Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Meet the Minnesota Hall of Fame Class of 2010


The Minnesota Track and Field Hall of Fame inducted six new members to its august group at a packed banquet on Friday night.

Inducted (pictured from left to right above) were:

Tom Heinonen, a former Robbinsdale High School and University of Minnesota star who was a Big Ten track champion at 3-miles and the long-time women's coach at the University of Oregon ...

Harry Nash, a sprint star at Wheaton High School and the University of Minnesota in the 1950s who ran 9.4 and 21.1 for 100 and 220 yards, respectively, as a collegian ...

Bill Huyck, the long-time Carleton College coach who led the school's cross country team to an NCAA Division III title in 1981 ...

Stephanie Herbst-Lucke, the former Chaska and University of Wisconsin star who won three NCAA Division I titles on the track and once held the collegiate record for 10,000-meters ...

Merrill Fischbein, the dean of Minnesota track and field and cross country officials and a long-time USATF Minnesota Officials Chairman ...

Larry Russ, the long-time University of St. Thomas coach who lead Tommie cross country teams to NCAA Division III titles in 1984 and 1986.

For a complete listing of Minnesota Track and Field Hall of Fame members, check out USATF Minnesota's Hall of Fame pages HERE.

DtB will profile each inductee separately in the coming weeks.

Photo by Charlie Mahler.

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