Thursday, December 31, 2015
Rochester Century Pole Vaulter/Diver/Gymnast Adrianna Jacobs is RPB AOY
Rochester Century pole vaulter/diver/gymnast Adrianna Jacobs is Rochester Post-Bulletin's Athlete of the Year HERE
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Cherae Reeves Indoor and Outdoor NCAA DIII Shot titles the #1 Concordia-Moorhead Sports Moment of 2015
Our top 10 moment of '15? Easiest decision we've made all year. Good morning, good afternoon, good night! #NoBrainer pic.twitter.com/axxpqcjnhc
— Cobber Athletics (@CobberSID) December 30, 2015UPDATED with link to full paper: Will Hot Baths be the New Ice?
First it was ice baths. Now research indicates there may be a bebefit to a 40 minute hot bath after your workout. The theories being that the cold helps your recovery, and thehot enables acclimation to 104 degree F heat. What's next, an ice bath followed by the heat? Read about the heat HERE.
Link to the complete research paper is HERE.
Link to the complete research paper is HERE.
Tom Langenfeld Gives 2016 Indoor Season a Jump Start with AR in M80 HJ
Tom Langenfeld started the 2016 Indoor Season with an American Record in the M80 High Jump. Masters Track story is HERE Record was set at the December 19 USATF MN Indoor Meet #1 at Bethel.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
More Kids Don't Try This at Home. Unless You Are Renaud Lavillenie
#PoleVault #1 Vine of 2015.. RENAUD "Le Flip" .. @polevaultsummit .. https://t.co/DmEMo1pbzG .. @airlavillenie #... https://t.co/OpWAmjcQVq
— Mike McCarthy (@McCarthysan) December 26, 20152016 Gopher Women's Track Captains
Meet your 2016 #Gophers track & field captains! pic.twitter.com/edboytv4hf
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 29, 2015Sunday, December 27, 2015
Research: Recovery may have a Genetic Component
Research: Recovery may have a Genetic Component HERE.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from the #Gophers! pic.twitter.com/OWafK9S0cb— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) December 25, 2015Happy Holidays from all of us with the #Gophers! pic.twitter.com/OWafK9S0cb— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) December 25, 2015Merry Christmas to all Cobber student/athletes, coaches, family and friends! May you all have a blessed day! pic.twitter.com/lCdQQLI4T9— Cobber Athletics (@CobberSID) December 25, 2015Merry Christmas to all Cobber student/athletes, coaches, family and friends! May you all have a blessed day! pic.twitter.com/lCdQQLI4T9— Cobber Athletics (@CobberSID) December 25, 2015Merry Christmas!— T&F Athletes Assn (@TrackFieldAA) December 25, 2015Merry Christmas to everyone in Bulldog Country from Bulldog Track and Field!— UMD T&F/CC (@UMDTFCC) December 25, 2015Happy holidays from USATF Minnesota!
— USATF Minnesota (@USATFMN) December 24, 2015From all of us at Team USA Minnesota, Merry Christmas!
— Team USA Minnesota (@TeamUSAMN) December 25, 2015Thursday, December 24, 2015
Edina's Sam Thomas Writes About NXN for MileSplit
#ThrowbackThursday: Sam Thomas (@amthoma33) reflects on @EdinaXC #NXN experience: https://t.co/I3xKrNn9Ea pic.twitter.com/3HSsOOwEz8
— MileSplit US (@milesplit) December 24, 2015Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Edina, Lake Conference Featured in Running Times
Nice write-up about @EdinaXC in @runningtimes magazine. They also kinda say MN Lake Conf. is the best in the Nation. pic.twitter.com/RXpYqq5wE7
— Lance Elliott (@LanceRunsALot) December 24, 2015Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Garrett Heath Goes for a XC Treble at the Great Edinburgh XC Meet
Garrett Heath tries for a treble on January 9, 2016. He'll be joined on the US team by Emma Bates and Joe Moore.
USA's Garrett Heath to take on GB's Mo Farah as he aims for Great Edinburgh XC hat-trick - https://t.co/cNtGxyQilR pic.twitter.com/Wo8trLbgEO
— Athletics Weekly (@AthleticsWeekly) December 22, 2015Monday, December 21, 2015
Top Trail Runners SignNew Anti-Doping Pledge
Top Trail Runners sign new Anti-Doping pledge HERE
Our leaders in #cleansport are coming forward...trails and ultra thank you. Can a track and field athlete sign?! https://t.co/wXotEh25WZ
— Lauren Fleshman (@laurenfleshman) December 22, 2015
Gopher women's 2015 Team Awards, Academic All Big 10
Gopher women's 2015 Team Awards HERE
ICYMI: 14 #Gophers were named Academic All-Big Ten honorees. #smartandfast https://t.co/zJdF9X4Hve pic.twitter.com/A6W7Yf2HFq
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 18, 2015Sunday, December 20, 2015
Kids Don't Try This at Home
Hurdle Of Doom - Jim Dilling https://t.co/Q0ATU6ruGQ
— Jim Dilling (@JimDilling) December 21, 2015Duluth Sports Boosters Aiming to Build a Regional Indoor Sports Facility
DNT article on the Duluth Sports Boosters Beginning the Process to Construct a Regional Indoor Sports Facility HERE. No mention of an indoor track.
