The Minnesota Association of USA Track & Field is proud
to announce that are USATF Minnesota’s Athletes of the Month for May 2013 are
Becky Culp and Christopher Reed.
Culp, a Hamline Senior (Lino Lakes; Centennial High School)
won the discus with a throw of 154'6" (47.11m) at the NCAA Division III
championship in La Crosse, Wisconsin May 23-25. She also earned All-America
honors in the shot put, placing fifth with a mark of 45'10.5"(13.98m). Culp also
won the MIAC title in the shot put and discus and placed third in the conference
in the hammer throw earlier in May.
Reed, a redshirt sophomore at MSU-Mankato (Omaha, Nebraska;
Omaha Central) won the shot put with a mark of 65'7"(19.99m) at the NCAA
Division II championship in Pueblo, Colorado May 23-25. He earned two
additional All-America honors in the discus and hammer throw, finishing seventh
in both with marks of 175'5" (53.47m) and 194'8 "(59.33m) respectively. Earlier
in May, Reed won the NSIC title in the hammer throw and shot put.
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