By this time most springs, track athlete Isaac Updike of Ketchikan has already raced outdoors at least once or twice, but a lingering groin issue throughout fall and winter training prompted him to seek treatment and delay his outdoor debut until Friday. The result...
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Tales From The Trails: Allie Ostrander is back in a big way, finishes 4th at U.S. Cross Country Championships, qualifies for World Championships
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...
Track & Field: Logan Mathieu snags win; Jordyn Bruce finishes runner-up; Micah Olsen fares well at pole vault summit
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...
College Track & Field: Adarra Hagelund, Cort Sandefur snag personal bests; Brady Burrough sets school record in season opener
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...
Alaska sports legends gather for a “celebration of heroes,” share tales of adventure and inspiration
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...
Allie Ostrander, Dallas Seavey, Bobby Hill selected to Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, joined by Scott Gomez’s NHL Rookie of the Year moment
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...
Running: Fairbanks’ Tony Tomsich just misses Olympic Trials qualifier
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...
Tales From The Track: Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike opens his indoor track season with middling 5,000-meter performance; Juneau’s Sadie Tuckwood shines in indoor 5,000 debut
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...
Ultrarunning: Jameson Collins completes triple crown on podium
Jameson Collins was so wrecked upon finishing his first 50-kilometer footrace in 2022 that he vowed never to repeat the distance. Amnesia set in quickly, however, and within days he entered the lottery for a 240-mile race in Utah. And 18 months later, the Eagle River...
Prep Cross Country: Colony’s Tobias Buchanan, Chugiak’s Hannah Shaha lead Alaska contingent at Nike Cross Regionals
More than one month removed from the high school cross country season, two dozen Alaskans traveled to Nike Cross Regionals, lining up against some of the top prep competition in the Northwest. Colony’s Tobias Buchanan saved his best for last, covering the 5-kilometer...
College Cross Country: Santiago Gomez-Prosser helps NAU to runner-up finish, claims All-American honor with UAF’s Kramer & Fordham
Anchorage’s Santiago Gomez-Prosser provided yet another strong performance at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, helping Northern Arizona University to a runner-up finish and securing his second All-American honor. The former Dimond High standout nearly...