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Colony sweeps region skiing, SoHi’s Boonstra wins overall

The Colony girls and boys cross-country ski teams swept the Region 3 cross-country ski meet Saturday at Government Peak Recreation Area in the Matanuska-Susitna valleys.

The two-day overall individual titles went to Soldotna’s Tania Boonstra and Colony’s Coby Marvin.

The Colony girls had a team time of 2 hours, 16 minutes, 59 seconds, while Soldotna was the runner-up at 2:18:44. Kenai was third and Homer was fifth.

On the boys side, the Knights had four of the top five overall times and won at 2:16:07. Homer was second at 2:23:46, while Kenai was fourth and Soldotna was fifth.

Boonstra won both the 5-kilometer interval classic Friday and the 5K freestyle mass start Saturday for an overall time of 31:02. Soldotna’s Ariana Cannava was second in the freestyle race and second in the overall at 32:04. Kenai’s Emily Moss was third in the freestyle race and fourth in the overall at 33:28.

Eryn Field also got into the top 10 for the peninsula, taking ninth at 36:00.

Colony’s Jayden Rice won the 5K interval start classic Friday, but Marvin came back to win the 7.5K freestyle mass start Saturday to total 33:34 and nip Rice by three seconds for the overall.

Kenai’s Jack Laker finished third in the freestyle race, but fourth in the overall at 34:30, with Colony’s Clayton Steer at 34:25.

Homer’s Jody Goodrich was sixth at 34:45, Homer’s Ethan Styvar was eighth at 35:36, Kenai’s Chase Laker was ninth at 35:39 and Homer’s Garrett Briscoe was 10th at 35:45.

Region 3 ski meet

Saturday at Government Peak Recreation Area

GIRLS

Team times: 1. Colony, 2 hours, 16 minutes, 59 seconds; 2. Soldotna, 2:18:44; 3. Kenai, 2:30:55; 4. Palmer, 2:31:55; 5. Homer, 2:39:35; 6. Grace, 2:59:55.

5-kilometer freestyle mass start

1. Tania Boonstra, Sol, 14:20; 2. Ariana Cannava, Sol, 15:20; 3. Emily Moss, Ken, 15:37; 4. Lucy Shea, Col, 15:55; 5. Kaija Backus, Col, 16:12; 6. Anna Bell, Col, 16:21; 7. Josie Peace, Pal, 16:26; 8. Eryn Field, Hom, 16:32; 9. Daisy Walker, Hom, 16:37; 10. Stella Rose, Col, 16:51; 11. Adriana Ramirez, Col, 17:02; 12. Natalee Zahrt, Pal, 17:22; 13. Leanne Gordon, Sol, 17:26; 14. Sophia Kristich, Col, 17:30; 15. Mia Taylor, Ken, 18:04; 16. Madison McDonald, Ken, 18:23; 17. Alder Deal, Pal, 18:28; 18. Lynnea Hack, Ken, 18:34; 19. Katie Van Buskirk, Sew, 18:40; 20. Avery Cuifo, Sol, 18:44; 21. Danika Winslow, Sol, 18:54; 22. Cate Merriner, Gra, 19:27; 23. Aly Guernsey, Sew, 19:49; 24. Ava Moore Smyth, Pal, 19:57; 25. Abby Wardhaugh, Pal, 20:02.

26. Xinlan Tanner, Ken, 20:04; 27. Audrey McDonald, Ken, 20:08; 28. Katie Everett, Pal, 20:11; 29. Gracie Russell, Sew, 20:34; 30. Leah Dunn, Hom, 20:36; 31. Adelaide Bell, Gra, 20:39; 32. McKenna Black, Hom, 20:40; 33. Brook Lentfer, Gra, 21:18; 34. Zara Chang, Gra, 22:49; 35. Beatrix McDonough, Hom, 23:06.

Overall

1. Boonstra, Sol, 31:02; 2. Cannava, Sol, 32:04; 3. Shea, Col, 33:27; 4. Moss, Ken, 33:28; 5. Backus, Col, 33:42; 6. Bell, Col, 34:32; 7. Peace, Pal, 34:39; 8. Rose, Col, 35:18; 9. Field, Hom, 36:00; 10. Kristich, Col, 36:11; 11. Walker, Hom, 36:24; 12. Gordon, Sol, 36:31; 13. Ramirez, Col, 36:42; 14. Zahrt, Pal, 37:04; 15. Hack, Ken, 38:53; 16. Cuifo, Sol, 39:05; 17. M. McDonald, Ken, 39:07; 18. Deal, Pal, 39:18; 19. Taylor, Ken, 39:27; 20. Van Buskirk, Sew, 39:35; 21. Smyth, Pal, 40:54; 22. Winslow, Sol, 41:02; 23. Guernsey, Sew, 41:45; 24. A. McDonald, Ken, 41:48; 25. Everett, Pal, 41:57.

