News Bits

Minnesota Daily story on NCAA Midwest Region meet is HERE.

Interviews on Minnesota participants in .US National Road Race Championships are (Joe Moore HERE, (Kelly Brinkman) HERE, (Mike Reneau) HERE, and (Ben Sathre) HERE.

Medtronic TC 10 Mile women's champ Laura Paulson was ninth at the Big Sur Half Marathon on Sunday.  Results are HERE. Pictures HERE.

Shakopee Valley News story on Trent Lusignan, a Shakopee HS grad who became the first SDSU runner to qualify for NCAA DI nationals since the NCAA competition was divided into Divisions I, II, and III.  Lusignan was second overall in the Midwest Region meet last weekend in Iowa. The story is HERE. And Maria Hauger helped her Virginia team qualify for NCAA DI team competition.  Shakopee Valley News story is HERE. Daily Progress story on the Virginia teams and Hauger is HERE. Hauger was selected as ACC Woman's Freshman of the Year in XC. Pictures of Hauger and the rest of the Virginia team are HERE on the Virginia site. Stats on Lusignan are HERE. SDSU SID story on the team's performance at NCAA Regions is HERE.

Elk River HS grad Emma Bates, running for Boise State, also made "the Big Dance" NCAA DI Nationals by winning the women's individual title in the West Region meet. Boise State SID report on the race is HERE. September Running Times interview with Bates is HERE.

USTFCCCA final DIII National Rankings are HERE. DI Rankings HERE.