Saturday, December 19, 2015
USATF MN Indoor Meet #1 Results
USATF MN Indoor Meet #1 Results HERE.
Mile pic.twitter.com/zBfyWhiBgN
— USATF Minnesota (@USATFMN) December 19, 2015Friday, December 18, 2015
More Recruiting News
Shoutout to my good friend Jack Manderscheid for committing to the University of Minnesota for XC and track!! pic.twitter.com/LOUrZNSeMX
— Sam (@amthoma33) December 18, 2015Coaches Vote to Bring Back the Mile at NCAA Championships
To clarify, the proposal to change the 1500m to mile is a recommendation to the NCAA D1 Sport Committee. Full story: https://t.co/PXizLyiI3y
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) December 18, 2015First USATF MN All Ages Indoor Track Meet Saturday
2016 All Ages Indoor Track & Field Meet | USA Track and Field - Minnesota First indoor meet Saturday at Bethel! https://t.co/uVIr2fNdZj
— USATF Minnesota (@USATFMN) December 18, 2015Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Garrett Heath Does Training and Technique Videos
Brand NEW #Technique! 9 training videos with @beaststc & Club XC Champ, @_garrettheath! --> https://t.co/v4vORDltgI pic.twitter.com/7dggQaHNOQ
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) December 15, 2015Tuesday, December 15, 2015
More Recruiting News
Extremely happy to announce my commitment to continue running and attend school at Emory University next year #GoEagles
— Sam Branson (@SBranson97) December 15, 2015Former Gopher Women's Coach Gary Wilson Inducted into USTFCCCA HOF Today
Congrats to #Gophers great Gary Wilson on his induction in the @USTFCCCA Coaches HOF today! https://t.co/8G8JX8mnto pic.twitter.com/7iCpF8cETC
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 15, 2015Research: Heat Acclimation
Research on the benefits of post exercise hot baths for heat acclimation HERE
Monday, December 14, 2015
Three Minnesota Track Officials Selected for Major Meet Duties
Three Minnesota Track & Field Officials Selected for Major Meet Duties
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David Fergus
High Jump official, selected for
theUSA Juniors in Fresno, CA
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Mike Karlson
High jump official, USA Juniors in Fresno, CA
(Also alternate for USA Indoor, World Indoor, and Olympic
Trials)
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Ned O’Doherty
Finish Line Coordinator, USA Indoor and
World
Indoor in Portland, OR
(also alternate for Olympic Trials)
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Minnesota Track & Field Coaches Association 2016 Clinic
Minnesota Track & Field Coaches Association 2016 Clinic
January
28, 29 and 30, 2016
Bloomington
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Registration is now OPEN! https://mshsca15.cordonco.com
Hotel Rooms at the Bloomington DoubleTree are
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Here is what you get for your $100 Clinic fee!
48 Hours of Track & Field instruction from some of the top Coaches in
the World, Coach of the Year and Hall of Fame Banquet, 2 Free Socials, 20+
Vendors and over 100 Door prizes!
Beth Alford-Sullivan- currently the Director Of T & F/CC at the Univ. of Tennessee. Past experience: Penn State, Stanford, Minnesota State-Mankato. 32 Coach of the Year Awards. 9 Big 10 Team Titles. 167 All-Americans. USTFCCCA President. 3 time Captain of Univ. of Minnesota X-C Team.
Matt Bingle- currently the Director of T & F/CC at the Univ. of Minnesota. 107 NCAA Qualifiers. 10 All Americans. 4 Big 10 Titles. Captain, Most Valuable, All Conference Hurdler at Ball State.
Lucky Huber- Director of T& F/CC at the Univ. of South Dakota. 16 Conference Team Titles. 2008 USTFCCCA National Women’ s Track Coach of the Year. 10th Place Team finish at D-1 NCAA National Indoor Championships 2014. Coached three time Olympic Qualifier, Derek Miles.
