Anchorage, AK – The 2017-18 World Cup cross country ski season begins in Ruka, Finland on November 24th. APU will have 6 athletes competing for the U.S. (Kikkan Randall, Sadie…
Nordic Skiing
[PRESS RELEASE] APU/U.S. Ski Team student-athlete Sadie Bjornsen skis to Bronze at the 2017 World Championships
Lahti, Finland. The 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships resumed today in Lahti. Today’s race was the Classic Team Sprint and skiing for the U.S. women were APU student-athlete Sadie Bjornsen…
[PRESS RELEASE] Five Alaska Pacific University Nordic Skiers qualify for 2017 World Championships
Park City, Utah. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has named 17 athletes to the cross -country team that will compete in the International Ski Federation’s 2017 Nordic World Ski…
Eagle Glacier Collaboration
A new engineering project between UAA and APU looks to bring the two neighboring communities a little bit closer. Civil engineering students from UAA recently had the opportunity to travel…
Alaska Pacific University skier Reese Hanneman wins second National Championship
Houghton, MI – In the second race of the 2016 U.S. Cross Country Championships, Reese Hanneman of Alaska Pacific University won the men’s freestyle sprint. This is Hanneman’s first Freestyle…
Alaska Pacific University skier Scott Patterson wins first National Championship
Houghton, MI – In the first race of the 2016 U.S. Cross Country Championships, Scott Patterson of Alaska Pacific University won the men’s 15 kilometer individual classic race. This is…
Scott Patterson wins Crow Pass marathon
Alaska Pacific University congratulates APU ski team athlete, Scott Patterson, on his first place finish in the Crow Pass Crossing (a marathon-length run over the mountains of Crow Pass). Not…
What Do You Do When You’re Not Skiing?
Written by Lynn E. Paulson, APU staff writer I could hear the high-pitched, happy ruckus before I even entered the East Anchorage High School gymnasium, where the event was already in…
Second annual Best Chef on Skinny Skis fundraiser honors Nordic Ski coach, skiers and Alaska ski legend
Written by Dr. Lynn E. Paulson, Ph.D., staff writer at Alaska Pacific University In order to raise money for the APU Nordic Ski Center, Holly Brooks is working a lemonade…
NPR audiences learn why everyday is championship day at University’s training site for Olympic hopefuls
It looks like any another Alaska glacier in summer. Impossibly blue skies alternating with wind, rain, fog and snow. Shale peaks and, of course, miles of ice. But for Alaska…
