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...
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...
Six days after a vertical-heavy mountain race at altitude she called the hardest race of her career, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander on Friday delivered a much better result in another long grinder at altitude. Ostander, 26, who grew up in Soldotna and lives in Seattle,...
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...
Christy Marvin continues to carve out her legacy as one of Alaska's all-time greatest distance runners. The 43-year-old became the winningest runner in the 60-year history of the Equinox Marathon Saturday in Fairbanks, an achievement that earned her our Alaska...
Coming from her home base at sea level in Seattle to the extreme altitude of Colorado undoubtedly taxed Allie Ostrander’s aerobic system on Saturday, when the Alaska pro runner finished 20th among women at the punishing Pikes Peak Ascent. The 13.3-mile trail race...
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...
In her first race since a four-month competition ban for using a prohibited medication, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander last weekend set a women’s course record to win the low-key Three Corner Rock 50K along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington state that marked the longest...
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...
Cody Priest of Anchorage came back from the most famous trail race in the world impressed not only by the spectacle but also how many fast runners there were. “The race was insanely deep because you have to qualify and/or lottery entry from other races,” Priest said...