Katie Wagner- three time USTFCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year (10, 14, 15). Her hurdlers and jumpers scored 29 points at the D-III Indoor National Meet in 2015 and 40 points in claiming the National Title Outdoors. She was a Conference Champion in the Heptathlon and Pentathlon at UW-L.
Dan Fitzsimmons- Head X-C Coach/Asst. Track at the University of South Dakota. 2015, second and third place finish at Summit League X-C Championships. 28 Individual Conference Champs in Track distance events. 8 State HS X-C Championships at Yankton, SD and 5 State T& F Championships. 6 time State COY. Former steeplechase record holder at USD.
Andrew Rock- Head Men’s and Women’s T& F Coach at Bethel University. Olympic Gold Medalist 4 x 400, 2004 Greece Olympic Games. 9 time National Champion at Univ. of Wisconsin-Lacrosse. 2015 MIAC Women’s Track Coach of the Year. 13 National Qualifiers. PR of 44.35 in 400.
AG Kruger- throws Coach at the University of South Dakota. 3 time Olympian 2004, 2008 and 2012 in the Hammer. World Record Holder in the Pentathlon (SP, Dis, WT and Jav) for 35-39 age Group. National Champion and NCAA D-II National Athlete of the Year 2001.
Brett Ayers- Head X-C, Asst. T& F at Winona State University. Coached his Women’s X-C Team to a D-II National Championship in 2011. He also ran professionally for New Balance for seven years.
Jim Dilling-Head Men’s Coach at Minnesota State Univ.-Mankato. 3 Time NSIC Coach of the Year. 2 time USTFCCCA Region COY. 4 time NCAA D-II National Champion in the High Jump. 2007 USA National HJ Champion. PR of 7’ 6.5”.
Chris Parno- Assistant Coach at MSU-Mankato. 2 time USTFCCCA Region Assistant COY. Guided 9 MSU sprinters to All American honors in 2015. 7 time All Conference Hurdler, sprinter, decathlete at Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth.
Tom Thorkelson-Coaches the throwers at Gustavus Adolphus College. Has coached 52 All Americans since 1985. Coached 3 time National Champion and Olympic Trials Qualifier.
Jane Reimer-Morgan- Head Girls Coach at Minnetonka HS. 6 Time MSHSL State Champions. USTFCCA Minnesota Girls COY 2014. 2 time Minnesota Class AA Girls COY. Bob Bonk- 44 years as Coach at Fairmont HS. 6 time True Team State Champion. 1 MSHSL State Team Championship. 189 Individual State qualifiers.
Bruce Kivimaki- Head Boys coach at Eden Prairie HS. 3 State Team Championships. 105 All State Track Athletes. Minnesota Boys Class AA COY 2010.
Chris Milton- Pole Vault coach at Eden Prairie HS. 3 State Pole vault Champions. 17 All State Vaulters. 3 time MIAC Vault Champion.
Nick Lovas- Head Boys Coach at Hopkins HS. 3 State Team Championships. USTFCCCA Minnesota COY 2014. 2011 Girls COY. Matt Jaschen- Head X-C Coach/Asst Track at Johnston HS, IA. 2013 Class 4A COY.
Ben Youngs- Head Girls/Boys at Maple Lake HS. 1 State Team Championship. 2 time Minnesota COY ( Girls & Boys). 4 time State Runner-up.
Patti Percival- Head CC/Asst.Track Coach at White Bear Lake HS. 2 State True Team Championships. 3 runner-up finishes at State X-C. Moundsview HOF. Captain of the Univ. of Minnesota Track/CC teams.
Lee Van Nyhuis- Head Coach at Osakis HS. 15 Conference Championships. 8 years with a Relay in the top three at State Meet. Minnesota Girls COY.
Dave Emmans- Head X-C/Asst. Track Coach at Wayzata HS. 1 National Championship in Girls X-C. 3 time State Champions. National X-C COY. Coached State Record Holder in the 800.
Dale Moga- Asst. at Rushford-Peterson/Houston. Coached State Champions in Long Jump and Triple Jump. Also coached 2 All State Horizontal Jumpers.
These are just a few of the coaches that will be sharing their ideas and methods in January. Info on additional speakers and a complete schedule coming soon!
Beth Alford-Sullivan- currently the Director Of T & F/CC at the Univ. of Tennessee. Past experience: Penn State, Stanford, Minnesota State-Mankato. 32 Coach of the Year Awards. 9 Big 10 Team Titles. 167 All-Americans. USTFCCCA President. 3 time Captain of Univ. of Minnesota X-C Team.
Matt Bingle- currently the Director of T & F/CC at the Univ. of Minnesota. 107 NCAA Qualifiers. 10 All Americans. 4 Big 10 Titles. Captain, Most Valuable, All Conference Hurdler at Ball State.
