Kenai’s Parks takes 3rd in Mayor’s Marathon as flock of Kenai Peninsula runners heads north for event

By Jeff Helminiak • June 25, 2025 1:01 am
Kenai’s Jason Parks runs to a win in the men’s marathon at the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai’s Jason Parks runs to a win in the men’s marathon at the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai’s Jason Parks took third place in the Mayor’s Marathon on Saturday in Anchorage.

Parks finished in 2 hours, 37 minutes and 8 seconds, ticking off a mile every 6 minutes. Nic Maszk of La Grande, Oregon, won at 2:32:42, while Anchorage’s Preston Wethington was second at 2:33:00.

There were 399 finishers in the men’s marathon.

Also in the men’s marathon from the Kenai Peninsula, Homer’s Landon Tinsley was 69th in 3:36:03, Homer’s Caleb Bunker was 71st in 3:36:12, Soldotna’s Hudson Metcalf was 134th in 3:58:44, Kenai’s Mikel Salzetti was 198th in 4:23:36 and Homer’s Jonathan Erickson was 307th in 5:13:54.

The women’s marathon had 265 finishers, led by Rebecca McCormick of Boston in 3:08:04. From the peninsula, Homer’s Jessica Nyce was 57th in 4:11:15, Homer’s Heather Rothenberger was 103rd in 4:40:03, Kenai’s Britney Walden was 117th in 4:52:30, Homer’s Melinda Erickson was 212th in 5:50:50, Homer’s Christina De La Torre was 223rd in 6:07:55, Homer’s Kate Lomac-Macnair was 224th in 6:10:21 and Anchor Point’s Juley McConnell was 230th in 6:15:49.

The women’s half marathon had 700 finishers, led by Anchorage’s Mariah Graham in 1:28:43. From the peninsula. Seward’s Alissa Holcomb was 166th in 2:10:21, Ninilchik’s Olivia Delgado was 189th in 2:12:32, Homer’s Cassidy Hardyman was 245th in 2:18:05, Homer’s Haritina Kalugin was 355th in 2:31:36, Homer’s Rachael Doan was 375th in 2:33:58, Homer’s Jessie Erickson was 432nd in 2:42:44, Homer’s Megan Hahn was 434th in 2:43:08, Kenai’s Makila Kroll was 520th in 3:00:29, Kenai’s Cecilia Borries-Strigle was 573rd in 3:12:05 and Soldotna’s Drysta Crosby-Schneider was 579th in 3:13:16.

The men’s half marathon had 456 finishers, led by Celime Garcia of Reno, Nevada, in 1:11:53. From the peninsula, Kenai’s Elijah Kroll was 111th in 1:52:51 and Sterling’s Shawn Coe was 183rd in 2:05:24.