A few weeks after Isaac Updike suffered heartbreak on the track, the Ketchikan distance runner bounced back with one of his greatest performances. The 29-year-old became the second Alaskan to run a 4-minute mile after posting a winning time of 3:58.26 at the American Track League in Mission Viejo, California. Updike joined an exclusive club… Read more »
Kenai’s Allie Ostrander and Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike were named Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winners after turning in outstanding performances against elite fields of professionals in the steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Ostrander clocked a personal best time of 9:26 in the 3,000-meter obstacle race. The 24-year-old cut nearly four seconds off her previous PR and finished eighth… Read more »
Ketchikan runner Isaac Updike suffered major heartbreak at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In the lead on the final lap of the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, the 29-year-old Alaskan fell off the pace and finished fifth. Only two spots separated him from anguish and glory as the top three finishers punched their tickets to the Tokyo Summer… Read more »
Kenai’s Allie Ostrander ran a personal record against an elite women’s field of professionals in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. The 24-year-old Alaskan clocked a time of 9:26.96 to cut nearly four seconds off her previous PR and finished eighth out of 14 runners with an Olympic berth on… Read more »
Kenai’s Allie Ostrander returned to the track for the first time in more than a year. The pandemic of course played a role in shutting down her 2020 season, but she also used the break to deal with her nagging Achilles injury. The 23-year-old professional runner turned to platelet-rich plasma therapy to help accelerate the… Read more »
Soldotna’s Brenner Furlong was named North Star Athletic Association Men’s Outdoor Track Most Valuable Athlete-of-the-Meet. Furlong accumulated 23 points after winning the 400-meter title, being on two victorious relays and placing second in the 200 to help Dakota State University win the men’s team title at the NSAA Championships. Dakota State scored 250 points to… Read more »
Eagle River track standout Jeremiah Wilson set a school record in the 100 meters at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships as part of an impressive showing for the Colorado Mesa University sophomore. He ran a 10:59 to set a new all-conditions standard for D2 CMU. Wilson, of Chugiak High fame, finished fourth in the… Read more »
Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after his stunning upset of the reigning steeplechase national champion at the Oregon Relays at historic Hayward Field in Eugene. The Alaskan clocked a personal-best 8:17.74 – the world’s fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase time this year and qualified for the Olympic trials. He shaved seven seconds off his PR… Read more »
Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike upset the reigning steeplechase national champion and hit the Olympic qualifying standard at the Oregon Relays at historic Hayward Field in Eugene. The Alaskan clocked a personal-best 8:17.74 – the world’s fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase time this year. Updike shaved seven seconds off his PR and took down reigning U.S. champ Hillary Bor,… Read more »
Hailey Williams of Delta Junction ran the 100 meters faster than she ever has at the Tobacco Road Challenge & Combined Events Meet in Durham, North Carolina. The Duke University freshman sprinter clocked a time of 11.80 seconds to place fourth out of nine runners from Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State. Williams beat… Read more »
