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Shungnak's Woods places 4th at Olympic wrestling trials April 8th 11:53 am | Beth Bragg, ADN Wrestler the first Alaskan to compete in Greco-Roman division at trials Shungnak wrestler Spencer Woods didn't make the Olympic team at this weekend's U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Texas, but he finished fourth overall and came close to clinching a spot on the national team. Woods, 22, last Friday became the first Alaskan to wrestle in the Greco-Roman division at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He lost a close quarterfinal-round match in the 87-kilogram (192 pound) weight class and then roared back in Satu...

15 Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Marks is a combat medic but also a heavily decorated Paralympic swimmer, Pat Tillman ESPY award winner, and a 2017 Army Woman’s Hall of Fame inductee. She credits all of this to her mentors, her brothers and sisters in arms. Marks’ story, which is apropos during Women’s History Month, gives proof to Chief of Staff of the Army James McConville’s comments that people are the Army’s number one priority. The armed forces have always influenced Marks’ life. Her father is a Vietnam veteran who worked with Veterans Affairs and as a teenager, s...

It’s On Again: Emmanuel Bor and Paul Chelimo Will Go For The American Indoor 5000 Record on Thursday at 6 pm ET (23:00 CET) By LetsRun.com Article continues below player Two weeks ago, Emmanuel Bor of the Army’s World Class Athlete Program and the American Distance Project gave Bor has decided he wants another shot at the record. On Thursday, Bor and training partners Paul Chelimo, the 2016 Olympic silver medallist at 5000, and Hillary Bor, a 2016 Olympian in the steeplechase (and Emmanuel’s brother), will race the 5000 again along with a few others including 13:17 man  Willy Fink ...

Emmanuel Bor Upsets Paul Chelimo, Runs #2 US All-Time 13:05.60 at FireFly Recovery 5,000m in Virginia Beach Emmanuel Bor of the US Army World Class Athlete Program gave  Galen Rupp‘s American indoor 5,000-meter a serious scare by clocking 13:05.60 to win the FireFly Recovery 5,000m in Virginia Beach on Thursday evening. Billed as an attempt by  Paul Chelimo on Rupp’s 13:01.26 AR from 2014, it was Bor who stole the show, convincingly beating Chelimo (second in 13:12.51 in his first ever indoor 5,000 as a pro) and moving to #2 on the all-time US list. After excellent pacing work from  Be...

share-square-92467 MINNEAPOLIS -- As it turns out, there are only about two weeks of instruction before the U.S. Air Force straps a parachute to you, puts you on a plane and asks you to jump out by yourself. It's one thing to have learned about the aircraft and ripcords and procedures and how to pack the parachute and how to line up and how to land. But when it actually came time for Griffin Jax's first jump as part of a summer program at the Air Force Academy, he had no idea whether he'd have preferred to be first or last out of the plane. The anxiety builds when you're waiting in anticipati...