EAGLE RIVER – Scott Patterson and Christy Martin defended their respective titles in near-record times Saturday in the 32nd annual Crow Pass Crossing, presented by Subway.
Patterson earned his fourth men's crown in five years, finishing in 2 hours, 58 minutes, 26.9 seconds to defeat two-time champion Eric Strabel by more than four minutes in the 24-mile wilderness race from Girdwood to the Eagle River Nature Center.
With his victory, Patterson joins Michael Graham (5), Bill Spencer (4) and Geoff Roes (4) as the fourth four-time men's winner in race history. His time of 2:58:26.9 ranks fourth-best, trailing only two performances by Roes (including record 2:54:44 in 2010) and his own time of 2:56:13 from last year.
Meanwhile, Marvin became the fourth three-time champion in in women's Crow Pass history, along with Nancy Pease (9), Kjerstin Lastufka (3) and Kiersten Lippman (3). Marvin's time of 3:29:32.6 was fifth-best all-time, behind three marks by Pease (record 3:26:20 in 1990) and her own 3:26:44 from 2014. She outdistanced runner-up Caitlin Patterson by nearly 15 minutes, while former University of Alaska Anchorage cross country standout Katie Krehlik finished third in 3:44:39.
Produced by UAA Athletics, the race goes approximately 24 miles along the Crow Pass Trail, from just north of Girdwood to the Eagle River Nature Center. There is a total gradient of 5,959 feet, with a peak elevation gain of 3,888 feet.
32nd annual Crow Pass Crossingpresented by SubwayJuly 23, 2016Women's ResultsPl Bib Name Time 1 1 Christy Marvin 3:29:32.6 2 21 Caitlin Patterson 3:44:23.9 3 16 Katie Krehlik 3:44:39.4 4 29 Denali Strabel 3:52:11.8 5 28 Ann Spencer 3:56:28.9 6 5 Clare Cook 3:56:38.1 7 17 Annie Liotta 4:03:55.7 8 19 Shawn McTaggart 4:07:31.7 9 15 Emily Evans 4:11:04.910 22 Rachael Posey 4:15:30.811 9 Kate Fitzgerald 4:18:11.912 18 Christi Schmitz 4:19:33.213 37 Annie Connelly 4:25:23.814 1 Mariah Graham 4:27:25.715 35 Jane Boer 4:29:17.616 13 Sarah Johanson 4:35:30.317 11 Katie Green 4:36:32.818 2 Hannah Booher 4:39:19.019 56 Jennifer Benna 4:40:28.720 38 Danielle Gerik 4:43:10.521 46 Tammy Weaver 4:51:36.722 41 Laura McDonoug 4:58:57.423 4 Susan Casey 5:00:08.524 104 Kimberly Rigg 5:06:50.925 24 Justine Reese 5:09:00.826 34 Amie Wu 5:14:24.227 45 Kristina Storlie 5:21:59.328 122 Leah Legate 5:28:18.229 40 Elizabeth Knapp 5:30:27.630 27 Cynthia Shidner 5:51:19.731 39 Michelle Hollander 5:54:44.3Men's Results Pl Bib Name Time 1 132 Scott Patterson 2:58:26.9 2 139 Eric Strabel 3:02:31.5 3 134 AJ Schirack 3:02:43.1 4 59 Chad Trammell 3:04:12.6 5 53 Kenneth Brewer 3:06:21.5 6 85 Ben Marvin 3:12:43.3 7 114 John Novak 3:14:33.4 8 117 Forrest Mahlen 3:23:21.9 9 71 Russell Johanson 3:26:35.3 10 58 