Hall of Fame
The Alaska Nanooks Department of Athletics officially announced the third inductee of the Nanook Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018, which includes former Alaska Nanooks cross country runner and skier Tyler Kornfield.
Kornfield, who hails from Anchorage, was a four-year member of the Alaska Nanooks cross country running (2009-12) and men’s Nordic ski team (2009-13) before graduating from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the spring of 2013.
Most recently and notably, Kornfield was a member of the Team USA ski team in the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the Olympics, Kornfield competed in the men’s 15km freestyle race, placing 74th overall (38:17.9), before racing in the men’s 50km mass-start classic race where he crossed the finish line ranking 57th overall (2:24:36.5)
Furthermore, Kornfield claimed his first-ever individual national championship title in January after out-sprinting seven other skiers in the last 100 meters of the 30km mass-start classic race at the U.S. Cross Country Skiing National Championships in Anchorage.
As a Nanook skier, Kornfield qualified for the NCAA National Championships in three of his four seasons and won a Central Collegiate Ski Association title in the 20km classic race as a junior in 2012. Kornfield was selected to the All-CCSA Team on two different occasions, while also qualifying and competing in the World Junior Championships in his freshman and sophomore seasons.
On the running course, Kornfield was a key member of the Alaska Nanooks men’s cross country running team, competing for the Nanooks in four-straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships. Following his sophomore season, Kornfield was named the team’s Most Valuable Player after placing within the top-30 overall in the 8km race at the conference championships.
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