It was an unusual venue with a familiar result. Janay DeLoach of Fairbanks captured the women’s long jump title for the second straight year at the Kansas Relays in Lawrence, leaping to a mark of 22 feet, 4½ inches. The defending Olympic bronze medalist won last year’s event at 21-8¼. Last year’s competition was held… Read more »
Alaska Exposure basketball program director Jim Young of Anchorage is on the road again with the state’s next generation of college basketball players. The 2013 Alaska Exposure Senior Trip features 15 senior boys from all over the state and will tour NWAACC schools in Washington and Oregon, visiting nine colleges in 10 days. “The daily… Read more »
Jason Griffin has been a strength coach with the New York Mets for two years. Before that he spent two seasons as a conditioning coach with the Oakland Raiders. Griffin is a power guy, familiar with explosive movements. Baseball, football, he said, it doesn’t matter; the concept is the same. “You want an athlete to… Read more »
With online voting now closed for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013, here is the last batch of selected reader recommendations. The Class of 2013 will be announced Monday. Recommendation: Herb Didrickson Submitted by: Rich Mattson Why: According to long-time southeast basketball historian Gil Truitt there is only one way to vote… Read more »
Go ahead and pinch Jenna Johnson. The former Wasilla High player of the year doesn’t want to sleepwalk through the Great Alaska Shootout. The Utah State University senior is back in her home state to play in the tournament she grew up watching. And she wants to savor every moment. “It would be impossible to… Read more »
Trajan Langdon was never one to stand still, whether it be on the basketball court or in life. So it’s no surprise that he’s going back to work just a year after retiring. The only difference is he’s trading in his Jordans for a Sharpie. Langdon, 36, has been hired as the Eastern Regional Pro… Read more »
It’s only the preseason, but anyone who knows North Pole’s Brad Oleson knows he doesn’t do anything halfway. The 6-foot-3 starting guard pumped in a game-high 19 points to lead Spanish power Caja Laboral to an 83-56 victory over Clavijo. Oleson, of UAF fame, averaged 11 points a game last season and ranked No. 2… Read more »
Given up for goners, the Bowdoin College women came all the way back from a 4-1 deficit to serve up a 5-4 victory over No. 4 Middlebury and capture the NCAA D3 Regional title in Vermont. The player that came all the way across the country to attend Bowdoin made the difference. Anchorage’s Emma Lewis… Read more »
For the first two seasons at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Anna Simmers of Anchorage barely played. Finally, as a junior, she got her shot. Simmers, of ACS fame, became a starter for Army and led the Patriot League in scoring at 14.8 per game en route to earning all-conference first team… Read more »
Voting for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2012 has finished, so here is the last batch of reader recommendations submitted by email: Recommendation:Kaarin Knudson Submitted by:David Knudson Why:She lettered at Univ of Oregon 1995-96-97-99 track and in XC running 1994-95-96-97.Team Captain. She was All American twice 1997 Track 800M and 1999 Indoor… Read more »
