...19th at 37:17 and Kenai's Josiah Martin at 20th at 37:17. In the women's race all the way up the mountain, Holly Brooks, 30, of Anchorage won after finishing second in Mount Marathon three times. Brooks set a personal record in finishing...

...field from Matt Novakovich, who has won both Bird Ridge and the earlier Government Peak Climb in Palmer this summer. Holly Brooks, the women's winner at Bird Ridge, will be looking to score a victory that has eluded her the last three years...

...skier Kikkan Randall took her first women's title after finishing second four times. Randall won in 52:03, while Holly Brooks was second at 52:22. Brooks also was second last year.

...women's race up and down the 3,022-foot mountain. Bourgeois finished in 51:48, coming from behind to defeat Holly Brooks by 10 seconds. In the men's race, University of Alaska Anchorage ski coach Trond Flagstad won his second title in...

...also recently cheered on four female Alaskan athletes who became part of history in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Holly Brooks and Kikkan Randall of Anchorage, Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood, and Kerry Weiland of Palmer were all fierce...