The Minnesota Association of USA Track & Field announced that Rob Finnerty and Katelin Rains are USATF Minnesota's Athletes of the Month for January 2008.Finnerty (pictured) was honored for finishing 9th at the Footlocker Cross Country Nationals last month. The MSHSL Class AA cross country champion from Burnsville High School is bound for the University of Wisconsin next year.
Rains, a Minnesota State Mankato junior, was recognized for breaking her own NCAA Division II best in the pole vault with a clearance of 14 feet 1/2 inch in December. Rains is the defending Division II indoor champion in the event.
USA Track & Field Minnesota selects Athletes of the Month to honor excellence in track and field and its related sports in Minnesota. USA Track & Field is the governing body of the sport in the United States and the Minnesota Association of USATF sanctions and sponsors track and field, cross country, road racing, and racewalking events for athletes of all ages in the state.
Photo by Victor Sailer http://www.photorun.net/.
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