Three Team USA Minnesota Women to Run Sunday's Minnesota Mile

Three Team USA Minnesota women – Heather Kampf, Gabriele Anderson, and Jamie Cheever – will compete in the women’s elite division of the Minnesota Mile on Sunday, September 9 in Duluth..  

Kampf won the USA Mile Road Championship in May,  as well as the Ryan Shay Road Mile in July and the Liberty Road Mile in August.  She also finished seventh in the 800 meters at the US Olympic Track & Field Trials in June.  She has a best in the mile of 4:30.95.

Anderson was the fourth place finisher in the 1500 meters at the US Olympic Track Trials and her PR is  4:04.84 in the Olympic distance.  In addition, she set a personal best of 4:27.94 at the Falmouth Mile in August and was second to Kampf at the Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh.

Steeplechase specialist Cheever has a mile PR of 4:39.  She also ran the Liberty Mile, finishing eighth.  Cheever was a finalist in the steeplechase at the US Olympic Trials, finishing twelfth after setting a PR in the semi-finals of 9:51.42.