Minnesota senior Quentin Mege is the male winner of this year's Big Ten Medal of Honor award, given annually to the top male and female student-athlete at each of the 12 conference schools. The Big Ten Conference has over 8,200 student-athletes, more than any other conference, and only 24 of those individuals are recognized each year with the Big Ten Medal of Honor for their school. In the 99 years of the Medal of Honor, over 1,300 student-athletes have earned this distinction. The Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student-athlete from the graduating class of each university who had "attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work."
Mege will be competing in the NCAA DI finals starting today in Eugene, OR. Meet schedule, results, and list of Gopher male participants is HERE. Laura Docherty is the only female Gopher competing. She'll run the 5K on Friday. Docherty, who ran a personal best 16:10.63 at the NCAA Prelims, will have a shot at breaking the school record in the 5K, which is held by Megan Duwell with a time of 16:04.55 (2010). Docherty is only the fourth Gopher to advance to the NCAA Championships in the 5Kand only the second to do so for the outdoor season (Lori Townsend, 1995). Townsend was also a two-time indoor qualifier (1994 and 1995) and is joined by Megan Duwell (2010) and Corinne Nimitz (2000).
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