2025 Nome-Beltz Musk Ox Classic XC Dale Smithhisler crosses the finish line during the Elementary Run Club Race on Saturday, Sept. 6.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Kassidy Thomas TLA heads down the finish chute at the Elementary Run Club Race on Saturday, Sept. 6.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra The start of the middle school race at the Nome-Beltz Musk Ox Invitational. 23 athletes from Nome and Galena competed.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Seventh grader Ella Hubert of Nome heads towards the turn off from Glacier Creek Road towards the finish. Hubert took first overall with a time of 24:32.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Seventh grader Andrew Stringer of Galena heads towards the final stretches of the middle school 5K. Stringer took third in the boy’s division.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Ella Hubert secures her first place.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Galena high school girls warm up for the high school girls’ 5K.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Members of the Nome-Beltz men’s cross country team cheer on their fellow teammates during the high school girls’ 5K.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Turi Busk (right) and Alexandria Ivanoff putting some distance on other competitors during the high school girls’ 5K. Busk won with a time of 23:28 and Ivanoff came in second with a time of 23:31.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Members of the Nome-Beltz men’s cross country team cheer on their fellow teammates during the high school girls’ 5K.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Zenae Billings leading a pack of girls around the 4K mark of the high school girls’ 5KPhoto by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Freshman Noel Pardee book it down the finish chute just ahead of Kotzebue sophomore Kyler West. Pardee took third overall with a time of 24:20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra The start of the high school boys’ 5K.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Junior Seth Paniptchuk of Shaktoolik leads the race around the 4K mark. Paniptchuk took first with a time of 18:34.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra Young Erikson leads two teammates into the final kilometer of the high school boys’ 5K. Erikson took 4th overall with a time of 19:09Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra First place winner Seth Paniptchuk of Shaktoolik books it down the finish chute with senior Ben Marcus of Kotzebue in hot pursuitPhoto by Ariana Crockett O'Harra
