Kodiak’s Levi Thomet was among the five University of Oregon runners who scored points for the Ducks at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships in Stanford, California. The junior runner missed a top-30 finish by one second as he broke the line of the men’s 8K in 23:49. Thomet, of Kodiak High fame, was fifth among… Read more »
Kodiak’s Levi Thomet made a little history in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon State High Performance meet in Corvallis, Oregon. The University of Oregon freshman used a strong finish to outkick one runner down the stretch and nearly catch another before finishing with a terrific third-place showing out of a 40-man field that featured… Read more »
Unlike most elite runners, Levi Thomet of Kodiak didn’t run off to college after high school. Instead, he went to Germany and learned a new language and did some traveling. Now he’s back in the States, ready for the cross country season with the University of Oregon. Thomet finally made his much anticipated debut with… Read more »
Levi Thomet of Kodiak was involved in a crazy four-man photo finish in the 10,000-meter run at the USATF Junior National Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Clovis, California. The bad news was he missed a bronze medal by one-hundredth of a second. Thomas Polland Iowa State 30:46.04 Colin Burke UCLA 30:46.25 Zachary Dale Illinois… Read more »
Kenai’s Allie Ostrander and Kodiak’s Levi Thomet each won individual and team medals at the 31st World Mountain Running Championships in North Wales. Ostrander became just the second American woman to win the women’s junior title and it capped a wonderful week that started with the Boise State University freshman winning her college cross country… Read more »
The hottest name in Alaska running is going international. Allie Ostrander of Kenai has been selected to the U.S. Junior Mountain Running Team and will compete Sept. 19 at the world championships in Snowdonia, North Wales. Ostrander, 18, is coming off a fabulous finish at July’s Mount Marathon in Seward in which she broke a… Read more »
Even without the benefit of a high school track season, Anchorage’s Tristian Merchant managed to create a title-worthy performance. The ACS junior broke the nine-minute benchmark in the 3,200 meters at an unofficial time trail with friends. Merchant is believed to be just the fourth high school runner from Alaska to break the nine-minute mark,… Read more »
Congrats to this week’s winner! Clair DeGeorge October 23rd, 2020 Clair DeGeorge of Anchorage was invited to the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team Evaluation Camp. The 21-year-old was among 53 players invited – the only one from Alaska. DeGeorge is a senior forward at NCAA D1 Bemidji State University, where she is approaching the school’s top… Read more »
