Anchorage’s Elizabeth Balsan and Kenai’s Jordan Theisen participated in different races in different states but both managed to earn the same result. Balsan of Grand Canyon University placed 20th in a huge women’s field of 322 runners at the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento, California. The senior clocked a 6-K time of 21:13.8, shaving more… Read more »
Keith Osowski of Kodiak, Jordan Theisen of Kenai and Ruby Lindquist of Moose Pass ran for different high schools in Alaska. Now they are teammates at Black Hills State University. All three cross-country runners earned top-10 finishes as the state of Alaska was well represented at the Frontier Preview Meet in Billings, Montana. In the… Read more »
Kenai’s Jonah Theisen kicked it into overdrive in the second half of the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase to earn a second-place finish among the dozen finalists at the NCAA D2 Track and Field Championships in Kingsville, Texas. The Black Hills State University senior was in ninth place at the 1,800 mark. Theisen, of Kenai Central High… Read more »
Alaskans Levi Fried of Kodiak and brothers Jonah Theisen and Jordan Theisen of Kenai were part of an All-American finish for Black Hills State University at the NCAA D2 Indoor Track & Field National Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas. They, along with Tristan Hepp of Wyoming, qualified ninth but took sixth in the finals of the… Read more »
Kenai’s Jordan Theisen earned all-league honors in the men’s mile for Black Hills State University. The junior runner pushed himself in the thin air to take fourth in a time of 4:22.56 to grab second team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference recognition. The RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships were held in Alamosa, Colorado, which climbs… Read more »
Jonah Theisen of Kenai got a leg up on his little brother as the two Black Hills State University runners both cracked the top 10 at the Gage McSpadden Invitational in Spearfish, South Dakota. The sophomore clocked a 6-kilometer time of 20 minutes, 38.9 seconds to finish fourth out of 35 finishers in the men’s… Read more »
