, Kenai, 1:46:52; 803. Jennifer Jackson, Soldotna, 1:49:16; 842. Kelli Stroh, Kenai, 1:51:03; 885. Julie Doepken, Seward, 1:52:44; 904. B. Doepken, Seward, 1:53:20; 913. Valerie McKenney, Soldotna, 1:53:46; 924. Sara Boersma, Soldotna, 1:54:09; 972. Leah English, Kenai, 1:56:34; 981. Stacy Tronnier, Kenai, 1:57:00; 1005. Dana Cordle, Homer, 1:58:30; 1030. Sandy Stevens, Sterling, 1:59:54; 1133. Margaret McGarry, Kasilof, 2:06:05; 1176. Amber McGlasson, Kenai, 2:10:20; 1184. Yvonne Oren, Kenai, 2:10:53; 1201. Katie Hollingsworth, Anchor Point, 2:12:35; 1214. Tawni Eubank, Kenai, 2:13:33; 1250. Erin Knotek, Moose Pass, 2:18:13; 1260. Kari Gdula, Soldotna, 2:18:46; 1285. Shannon Dosko, Kenai, 2:22:14; 1294. Kathryn Epperheimer, Kenai, 2:23:30; 1302. Penny Furnish, Kenai, 2:24:30; 1312. Connie Best, Soldotna, 2:26:19; 1366. S. Lautaret, Soldotna, 2:39:31; 1379. Tanya Lautaret, Soldotna, 2:43:38; 1388. Cindi Parsons, Ninilchik, 2:47:51; 1434. Ashley Dahlman, Soldotna, 3:25:14; 1440. Robin Dahlman, Soldotna, 3:36:47; 1442. Ashley Blatchford, Kenai, 3:39:19.
