Alaska Star staff

Like fallen dominoes, a row of bikes awaits runners in the transition area of the Eklutna Challenge run/bike race Saturday along the Eklutna Lake Trail. Photos by DAN SHEPARD

Chugiak-Eagle River put four athletes in the top 10 of the Eklutna Challenge Saturday.

Eagle River's Cullen Barker just made the cut with a 10th place finish among the 80 men who entered. Eagle River's Sheryl Loan (third), Annie Southham (ninth) and Pam Todd (tenth) were the top local woman.

Darren Mattingly of Girdwood was the overall men's winner by a minute and 20 seconds over Anchorage's Andy Duenow, as Heather Gasaway of Anchorage blew away her closest competitor, Palmer's Margaret Cunningham, by more than five minutes.

134 racers in all competed in the annual race, which features a three-mile run followed by a 15-mile bike along the Eklutna Lake Trail.

Eagle River's Joe Lammers, left, leads a group of Anchorage runners. He finished 22nd among 80 males.

Saturday, Eklutna Lake Trail

Final Standings

Males

1) 1:04:42 Darren Mattingly - Girdwood

2) 1:06:02 Andy Duenow - Anchorage

3) 1:08:52 Carey Grumelot - Anchorage

4) 1:09:02 John Collins - Anchorage

5) 1:10:13 Preston Keating - Anchorage

6) 1:10:40 Brian T Reilly - Anchorage

7) 1:11:01 Jason Lamoreaux - Anchorage

8) 1:12:10 Randolph S Gill - Anchorage

Overall winner Darren Mattingly of Girdwood crosses the finish line.

