The Minnesota Association of USA Track & Field selected Eli Krahn and Kelly Brinkman as USATF Minnesota’s Athletes of
the Month for June 2013.
| Eli Krahn |
At the Minnesota State High School League Track and Field
Class AA Meet June 7-8, Krahn, a freshman at Stillwater Area Public Schools,
won the 1600 and placed second in the 3200. His winning
time of 4:09.38 in the 1600 set a new national record for freshman, and his time of 8:58.67 in the 3200 was under the previous MSHSL Track
and Field Meet record of 9:02.65.
| Kelly Brinkman |
Brinkman, 32, of Bloomington, placed third at the US Half
Marathon Championship June 22 in Duluth. Her time of 1:11:32 was approximately
a seven-minute personal best, and she finished only seven seconds behind 2012
Olympian Desiree Davila. You can read about Kelly at her blog HERE. 2012 Running Minnesota interview with her is HERE.
USA Track & Field Minnesota selects Athletes of the
Month to honor excellence in track and field and its related sports in
Minnesota.
USATF Minnesota can be contacted through Managing Director
Craig Yotter at 651-330-8847 or office@usatfmn.org. The chair of the Athlete of
the Month Committee, Alex Kurt, can be reached at 651-206-1690 or apkurt@gmail.com.
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