Sam Skold secured her spot at the Ironman World Championship. But the qualifier didn’t come easy. The first-year pro from Anchorage took ninth at Ironman Lake Placid, completing the 140.6-mile race in Upstate New York in 9 hours, 30 minutes and 51 seconds. After a...
Anchorage triathlete Sam Skold was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after claiming 7th place in her debut as a professional triathlete at Ironman Arizona. After the 2.4-mile swim, she passed more than 200 people in the 111-mile bike and the 26.2-mile run to...
They say the view never changes unless you’re the lead dog, but Anchorage triathlete Sam Skold would disagree. Skold never came close to leading but her view changed plenty during nearly 140 miles and nine hours of racing in Sunday’s Ironman Arizona in Tempe. She’d...
Rebecca McKee has raced in more than 100 triathlons in seemingly in as many places, from Anchorage to Zell am See. In more than two decades of racing she has finished 17 full Ironmans of 140.6 miles and 43 half Ironmans of 70.3 miles, and she’s an age-group wonder in...
Jason Lamoreaux convincingly won the 2022 Hammerman Triathlon to earn Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Six days after placing 33rd at Mount Marathon, the Anchorage triathlete used a dominant biking leg – his 57:42 in the cycling portion was nearly four minutes...
Despite a last-minute course change and tough spring-like conditions, Eric Flanders was not to be denied. His reward on Saturday was a first victory at the Tri-Flake Winter Triathlon — along with a national championship. On a 40-plus degree day at Kincaid Park that...
Will Ross of Anchorage placed 23rd among 390 men at the XTerra World Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii. Competing in the pro division, Ross finished the race billed as the world's premier off-road triathlon in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 55 seconds. He recorded splits of...
Anchorage’s Jason Lamoreaux and Rebecca McKee each finished fourth in the men's and women's divisions to highlight the Alaska contingent at the Lavaman Triathlon on the Big Island of Hawaii. More than 200 people from The Last Frontier made up the field of 2,000 total...
Rebecca McKee of Anchorage is thrilled with her performance at Saturday’s Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. McKee, the owner and coach of Peak Center Alaska, placed eighth in the 45-49 age group among non-professionals in 10 hours, 40 minutes and 41...
Wasilla’s Corbyn Jahn used a remarkable run on the final leg to spark a strong finish that helped him move in the top 30 in his age group at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The 26-year-old passed nearly two dozen runners and posted a...
If Anchorage's Kendal Williams qualifies for the Triathlon Collegiate National Championship in the fall, she'll have a home-course advantage. That's because Arizona State University has been awarded the bid to host the new college sport's biggest meet of the season,...