Christopher Clark 3:28:19.3 11 138 Willie Stoll 3:33:07.8 12 95 Joseph Nyholm 3:34:09.1 13 140 Craig Taylor 3:34:33.4 14 61 Franklin Dekker 3:38:08.4 15 116 Tom Bronga 3:40:27.4 16 91 Benjamin Muse 3:40:30.7 17 47 David Apperson 3:42:57.8 18 126 Erik Johnson 3:43:51.4 19 26 Michael Versteeg 3:44:35.7 20 31 Roanun Hall 3:47:24.4 21 65 Matthew Green 3:47:31.5 22 12 Ben Ward 3:47:36.7 23 99 Mike Monterusso 3:47:56.7 24 90 Jay Mullen 3:50:59.5 25 23 Scott Gage 3:53:16.5 26 96 Brian Pautzke 3:55:50.6 27 84 Will Mans III 3:56:45.3 28 135 Matthew Shidner 3:59:15.6 29 77 Lance Kopsack 3:59:21.3 30 145 Mike Wahlig 3:59:55.1 31 113 Alex Alonso 4:00:38.8 32 148 Soren Wuerth 4:02:06.0 33 121 Andrew Dougherty 4:03:23.9 34 102 John Scott 4:03:47.3 35 129 Jeffrey Levin 4:03:55.6 36 110 Jeremy Weber 4:07:16.5 37 115 Mark Brady 4:08:04.8 38 80 Tully LaBelle-Hamer 4:08:21.5 39 64 Jack Ginter 4:08:30.4 40 144 Andy Varner 4:08:39.0 41 118 Tom Callahan 4:10:14.7 42 107 David Stamp 4:12:06.1 43 75 Kevin Knotek 4:12:47.4 44 86 Jim McDonough 4:14:02.4 45 92 John Nagel 4:14:34.3 46 51 Jonathan Bangert 4:14:45.9 47 43 Charles Schlichtmann 4:16:22.1 48 94 Derek Nottingham 4:17:34.4 49 6 Mark Hansen 4:18:07.7 50 70 Fred Hveding 4:18:50.4 51 54 Francis Cosgrave 4:24:31.2 52 25 Matthew Glynn 4:24:43.4 53 8 Evan Patterson 4:26:23.5 54 89 James Mitchell 4:26:41.4 55 30 Christopher Kirk 4:28:15.0 56 74 Douglas Ketterer 4:28:43.2 57 76 Matt Waliszek 4:30:15.9 58 133 David Popiel 4:31:05.9 59 97 Bill Pearson 4:31:11.1 60 101 Mike Schroeder 4:33:30.5 61 42 Luke Duffy 4:34:44.1 62 88 Mike Michener 4:35:43.7 63 111 John Wirum 4:36:35.8 64 93 Thomas Nenahlo 4:37:07.1 65 3 Sean Casey 4:37:15.4 66 66 Dorian Gross 4:37:36.2 67 83 Benjamin Logsdon 4:41:12.1 68 103 Andy Shidner 4:42:00.0 69 127 Gavin Kentch 4:42:10.6 70 72 Evan Jones 4:43:17.0 71 67 Rick Hansen 4:45:32.5 72 109 Dan Virgin 4:47:32.4 73 79 Max Kullberg 4:49:38.1 74 78 Robb Kulin 4:49:44.3 75 147 Jeremy Weaver 4:51:37.7 76 143 Braden Van Dragt 4:51:46.0 77 82 Martin Lindeke 4:52:31.9 78 149 Sean Zumwalt 4:53:30.8 79 7 Alec Kay 4:54:12.9 80 50 Jordan Bancroft 4:55:13.3 81 100 Barclay Roeder 4:55:38.7 82 123 Jeremy Jaminet 4:55:52.2 83 146 Christopher Walker 4:58:52.9 84 63 Bob Gerik 4:59:12.5 85 14 Daniel Crumpacker 4:59:53.9 86 81 Kevin Lauver 5:04:46.4 87 128 Braun Kopsack 5:05:53.7 88 48 Dunnington Babb 5:06:51.4 89 106 Matt Soule 5:08:31.7 90 55 Marty Byrne 5:10:25.8 91 119 Antony Cook 5:15:19.5 92 112 Noah Zogas 5:16:38.0 93 32 Rodney Wehr 5:31:25.7 94 130 Michael Lloyd 5:31:29.8 95 57 Aaron Christie 5:33:33.0 96 62 Dan Engel 5:35:27.3 97 69 Ed Leonetti 5:37:10.3 98 49 Joshua Babeu 5:41:42.6 99 137 Evan Steinhauser 5:48:44.2100 108 Peter VanDyne 5:56:19.3