MN USATF Athletes of the Month for February

The Minnesota Association of USA Track & Field named two Minnesota Gopher athletes as  USATF Minnesota’s Athletes of the Month for February 2013: Harun Abda and Todea-Kay Willis.

Abda, a senior on the Gopher track & field team (Fridley High School), won the 800 meters in a U of MN Fieldhouse record 1:49.68 at the Snowshoe Open February 15. He earned First Team All-Big Ten Honors at the Big Ten Indoor Championship, placing third in the 400 meters in 46.99 and placing second in the 600 meters in 1:15.80. He also anchored the Gopher 4 x 400 meters relay to a second place finish in 3:07.19.

Willis, a senior on the Gopher track & field team (Mavis Bank, Jamaica), earned First Team All-Big Ten honors at the Big Ten Indoor Championship, placing second in the long jump with a University of Minnesota school record 6.29m(20' 7.75").