Kodiak’s Keith Osowski has evidently figured out how to peak for the most important meet of the year, and that’s why he can add NCAA Division II track First-Team All-American to his running resume. The steeplechaser for Black Hills State University of Friday delivered...
Records rarely fall in the preliminaries of championship track and field meets. Keith Osowski and Vanessa Aniteye proved the exception – and exceptional – Thursday. Kodiak’s Osowski, a distance man for Black Hills State University (S.D.), broke his own school record...
Anchorage’s Kaarin Knudson was a remarkable runner for the University of Oregon from 1994 to 1999 as she earned eight letters and competed eight times at the NCAA Championships. A two-time All-American in track and field, she was a seven-time NCAA qualifier for the...
Topping the podium at last weekend's region meets involved a slew of four-event winners, with Palmer’s Katey Houser leading the statewide octet. The senior carved a rare path, relying on her versatility and resilience in amassing six kilometers of track racing. Houser...
After coming back from an off-season knee injury to win his first two races of the season, steeplechaser Isaac Updike of Ketchikan was slightly off his game Friday night at the Trials of Miles NYC track meet in New York City. Updike, 30, clocked 8 minutes, 27.88...
A’Lante Owens-Player is in the hunt for medals this season. The Bartlett sophomore is undefeated in the triple jump, registering a personal best of 44 feet, 4.25 inches at the Anchorage Invite. While Owens-Player is the top returner, he achieved a runner-up finish at...
The fast times four Alaskans stamped out this spring have earned them selections to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Michigan later this month. Bids to the big meet went to Leroy Elliott Jr., of Anchorage (West High), Keith Osowski of...
Keith Osowski, Ruby Lindquist and Audrey Rosencrans, a trio of Alaska small-town stalwarts, continued littering their college school-record lists over the weekend at the Azusa Pacific Last Chance meet. Osowski (Kodiak High) took down the Black Hills State University...
Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike followed his record-setting 3,000-meter steeplechase win at the Penn Relays two weeks ago by following up with a world-leading time Saturday in a steeplechase that covered an unconventional distance – 2,000 meters – at the Princeton Elite...
If you’ve been paying attention to high school distance running in recent years, the name Daniel Abramowicz may ring a bell. The West Valley senior has made a gradual return to the track this season, however, his times suggest anything but rust. After opening his...
Alaska’s first Olympic runner, Don Clary of Anchorage represented Team USA many times during his career before stepping onto track and field’s biggest stage in 1984. As a high school senior in 1975, he was part of the U.S. junior team that won the title at the IAAF...