Juneau swimmer PJ Foy's big year just keeps getting better. He competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina earlier this month. And he named the U.S. Junior National Team last week. Foy was among 71 swimmers named to the...
Anchorage swimmer Jordan Iverson was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after crossing the English Channel last week to become the first known Alaskan to complete the Triple Crown of open-water marathon swimming. Iverson has now swam the 20.5-mile English...
For marathon swimmer Jordan Iverson of Anchorage, there’s no single way to mentally endure a 10-hour open-water swim. Sometimes she lets her mind wander. Sometimes she focuses on her form. And sometimes she plays with numbers. “I enjoy doing long division math in my...
Lydia Jacoby, Alaska's gold-medal swimmer, is withdrawing from the U.S. Olympic Trials and will follow the Paris Games from afar, she announced Tuesday on Instagram. Jacoby, 20, missed her chance to defend her Olympic title in the 100-meter breaststroke by placing...
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby placed third Monday in the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials, a result that means she probably won't get to extend her reign as an Olympic champion in her signature event. But Jacoby could still make it to Paris. She...
Juneau swimmer PJ Foy is headed to the U.S. Olympic Trials, becoming the 13th Alaskan in history to qualify for the elite, high-stakes meet. Foy, a senior at Thunder Mountain High School, met the qualifying time in the 100-meter butterfly on March 16 at the Northwest...
For Arizona State University’s John Heaphy of Eagle River and University of Arizona’s Tavner Wisdom of Anchorage, the 100-yard breaststroke B final at the Pac-12 Championships was personal. The rivalry between Alaska swimmers in the event dates back several years,...
University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after logging another standout performance at the Big 12 Championships in Morgantown, W.V. The sophomore from Seward outkicked the lead pack to win the women’s 100-yard breaststroke to...
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby outkicked the lead group to earn a come-from-behind victory Friday in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championships in Morgantown, W.V. The University of Texas sophomore defended her title in 57.27 seconds, a time that broke...
Soldotna High School senior Abriella Werner was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after putting on a show at the 2023 ASAA State Swim/Dive Championships. Werner won the girls state diving competition with a meet score of 464.8 - the third highest score in...
Lydia Jacoby is so money in the pool she wins without even getting wet. The breaststroke specialist from Seward did her part to help Team USA strike gold in the women’s 400-meter medley race on the final day of the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Jacoby watched...