Lucky Huber- Director of T& F/CC at the Univ. of South Dakota. 16 Conference Team Titles. 2008 USTFCCCA National Women’ s Track Coach of the Year. 10th Place Team finish at D-1 NCAA National Indoor Championships 2014. Coached three time Olympic Qualifier, Derek Miles.
Katie Wagner- three time USTFCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year (10, 14, 15). Her hurdlers and jumpers scored 29 points at the D-III Indoor National Meet in 2015 and 40 points in claiming the National Title Outdoors. She was a Conference Champion in the Heptathlon and Pentathlon at UW-L.
Dan Fitzsimmons- Head X-C Coach/Asst. Track at the University of South Dakota. 2015, second and third place finish at Summit League X-C Championships. 28 Individual Conference Champs in Track distance events. 8 State HS X-C Championships at Yankton, SD and 5 State T& F Championships. 6 time State COY. Former steeplechase record holder at USD.
Andrew Rock- Head Men’s and Women’s T& F Coach at Bethel University. Olympic Gold Medalist 4 x 400, 2004 Greece Olympic Games. 9 time National Champion at Univ. of Wisconsin-Lacrosse. 2015 MIAC Women’s Track Coach of the Year. 13 National Qualifiers. PR of 44.35 in 400.
AG Kruger- throws Coach at the University of South Dakota. 3 time Olympian 2004, 2008 and 2012 in the Hammer. World Record Holder in the Pentathlon (SP, Dis, WT and Jav) for 35-39 age Group. National Champion and NCAA D-II National Athlete of the Year 2001.
Brett Ayers- Head X-C, Asst. T& F at Winona State University. Coached his Women’s X-C Team to a D-II National Championship in 2011. He also ran professionally for New Balance for seven years.
Jim Dilling-Head Men’s Coach at Minnesota State Univ.-Mankato. 3 Time NSIC Coach of the Year. 2 time USTFCCCA Region COY. 4 time NCAA D-II National Champion in the High Jump. 2007 USA National HJ Champion. PR of 7’ 6.5”.
Chris Parno- Assistant Coach at MSU-Mankato. 2 time USTFCCCA Region Assistant COY. Guided 9 MSU sprinters to All American honors in 2015. 7 time All Conference Hurdler, sprinter, decathlete at Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth.
Tom Thorkelson-Coaches the throwers at Gustavus Adolphus College. Has coached 52 All Americans since 1985. Coached 3 time National Champion and Olympic Trials Qualifier.
Jane Reimer-Morgan- Head Girls Coach at Minnetonka HS. 6 Time MSHSL State Champions. USTFCCA Minnesota Girls COY 2014. 2 time Minnesota Class AA Girls COY. Bob Bonk- 44 years as Coach at Fairmont HS. 6 time True Team State Champion. 1 MSHSL State Team Championship. 189 Individual State qualifiers.
Bruce Kivimaki- Head Boys coach at Eden Prairie HS. 3 State Team Championships. 105 All State Track Athletes. Minnesota Boys Class AA COY 2010.
Chris Milton- Pole Vault coach at Eden Prairie HS. 3 State Pole vault Champions. 17 All State Vaulters. 3 time MIAC Vault Champion.
Nick Lovas- Head Boys Coach at Hopkins HS. 3 State Team Championships. USTFCCCA Minnesota COY 2014. 2011 Girls COY. Matt Jaschen- Head X-C Coach/Asst Track at Johnston HS, IA. 2013 Class 4A COY.
Ben Youngs- Head Girls/Boys at Maple Lake HS. 1 State Team Championship. 2 time Minnesota COY ( Girls & Boys). 4 time State Runner-up.
Patti Percival- Head CC/Asst.Track Coach at White Bear Lake HS. 2 State True Team Championships. 3 runner-up finishes at State X-C. Moundsview HOF. Captain of the Univ. of Minnesota Track/CC teams.
Lee Van Nyhuis- Head Coach at Osakis HS. 15 Conference Championships. 8 years with a Relay in the top three at State Meet. Minnesota Girls COY.
Dave Emmans- Head X-C/Asst. Track Coach at Wayzata HS. 1 National Championship in Girls X-C. 3 time State Champions. National X-C COY. Coached State Record Holder in the 800.
Dale Moga- Asst. at Rushford-Peterson/Houston. Coached State Champions in Long Jump and Triple Jump. Also coached 2 All State Horizontal Jumpers.
These are just a few of the coaches that will be sharing their ideas and methods in January. Info on additional speakers and a complete schedule coming soon!
