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Nordic Skiing

APU Nordic Ski Center Round Up – February

March 4, 2020

Alaska Pacific University athlete, Hunter Wonders, competes at the 2020 American Birkebeiner Championships. Photo courtesy of Flyingpoint.

The past couple of weeks have brought wins and major accomplishments for APU Nordic Ski Center. Congratulations to all of our APU athletes and club members.  2020 U23 World Junior Championships The 2020 U23 World Junior Championships are happening this week Oberwiesenthal, Germany, and APU Students are crushing it! Congrats to Hailey Swirbul with a…

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APU Nordic Ski Center Walks Away With More Wins

January 30, 2020

Hailey Swirbul and Reese Brown pose for their wins.

Earlier this month, several APU Alumni, Students, and Nordic Ski Center Members walked away with a wealth of National Championship Titles, dominating each category at the U.S. Cross Country Skiing National Championships in Houghton, Michigan. Other APU Nordic Ski Center athletes competed with top Finishes at the Super Tour in Craftsbury, Vermont. They assisted with…

Filed Under: Community, Nordic Skiing, We Are APU

Jim Mahaffey, Trail Blazer and Team Builder

September 7, 2018

Jim Mahaffey at an early race

For many Anchorage residents, the return of mustard-yellow school buses, dipping temperatures and the ebb of out-of-state guests signal that Alaska’s brief autumn is here. But for Anchorage runners, the real season opener happens the second Tuesday in September, when they gather to compete in the first of the Tuesday Night Races. This year marks…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Alumni, Nordic Skiing

A Day in the Life of an APU-er (according to Instagram)

August 3, 2018

A Day in the Life of an APU-er (according to Instagram) Featured Image

Each week Alaska Pacific University invites different members of its community to host it’s take-over Instagram account, @makingmovesatAKpacific, to show what a week at APU looks like through the eyes (and lens) of students, faculty, and staff. Since spring graduation, we’ve had a number of community members host the account to document their summer activities. Some stayed…

Filed Under: Admissions, Alumni, Marine Biology, Nordic Skiing, Student Activities, We Are APU Tagged With: Alaska pacific university, APU

APU Nordic Program to Partner with China

June 15, 2018

APU Nordic Program to Partner with China

Recently Alaska Pacific University President Bob Onders traveled to China with Alaska Governor Bill Walker and 40 other leaders in the Alaska business realm in a group effort to strengthen ties with the foreign country, diversify the state economy and create more opportunities at home and away.   During the trip, President Onders signed a…

Filed Under: Nordic Skiing, President's Blog, Press Releases

APU Nordic Ski Center and Kikkan Randall receive National Awards from U.S. Ski and Snowboard

May 1, 2018

APU Nordic Ski Team

Park City, Utah. U.S. Ski and Snowboard will recognize more than 50 athletes, coaches, clubs and leaders who have supported skiing and snowboarding at this week’s annual U.S. Ski and Snowboard Congress. The awards include gold awards, silver awards, athlete, coach and club of the year awards in each sport, and sport-specific awards. The U.S….

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APU Nordic Skier Kikkan Randall Takes the Gold at Winter Olympics

March 1, 2018

Kikkan Randal getting gold medal

APU Nordic skier, Kikkan Randall and teammate Jessie Diggins won the women’s team sprint freestyle race at the Pyeongchang Games on Wednesday. The duo are the first American cross country skiers to receive a gold medal at the Olympics, and the first to place since Bill Koch took home a silver in 1976. In a New…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Nordic Skiing, World Class

Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center sends 7 athletes to first World Cup races of 2017-18 Olympic season

November 16, 2017

Kikkan Headshot

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 Bjornsen, Erik Bjornsen, Rosie Brennan, Scott Patterson and Chelsea Holmes) and 1 for Australia (Jessica Yeaton). The domestic racing season begins on December 2nd in…

Filed Under: Nordic Skiing, Press Releases

[PRESS RELEASE] APU/U.S. Ski Team student-athlete Sadie Bjornsen skis to Bronze at the 2017 World Championships

February 27, 2017

NordicWorldSkiChampionships

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 and U.S teammate Jessie Diggins. Sadie skied first (the scramble leg) and brought the U.S. in 1st to the first exchange to Diggins. The race…

Filed Under: Nordic Skiing, Press Releases

[PRESS RELEASE] Five Alaska Pacific University Nordic Skiers qualify for 2017 World Championships

January 18, 2017

Kikkan Randall

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 Championships next month in Lahti, Finland. Five of those 17 are APU athletes. They include; Kikkan Randall (9th World Championships), Sadie Bjornsen (4th World Championships),…

Filed Under: Nordic Skiing, Press Releases

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