Allie Ostrander was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout perfmance at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Richmond, Va. The Soldotna native worked her way through the field and stormed to the finish line Saturday to seize fourth place among...
Palmer High senior Fischer Adams earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after collecting the Division 1 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Cross Country State Running Championship on his home course. The standout runner came into the race with high expectations and...
Hannah Shaha’s state title may have surprised some, but for the Chugiak sophomore, it represented a culmination of months of hard work. Shaha gradually separated herself from the rest of the field at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Cross Country Running...
Fischer Adams’ prep cross country career came full circle on Saturday after collecting his first state title on his Palmer home course. The star-studded senior set the pace at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Cross Country State Running Championships, covering the...
Coming into the state meet, Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett was the heavy favorite, as the top returner with a nearly unblemished race résumé. The junior raced strategically, pulling away from the field to claim his first individual title at the ASAA/First National...
Prep runners strung together a slew of impressive performances at the region meets, with many qualifying for the cross country state championships. At the Cook Inlet Conference Championships, over 500 athletes took to the undulating 5-kilometer course at Kincaid Park,...
Prep runners dropped impressive times at the Smokin’ Stampede and the Ketchikan Invitational, while winners were crowned at the Region 6, Region 2 and Region 1 (Northwest Arctic Conference) championships. Hosting on their home course, the Chugiak Mustangs led the way...
At least seven high school cross country meets were held around the state over the weekend, with strong performances at the Frank Dieckgraeff Invitational and the Sitka Invitational. Palmer’s Fischer Adams continued his rise to the top collecting a win at the Frank...
In the first meets of the season, Tristian Merchant and Santiago Gomez-Prosser picked up where they left off, while Anna Prussian and Seamus McDonough had stellar collegiate debuts. Merchant, a redshirt sophomore at Liberty, began his season at the Eye Opener XC...
More than 1,000 athletes representing 46 teams lined up at Palmer High's Mike Janecek Running Trails on Saturday to compete at the George Plumley Invite, marking one of the largest meets outside the state championships. The race served as a state preview, which will...
From Kodiak to Skagway to Delta Junction and beyond, prep athletes competed at a handful of cross country meets around the state. At the Kodiak Invitational, over 130 runners took to Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park to conquer one of the state’s hilliest...