10) 1:13:49 Cullen Barker - Eagle River

11) 1:14:07 Gene Till - Eagle River

12) 1:14:08 Jon Douglas - Anchorage

13) 1:14:08 Adam Miller - Anchorage

14) 1:15:24 Ed O'Connor - Talkeetna

15) 1:17:27 Chad Caden - Anchorage

16) 1:17:37 Lukas Stutzer - Anchorage

17) 1:18:21 Theo M. Hunt - Anchorage

18) 1:18:47 Marc Hoffmeister - Eagle River

19) 1:18:52 Randy Kanady - Anchorage

20) 1:19:27 Mike Beiersgrohslein - Eagle River

21) 1:19:42 Steve Rieger - N/A

22) 1:20:22 Joe Lammers - Eagle River

23) 1:20:57 Patrick Cwiak - Anchorage

24) 1:21:04 John Peterson - Anchorage

25) 1:21:48 Issac Lammers - Eagle River

26) 1:22:08 Fred Stutzer - Anchorage

27) 1:22:15 Jeremy Hinshaw - Anchorage

28) 1:22:25 Kevin Loan - Eagle River

29) 1:23:22 Tom Beatty - N/A

30) 1:23:50 Andy Underwood - Anchorage

31) 1:24:22 Finton Lyons - Anchorage

32) 1:24:50 Jack Parke - Anchorage

33) 1:24:53 Freddie Parke - Anchorage

34) 1:25:06 Chris Widener - Anchorage

35) 1:25:09 Neil Liotta - Anchorage

36) 1:26:15 Brandon McGuire - N/A

37) 1:26:43 Zach Miley - Anchorage

38) 1:27:31 Conrad Chapman - Chugiak

39) 1:28:25 Jay Larsen - N/A

40) 1:29:06 Barry Hetlet - Palmer

41) 1:29:16 Donovan Anderson - Anchorage

42) 1:29:31 Scott Boyle - Anchorage

43) 1:30:14 Tim Murray - Anchorage

44) 1:30:20 Robert Owens - Anchorage

45) 1:30:33 Samuel Brewer - Chugiak

46) 1:31:02 Ben Bell - Anchorage

47) 1:32:19 Jamie Nyquist - Anchorage

48) 1:32:24 Jeff Denoncour - Palmer

49) 1:32:36 Tom Hull - Anchorage

50) 1:33:32 Mark Fairbanks - Eagle River

51) 1:34:12 Ken Robinette - Wasilla

52) 1:35:32 Mauriao Perez - N/A

53) 1:35:57 Nathan Bersee - Anchorage

54) 1:36:33 Frank Paskvan - Anchorage

55) 1:38:11 Vance Arabie - Anchorage

56) 1:39:44 Dave Scherer - Anchorage

57) 1:39:49 Steven Ashburn - Anchorage

58) 1:39:50 Richard Jordan - Anchorage

59) 1:40:29 Tom Brewer - Chugiak

60) 1:43:42 Greg Bienna - Anchorage

61) 1:46:22 DeWayne Ingram - N/A

62) 1:46:24 Dennis Holway - Anchorage

63) 1:46:31 Tim Wiepking - Anchorage

64) 1:46:54 Cory Karge - Anchorage

65) 1:49:09 John M. Jensen - Palmer

66) 1:49:28 Rich Franks - Anchorage

67) 1:49:29 Macky Franks - Anchorage

68) 1:50:39 Kenneth Brewer - Chugiak

69) 1:50:57 Peter Brewer - Chugiak

70) 1:53:59 Trason Merritt - Anchorage

71) 1:55:34 Doug Weil - Anchorage

72) 1:57:46 Aaron Travelstead - N/A

73) 2:00:45 Nicolas Muhlhauser - Eagle River

74) 2:02:23 Lar Keith - Anchorage

75) 2:13:06 Joseph Douglas - Anchorage

76) 2:13:07 Scott M. Dishman - Elmendorf AFB

77) 2:14:22 Rich Williams - Anchorage

78) 2:18:34 Ethan Gottschalk - Anchorage

79) 2:25:55 Brandon Rinner - Anchorage

80) 2:35:22 Nathan Bosch - Anchorage

Females

1) 1:10:30 Heather Gasaway - Anchorage

2) 1:15:42 Margaret Cunningham - Palmer

3) 1:17:38 Sheryl Loan - Eagle River

4) 1:19:03 Lisa Keller - Anchorage

5) 1:19:37 Judy Kanady - Anchorage

6) 1:20:35 Colleen Peterson - Anchorage

7) 1:21:47 Teri Arion - Anchorage

8) 1:22:31 Petra Davis - Anchorage

9) 1:22:31 Annie Southham - Eagle River

10) 1:23:58 Pam Todd - Eagle River

11) 1:25:25 Susie Holway - Anchorage

12) 1:27:25 Kinsey Loan - Eagle River

13) 1:28:24 Darcy Davis - Anchorage

14) 1:29:03 Hannah Summers - Anchorage

15) 1:29:19 Katy Rosane - Eagle River

16) 1:29:26 Gayle Hoffmeister - Eagle River

17) 1:29:54 Sarah Hansen - Anchorage

18) 1:31:08 Rachelle Kanady - Anchorage

19) 1:32:07 Renee Helie - Anchorage

20) 1:34:28 Shannon Fore - Palmer

21) 1:34:53 Rose Lahti - Anchorage

22) 1:36:24 Nancy Meade - Anchorage

23) 1:36:25 Angelica Tasselli - Wasilla

24) 1:37:08 Jillian Pearce - Anchorage

25) 1:38:18 Deborah Summers - Anchorage

26) 1:38:46 Amy Lewis - Anchorage

27) 1:39:24 Rachel Lemon - Anchorage

28) 1:40:50 Christine Chapman - Chugiak

29) 1:40:53 Karin Schaff - Anchorage

30) 1:41:35 Gloria Hunter - Anchorage

31) 1:42:52 Emily Reed - Anchorage

32) 1:43:22 Savanna Desatoff - Anchorage

33) 1:44:08 Kimberly Hankins - Anchorage

34) 1:45:09 Sherri Rose - Kenai

35) 1:45:49 Kara Nyquist - Anchorage

36) 1:45:54 Marian Frost - Chugiak

37) 1:46:23 Betsy Paskvan - Anchorage

38) 1:46:29 Sophie Wiepking-Brown - Anchorage

39) 1:46:44 Sarah Duffy - Anchorage

40) 1:46:56 Monica Dale - Chugiak

41) 1:50:26 Stacey Orlov - Anchorage

42) 1:50:41 Stephanie Clapper - Anchorage

43) 1:53:35 Anna Saucier - Anchorage

44) 1:53:57 Heather Stewart - Eagle River

45) 1:56:56 Melanie Harrop - Eagle River

46) 1:59:19 Janet Rigoni - Eagle River

47) 2:04:18 Jamie Elswick - N/A

48) 2:06:20 Kate Nixon - Anchorage

49) 2:14:22 Renee Wickman - Eagle River

50) 2:14:35 Tuyet Smallwood - Anchorage

51) 2:24:14 Chris Sitbon - Anchorage

52) 2:28:55 Stephanie Abruzzino - Eagle River

53) 2:30:26 Desiree Thomas - Anchorage

54) 2:35:21 Wendy Figuera - Anchorage

This article published in The Alaska Star on Thursday, June 8, 2006.