Fort Knox Town Series #3 featured skiers of all ages, including the top prep athletes in Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Cross-country skiers from the ages of elementary students to 70 years old participated in the third event of the 25th annual Kinross Fort Knox Town Race Series hosted by the Nordic Ski Club at the Birch Hill Recreation Area on Saturday. While there are no official high school cross-country meets in Fairbanks this year, prep athletes are using Town Series Races and their own individual time trial runs as a way for them to have some form of season. The high school girls 5-kilometer event was a tight one, as the top three skiers finished within 10 seconds of each other, paced by Abigail Haas of the Nordic Ski Club and Lathrop High School. West Valley was the leader of the pack in the high school boys 10k, with Josh Baurick leading the charge. Max Beierghroslein, a freshman Nordic skier for the Alaska Nanooks, also participated in Fort Knox Town Series #3. The results from the high school races are listed below.

High School Boys 10K

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time	Diff.
1	Josh Baurick	West Valley	27:33.2	0
2	Luke Buth	West Valley	28:01.8	+28.6
3	Eric DiFolco	West Valley	28:28.9	+55.7
4	Ben Kasoff	FXC	29:11.0	+1:37.8
5	Eli Merrill	West Valley	29:20.8	+1:47.6
6	Ezra West	West Valley	29:44.6	+2:11.4
7	Jonathan Ebel	FXC	30:19.2	+2:46.0
8	Nicholas Buth	West Valley	30:20.1	+2:46.9
9	PJ Bragonier	FXC	30:22.4	+2:49.2
10	Elias Engman	West Valley	30:47.4	+3:14.2
11	Nelson Hays	FXC	33:13.6	+5:40.4
12	Ian Tragis	FXC	33:49.6	+6:16.4
13	Justin Oestreich	FXC	34:04.8	+6:31.6
14	Harrison Riggs	Lathrop	35:01.8	+7:28.6
15	Daniel Abramowicz	West Valley	36:09.4	+8:36.2
16	Kasper Bennedsen	FXC	36:48.3	+9:15.1
17	Matt Johnson	North Pole	37:46.2	+10:13.0
18	Jacob Rozell	West Valley	38:50.0	+11:16.8
19	Olav Moeller	West Valley	38:55.6	+11:22.4
20	Shane Fisher	West Valley	39:01.2	+11:28.0
21	David Wonderlich	FXC	39:08.9	+11:35.7
22	John Haas	Lathrop	39:40.0	+12:06.8
23	Naatanii Mayo	West Valley	39:53.2	+12:20.0
24	Seth Bruke	FXC	40:31.4	+12:58.2
25	Gabe Angaiak	Monroe	41:05.5	+13:32.3
26	Jake Dawley	North Pole	41:43.9	+14:10.7
27	Ian Lee	Lathrop	42:08.4	+14:35.2
28	Eleven Beddingfield	West Valley	43:01.9	+15:28.7
29	Kade Rowland	West Valley	43:13.8	+15:40.6
30	Braden Johnson	West Valley	44:45.7	+17:12.5
31	Noah Stout	West Valley	45:15.3	+17:42.1
32	Collin Eberhart	FXC	49:42.4	+22:09.2
33	Kameron Johnson	West Valley	50:35.7	+23:02.5
34	Wily Johnson	West Valley	54:53.8	+27:20.6
35	Ole Peterson	Monroe	1:00:42.5	+33:09.3

High School Girls 5K

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time	Diff.
1	Abigail Haas	FXC	16:01.2	0
2	Zarah Laker-Morris	West Valley	16:09.2	+8.0
3	Hannah Delamere	West Valley	16:09.7	+8.5
4	Hjelle Personius	West Valley	16:20.9	+19.7
5	Ingrid Baurick	FXC Devo	18:17.4	+2:16.2
6	Leni Stolz	West Valley	18:33.8	+2:32.6
7	Sonja Truffer	West Valley	18:35.6	+2:34.4
8	Lilli Bond	FXC Devo	18:51.4	+2:50.2
9	Hazel Langley	West Valley	20:10.8	+4:09.6
10	Emma Lyons	FXC Devo	20:12.1	+4:10.9
11	Pirada Anderson	West Valley	20:19.7	+4:18.5
12	Adah Decker	FXC Devo	20:24.7	+4:23.5
13	Ellie Abrahamson	FXC Devo	20:38.6	+4:37.4
14	Evelyn Wool	FXC	20:47.7	+4:46.5
15	Sala Crowe	FXC Devo	22:14.6	+6:13.4
16	Riley Whisler	West Valley	22:27.6	+6:26.4
17	Ava Jelinek	West Valley	22:32.5	+6:31.3
18	Danika Dawley	North Pole	23:04.0	+7:02.8
19	Laurel Valentine	FXC Devo	24:41.5	+8:40.3
20	Maddie Castillo	North Pole	24:49.9	+8:48.7
21	Cara Schneider	FXC Devo	25:39.7	+9:38.5
22	Lia Castillo	North Pole	26:33.4	+10:32.2
23	Quinn Jacobs	West Valley	29:06.1	+13:04.9
24	Kaylee Collins	Lathrop	36:09.4	+20:08.2
25	Katelyn Gianni	West Valley	36:52.8	+20:51.6