Kampf Sets Meet Record in Mile; Mead Wins 3K

Two Gophers, one former and one current, were among the outstanding performers at the Jack Johnson Classic that finished its two day run at the University of Minnesota Field House on Saturday. In the 3K, Gopher Hassan Mead(8:03.84) outkicked former teammate, now Team USA Minnesota runner, Chris Rombough(8:06.70) and St. Thomas University's Divison III NCAA XC champ Ben Sathre, who finished third(8:07.02)

Former Gopher Heather Kampf, now running for Team USA Minnesota, set a new meet record in the mile with a time of 4:41.5. Other women's meet records fell to Olimpia Nowak of Northern Iowa in the 60m hurdles(8.44), while North Dakota State’s 4x400 relay team set a new Fieldhouse record with a time of 3:48.00. For the men, Nike's Derek Miles in the pole vault(18' 1.25"); and Gophers Harun Abda in the 600(1:16:38)and David Pachuta in the 800m(1:49.9) also set new Classic records.

In the team competition, Minnesota swept the men's and women's team titles. The Gopher women took the top three spots in the 60m dash and 800m run, to top the standings with 190 points. North Dakota State (120), South Dakota (105), Northern Iowa (85.5) and South Dakota State (52) rounded out the top five. For the men, Minnesota scored 202 points, followed by Northern Iowa(94), North Dakota State(79), South Dakota State(64), and South Dakota(59).

Chimerem Okoroji (7.52), Chidera Obasih (7.60) and Sasha Davis (7.64) took the top three spots the 60m, while Heather Brunn (2:14.07), Katie Hill (2:14.07) and Megan Smith (2:14.89) swept the 800m. In the women's 3K, Minnesota swept the top two spots with Rachel Drake (9:44.58) and Molly Kayfes (9:47.61). Stephanie Price(4:50.75) and Laura Docherty(4:55.65) placed second and third behind Kampf in the mile.

Gopher men's winners included: Cameron Boy in the 200m(21.92); Micah Hegerle in the Weight throw(20.356m/66' 9.75"), Trey Davis in the shot put(17.64m/57' 10.5"), Oladipo Fagbemi in the Triple Jump(15>03m/49' 3.75"), Kevin Bradley in the 400m(48.48), and the men's 4 by 400 relay(3:15.30).