Irene Taylor, 75, of Anchorage claimed the women’s 75-79 age group on Monday, running 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston, Massachusetts, in 4 hours, 41 minutes and 27 seconds. This effort earned her Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. It also got her an invite to the...
Given college hockey’s freshly-minted national champion, Matt Carle couldn’t help but feel like a bit of a warm-up act Thursday on a night belonging to him and a galaxy of Alaska sports greats. Carle’s younger brother David coached the University of Denver to its...
Last year it was Jerry Ross, this year Irene Taylor. For the second straight year, an Alaskan won their age group at the granddaddy of distance running, the Boston Marathon. Taylor, 75, or Anchorage claimed the women’s 75-79 age group on Monday, running 26.2 miles...
PRIDE OF ALASKA MALE FINALISTS For Consistent Excellence in Athletic Competition – For an athlete or athletes, team or coach who not only excelled in sports in the past year or recent years, but did so with integrity and sportsmanship so as to be a positive role model...
For some bikers at the White Mountains 100 north of Fairbanks, “trench warfare” made for tough conditions and a slower than usual trail. “The trenches really tore me up,” said Chad Carroll, a race rookie and former Fairbanksan now residing in Bend, Ore. “I went over...
Marko Cheseto was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after his record-setting performance this past weekend. Running through heat and humidity, the former Alaska resident set a world record for the fastest half marathon for a double amputee. Cheseto, 38, finished...
After assembling a strong trail- and mountain-running portfolio in 2021, Anchorage’s Klaire Rhodes kicked off 2022 with a bang. The 23-year-old won the women’s division and finished fifth overall last weekend in the 50-kilometer event at the HOKA Bandera Endurance...
Increased distances don’t seem to be overly daunting for Alaska’s Tracen Knopp as he expands his trail-running resume. The 23-year-old finished seventh over the weekend in the 100-kilometer (62-mile) race at the HOKA Bandera Endurance Trail Run in Texas for a strong...
Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander, whose talent and tenacity lifted her to the world stage in distance running, this week announced she is leaving her professional team and putting her health ahead of her heart. Ostrander in an Instagram post said she still loves running and...
Considering the toll injuries and illness had taken on Chris Osiensky’s marathon ambitions the last four years and the profound disappointment of a Mayor’s Marathon title that slipped from his grasp last summer, he was seriously due some tailwind-type love from the...