Not that Allie Ostrander disappeared – she has been publicly open and vulnerable about her eating disorder, and she’s raced between injuries the last few years - but her sensational performance Saturday at the USATF Cross Country Championships firmly placed her back...
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Chugiak girls cross country squad earns Alaska Athletes of the Week honors
On a day where sideways rain and strong winds added an additional challenge to the hilly Kincaid course, the Chugiak Mustangs girls stormed to the win at the Big 8 Invite with a perfect team score (15 points), earning Alaska Athletes of the Week honors. The Mustangs...
Cross Country: Chugiak’s Fields leads Mustangs to perfect score at Big 8 Invite, South’s Flagstad celebrates first win and team victory; UAA splits wins with UAF
On a day where inclement weather raged at Kincaid Park, Chugiak’s Alliyah Fields and South Anchorage’s Vebjørn Flagstad stormed to victory at the Big 8 Invite, leading the Mustangs and Wolverines to team titles in dominant fashion. Fields steadily pulled ahead of the...
Prep Cross Country: Grace’s Annett, Colony’s Hopkins reign supreme at Ted McKenney Invite, Mustangs sweep team titles
Over 700 prep athletes toed the line at the Ted McKenney Invite, mixing it up with some of the state’s top competition regardless of division. Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett broke away from the lead pack during the five-kilometer race to secure the title in 16...
Alaska Sports Hall of Fame: Class of 2023 ceremony honors Reggie Tongue, Jessica Moore, Joe Floyd, Kikkan Randall and others
Alaska celebrated some of its finest and most inspiring athletes Thursday night at the annual Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony — among them, a football player who spent a decade playing in the NFL, a cross country skier who won an Olympic gold medal and a...
Pili, Swayman, Sellers, Donley named Pride of Alaska winners as Alaska’s top athletes, highlight 2023 Directors’ Awards class
A downhill skier on a breathtaking upward trajectory. A backup goaltender in a front-and-center role for the best team in the National Hockey League. A pair of players who have scored more points than any other girls in the history of Alaska high school basketball -...
Inspirational athletes, teams and tandems named finalists for Trajan Langdon Award recognizing character
A mother who resumed her track career while still breastfeeding, a musher who rescued a rival in the middle of nowhere and a runner who halted his race to help a teammate are among the finalists for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame's Trajan Langdon Award. The award...
Pride of Alaska adult finalists named, AK’s top male and female athlete to be named April 5
Men and women succeeding on the national level and beyond are the finalists for the 2023 Pride of Alaska awards. NCAA champion swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward, NCAA Division II volleyball player of the year Eve Stephens of Palmer and All-America basketball player...
UAF’s Kendall Kramer rewrites history book at NCAAs, earns All-America honors with UAA’s Cole Nash
Whether it be on skis or the trails, Fairbanks’ Kendall Kramer has perfected her performance on the sport’s greatest stages. Ten months after earning All-American honors in cross-country skiing, the former West Valley High star today collected All-America honors as a...
NCAA All American runner Santiago Prosser named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Santiago Prosser of Anchorage was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after his sparkling performance at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The sophomore out of Dimond High earned All-American honors and helped Northern Arizona to...
UAF’s Naomi Bailey and Kendall Kramer go 1-2 at regionals, qualify for NCAA D2 Nationals
On a day when most teams were out of their element, the Nanooks were right at home in the snowy climate of Billings, Montana. Fairbanks' Naomi Bailey was victorious at the West Regional Championships, leading UAF to a seventh-place finish. Coming off a hand-in-hand...