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.
Alexandra Vonwalter-Gentner posted a two-run slalom time that beat the top boy by more than three seconds.
Soetaert’s victory came in the final race of the Western Region FIS Tech Series, a four-day race series at Alyeska Resort.
Eid, who trains in Idaho, shared the podium in both races with UAA’s Moro Bamber and Didrik Nilsen.
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.
More than a thousand people -- 801 cross-country skiers and 221 fat bikers -- competed in the March 7 race across Anchorage.
Ferucci won the slalom and giant slalom races at the recent Rocky Mountain/Central Division regional championships.
Senior Rebecca Fiegl claimed sixth place in the women’s slalom race at the NCAA Ski Championships in New Hampshire.
With temperatures in the 50s, Jager skied the classic-technique race with no klister wax.
The four-day championships run through Saturday.
The Seawolves survived a move to eliminate their program and a global pandemic on their way to the four-day championships in New Hampshire.
Eric Flanders and Stephanie Arnold posted the fastest times among those who took on the 75-kilometer challenge.
Patterson’s finish is the best by an American in a World Championship 50K since 2003.
Even though a moose disrupted their races, Rosie Frankowski and Tyler Kornfield posted fast times in the 50-kilometer ski race.
Bjornsen was part of a three-woman sprint at the end of Saturday’s 30-kilometer classic race at the World Championships.
David Norris, Scott Patterson and Gus Schumacher were part of an eighth-place showing by the American team.
The team, which included three skiers from Alaska, finished fourth in the 4x5-kilometer race.
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.
The weeklong event wraps up at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Scott Patterson placed 27th in the men’s 15K freestyle race, held in warm weather and sloppy conditions.