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Plymouth magazine article on Annika Halverson
Wayzata grad and Bethel sophomore Annika Halverson reapss the benefits of being an international travelor/student HERE
Late Results:Brian Hatlevig Fifth HJ in World Masters Outdoor Champs
Apologies on the lateness of these results, but better late than never...
Brian Hatlevig took fifth at 1.85m (6’ .75”) in a strong 22-man M40 high
jump field at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Lyon August 4-16, 2015.
Three jumpers, from Sweden, Latvia, and France, had 1.96m (6’5”), and a
jumper from Spain made 1.90 (6’2.75”).
Susan
Loyd made the semi-finals in the W55 200m with a time of 32.04. That was the thirteenth best time in a field
of 37 sprinters, but she did not advance to the finals.
Full results for the meet HERE.
Bersagal/Puskedra Team Fourth in Dallas Marathon Duo to Rio Relay
Five teams of US Olympic Trials Marathon contenders each ran a half marathon in the Dalla Marathon Duo to Rio marathon relay. Each of the two person teams runners ran a half marathon with the men running the first leg and the women finishing. Annie Bersagel and Luke Puskedra finished fourth with a time of 2:22.10. Podreska's time was 1:03.48. Bersagel 1:18.22.
Full results HERE.
Full results HERE.
Elite women ready to run at the 13.1 mark @deenakastor @mollyhuddle @des_linden @bexwade89 @anniebersagel pic.twitter.com/VYsui6Lhia
— Dallas Marathon (@DallasMarathon) December 13, 2015Almost 6 mos. to the day since knee mfx and ran 13.1 @DallasMarathon w/ NO PAIN. The dream lives on. #TeamUA #EraseAllDoubt @RRCAnational
— Annie Bersagel (@AnnieBersagel) December 13, 2015Saturday, December 12, 2015
USATF Junior Olympic XC Results
USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Results:
8 & Under Boy's 2K: - Jamison Ping 7th in 8:17.2
8 & Under Girl's 2K - Claire Vukovics 16th in 8:45.7; Audrey Silgen 53rd in 9:21.1
9 & 10 Boy's 3K - Charles Wendell 151st in 13:23.9; Elliot Vargas 294th in 16:48.1
9 & 10 Girl's 3K - Lauren Ping 5th in 12:10.6
11 & 12 Boy's 3K - Connor Lange 247th in 13:13.6; Tanner Lange 263rd in 13:24.5; Cooper Tinto 270th in 13:34.1; Cain Korf 310th in 16:23.8; Blake Korf 311th in 16:46.4
11 & 12 Girl's 3K - Grace Ping 2nd in 11:06.6
13 & 14 Boy's 4K - Ethan Vargas 236th in 16:16.8
17 & 18 Boy's 5K - Eli Grubbs 38th in 19:12.2
All results are HERE
8 & Under Boy's 2K: - Jamison Ping 7th in 8:17.2
8 & Under Girl's 2K - Claire Vukovics 16th in 8:45.7; Audrey Silgen 53rd in 9:21.1
9 & 10 Boy's 3K - Charles Wendell 151st in 13:23.9; Elliot Vargas 294th in 16:48.1
9 & 10 Girl's 3K - Lauren Ping 5th in 12:10.6
11 & 12 Boy's 3K - Connor Lange 247th in 13:13.6; Tanner Lange 263rd in 13:24.5; Cooper Tinto 270th in 13:34.1; Cain Korf 310th in 16:23.8; Blake Korf 311th in 16:46.4
11 & 12 Girl's 3K - Grace Ping 2nd in 11:06.6
13 & 14 Boy's 4K - Ethan Vargas 236th in 16:16.8
17 & 18 Boy's 5K - Eli Grubbs 38th in 19:12.2
All results are HERE
USATF Club XC Championship Results
USATF Club Championship Results page is HERE
Women's Open 6K results HERE. Emma Bates 5th.
Men's Open 10K results HERE. Garrett Heath 1st. Jon Grey 2nd. Joe Moore 9th.
Women's Open 6K results HERE. Emma Bates 5th.
Men's Open 10K results HERE. Garrett Heath 1st. Jon Grey 2nd. Joe Moore 9th.
18th for men and 20th for women at #clubxcnats in beautiful San Francisco. @RunNFunElite pic.twitter.com/rQ1WRxUIEO
— Ben Sathre (@BenSathre) December 13, 2015
Footlocker Results
Your 2015 #FLCCC Champions: Virginia's Drew Hunter and Weini Kelati! #Finals #SouthSquad pic.twitter.com/a4FdIUtN3Y
— Foot Locker CCC (@FLCCC) December 12, 2015
Girl's results HERE.Boy's results HERE Griak winner Garek Bielaczyc fourth.
