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,...
Juneau swimmer PJ Foy over the weekend in Seattle was the big winner at the Western Zone Senior Championships. The 17-year-old won five of seven individual A finals, set six state records and finished the four-day meet as the top points scorer among 301 boys from a...
Men and women succeeding on the national level and beyond are the finalists for the 2023 Pride of Alaska awards. NCAA champion swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward, NCAA Division II volleyball player of the year Eve Stephens of Palmer and All-America basketball player...
A teenager who ruled the ski slopes and five who reigned as state champions are in the running for the 2023 Pride of Alaska youth awards. The six were chosen from a field of 24 athletes and one team nominated for the annual awards presented by the Alaska Sports Hall...
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby admitted her life got a little dull after winning a gold medal in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics the summer before her senior year of high school. She graduated a semester early and sort of checked out of swimming, experiencing burnout and...
As she settled into her stance on the starting block, University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward clapped her hands like she knew something special was coming. What followed was another extraordinary effort. The Longhorns’ freshman on Friday popped a blistering...
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby continues to compete against herself when it comes to the 100-yard breaststroke. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist broke her own 17-18 national age-group record over the weekend when the University of Texas freshman posted a winning...
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby on Friday popped a record-breaking performance at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis. The University of Texas freshman touched the wall in 57.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, finishing just 0.06 seconds...
PJ Foy of Juneau was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after a dominant performance at the 2022 ASAA state swimming and diving championships. Despite not being able to practice due to illness all week leading up to the state meet,he Thunder Mountain High School junior...
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby is already making a splash at the University of Texas. The freshman breaststroke specialist earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors after posting three podium finishes in her college debut. The 2020 Olympic champion posted a NCAA-B standard...
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby was one of 31 Olympic medalists named to the 2022-23 roster for the U.S. National Team. The 18-year-old breaststroke specialist who won gold at the Tokyo Games in Japan will represent the red, white and blue in her discipline at 100 and 200...