26. Merriner, Gra, 42:21; 27. Wardhaugh, Pal, 42:51; 28. Tanner, Ken, 43:04; 29. Lentfer, Gra, 43:11; 30. Dunn, Hom, 43:28; 31. Black, Hom, 43:43; 32. McDonough, Hom, 45:03; 33. Russell, Sew, 45:45; 34. Bell, Gra, 45:51; 35. Chang, Gra, 48:52.

BOYS

Team times: 1. Colony, 2:16:07; 2. Homer, 2:23:46; 3. Palmer, 2:27:01; 4. Kenai, 2:27:27; 5. Soldotna, 2:31:53; 6. Grace, 2:49:11.

7.5-kilometer freestyle mass start

1. Coby Marvin, Col, 19:50; 2. Jayden Rice, Col, 20:12; 3. Jack Laker, Ken, 20:17; 4. Weston Sensabaugh, Col, 20:33; 5. Tobias Buchanan, Col, 20:35; 6. Jody Goodrich, Hom, 20:37; 7. Clayton Steer, Col, 20:38; 8. Chase Laker, Ken, 20:41; 9. Ethan Styvar, Hom, 20:45; 10. Garrett Briscoe, Hom, 21:27; 11. London Lee, Pal, 21:39; 12. Alex Adams, Pal, 21:40; 13. Remi Cap, Pal, 21:42; 14. Colton Merriner, Gra, 21:57; 15. Seamus McDonough, Hom, 22:14; 16. Nobel Cassidy, Sol, 22:17; 17. Zane Tews, Ken, 22:21; 18. Johannes Bynagle, Hom, 22:25; 19. Andrew Cox, Sol, 22:39; 20. Jonathan Gordon, Sol, 22:50; 21. Teigan Copp, Pal, 22:51; 22. Ben Boersma, Ken, 22:57; 23. Carter Cannava, Sol, 23:26; 24. Carson Deans, Pal, 23:30; 25. Levi Mickelson, Sol, 23:43.

26. Benjamin Abel, Sol, 23:54; 27. Caleb Spence, Gra, 23:57; 28. Michael Davidson, Sol, 24:00; 29. Daniel hennemann, Pal, 24:05; 30. Oliver Trobaugh, Sew, 24:29; 31. Robert Carson, Ken, 24:40; 32. Owen Smith, Ken, 25:27; 33. Rockwell Bates, Hom, 25:43; 34. Brayden Licht, Pal, 25:53; 35. Caleb Miller, Gra, 26:22; 36. Easton Roads, Gra, 26:38; 37. Marty Fink, Sew, 28:22; 38. Dylan Kodama, Gra, 28:27.

Overall

1. Marvin, Col, 33:34; 2. Rice, Col, 33:37; 3. Steer, Col, 34:25; 4. J. Laker, Ken, 34:30; 5. Sensabaugh, Col, 34:31; 6. Goodrich, Hom, 34:45; 7. Buchanan, Col, 34:48; 8. Styvar, Hom, 35:36; 9. C. Laker, Ken, 35:39; 10. Briscoe, Hom, 35:45; 11. Adams, Pal, 36:11; 12. Remi Cap, Pal, 36:24; 13. London Lee, Pal, 36:25; 14. Cox, Sol, 36:54; 15. Merriner, Gra, 37:08; 16. Cassidy, Sol, 37:25; 17. McDonough, Hom, 37:40; 18. Copp, Pal, 38:01; 19. Tews, Ken, 38:10; 20. Gordon, Sol, 38:27; 21. Bynagle, Hom, 38:48; 22. Mickelson, Sol, 39:07; 23. Boersma, Ken, 39:08; 24. Abel, Sol, 39:13; 25. Cannava, Sol, 39:17.

26. Davidson, Sol, 39:17; 27. Deans, Pal, 39:49; 28. Hennemann, Pal, 40:07; 29. Spence, Gra, 41:28; 30. Licht, Pal, 42:01; 31. Carson, Ken, 42:39; 32. Trobaugh, Sew, 43:32; 33. Smith, Ken, 43:48; 34. Miller, Gra, 44:30; 35. Bates, Hom, 45:17; 36. Roads, Gra, 46:05; 37. Kodama, Gra, 47:18; 38. Fink, Sew, 50:17.

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