AllieOstrander, fromSoldotna, Alaska, won the women’s junior title at the World Mountain Running Championship inSnowdonia, North Wales, on Saturday, according to the. Fellow Alaskan LeviThometplaced second in the junior men’s race, the highest finish ever by a U.S. runner in that event.
Ostrander, 18, ran the 2.92-mile course, which featured 820 feet of elevation gain and descent, in 19:44, according to.Thomet, 18, from Kodiak, Alaska, ran the men’s race, which featured two loops of the same course, in 33:50.
In May, both runners set state records in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at the Alaska high school track and field championships, according toAlaska Dispatch News.Ostranderwent on to win the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon.
Ostranderis also a six-time junior women’s champion at the Mount Marathon race inSeward, Alaska. This July, in her debut in the senior women’s category, she, finishing second behind Sweden’s EmilieForsberg.
Ostranderrecently began her freshman year running for Boise State.Thometis studying in Germany for a year before running for Oregon.