3 skiers pull off sweeps at Matanuska Nordic race series
Leading the way was Becca Rorabaugh, who posted back-to-back victories in the women’s races at Government Peak.
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Anchorage skier Zanden McMullen caps 4 days of success with his first NCAA podium appearance
Both silver medals in Monday’s mass-start classic race went to Alaska skiers -- McMullen in the men’s 20K and UAA’s Astrid Stav in the women’s 15K.
Weather gets final say at Coca-Cola Classic alpine ski race series at Alyeska
Monday’s giant slalom races were called off because of severe weather that shut down Alyeska Ski Resort.
3 Seawolves ski into the top 5 in season-opening NCAA cross-country race
Also earning a top-five finish was South High graduate Zanden McMullen, who races for Montana State.
West Eagles set the pace at high school ski meet at Bartlett
The Eagles won both team titles and produced both individual winners.
Ava Murphy skis to 3 victories to take overall title in Coca-Cola Classic at Alyeska
Murphy swept the giant slalom titles and triumphed in one of the two slalom races.
Alaska cross-country skiers claim 9 of 22 spots on U23, World Junior ski teams
The group includes Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher, who has emerged as a top American skier during his rookie World Cup season.
Anchorage skiers touch the sky with Team AK’s nordic combined program
The second-biggest ski jumping club in the country, Team AK has 54 members, and about 90% of them also compete in nordic combined.
UAA alpine skiers notch five top-10 finishes in season-opening meet in Colorado
Rebecca Fiegl and Didrik Nilsen each had a pair of top-10 results.
UAA’s newest skier introduces herself with a dominating victory at the Hickok Classic
Astrid Stav of Norway won Sunday’s 15K race at Kincaid Park by nearly three minutes.
Service skiers Schwartz, Maurer set the pace at the first race of the CIC high school season
Team titles went to the Service girls and the West boys.
Diggins becomes 1st American to win Tour de Ski; Schumacher places a US-best 18th in the men’s standings
Diggins vaulted past Anchorage’s Rosie Brennan to take the World Cup overall lead, but Brennan is still the world leader in distance racing.
With one punishing race left in Tour de Ski, a pair of Anchorage skiers have big things to shoot for
Rosie Brennan will try to hang onto her overall World Cup lead, and Gus Schumacher will try to post the best Tour de Ski ranking by an American man.
18 months after his return was announced, Trond Flagstad is a UAA ski coach again
Immigration issues kept the Norwegian, who previously coached the Seawolves from 2001-11, in limbo for more than a year.
Anchorage skier Gus Schumacher blazes to 8th place in World Cup cross-country race
The result is a career-best for the 20-year-old, who has turned in top-15 performances in his last three races.
Anchorage cross-country skier Gus Schumacher posts another top-15 finish in Tour de Ski
In women’s action, Anchorage’s Rosie Brennan placed fourth Wednesday to maintain her overall World Cup lead and remain in second place in the Tour de Ski standings.
History repeats itself for US skiers Diggins, Brennan, who claim gold and silver again
In the men’s race, Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher posted a career-best finish by placing 14th.
Anchorage skier Rosie Brennan helps give US a historic gold-and-silver finish in World Cup racing
Minnesota’s Jessie Diggins beat Brennan by 5.6 seconds for the first 1-2 finish by American cross-country skiers in World Cup history.
UAA ski team raises the $628,000 needed to seek reinstatement of alpine squad
Targeted for elimination after this season, the team received a final donation of $12,000 two days before Christmas to reach its fundraising goal.
At age 50, Alison Arians is holding her own on Anchorage’s ski trails -- but can she hold off her 16-year-old daughter?
Meredith Schwartz, a Service High sophomore, shows she is up to the challenge.