Nicole Johnston kicks at a suspended target in the finals of the two-foot-high kick at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics on Friday at the Big Dipper Arena in Fairbanks. Among the women in the event, Johnston had the highest kick. | | |

...Barrow. "It's really good to see, because Brian had the record for so long and nobody got even close," said Nicole Johnston, this year's women's one-foot champion and a WEIO veteran. "I think it's absolutely phenomenal." Frankson...

...string over their ears and try to slowly pull a string off their opponent's ear. And then there's Eagle River's Nicole Johnston - Johnson before she married - a longtime coach and competitor who's still winning the women's two-foot high...

...Southwestern communities, as well as Aleutian Islands residents who may find it difficult to travel to Fairbanks, he said. Nicole Johnston, the women's record holder of the two-foot high kick event and winner of over 150 WEIO medals, said she voted...

...receiving votes (in alphabetical order): Big Bob Aiken, Red Boucher, Audun Endestad, Rosey Fletcher, Doug Herron, Nicole Johnston, Reggie Joule, Nina Kemppel, Wally Leask, Hilary Lindh, Buck Nystrom, Brad Precosky, Reilly Richey, Libby...

...first pull and before the second attempt, she and Evans, 29, broke into laughter in reaction to some words from Nicole Johnston, a judge and a member of the WEIO Board of Governors. "She (Johnston) had mentioned that all women were queens...

Births Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: On Dec. 12, 2008, a daughter, Brylea Nicole Johnston, weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces, to Kasey Lynn Kivisto, of Petersburg. On Dec. 13, 2008, a daughter, Skylar Noelani Oliva...

...kick, the masochistic knuckle hop and the stick pull. Two legends of the sport are unfortunately absent this year. Nicole Johnston of Chugiak, the most decorated Alaskan in AWG history, has participated as an athlete, coach or judge for about...