From the World Cup in Europe to the SuperTour in North America to the upcoming World Youth Olympic Games, Alaska skiers are striding strong. With one race remaining in Period 1 of the World Cup, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen of Alaska Pacific University is ranked fourth in the overall standings after finishing ninth on Dec. 15… Read more »
In his first year coaching on campus, Matthew Johnson of Anchorage orchestrated the Montana State University cross-country ski team to its greatest season in school history. The Bobcats earned their best-ever finish of fourth at the NCAA Championships and Anika Miller won the freestyle race to give the school its first national champion since 1978…. Read more »
Originally from Montana, Adam Shryock moved to Alaska recently to bolster his mountain running resume. “I thought I needed to go earn my stripes in Alaska,” he told irunfar.com. The 28-year-old had a strong summer in The Last Frontier, where he broke the record in the Turnagain Trail Run from Potter to Rainbow and finished… Read more »
For the third time in his Dartmouth College ski career, Silas Talbot of Anchorage earned the right to call himself an All-American. The senior finished eighth in yesterday’s men’s 10K skate race on Day 1 of the NCAA Skiing Championships in New York. He was a double All-American as a sophomore [9th, skate, 5th classical]… Read more »
