Akeo Maifeld-Carucci and Alayna Sonnesyn won the men’s and women’s divisions of the 45th American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race in Hayward on Saturday.
Both skiiers won the Birkie for the first time.
Maifeld-Carucci covered the 50 kilometer course in 2 hours 12 minutes 34.9 seconds, finishing just in front of Brian Gregg of Minneapolis by nine-tenths of a second.
Sonnesyn, who is from Plymouth, Minnesota, finished in 2:34:00.1, nearly a minute faster than Anja Gruber.