Alaskans took first place in all 3 divisions of the annual 4th of July mountain race in Seward. In the men’s division, The Alaska Dispatch reports Fairbanks skier David Norris not only won the race, he set a new record-41 minutes, 26 seconds.
Norris was a rookie.
In the women’s division, Christy Marvin of Anchorage took first place with a time of 51 minutes, 2 seconds.
In the junior division earlier in the day, Anchorage’s Luke Jager won again with a time of 27 minutes, 29 seconds. Jager also took first last year.
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