After a bout of COVID derailed Isaac Updike’s Olympic dreams at the U.S. Trials last month, his steeplechase performance Saturday night in Los Angeles provided some salve. The 32-year-old pro runner from Ketchikan closed fast at Sound Running’s 2024 Sunset Tour to...
Ketchikan’s Jason Lorig wasted no time setting the bar at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska State Track & Field Championships in Anchorage. The junior sped into action, clocking 10.81 seconds in the 100-meter dash to edge the state record by 0.05 seconds. While...
Sitka High's Clare Mullin was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a show-stopping weekend at the Region V Championships. The junior and six-time state champion won four region titles, adding her name to the history books and continuing her undefeated season...
A’Lante Owens-Player proved why he is the king of the jumps at the Region IV Championships, as the Bartlett High senior leapt to the top of the podium in both the long jump and triple jump. Owens-Player pulled off the rare sweep, soaring to a region record of 22 feet,...
Clare Mullin has been on a roll since her freshman year, but at the Region V Championships, the Sitka High standout put on a show-stopping performance winning four titles, adding her name to the history books and continuing her undefeated season against in-state...
At 32, we could assume professional runner Isaac Updike of Ketchikan has experienced it all – races where he felt fantastic, races where he felt flat, and everything in between. Yet Friday night in Los Angeles, Updike endured stomach issues for the first time in his...
Brooklynn Gould's first year at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University could not have gone smoother. After breaking the program record in the heptathlon twice, collecting two outdoor conference titles, and helping the Eagles sweep the team titles, the junior from Eagle...
In her second steeplechase in the last two weeks, which doubled as her second race over barriers and a water pit in nearly three years, Alaska’s Allie Ostrander on Saturday night flashed significant improvement in her race fitness. The three-time NCAA steeplechase...
By this time most springs, track athlete Isaac Updike of Ketchikan has already raced outdoors at least once or twice, but a lingering groin issue throughout fall and winter training prompted him to seek treatment and delay his outdoor debut until Friday. The result...
Chugiak’s Jihsana Williams is having a show-stopping season, going 9-for-9 against in-state competition in the sprints. At the Palmer Invitational, Williams clocked 25.40 seconds to secure the win and tie for ninth-quickest known performer in Alaska prep history in...
Allie Ostrander is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a week of exceptional achievements and honors. The 27-year-old former Kenai Central athlete finished fourth in the steeplechase at Stanford’s Payton Jordan Invitational in California on Saturday, clocking 9...