Month: October 2024
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Flagstaff High’s Alex Bland (left) checks his watch before making a late move to win the AIA D2 sectionals on Thursday. At right, Flagstaff’s Olivia Baker dominated in victory.Prep D2 Sectionals: Flagstaff Boys, Girls Dominate, as Do Bland and Baker; Coco High Girls, Boys Also Qualify
in Prep RunningMore than halfway through Thursday’s AIA Division 2 boys cross country sectionals at Glendale Heroes Park, Flagstaff High School’s Alex Bland had the same view ahead…
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PROFILE: Coco High’s Top Runners, Mary McGinlay and Laine Davis, Head to AIA Sectionals with High Hopes
Looking back on their talented but inexperienced freshman selves – and, really, when you’re a teenager, four years can seem an eternity – Coconino High School…
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Under Armour Dark Sky Distance Signs ex-NAU Star Annika Reiss
Former NAU distance running star Annika Reiss, less than a year removed from her college career, has signed to run professionally with Under Armour Dark Sky…
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Trail of the Week: Priest-Howard Draw Loop, 4.4 Miles
Normally, I like to run in the morning – the earlier, the better. Not only do you avoid the crowds on Flagstaff’s uber-popular trail system, but…
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Pete Mortimer (left) and Rachel Tomajczyk (right)Weekend Results: Tomajczyk 10th in Golden Trail Finale; Mortimer Wins Man Vs. Horse; Coco CC Results from Riverside
Weekend race results: — In the Golden Trail World Series finale in Locarno, Switzerland, pro runner Rachel Tomajczyk of Williams finished 10th on Saturday. Fellow American…
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Ali Upshaw, left, and David Mullarkey were NAU’s top individual finishers Saturday at the Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin.Pre-Nationals: NAU Women, Missing Two Runners, Places 3rd; Men 5th
Minus two key runners — Elise Stearns and Karrie Baloga — the top-ranked NAU women’s cross country team was toppled on Saturday at the Pre-Nationals in…
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Flagstaff High’s Cole Troxler (left) finished seventh Wednesday at the East Valley Invite, At right, Coconino’s Savanna McKerracher placed third Saturday at the Bradshaw Mountain Invitational.Prep Results: Flagstaff High Girls Win in East Valley, Boys Put 4 in Top 10; Coconino Boys Win at Bradshaw Mountain
Three of Flagstaff’s four local high school cross country teams did tune-ups for next week’s AIA Sectionals, and the results were solid. The Division 2 favorite…
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Trail of the Week: Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop, 7 Miles; Tough Going, but Fewer Aspen Leaf-Peeping Tourists
Sartre’s famous dictum, “Hell is other people,” has never been more applicable than when it comes to traversing many of the higher-elevation Flagstaff trails in October,…
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Chicago Marathon: On a World Record-Breaking Day, NAZ Elite’s Masai, Hagans Top Flagstaff Finishers
While the world is still shaking its head in wonderment over the world-record-smashing 2:09:56 by Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich Sunday at the Chicago Marathon, several Flagstaff-based marathoners…
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Ray Langlais (right) and Rachel Smith (left) were the men’s and women’s winners of the 25th Soulstice Mountain Run Saturday in Parks, as witnessed by two camels on the course.Saturday Results: Langlais, Smith Win a Sizzling Soulstice; Tomajczyk 11th in World Vertical Climb; Hall 3rd in Kodiak 100 Miler
Don’t want to say it was unseasonably warm Saturday at the 25th running of the Soulstice Mountain Trail Run across the shade-deprived prairie in Parks, but…
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