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OUT&ABOUT
By GREG LINDSTROM
Racers charge up a hill through a cloud of smoke during the start of the race.
M
SPARTAN
ore than 5,000 competitors and evation gain. Joel Ahles, a 25-year-old from Ka-
2,000 spectators converged on Big- lispell, was the top local competitor, placing sec-
SPRINT
fork for the second annual Montana
ond in the men’s Open division with a time of 49
Spartan Sprint. Racers were pushed to the limit minutes, 40 seconds. Kristin Thompson, 33, of
SATURDAY, MAY 10 | BIGFORK
along the 4.6-mile course, which was littered Kalispell, won the women’s Open division with
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a time of 59:10.
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A competitor nears the top of the rope climb, which was one of 18 obstacles along the course.
First-place inisher Matt Novakovich carries a burning log across the inish line.
