Bicycle Racing

App, Folmar sweep

Jenna App swept Stages 2 and 3 in the women's expert class and Daniel Folmar did the same in the men's expert division Saturday in the Arctic Bicycle Club's Spring Stage Race.

Stull, App fastest to the top

James Stull and Jenna App won the men's and women's expert classes, respectively, in Friday night's first stage of the Arctic Bicycle Club's Spring Stage Race.

Photos: Arctic Bicycle Club Clark's Road Hill Climb

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West, Chugiak and Service earn state softball berths

The Cook Inlet Conference's four seeds into the state high school softball tournament are set after West, Chugiak and Service won CIC tournament games Tuesday night at Albrecht Fields to join top-seeded East as state qualifiers.

Berntson, Valerius win Eklutna Challenge

Tim Berntson and Jill Valerius both used blazing bike rides to claim wins Saturday in the Eklutna Challenge, which combines a three-mile run with a 15-mile bike at Eklutna Lake.

Big triathlon had a small start

Three decades ago, the Gold Nugget Triathlon got its start at Tryon and Marianne Wieland's Sand Lake home. "The transition area was our driveway," recalled Jennifer, one of the Wieland daughters.

Novakovich outsprints Stull in ABC hill climb

Matt Navakovich edged James Stull in a sprint to the finish Thursday night at the Arctic Bicycle Club’s Glen Alps Hill Climb at Potter Hill, winning the men’s expert division by one second.

Lackey, App win cycling road race

John Lackey outsprinted his nearest competitors to win the expert men's division in the Arctic Bicycle Club's Kincaid Loop Road Race last weekend, and Jenna App raced to victory in the women's expert division.

Donley, Folmar win cycling time trial

Shannon Donley topped the expert women’s division, and Daniel Folmar won the expert men’s division Thursday at the Arctic Bicycle Club’s Moose Run Time Trial, where 95 racers braved chilly conditions.

CYCLING

Donley wins third consecutive Bike for Women

Shannon Donley won her third straight and fifth overall Bike For Women championship Sunday, topping a field of 526 girls and women who cycled nine miles.

Donley wins first bike race of season

Shannon Donley kicked off the cycling season in impressive fashion Saturday, winning the women's title at the 10-mile Moose Run Time Trial with more than a minute to spare.

Lackey wins Susitna-100 endurance race

John Lackey rode his bike 100 miles from Point Mackenzie General Store to Alexander Lake and back to win last weekend's Susitna 100 wilderness race in 11 hours, 18 minutes.

Bicyclists take top four spots in Susitna 100

Bicyclists ruled the day in Saturday's Susitna 100, seizing the top four spots in the 100-mile wilderness race in the Susitna Valley. John Lackey of Anchorage pulled away from Kevin Breitenbach of Fairbanks to win the endurance event in 11 hours, 18 minutes.

Photos: Susitna endurance races

CYCLING

Abominable victories for Chelf and Stull

Josh Chelf widened his series points lead by posting yet another victory in the Abominable Snow Series, outlasting Will Ross by 14 seconds in the single-track bicycle race Wednesday night in Far North Bicentennial Park.

Tower, Chelf rule mountain bike trail

Janice Tower continued her dominance while Josh Chelf, a relative newcomer to bike racing, edged veteran racers John Lackey and Jamey Stull to claim victory Saturday in the third race in the Abominable Snow Series.

Chelf, Tower battle cold for wins in bicycle race

Josh Chelf and Janice Tower battled through extreme cold to earn victories last weekend in Chain Reaction Cycles' Abominable Snow Series, a bike racing series at Far North Bicentennial Park.

Bikers rule the Frosty Bottom races

Despite winter storm warnings, a recent dump of snow and temperatures hovering just above zero, a record field of more than 200 people chose to spend Saturday biking, running or skiing 50 to 25 miles in the sixth annual Frosty Bottom race.

Photos: Frosty bottom

Fat-tire bicycle race series debuts

Forty racers completed Anchorage's newest extreme challenge Saturday -- a fat-tire, single-track mountain bike race on the bumpy, snow-packed trails at Far North Bicentennial Park.

CYCLING

Cyclists face 'Abominable' races

A new challenge for mountain bikers kicks off today in Far North Bicentennial Park -- the Abominable Snow Series, a single-track race series for fat-tire bicyclists.

CYCLING

Gorman, Novakovich earn close victories

Brent Gorman, Tim Berntson and Carey Grumelot battled side by side for most of Wednesday's cyclocross race at Kincaid Park, but Gorman pulled away on the sixth and final lap for about a 10-second victory in the men's open division.

CYCLING

Grumelot survives for win in cyclocross

Carey Grumelot topped a sizeable and competitive field to take the men's open victory at a cyclocross race Sunday at the Abbott-O-Rabbit ballpark, escaping complications that befell a number of his competitors.