At the Alaska alpine ski championships, a U12 girl beats all the older kids, including the boys
Alexandra Vonwalter-Gentner posted a two-run slalom time that beat the top boy by more than three seconds.
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UAA senior Michael Soetaert goes out on top by winning his final ski race
Soetaert’s victory came in the final race of the Western Region FIS Tech Series, a four-day race series at Alyeska Resort.
Anchorage skier Hunter Eid celebrates homecoming with gold, silver at Alyeska races
Eid, who trains in Idaho, shared the podium in both races with UAA’s Moro Bamber and Didrik Nilsen.
UAA women dominate Western Region alpine races at Alyeska by taking 10 of 12 podium spots
Preventing a complete podium sweep by UAA was U19 skier Randi Von Wichman, who finished second and third in Tuesday’s two giant slalom races.
2021 Tour of Anchorage ski and bike results
More than a thousand people -- 801 cross-country skiers and 221 fat bikers -- competed in the March 7 race across Anchorage.
Ski all afternoon, collect gold medals: Anchorage teen Daniel Ferucci is thriving at Colorado ski school
Ferucci won the slalom and giant slalom races at the recent Rocky Mountain/Central Division regional championships.
UAA ski team gets another NCAA All-America finish on a hot and cold day on the alpine slopes
Senior Rebecca Fiegl claimed sixth place in the women’s slalom race at the NCAA Ski Championships in New Hampshire.
Luke Jager double-poles his way to 2nd place and Seawolves produce 4 All-Americans at NCAA ski championships
With temperatures in the 50s, Jager skied the classic-technique race with no klister wax.
UAA’s Georgia Burgess skis to career-best 11th place at NCAA championships
The four-day championships run through Saturday.
UAA ski team wraps up an eventful season at this week’s NCAA Championships
The Seawolves survived a move to eliminate their program and a global pandemic on their way to the four-day championships in New Hampshire.
After skiing 50K, some Tour of Anchorage racers went another 25 kilometers on fat bikes
Eric Flanders and Stephanie Arnold posted the fastest times among those who took on the 75-kilometer challenge.
Alaska skiers make their mark in World Championship 50K, with Scott Patterson leading the way in 10th place
Patterson’s finish is the best by an American in a World Championship 50K since 2003.
The record book gets a rewrite and an ornery moose gets a workout at the Tour of Anchorage ski race
Even though a moose disrupted their races, Rosie Frankowski and Tyler Kornfield posted fast times in the 50-kilometer ski race.
Anchorage’s Sadie Maubet Bjornsen ends a brilliant ski-racing career by placing 15th in her final race
Bjornsen was part of a three-woman sprint at the end of Saturday’s 30-kilometer classic race at the World Championships.
3 Alaska skiers help US to best World Championship men’s relay finish in more than 40 years
David Norris, Scott Patterson and Gus Schumacher were part of an eighth-place showing by the American team.
Eight-tenths of a second keeps US skiers off the podium in World Championship relay race
The team, which included three skiers from Alaska, finished fourth in the 4x5-kilometer race.
For Anchorage skier Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, retirement is two days and 30 kilometers away
The two-time Olympian helped the US to a fourth-place finish in the World Championship women’s relay race Thursday and will ski her final race Saturday.
Gnomes and magic beans await Ski 4 Kids participants this week at Kincaid Park
The weeklong event wraps up at 4 p.m. Saturday.
On slushy day at World Championships, Anchorage skier Patterson leads US team
Scott Patterson placed 27th in the men’s 15K freestyle race, held in warm weather and sloppy conditions.