Palmer’s Coby Marvin was marvelous once again in Seward as he won the Mount Marathon juniors race for the third straight year.

Marvin was the first racer at the halfway point, and he was the first to cross the finish line in Thursday’s juniors race, which included 300 boys and girls who ran together but were separated in the results.

Marvin finished in 25 minutes and 47 seconds, five seconds ahead of Vebjørn Flagstad of Anchorage in a repeat of last year’s result.

Flagstad was right behind Marvin almost every step of the way, trailing by two seconds at the turnaround and then closing on the home stretch along Seward’s famed 4th Avenue.

Third-place finisher Cedar Ruckel of Indian crossed in 28:22 despite taking a nasty face-first fall on a rocky descent. Ruckel held off Wasilla’s Blaze Rubeo by two seconds.

Rubeo posted the fastest downhill time of 7:40 – a 95-second improvement from last year.

Mount Marathon
Boys Top 10
1) Coby Marvin 25:49
2) Vebjørn Flagstad 25:54
3) Cedar Ruckel 28:22
4) Blaze Rubeo 28:24
5) Robbie Annett 28:42
6) Corbin Wilson 28:43
7) Raven Spangler 28:54
8) Easton Roads 30:02
9) Jaxon Henrie 30:13
10) Hather Menkens 30:36
Complete results HERE

Seward’s Olive Jordan won her first girls title after finishing fourth in 2023 and fifth in 2022 and 2021.

Jordan used the fastest girls downhill to help her post a time of 34:01 to beat Palmer’s Wren Spangler by 23 seconds.

Defending champion Tania Boonstra of Kenai was third in 34:32.

Eagle River’s Hannah Bodkin was fourth in 34:36, thanks in large part to her No. 1 uphill time of 25:21.

Mount Marathon
Girls Top 10
1) Olive Jordan 34:01
2) Wren Spangler 34:24
3) Tania Boonstra 34:32
4) Hannah Bodkin 34:36
5) Alisa Elliott 34:50
6) Nina Varnell 35:23
7) Rose Conway 36:32
8) Aubrey Virgin 37:36
9) Grace Ann Fleming 37:53
10) Juniper Ingalls 38:02
Complete results HERE