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...
Winning a race in Alaska is impressive. But winning Outside carries another level of credibility. Kinsey Laine, the 2015 Gold Nugget Triathlon champion from Fairbanks, dominated the Olympic-distance Lavaman Triathlon in Hawaii on April 10, taking the women’s division...
Jeni Winegarner of Anchorage won the women’s 55-to-59 age group at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. She covered the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile run and 26.2-mile run in 10 hours, 33 minutes, 10 seconds. Winegarner was fifth out of the water before taking over on...
Thanks to back-to-back top-5 finishes, Damian Hill of Bristol Bay is on his way to the national championships. The fourth-year professional triathlete will participate in the grueling HyVee 5150 U.S. Championships, Sept. 2 in Des Moines, Iowa, where he will face the...
Bristol Bay’s Damian Hill dream of winning a national title is still alive. The 29-year-old could still qualify for the Hy-Vee Triathlon, which will serve as the national championships for the second consecutive year for the 5150 Series, depending of his results in...
The heat was on Damian Hill in New Orleans. Rather than melting, however, the fourth-year pro from Alaska glistened in the glory of his first top-10 finish in this season’s grueling international 5150 series. The 29-year-old former commercial fisherman from Naknek...
He is a professional triathlete by trade, but Damian Hill of Bristol Bay tackled a strictly biking event at the Deschutes River Valley Time Trial Festival in Oregon. He only wanted to work his skills – he came away with much more, winning the 3-stage, 81-mile race up...