In the U.S. Ski Team’s final race of the cross-country season, Scott Patterson celebrated the end of his career with a medal and Novie McCabe showed she’s just getting started. McCabe, a 22-year-old in her first season with the Alaska Pacific University nordic...
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Nordic Skiing: APU celebrates a pair of national champions in sprinters Schoonmaker, McCabe
APU skiers JC Schoonmaker and Novie McCabe sprinted their way to national championships Saturday in Duluth, Minnesota. The pair won the classic sprint finals at Spirit Mountain Recreation Area, where more national titles will be determined Sunday and Tuesday....
Iditarod Trail Invitational features tie finishes, a remarkable skier and some luck of the Irish
For more than two weeks, Tyson Flaharty and Miron Golfman endured cold temperatures, high winds, plenty of bike pushing and a scary sea ice crossing while biking the Iditarod Trail Invitational. Their intentional tie after 16 days, 5 hours and 10 minutes was a...
Nordic skiing: A historic season ends for American cross country skiing, and Alaskans were a big part of it
Call it a wrap for the U.S. Ski Team’s blockbuster cross-country season, one in which some of the marquee performers were Alaskans. The World Cup season ended Sunday in Falun, Sweden, with a thrilling win by superstar Jessie Diggins of Minnesota. She eked out a...
Nordic Skiing: Relay races result in one medal for Team Alaska on final day of Junior National Championships
After a day with no medals on Friday, Team Alaska avoided the same fate Saturday by claiming silver in the U20 mixed relay race at the U.S. Junior National cross-country ski championships in Lake Placid, New York. The team of Rosie Whittington-Evans, Derek Richardson,...
Nordic Skiing: Murphy Kimball is golden on a day when Alaska skiers claim six medals at Junior National championships
Anchorage’s Murphy Kimball cruised to a gold medal and five other members of Team Alaska picked up medals — three silvers and two bronzes — Wednesday at the U.S. Junior Nationals in Lake Placid, New York. Earlier this winter Kimball became the youngest American man to...
Nordic Skiing: With a bronze medal in a World Cup classic sprint race, Anchorage’s Rosie Brennan meets a couple of goals
From skiing in front of a raucous crowd in Oslo to checking off a pair of bucket-list goals in Drammen, it’s been a memorable couple of days in Norway for Anchorage skier Rosie Brennan. Brennan claimed her first World Cup medal since early January and her fifth...
Nordic Skiing: Team Alaska picks up 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze as Junior Nationals begin in Lake Placid
A wind-whipped day ended with three Team Alaska skiers on the podium Monday on the first day of competition at the U.S. Junior National cross-country championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. Two others with Alaska ties — one who skis for UAF, another who skis for APU — also...
College Skiing: Fairbanks’ Kendall Kramer of UAF earns All-American honors for fourth time; UAA finishes with six All-Americans
Kendall Kramer of Fairbanks became a four-time NCAA All-American skier for UAF as Alaska’s college ski teams wrapped up the national championships Saturday with three women in the top 10 of the 20-kilometer classic race. A day earlier, UAA sophomore Ella Bromee...
College Skiing: Halfway through the NCAA championships, the Seawolves boast three All-Americans and the Nanooks have one
The UAA ski team added to its impressive list of All-America skiers by producing three top-10 finishes on the first two days of the NCAA Ski Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Sophomore Ainslee Proffit and senior Leon Nikic chalked up top-10 finishes in...
Nordic Skiing: Thomas O’Harra and Rosie Frankowski continue their Tour of Anchorage reign
You didn’t have to be an Olympian to make the top five in the Tour of Anchorage women’s race Sunday, but it helped. Three of the top five finishers in the 50-kilometer freestyle race were Olympic cross-country skiers, including four-time Tour champion Rosie...