Minnetonka High School alum Will Leer grabbed 3rd-place at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the slow-starting, furious-finishing men's 1500m.Leer's 3:51.63 headlined the Minnesota news from Saturday and Sunday competition at the Des Moines, Iowa meet.
On Saturday, University of Minnesota senior Gabriele Anderson finished 7th in the women's 1500m in 4:17.53.
Prior to the men's 1500m on Sunday, Burnsville High School alum Laura Januszewski finished 7th in the women's 800m, running a swift 2:01.76.
In Leer's final, Winona native Garrett Heath finished 10th in 3:52.80.
You can watch highlight video of the men's 1500m HERE, thanks to Universal Sports.
There's a post-race interview with Will Leer, HERE, thanks to Flotrack.
Video of the women's 800m final is HERE, thanks to RunnerSpace.
There's a post-race interview with Laura Januszewski HERE.
The video highlights of the women's 1500m are HERE.
Photo by Gene Niemi.
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