Women's Results
Dunlap Interview
Race Start Clip
Women's Race Clip
ESTER, Alaska – Junior
Raphaela Sieber (Voehrenbach, Germany) was the top Alaska women's cross country finisher at the Ester Dome Run with a second-place showing on Saturday morning at Ester Dome.
Sieber completed the five-kilometer uphill course in 28 minutes, 41 seconds to garner runner-up honors.
Crystal Pitney (Fairbanks, Alaska) and
Theresia Schnurr (Buhlertal, Germany), who have both exhausted their running eligibility, finished first and third with times of 28:25 and 29:17, respectively. Both Pitney and Schnurr will ski this winter for the Nanooks.
“Our women ran really well and really tough,” interim head coach
Matt Dunlap said. “We had a little smaller team on the women's side but we have a lot of depth up at the top.”
Other top finishers for the Nanooks included freshman
Julia Ebner (Furtwangen, Germany), who took fourth in 29:39, junior
Alyson McPhetres (Chugiak, Alaska), who placed fifth in 30:22 and junior
Heidi O'Connor-Brook (Whitehorse, Yukon Territories), who crossed the line in sixth in 31:18.
The Nanooks were rounded out by freshman
Sara Falconer (Anchorage, Alaska) in seventh (32:08), senior
Marit Rjabov (Voru, Estonia) in eighth (33:02), senior
Megan Thompson (Fairbanks, Alaska) in ninth (34:49) and freshman
Ema Mayo (Fairbanks, Alaska) in 11th (36:39).
McPhetres and Thompson both achieved personal records in this race, with McPhetres dropping 30 seconds and Thompson trimming 1:58 off her previous best.
The Nanooks return to action Sept. 22 when they travel to Lacey, Wash., for the Saint Martin's Invitational.
