A quartet of track and field athletes recently cemented their names into Alaska history. Girdwood’s Ava Earl sped to a personal best in the 3,000-meter distance at the UW Invitational in Seattle, Washington. The Northwestern sophomore clocked a time of 9 minutes,...
SEATTLE – Isaac Updike’s prospects for posting a fast time in Saturday’s 3,000 meters at the University of Washington Invitational were diminished one-quarter of the way through the race – uneven pacing by the rabbit squelched that possibility – so the 30-year-old pro...
The last time Santiago Gomez-Prosser raced, he was standing atop the podium with his NAU teammates at the national championships. This time, the sophomore sped to a top-3 finish in the mile at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, held in Flagstaff, Arizona. Gomez-Prosser, a...
A trio of Alaskans made history, soaring to new heights and setting state bests at the National Pole Vault Summit, held in Reno, Nevada, where more than 2,500 athletes gathered to compete. Hailing from the northernmost vaulting club, Salcha’s Landen Salley and Teslin...
The indoor season is officially in full swing, with collegiate athletes from Alaska competing around the country. Eagle River's Vanessa Aniteye of Seattle Pacific picked up right where she left off: at the top. The senior sprinter-turned-middle-distance-runner out of...
Eagle River’s Vanessa Aniteye has been on a roll this year, leaving swift times in her wake. In the past seven months, the Seattle Pacific senior placed sixth at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships for 400 meters, running a...
In his quest to kickstart his 2023 track season by racing frequently to make up for time lost to two bouts of COVID last summer, Ketchikan pro runner Isaac Updike has traveled coast to coast and touched down in places in between. Updike’s Tour of America continued...
Tristian Merchant wasted no time in his debut for Liberty University, adding his name to school and conference top ten lists. The former ACS superstar got an early start to the indoor track season, racing at the Sharon Colyear-Danville season opener in Boston,...
After two bouts of COVID wrecked his 2022 track season and caused him to miss the most important race of his campaign, Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike is making up for lost time. Winter is usually a season of base-building training for the steeplechase specialist, and while...
To say 2022 has been a rough go physically and emotionally for steeplechaser Isaac Updike of Ketchikan is an understatement. Two bouts of COV-19 not only caused him to scratch from his most important competition of the year – the U.S. nationals, which decided berths...
Team Alaska proved its talents in a multitude of events at this year’s Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida. Alaska athletes continued rising to the occasion at the national level, placing in the top-seven 61 times and collecting 10 gold, 19 silver, and 14...