Keegan Messing flipped for the crowd and the crowd flipped for him. But there will not be a third straight Winter Olympics for Alaska’s greatest figure skater. Messing — at age 33, and after a two-year retirement — placed fifth in the men’s singles competition last...
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...
In his final competition before retiring, Keegan Messing turned in the performance of a lifetime to capture the silver medal at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs. Messing is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. Messing shined at The Four...
Keegan Messing of Girdwood earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after winning the national title at the Canadian figure skating championships on Saturday. In doing so the dual-citizen was named to the Canadian figure skating team and will return to compete in...
A sizzling short program went a long way in lifting Keegan Messing of Girdwood over the top at the 53rd Golden Spin of Zagreb in Croatia. His first-place short program coupled with a fifth-place finish in the free skate proved to be enough as he held off Russian...
Girdwood’s Keegan Messing used a strong performance on the final day of Skate America to maintain his third-place position and claim the bronze medal in the first event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating season. This was his second medal in Grand Prix competition...
Girdwood’s Keegan Messing was just happy to be back on the ice. With the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating schedule ravaged with cancelations and postponements, the season finally kicked off with Skate America in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were no fans in attendance and...
With his skating and sportsmanship, Keegan Messing of Girdwood stole the show at the Autumn Classic International in Ontario, Canada. The 26-year-old claimed the bronze medal in the senior men’s competition and then displayed the true character of a gentleman in the...
Keegan Messing of Girdwood finished fourth in the men's free skate long program at the ISU World Team Trophy event in Fukuoka, Japan. The 27-year-old figure skater is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. He typically represents Canada for international...
Keegan Messing of Girdwood won a bronze medal at the Canadian National Skating Championships. It was the second straight year the 26-year-old figure skater medaled in the event after he earned a silver last year. Messing sat in second after the short program, then...
Girdwood’s Keegan Messing captured his first Grand Prix medal after striking silver at Skate Canada in Quebec. The 26-year-old used a first-place showing in the short program and a second-place effort in the long program to add up to one of his greatest accomplishment...