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...
Daniel Abramowicz of West Valley High School swept the distance races and anchored the Wolfpack’s 4X400 relay to victory at the state Division I track and field championships. Abramowicz, who will run at the University of San Francisco this fall, won the 3200-meter...
Eagle River’s Vanessa Aniteye settled into the blocks Saturday afternoon at Grand Valley State Track & Field Stadium in Allendale, Mich., with a racing resume that featured seven All-American relay awards – three First-Team honors and four Second-Team. Absent from her...
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...
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...