Opera Fairbanks Run of the Valkyries 8Km
2020 Race Date – to be determined
The Opera Fairbanks 8Km starts and finishes at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks. This race began its life in the 1980s as a 5Km sponsored by Coldwell Banker Real Estate. When they withdrew as sponsors, race sponsorship was assumed by GCI. The distance was increased to 8Km for the 2002 race. In 2008 Opera Fairbanks took over race organizing responsibilities from GCI.
2020 Race Registration and Results
- CLICK HERE to register for the 2020 Run of the Valkyries
- To view the online results from this year’s race in ChronoTrack format, CLICK HERE.
- To view the online results from this year’s race in Athlinks format, CLICK HERE.
- Results by Class with Usibelli Series points
- Results by Gender with Usibelli Series points
2019 Race Results
- To view the online results from this year’s race in ChronoTrack format, CLICK HERE.
- To view the online results from this year’s race in Athlinks format, CLICK HERE.
- Results by Class with Usibelli Series points
- Results by Gender with Usibelli Series points
Below is a list of past winners for the years when SportAlaska timed the race, and below that are links to results from prior years.
Past Winners
Year |
Women’s Winner |
Men’s Winner |
| 2020 – 13th | ||
| 2019 – 12th | Chris Carr – age 34 – 36:01.8 | Jacob Parker – age 35 – 33:51.4 |
| 2018 – 11th | Melanie Nussbaumer – age 34 – 31:42.6 | Rick Lader – age 32 – 26:01.5 |
| 2017 – 10th | Davya Flaharty – age 32 – 31:42.8 | Dylan Nixon-Helms – age 24 – 27:30.5 |
| 2016 – 9th | Beth Zirbes – age 31 – 34:13.7 | Dylan Nixon-Helms – age 23 – 27:57.1 |
| 2015 – 8th | Davya Flaharty – age 30 – 32:22.5 | Dylan Nixon-Helms – age 22 – 27:24.1 |
| 2014 – 7th | Erika Burr – age 28 – 33:51.6 | Rick Lader – age 28 – 27:15.9 |
| 2013 – 6th | Maria Bray – age 38 – 33:51.5 | Christopher Eversman – age 27 – 27:10.5 |
| 2012 – 5th | Dorli McWayne – age 59 – 33:49.7 | Steve Chu – age 30 – 26:18.5 |
| 2011 – 4th | Melissa Lewis – age 41 – 32:12.3 | Devin McDowell – age 25 – 27:22.9 |
| 2010 – 3rd | Davya Flaharty – age 25 – 31:06.0 | Mike Kramer – age 42 – 26:11.8 |
| 2009 – 2nd | Heather Best – age 32 – 33:34.9 | Devin McDowell – age 23 – 28:18.0 |
| 2008 – 1st | Laura Johnson – age 22 – 33:09.6 | Chad Carroll – age 37 – 27:11.0 |
Prior to 2008 the race was sponsored by GCI |
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| 2007 – 22nd | Ingrid Olson – age 25 – 33:05.0 | Mike Kramer – age 39 – 27:17.5 |
| 2006 – 21st | Ashley Feaver – age 29 – 31:19.2 | Mike Kramer – age 38 – 25:34.8 |
| 2005 – 20th | Kristen Rozell – age 34 – 31:55.4 | Mike Kramer – age 37 – 26:18.7 |
| 2004 – 19th | Crystal Pitney – age 14 – 31:39.9 | Moses Waweru – age 26 – 25:07.4 |
| 2003 – 18th | Colleen Personett – age 30 – 33:22 | Kevin Brinegar – age 34 – 26:33 |
| 2002 – 17th | Susan Faulkner – age 43 – 29:17.5 | Kevin Brinegar – age 33 – 26:56.6 |
After the 2001 race the race distance increased from 5Km to 8Km |
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| 2001 – 16th | Susan Faulkner – age 42 – 18:45 | Chad Carroll – age 30 – 16:27 |
| 2000 – 15th | Alisha Smyth – age 20 – 19:02 | Kevin Brinegar – age 31 – 16:16 |
| 1999 – 14th | Tina Devine – age 37 – 19:03 | Ken Zaklukiewicz – age 37 – 16:29 |
| 1998 – 13th | Heather Hunt – age 24 – 18:18 | Tony Davies – age 41 – 16:47 |
| 1997 – 12th | Tina Devine – age 35 – 19:02 | Peter Alden – age 28 – 15:47 |
Results from Prior Years
Links are listed to results for every year that SportAlaska Event Timing has timed this event. SportAlaska first timed this race in 1998 when it was the GCI 5Km. Opera Fairbanks adopted SportAlaska’s ChronoTrack chip-timing technology for the 2015 race.