At a cold and windy Kincaid Park, APU Nordic Elite ski team members Ari Endestad, Hailey Swirbul and Hunter Wonders won races at the SuperTour, the country’s top domestic Nordic ski series, to share our weekly Alaska Athlete of the Week honors.
Endestad of Fairbanks claimed a freestyle sprint in a photo finish while Anchorage-based Swirbul dominated a 10-kilometer freestyle interval start by 63 seconds and Wonders of Anchorage took the men’s interval start by 3 seconds.
Swirbul and Wonders are each seeking to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics after coming out of retirement…