After strong performances in the mountains last fall and on the trails this winter and spring, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander this week announced she’s headed back to the track. The 27-year-old from Soldotna, who is based in Seattle, said on her YouTube channel of more than...
A quartet of Alaskans recently captured wins on the track and in the field, leading a handful of athletes in collecting personal bests. Girdwood’s Ava Earl led the charge, running to a dominant win in the mile at the Aurora Grand Prix, cementing her name in program...
Issac Updike is a steeplechaser. That’s the 3,000-meter event – just shy of two miles -- in which he finished third at the U.S. nationals last summer to bag his first Team USA honor and compete at the World Championships. He’s also the two-time defending steeple champ...
Allie Ostrander was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout perfmance at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Richmond, Va. The Soldotna native worked her way through the field and stormed to the finish line Saturday to seize fourth place among...
Not that Allie Ostrander disappeared – she has been publicly open and vulnerable about her eating disorder, and she’s raced between injuries the last few years - but her sensational performance Saturday at the USATF Cross Country Championships firmly placed her back...
Eagle River’s Logan Mathieu officially opened his indoor season with a win in the 60 hurdles at the Bison Team Cup. Mathieu, a junior at North Dakota State, picked up where he left off with notable marks to commence the season, after competing unattached in...
Soldotna's Adarra Hagelund wasted no time in her indoor track and field season opener. The Dickinson State sophomore picked up a win in the high jump at the Marauders Indoor Opener in Bismark, N.D., clearing a height of 5 feet, 6 inches to establish a personal best...
An all-star lineup of Alaska athletes and adventurers shared some of their stories last week at the Anchorage Museum, wowing a sold-out crowd for the December installment of Trail Tales with cliffhangers, crevasse-hangers and paddle-hangers. Clint Helander of...
It’s a rarity for an active athlete to be inducted into a Hall of Fame, but for Allie Ostrander, Dallas Seavey and Bobby Hill there was no need to wait. Their legacy had already been solidified. Thirteen-time NCAA All-American runner Allie Ostrander, five-time...
Marathoner Tony Tomsich came up seconds short on Sunday in Spain. Tomsich, a Fairbanks native, finished the Valencia Marathon in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 10 seconds, just 10 ticks shy of the 2:18:00 standard needed to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials this upcoming...
Isaac Updike is a steeplechaser – he finished third at USA nationals last summer and made his Team USA debut at the World Championships -- so racing other distances is a means to an end. Still, the 31-year-old from Ketchikan would have liked a sharper indoor-season...