There's lots of news coming from the University of Minnesota campus today, so let's get right to it all ...Fisher Named Athlete of the Week ... U of M junior Matt Fisher, the Big Ten indoor high jump champion, earned Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honors for his 7-4 1/2 clearance at the Auburn Tiger Classic last weekend.
He is now the #3 Gopher high jumper all-time.
Roehrig Named Athlete of the Week ... Gopher women's multi-event maestro Liz Roehrig earned Big Ten Field Event Athlete of the Week honors, too, for breaking her own Gopher heptathlon record with a 5787 tally at the Jim Click Shootout in Arizona last week.
The score automatically qualified the fifth-year senior for the NCAA Championships.
Gopher Women Ranked #12 ... The Golden Gopher women's track and field team notched a #12 ranking in the first USTFCCCA national outdoor track poll released yesterday. The Gopher men, despite being the Big Ten champs indoors, were not ranked.
Penn State (#5) and Michigan (#10) are ranked ahead of the Gopher women. Only the Purdue (#23) is ranked for men from the conference. Texas A & M tops both the men's and women's polls.
Find the full rankings HERE.
Gopher Women Re-Load ... The Gopher women's program announced the seventeen -- yes, seventeen! -- women that compose its 2009 recruiting class yesterday. Included in the group are:
-- Alena Brooks (Diego Martin, Trinidad) a 55.11 400 meter runner and a 2:12.23 half-miler.
-- Jessica Cagle (Grand Rapids, Minn.) the all-class State Meet record-holder in the discus with a throw of 162-4.
-- Bianca Dougan (Tortola, British Virgin Islands) a 56.10 quarter-miler with a 400-meter hurdle PR of 1:02.76.
-- Melissa Flucke (Ashwaubenon, Wis.) the defending Wisconsin Division I state champion in the pole vault with a career-best of 12-1.
-- Cassy Opitz (Eden Prairie, Minn.) the defending MSHSL Class AA cross country and 3200 meter champion.
Find the full listing HERE.
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