Footlocker results page with all regional results HERE
More Recruiting News
So, I'm chatting with his older brother this morning and learn @LucasTrapp recently committed to @gophermtrackcc
Exciting! #spilledthebeans
— Lance Elliott (@LanceRunsALot) December 12, 2015Thursday, December 10, 2015
Comparison Chart Showing World & Olympic Records as well as the Rio 2016 Qualifying Times
IAAF 2016 Rio Olympic Standards, World and Olympic records comparison https://t.co/U9Ea6SBr3N pic.twitter.com/6jytR7b2e4
— Christopher Kelsall (@Chris_Kelsall) December 11, 2015Catching up with TCM 2014 Women's Champ Esther Erb Atkins
Catching up with TCM 2014 Women's Champ Esther Erb Atkins HERE
More Recruiting News
We're thrilled to introduce our 15 newest #Gophers joining the program! https://t.co/PvwK6ufcfr pic.twitter.com/LePQHncbZb
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 10, 2015Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Luca Wieland Big Ten Men's AOW
One more honor for @LucaRaiWieland...@BigTen Field Athlete of the Week! Story: https://t.co/fvL4dpNnG2 pic.twitter.com/uX5PbHq5L4
— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) December 9, 2015Gophers Jess Lehman Big 10 Field Women AOW
Michigan & Minnesota Earn #B1G Women’s Indoor Track & Field Weekly Plaudits: https://t.co/VSXhWcPrmA pic.twitter.com/ug2hbhrTAC
— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) December 9, 2015Congrats to @JHerauf32 on being named #B1GTF Field Athlete of the Week! https://t.co/aHK50tjY93 pic.twitter.com/gc6d2oCuFf
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 9, 2015Tuesday, December 08, 2015
NSIC AOW; Weekly Summary #1
.@UMDTFCC sophomore @emitrost chosen first NSIC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for 2015-16 https://t.co/OIO2G9dSRT pic.twitter.com/tT27fRLL1U
— UMD Athletics (@UMDBulldogs) December 8, 2015
U-Mary summary from the Bison Classic HERE
Winona State summary from the Chuck Peterson Preseason Open HERE
UMAC AOW
Kevin Wagner Named UMAC Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Week https://t.co/utxEv8WSdf #SaintsRiseUp pic.twitter.com/knTvR7H0hi
— CSS Athletics (@CSSsaints) December 8, 2015
UMAC AOW HEREWillmer Team At NXN Photo Gallery
2015 NXN pics...https://t.co/XPf2yqnIRK
Check em' out!
— Willmar Running (@BernhagentTara) December 7, 2015St. Scholastica Opener Indoor Track Photo Gallery
St. Scholastica Opener Indoor Track Photo Gallery HERE.
More Recruiting News
We're excited to officially welcome @jen_conzemius to the #Gophers family! pic.twitter.com/8Am9OzJA7S
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 8, 2015
Gopher Multi Man Luca Wieland and Winona State Weight Thrower Kaitlyn Long USTFCCCA AOW
Story: @LucaRaiWieland Named @USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week | https://t.co/AiL7kckWpM | #Gophers pic.twitter.com/LppfsxY6RU
— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) December 8, 2015
Kaitlyn Long story HERE
Monday, December 07, 2015
Gopher Intrasquad Meet on Friday
Get to the U of M Fieldhouse for your first look at the 2016 track & field #Gophers this Friday! pic.twitter.com/NIsgFKjBlJ
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 8, 2015Canadian Sprinter Andre DeGrasse Signs Big Contract
It's more speculation and hype, but leaked information on the shoe company contract for Canadian sprinter Andre DeGrasse is reportedly valued at $10 million to be paid out over five years with incentive clauses that could triple the worth of the contract. Story is HERE. The company appears to be betting that DeGrasse will replace Usain Bolt.
Research: Sodium Bicarbonate as a Recovery Tool after High intensity workouts
Study on the effect of Sodium Bicarbonate as a recovery tool after high Intensity Workouts HERE.
Sunday, December 06, 2015
Terry Goeman's Willmar/Edina Girl's NXN Photo Page
Terry Goeman's Willmar/Edina Girl'sNXN Photo Page HERE
Kara Goucher Wins San Antonio Rock N Roll Half Marathon
Thanks for all the support- it means the world to me!!❤️❤️ #RnRSA pic.twitter.com/Pzu3Edez98
— Kara Goucher (@karagoucher) December 6, 2015
Kara Goucher wins San Antonio Rock N Roll Half Marathon in 1:11.10
Video Interview is HERE
SI story on Kara Goucher HERE.
