Even on a challenging day, Jeff Young is among the fastest marathoners in his age group, as he again proved at the London Marathon. Even when faced with a heart issue, Jerry Ross showed he can excel and was rewarded Sunday with a special medal. The Alaskan duo was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Girdwood’s Ava Earl had one of the strongest races of her collegiate career at the NCAA DI Midwest Region Championships. The Northwestern junior, who doubles as a singer-songwriter, covered the six-kilometer course in 20 minutes, 42 seconds — a sizzling pace of 5:33...
Kendall Kramer and Sophie Wright won’t be the only Alaskans competing at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in two weeks. The duo will be joined by the UAA men’s team and UAF’s Rosie Fordham, along with Brady Burrough and Kaleb Beloy, who all secured...
From tiny Dillingham to the Big Apple. Nick Schollmeier of Dillingham, a community of 2,200 in Bristol Bay, finished as Alaska’s top performer Sunday at the New York City Marathon among more than 51,000 finishers. Dillingham, 40, completed the 26.2-mile tour of New...
Kendall Kramer left nothing to chance at the West Regional Championships, keeping the title in UAF’s possession and punching her ticket to the national meet for the third time. The Fairbanks native stormed to victory at Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth, Ore., covering...