Alaska sent a record number of athletes to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
In his debut race at the Olympics, Anchorage skier Scott Patterson hoped to finish in the top 30. He finished the skiathalon in 18th place.
“It was a pretty amazing finish for me,” Patterson said.
That finish, Patterson said, has him setting his sights even higher for the next race.
Patterson will toe the start line of the men’s 15 kilometer skate race, which can be streamed live tonight, Feb. 15 at 9 p.m.
APU skiers Erik Bjornsen and Tyler Kornfield will also compete in the men’s 15 kilometer skate race.
Emily Russell is the voice of Alaska morning news as Alaska Public Media’s Morning News Host and Producer.
Originally from the Adirondacks in upstate New York, Emily moved to Alaska in 2012. She skied her way through three winters in Fairbanks, earning her Master’s degree in Northern Studies from UAF.
Emily’s career in radio started in Nome in 2015, reporting for KNOM on everything from subsistence whale harvests to housing shortages in Native villages. She then worked for KCAW in Sitka, finally seeing what all the fuss with Southeast, Alaska was all about.
Back on the road system, Emily is looking forward to driving her Subaru around the region to hike, hunt, fish and pick as many berries as possible. When she’s not talking into the mic in the morning, Emily can be found reporting from the peaks above Anchorage to the rivers around Southcentral.