Saturday, December 05, 2015
Bulletin: Jaret Carpenter 4th. Hopkins team 7th at NXN
Jaret Carpenter 4th in 15:09.7. Hopkins team 7th Edina 13th team. Wayzata 14th. Highland Park's Micah Mather 24th in 15:32.3.
Hopkins XC 7th at nxn. Way to represent Hopkins pic.twitter.com/GxK4fVwppD
— HOPKINS X COUNTRY (@hopkinscc) December 5, 2015Carpenter! pic.twitter.com/73eZag7DWy
— Chad Austin (@MinnesotaRunner) December 5, 2015Bulletin: Bethany Hasz 5th; Willmar team 9th at NXN
Bethany Hasz 5th in 17:07.1; Willmar 9th team at NXN. Winona Cotter's Grace Ping 14th in 17:25.7 Edina team 16th. Forest Lake's Emma Benner 28thin 17:47.2.
Bethany Hasz finished 5th @NXN @MSHSLjohn @echo_sports @VoiceofAlexMN pic.twitter.com/OtC0gNvLXW
— Doug Hasz (@Dougskettlekorn) December 5, 2015Looks like Hasz and Ping are in the top-10 or so with about 1/2 mile to go. pic.twitter.com/HISIhorROh— Chad Austin (@MinnesotaRunner) December 5, 2015
Friday, December 04, 2015
A Call for Help
Editor's Note:
The following is a message from Mac Wilkins, a prominent member of the Athletic "family" who is reaching out for a friend, a mentor. Stated simply, it is a call for help. This help is anything but simple. It is the sort of situation where all "normal channels" have been tapped and what is needed is beyond the ordinary. In a way it's the chance to be involved in a happy ending of a story that doesn't seemed to be heading in that direction. It is reaching out to the track and running community for assistance in a time of need.
The value of social media is the ability to reach out to large numbers of people in the hope that there is someone out there who can make this sort of sacrifice. All the info you need is below. Thanks for reading and any help you can provide.
Friends,
This message is a special request for help.
My dear friend of 35 years now has End Stage Kidney Disease
and desperately needs a life-saving donor kidney, blood type “O”.
He is working with Renewal, a remarkable nonprofit organization.
They have found an email campaign to be an effective technique
and it's best to cast as wide a net as possible.
Therefore, I am sending each of you this message in the hope
that you may know of someone who is able and willing to make
the incredible gift of donating a kidney in order to save a life.
To learn how you can save a life or for more information about
kidney donation,
Contact Renewal at 718 431-9831 or email R1013@renewal.org.
Renewal's website is www.renewal.org.
All inquiries to Renewal are strictly confidential and without any obligation.
They can also put you in touch with others who have donated a
kidney and are willing to share their experience.
All medical costs for evaluation and surgery are covered by the
recipient’s insurance.
Ancillary costs such as travel expenses and lodging, may be covered
by Renewal.
Please send this post to people with whom you email.
You never know whether or not there is someone who will
respond to this urgent need.
The following is a message from Mac Wilkins, a prominent member of the Athletic "family" who is reaching out for a friend, a mentor. Stated simply, it is a call for help. This help is anything but simple. It is the sort of situation where all "normal channels" have been tapped and what is needed is beyond the ordinary. In a way it's the chance to be involved in a happy ending of a story that doesn't seemed to be heading in that direction. It is reaching out to the track and running community for assistance in a time of need.
The value of social media is the ability to reach out to large numbers of people in the hope that there is someone out there who can make this sort of sacrifice. All the info you need is below. Thanks for reading and any help you can provide.
Friends,
This message is a special request for help.
My dear friend of 35 years now has End Stage Kidney Disease
and desperately needs a life-saving donor kidney, blood type “O”.
He is working with Renewal, a remarkable nonprofit organization.
They have found an email campaign to be an effective technique
and it's best to cast as wide a net as possible.
Therefore, I am sending each of you this message in the hope
that you may know of someone who is able and willing to make
the incredible gift of donating a kidney in order to save a life.
To learn how you can save a life or for more information about
kidney donation,
Contact Renewal at 718 431-9831 or email R1013@renewal.org.
Renewal's website is www.renewal.org.
All inquiries to Renewal are strictly confidential and without any obligation.
They can also put you in touch with others who have donated a
kidney and are willing to share their experience.
All medical costs for evaluation and surgery are covered by the
recipient’s insurance.
Ancillary costs such as travel expenses and lodging, may be covered
by Renewal.
Please send this post to people with whom you email.
You never know whether or not there is someone who will
respond to this urgent need.
