Regents eliminate UAA hockey, gymnastics and alpine skiing but offer each a chance at reinstatement
Cross-country skiing is spared, and the others can be too -- but only if they meet huge fundraising goals by February.
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APU skiers rollerski their way to winter with three-day race series on Anchorage roads
The events will help prepare the team’s top skiers for World Cup competition later this year.
Bad news for nordic skiers: No national championships, no junior nationals in 2021
The SuperTour race series has also been canceled, but it’s believed the World Cup season will go on as planned.
Still stinging from proposed cuts, UAA athletes and coaches will make their case to regents on Monday
Public testimony will be taken by phone from 4-6 p.m. Monday.
AWAIC shelter is the big winner of the 2020 Alaska Ski for Women
The race is awarding all of the proceeds from this year's race -- more than $25,000 -- to the Anchorage domestic violence shelter.
APU skiers turn Anchorage trails into ‘Boulevard to Beijing’ for fundraiser
A group of 26 skiers rollerskied a cumulative 1,000 kilometers Wednesday in Anchorage.
APU skiers to rollerski 1,000 kilometers in Anchorage on Wednesday
The skiers will use Sand Lake Road and Dimond Boulevard, as well as the city’s four main trails, during the morning skiathon.
Coaching award completes a postseason sweep of awards for Alaska Winter Stars
Coach Jan Buron was honored for the second straight year, and the fourth time overall, by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Anchorage snowboarder Rosie Mancari embraces her new normal, which looks more and more like her old normal
After rupturing both Achilles tendons at the 2018 Winter Olympics, nearly two years passed before Mancari returned to competition.
Alaska Winter Stars, APU’s Halvorsen collect national awards
Jan Buron’s Alaska Winter Stars ski club was named the top cross-country club in the nation, and APU’s Hannah Halvorsen won the Buddy Werner Award for leadership and sportsmanship.
Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher wins US skiing’s highest honor
Schumacher, a nordic skier, shared the Beck International Trophy with alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin.
APU skier Hannah Halvorsen is walking and biking again, thanks to hard work and Zoom therapy sessions
Halvorsen was seriously injured when she was hit by a Jeep in November. She started walking again in March and might be skiing before the summer’s over.
US Ski Team puts 23 skiers on the national cross-country team, and 11 of them are from Alaska
Hunter Wonders, Logan Hanneman and JC Schoonmaker are among those who are new to the team.
At UAA and APU, a handful of athletes are hunkering down
Four skiers decided to quarantine in a house at APU, and a UAA volleyball player is living by herself in her dorm room.
Kendall Kramer decides to stay home to ski and run for the Nanooks
The Fairbanks senior won 14 individual state championships during four years at West Valley High, even though her senior season of track was canceled.
Virus concerns end seasons for Seawolves and cancel CIC basketball tournaments, ski train and more
The Junior National cross-country ski championships in California are over, and so are the NCAA Ski Championships in Montana.
UAA skiers get off to slow start at NCAA championships
Rebecca Fiegl skied to 17th place in the women’s giant slalom to lead the Seawolves.
Five more medals for Team Alaska at Junior National ski championships
Kai Meyers of Anchorage led a 1-2-4 finish for Alaska men in the U20 freestyle sprint race in California.
Led by Ari Endestad’s gold, Alaska skiers win 5 medals at Junior Nationals
Monday’s races were the first in the week-long race series for skiers under 20.