Saturday, February 16, 2013

Gopher Men Win Eight Events at Snowshoe Open


Senior Micah Hegerle made his final home meet at the University of Minnesota memorable on Friday night, posting the second-best weight throw in school history to win the event. With a winning toss of 21.84 meters (71' 8".), Hegerle recorded the Gopher men's indoor track and field team's top weight throw of the season - while the senior nearly matched his own school record of 21.95 meters set last season.  The Gophers  finished 1-2-3 in Friday's weight throw with Justin Barber recording a personal record of 20.31 meters  (66'  7.75") to finish second.Quentin Mege placed third at the Snowshoe with a throw of 18.77 meters (61' 7 ".).

 Harun Abda set a University of Minnesota Fieldhouse record of 1:49.68 to his win the 800 meters.  Sam Kettenhofen set a new Snowshoe Open record in the long jump of 7.34 meters (24-01 ft.). Mark Jennings did likewise in the shot put, pacing a 1-through-5 sweep for the Gophers in the event with a Snowshoe Open record setting toss of 17.65 meters (57'11").

Minnesota also won individual titles in the 60-meter dash (Sean King, 6.74), the 600-meter run (Goaner Deng, 1:20.12, edging teammate John Holton in second at 1:20.87), the 3,000-meter run (Derek Storkel, 8:27.49), and the triple jump (Oladipo Fagbemi, 15.21 meters, 49' 11").

In the Devil's Mile, Justin Grunewald outkicked Foley HS's Charlie Lawrence to win in 4:32.91 to 4:33.01 for Lawrence.  Full meet results are HERE.

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