Gideon
is a two time Olympian, a discus thrower.
of
course.
But he is better known as the This is what athletes use to correct flaws and perfect the most efficient movement for their sport.
Gideon's
analysis helped me dramatically improve my discus technique.
Gideon's
software is available to schools at no cost.
This is how coaches can use high speed cameras, computers and Gideon's software to "see" what they can't see with their naked eyes.
This
is also how people with prosthetics naturalize and correct their walking
gates after losing a limb.
Gideon's
story is a
work in progress, literally and literarily.
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Gideon has contributed so much to so many people.
And he has so much work left to do!
Thanks
for your help,
Mac
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Bruce Leasure USATF MN Volunteer of the Year
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Exciting MUT meetings in Houston @usatf @USAultrarunning @usmrt pic.twitter.com/5jLBXcTHuQ
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Every seen a pole vault pole born?
https://t.co/e82xEevR2E
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— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) December 1, 2015Sunday, November 29, 2015
Training Advice from Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan
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Spear Chucking: How Mac Wilkins Became a Discus Thrower
Last week the European Javelin Symposium was held in Finland. If you've ever been to a big meet in Scandinavia you know how much the fans and the athletes appreciate the event. While it was a big surprise that this year a Kenyan won the gold and an Egyptian the silver in the men's javelin, it was no surprise that their coach is a Finn.
The takeaway theme from the Symposium was that concentrating on technique is currently believed to be the way to achieve the best results in the event. That brings up a story 1976 Olympic champion in the discus, Mac Wilkins told last year at the Minnesota track coaches clinic. We had been talking about his early career and Mac noted that he started as a javelin thrower.
More accurately, the javelin appeared to be his best event. When he got to Oregon, it looked like his future would be in the javelin. The javelin was his "natural" event, said Wilkins, and is the toughest field event in terms of what it requires from your body. Javelin throwers put their entire body to work in launching the spear. It was Wilkins' technique, or should I say, defects in that technique, that ended his "spear chucking" career.
His sophomore year, he was out throwing with his coach, Bill Bowerman, observing when his elbow "blew." There was no "Tommy John surgery"/repair back then in the early '70s, said Wilkins, so, instead of being Olympic champion in the javelin, Mac continued his career as a discus thrower and shot putter. He won national championships in both events, but the discus was where he had the most success. He began beating the top discus throwers in the world.
One of them, Sweden's Ricky Bruch, invited Mac to come to Europe and throw on the circuit. Bruch figured that an American competing with the Europeans would increase the visibility of the event and that both he and Wilkins could get more money from the meet promoters.
On May 1, 1976, Mac broke the world record for the event three times. He went on to defeat his friend and rival, the GDR's Wolfgang Schmidt, in Montreal for the Olympic gold medal. Not bad for spear chucker.
The takeaway theme from the Symposium was that concentrating on technique is currently believed to be the way to achieve the best results in the event. That brings up a story 1976 Olympic champion in the discus, Mac Wilkins told last year at the Minnesota track coaches clinic. We had been talking about his early career and Mac noted that he started as a javelin thrower.
More accurately, the javelin appeared to be his best event. When he got to Oregon, it looked like his future would be in the javelin. The javelin was his "natural" event, said Wilkins, and is the toughest field event in terms of what it requires from your body. Javelin throwers put their entire body to work in launching the spear. It was Wilkins' technique, or should I say, defects in that technique, that ended his "spear chucking" career.
His sophomore year, he was out throwing with his coach, Bill Bowerman, observing when his elbow "blew." There was no "Tommy John surgery"/repair back then in the early '70s, said Wilkins, so, instead of being Olympic champion in the javelin, Mac continued his career as a discus thrower and shot putter. He won national championships in both events, but the discus was where he had the most success. He began beating the top discus throwers in the world.
One of them, Sweden's Ricky Bruch, invited Mac to come to Europe and throw on the circuit. Bruch figured that an American competing with the Europeans would increase the visibility of the event and that both he and Wilkins could get more money from the meet promoters.
On May 1, 1976, Mac broke the world record for the event three times. He went on to defeat his friend and rival, the GDR's Wolfgang Schmidt, in Montreal for the Olympic gold medal. Not bad for spear chucker.
Shot Put Olympic Champ Adam Nelson Writes about Athlete Rights and How to Grow the Sport
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Wayzata Earns at Large Bid to NXN
Wayzata Boys XC club receive at-large #NXN Team invite - 7th team appearance in 9 years at XC national Championship pic.twitter.com/3NyBGjIMPH
— Wayzata Track&Field (@WayzataTrack) November 29, 2015
List of At Large teams HERE.