Anchorage runner Anna Dalton earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after seizing her first national title by winning the USA Track and Field Half-Marathon Trail Running Championship in Cable, Wisconsin. Her time of1 1 hour, 30 minutes, 17 seconds put her more than...
Lars Arneson returned to where he grew up and set a new record Sunday at the Kenai River Marathon. Arneson, now of Anchorage, completed the 26.2-mile road course that starts and ends in Kenai in 2 hours, 35 minutes and 35 seconds. Arneson eclipsed the previous record...
Gonzaga University’s burgeoning cross-country program is getting big help from Juneau’s Sadie Tuckwood, a former state champion and Gatorade Alaska Runner of the Year. Tuckwood (Juneau-Douglas High), a sophomore, on Friday finished 19th in a loaded field at the...
The 90 minutes Anchorage’s Anna Dalton spent racing on the American Birkebeiner trails in Cable, Wis., on Saturday made her feel like she was home. Punchy hills, muddy sections, some single-track terrain. “It really felt just like running at Kincaid Park,” Dalton...
Meg Inokuma was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after claiming the 59th Equinox Marathon on Saturday in Fairbanks. It was the biggest win of her career for the 42-year-old from Palmer. Her time of 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 29 seconds, the sixth fastest time in race...
For the first time in 59 years, a skier at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has won the Equinox Marathon. The iconic race was founded by the UAF ski team but none of its current athletes had won since Nat Goodhue and Gail Bakken claimed the inaugural event in 1963....
Christy Marvin has a chance to become the winningest runner in Equinox Marathon history on Saturday — but to accomplish that feat she’ll have to overcome two of the women who broke her record last year. Marvin, 42, of Palmer sat out in 2021 with a knee injury as Anna...
When Elizabeth Dubovsky first signed up for the Resurrection Pass 50-mile race, she was eager to try something new and challenge herself at a novel distance on trails she partially explored. At the finish line, Dubovsky was astonished after claiming victory on the...
Racin’ Ruby Lindquist reinforced her ridiculous range over the weekend at The Rut Runs in Montana. The former Seward High standout, who owns Black Hills State University (S.D.) track records in the indoor mile and 3,000 meters, as well as outdoor 1,500 meters, showed...
Cody Priest is no stranger to distance running. After competing for the Palmer Moose and the UAF Nanooks, Priest has continued his journey to farther sights, competing in marathons, trail races and beyond. He made his 100-miler debut last fall, taking the win at the...
Palmer runner Christy Marvin earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after a record-breaking performance at the 37th Crow Pass Crossing. Marvin scorched the iconic Alaska backcountry footrace in a new course record of 3 hours, 25 minutes, 52 seconds, breaking one of...