The University of Minnesota's NCAA Heptathlon runner-up Liz Roehrig, will represent the United States this weekend in the Thorpe Cup, a multi-events competition between the USA and Germany named after 1912 Olympic Decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
“I’m excited to have the chance to wear the red, white and blue and represent my country,” Roehrig said in a Gopher media release. “After the U.S. Olympic Trials I said how excited I was to keep training and improving. This gives me that chance. I won’t have to wait until next spring to do another heptathlon. This is going to be fun."
Defending Thorpe Cup heptathlon champion Lela Nelson returns this year. She gathered 6,022 points to win the gold medal in 2007. Nelson, the 2004 NCAA heptathlon champion, has ties to Gopher head coach Matt Bingle. Bingle recruited Nelson to Eastern Michigan and coached her for one season before he accepted a coaching position at Minnesota.
“This is a great honor for Liz and our track program,” Bingle said. “She is gaining so much valuable experience this summer, between the Trials and now the Thorpe Cup. Her senior season next spring should prove to be something very special. And she deserves everything that is coming to her. She is one of the hardest working, most dedicated athletes I’ve ever coached."
Find more information on the Thorpe Cup HERE.
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