Wasilla’s Hailee Giacobbe has been a force all season, but a late move in the fourth kilometer sealed the deal for the sophomore. Giacobbe ran away with her first state title, covering the five-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 4 seconds at the ASAA/First National Bank...
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Ten months after finishing 1-2 at the GNAC conference meet at Kincaid Park, UAF’s Kendall Kramer and Rosie Fordham were back in action on the same course, impressively with identical places and paces. Kramer covered the six-kilometer course in 20 minutes, 42 seconds...
For the first time in three years, a new winner was crowned in the Seawolf Throwdown at Kincaid Park. And for the first time in decades, the Nanook men edged the omnipresent Seawolves. UAA’s John Peckham stormed to victory, covering the eight-kilometer course in 25...
More than 800 prep athletes representing 25 teams toed the line at the Ted McKenney Invitational, going head-to-head against competitors statewide. Colony’s Ella Hopkins and Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett defended their titles by significant margins over the...
The two northernmost NCAA teams are eager to faceoff on home soil, launching their respective seasons with a pair of cross country races. The in-state rivals will toe the line next weekend before facing their GNAC and West Regional competitors in the Lower 48. Led by...
Meg Inokuma set a new women's record at the Resurrection Pass 100-miler in 20 hours, 52 minutes, earning Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Inokuma, 44, won the race outright - finishing more than 4 hours ahead of the men's winner - and knocked 59 minutes off of Laura...
After a bout of COVID derailed Isaac Updike’s Olympic dreams at the U.S. Trials last month, his steeplechase performance Saturday night in Los Angeles provided some salve. The 32-year-old pro runner from Ketchikan closed fast at Sound Running’s 2024 Sunset Tour to...
David Norris slashed 49 seconds off his previous Mount Marathon record by winning the brutal three-mile race up and down Seward’s landmark mountain in 40 minutes, 37 seconds. An Alaska-grown cross-country skier who has called both Fairbanks and Anchorage home and now...
A course record, longevity awards, age group records and historical feats — the 96th running of the storied Mount Marathon had it all. When Anchorage’s Maureen McCrea crossed the finish line at 4th Avenue and Washington Street, history was made, crowning the first...
Klaire Rhodes kept looking over her shoulder as she raced toward the Mount Marathon finish line in first place Thursday afternoon in Seward. She didn’t need to. No pursuer was in sight. The only people near her were the thousands of fans lining the streets, many with...
No need for fireworks tonight. What David Norris did today on Mount Marathon dims any prospect of a more dazzling display this Fourth of July in Alaska. Norris put on a show for the ages Thursday morning in Seward, unleashing an explosion of uphill power that carried...