Anchorage Daily News

Olympic shooter relaxes on the home range

On a dreary, drizzly day at the Birchwood Recreation and Shooting Park, Corey Cogdell is a ray of sunshine, and not just because she's a pretty young woman in a place filled with men.

UAA's Registe named GNAC Athlete of Year

David Registe capped a banner year at UAA when the Great Northwest Athletic Conference named the sophomore its male Athlete of the Year for the 2007-08 season.

Burden seeks Olympics distance swimming slot

Marathon swimmer Micha Burden of Anchorage is competing in Spain for the FINA Open Water World Championships, hoping to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Bejing.

Cogdell makes trapshooting Olympic team

About 18 years ago, Corey Cogdell first started showing signs of talent with a shotgun when she was able to hit a spruce hen from 75 yards away as a toddler growing up in Chickaloon.

Randall's win could make her a household name

The clocks in the races aren't the real timekeepers in cross country skiing.

Photos: Kikkan in action

Video: Randall takes first

Commitment pays off big for Kikkan Randall

Kikkan Randall's historic World Cup win on Sunday was years in the making -- not only for Anchorage's Randall, but also for the entire U.S. Ski Team, which has struggled to compete against the traditional European and Russian powers.

BIATHALON

Hakkinen struggles, US team rebounds

Five penalties from Jay Hakkinen put the U.S. relay team in 22nd place after his leg, but the team rebounded to finish 12th in Sunday's USBA relay in Hochfilzen, Austria.

Kasiloff skier pleased with World Cup beginning

Kasilof's Jay Hakkinen heads into this weekend's races in snowy Hochfilzen, Austria, buoyed by the best start he's ever enjoyed in a World Cup season.

Revving the engine: Hakkinen says U.S. team results are encouraging

KENAI - In the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, 14 of the 15 medal positions in men’s biathlon went to athletes from Germany, Norway, France and Russia.

Hakkinen 22nd in World Cup race

Video: Jay Hakkinen in Kontiolahti

Kikkan Randall 44th in World Cup 10-K

Battling stiff winds and sub-zero temperatures, Kikkan Randall put forth a valiant effort in Sunday's 10-K classic World Cup race in Kuusamo, Finland.

Hakkinen 22nd in World Cup race

Jay Hakkinen of Kasilof finished 22nd at Sunday's 12.5 kilometer Pursuit in Kontiolahti, Finland.

Young Olympic hopefuls keep eyes on goal

Lofty Olympic goals often take Alaska athletes far from home to compete or train, meaning extra expense. For such elite athletes, is living in Alaska a disadvantage?

Fairbanks loses bid for Olympic curling trials

DENVER -- The U.S. Olympic curling team trials will be held in the northwest Denver suburb of Broomfield in February 2009.

Randall and Mannix train on glacier

Two-time Olympian Kikkan Randall and Alaska teammate Taz Mannix, both of the U.S. Ski Team, were training high above Girdwood this week at Eagle Glacier.

Fairbanks to host U.S. ski meet

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team may not do its early season training in Fairbanks anymore, but team members will be there in March.

Carey punches out win at Olympic Trials

Anchorage boxer David Carey advanced at the Olympic Trials boxing tournament in Houston on Tuesday by defeating James Zimmerman of San Jose, Calif., on a medical disqualification.

Dreadlocked and dangerous

David Carey's dreadlocks fly like a whirlwind whenever he spars.

Shot at glory

For years, Eagle River trapshooter Corey Cogdell carried a little rubber chicken in her pocket whenever she competed.

DOYLE WOODY

Sullivan hoopla measures up in end

No one's jaw dropped and hit the hardwood. Granted, moving the state high school hoops semifinals and championship games for the smallest classifications (1A and 2A) to the big-top at Sullivan Arena this year, after years at smaller venues like Service High and East High, has generally been met with high fives.

Anchorage curler slides in to Olympic limelight

Best chance for a medal among the 11 Alaskans participating in the Winter Olympics next month in Turin, Italy? Probably the two women who'll compete on ice.