Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Gabrielson, McGregor Win at Kraft 5K

Team USA Minnesota stars Matt Gabrielson and Katie McGregor tuned up for important summer races with record-setting victories at the Brian Kraft 5K on Monday.

Gabrielson (pictured below) won in a Minnesota, 32-year-old single-age record of 14:24 on the Lake Nokomis course. He outran Chris Erichsen, the runner-up in 14:39.

13.1 Mpls

McGregor (also pictured) won the women's race in 16:23, bettering Janis Klecker's Minnesota standard for 33-year-olds. Team USA Minnesota's Jamie Cheever was runner-up in 16:31.

Gabrielson is pointing for Grandma's Marathon in Duluth later this month, while McGregor will compete at 10,000-meters at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in late June.

Find complete individual results HERE (men) and HERE (women)

The race served as the fourth leg of the USATF - Minnesota Team Circuit presented by Twin Cities In Motion and Lifetime Fitness.

Preliminary team results named the open teams from Run N Fun and Foley & Mansfield as winners of the men's and women's divisions, respectively.

Find complete, preliminary Team Circuit results HERE.

Gabrielson in command.


McGregor in victory.


Photos by Gene Niemi.

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