Sunday, September 23, 2012

USATF Minnesota Athletes of the Month for August and September Announced


Sherwood Sagedahl and Kathy Haubrich are USATF Minnesota's Athletes of the Month for September, Shane Streich and Shaina Burns  for August .
Sagedahl, a 73-year-old from Fairmont, set the world masters age-group record for the M70 pentathlon - the division for men over 70-years-old. Sagedahl scored 3806 points at the USA Masters Track & Field Championships in Lisle, Illinois in August,  topping the existing record of 3,755 set by Germany's Gerhard Tillmann in 2009.
Haubrich, 53, of Shakopee, was a member of two relay teams that established new American masters age-group records for women over 50-years-old in the 4 x 400-meter and 4 x 800-meter events. Haubrich's Athena Track Club team ran the 4 x 400 in 4:40.38 and the 4 x 800 in 10:45.23 at the USA Masters Championships.
Waseca High School sophomore, Streich, won the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic national title in the Intermediate Boys 1500-meters in July  in Baltimore in 3 :59.17.At the same meet, Streich also earned a silver medal at 3,000-meters.
Burns, a junior at Lakeville South High School, won the Intermediate Girls' heptathlon at the USATF Junior Olympic with  4704 points. 

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