Hassan Mead Wins NACAC Men's 5K

 In a tactical race, OTC Elite's Hassan Mead ran the last 400 meters in 54 seconds to win the NACAC Senior 5K 

Torchlight 5K Results

 
Torchlight 5K Results HERE

USATF 5K roads championship results

USATF 5K roads championship results: Top 10 men and women HERE

Men: Biya Simbassa 5th; Will Lear 8th; Hassan Mead 9th;
Women: Maddie Van Beek 18th(16:33); Meghan Payton 22nd(16:55)

TC 5K Results

TC 5K Results HERE

MDRA Victory Race Results

Katy Moen
Photo by Gene Niemi

MDRA Victory 10K women's results HERE

Women's Masters champ Melissa Gacek 
Photo by Gene Niemi

MDRA Victory 10K men's results HERE

Ben Sathre(278) and Rob Molke(1430
Photo by Gene Niemi

Loeffler(74) leads the chase pack
Photo by Gene Niemi

Eric Loeffler was 5th overall with a new Masters 10K road record for 40 year olds
Photo by Gene Niemi

MDRA Victory Road Races Steve Williams 5K results HERE

5K Start
Photo by Gene Niemi


The  10K race was also the USATF MN Fall Championships(Open and Masters). Stats on those races are HERE.

Two-Time Griak Winner Shelby Houlihan Finds Her Event

Two-Time Griak Winner Shelby Houlihan Finds her Event HERE

Shelby Houlihan

Hassan Mead 4th in Heusden 5K

1 YEMATAW BIRHANU BRN 13:09.93
2 WOLDE DAWIT ETH 13:10.13
3 TRUE BEN USA 13:10.83
4 MEAD HASSAN USA 13:11.20
5 ABDI BASHIR BEL 13:11.87
6 GETAHUN BETESFA ETH 13:13.23
7 GINIKI EMANUEL GISAMODA TAN 13:13.24
8 DIRIEH ABDI JAMAL DJI 13:13.45
9 KORIR JAPHETH KEN 13:14.56
10 MCDONALD MORGAN AUS 13:15.83
11 NDIKU JONATHAN KEN 13:16.22
12 WALELEGN AMDEWORK ETH 13:16.28
13 RINGER RICHARD GER 13:19.47
14 BOUCHIKHI SOUFIANE BEL 13:22.18
15 VERNON ANDY GBR 13:22.65
16 KAYA ALI TUR 13:25.71
17 NGENO ALFRED KEN 13:28.71
18 DUNBAR TREVOR USA 13:30.48
19 VOJTA ANDREAS AUT 13:51.18
20 TASAMA DAME BEL 13:57.58
21 DHOEDT JEROEN BEL 14:15.98
MISPLON BERT BEL DNF
KIPTARUS DOMINIC KEN DNF

.DOG
.EAT
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.WORLD...
.@oregontcelite @nike @ Heusden, Limburg, Belgium https://t.co/mUaKnABPEh

— Hassan mead (@HassyHass35) July 24, 2017

Joe Klecker 7th in NCAA 5K

Joe Klecker 7th in NCAA 5K Results HERE

Jamie Cheever 6th, Meghan Peyton 8th at Freihofers 5K

#AuggiePride#GRIT https://t.co/dfMIlWNmRb

— Augsburg XC (@AugsburgXC) June 3, 2017

Race Results HERE

NCAA DI Championships Results

NCAA DI Championships Results HERE

Gopher women's summary HERE

Gopher men's summary HERE

Joe Klecker qualifies in the 5K.  Reed Fischer does not. He has qualified in the 10K

Maggie Ewen qualifies in her third event, taking 2nd in the shot put

Morgan Milbrath, Alexis Woods, Amy Andrushko & Rose Jackson ran 3:33.38 in the 4x4 -- the 2nd-fastest in NDSU history.

Eugene Bound! pic.twitter.com/GLnz8h6XSu

— NDSU Track & Field (@NDSUTrackField) May 28, 2017

Video of Brian Kraft Memorial 5K

Video of Brian Kraft Memorial 5K HERE

Joe Klecker Part of a Colorado Sweep in the PAC-12 Men's 5K

Joe Klecker Part of a Colorado Sweep in the PAC-12 Men's 5K. Results HERE.

Did you Buffs bring your brooms?

That's a @CUBuffsTrack SWEEEEEP in the men's 5,000m! #Pac12TF pic.twitter.com/UeN410hqrJ

— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) May 15, 2017

Klecker was also 8th in the 1500. Results HERE.

Previews of Hamline Elite Meet

Huddled in the stands of Hamline’s Klas Field the spectators will take warming retreats into the dining room under the stands at this year’s Hamline Elite Meet. On the track, the athletes will be coping with the weather as well.  Not heat, but Minnesota Spring frigid temps will compel those in the stands to break out the winter gear and the athletes need to warm up and stay warm without using too much energy.  

While last year’s event saw record setting times, the emphasis this year will be tactics, races for places rather than sizzling hot times.   Veteran sprinter Bloomington Kennedy senior Honour Finley, who holds the State All-time record for 400 meters of 53.96, is running the 200 and defending her title in the 400. St. Michael Albertville’s Anna Keefer will try and improve on her fourth place finish in last year’s 100 meters and challenge Finley in the 200.

The middle and long distance girl’s races are deep with talent with a host of seniors attempting to go out in style with top performances in their events.  The longest race, the 3200, features primarily younger veterans.  Washburn’s Emily Covert, Minnetonka’s Sophie Whicher, Math and Science Academy’s Tierney Wolfgram, Farmington’s Anna Fenske,  Edina’s Morgan Richter and her senior teammate Amanda Mosborg, and two more seniors: Perham’s Brynnan Covington and Marshall’s Claire Boersma  leading the way.  If the wind is light and the lead pack stays together this race has the potential to bring back memories of the 2013 classic MSHSL boy’s championship 3200.

Irondale sophomore Julia Hayes will attempt a double in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles to improve on her runner up finish in the 2016 100 hurdles and a third place finish in the 300.  Prior Lake’s Madison Bremer will take a shot at Kasson-Mantorville grad (now a standout for the Gophers) Taylor Wiebke’s meet record of 5’9”. Rosemount’s Lexy Berger, Mankato West’s teammates Erica Benson and Aliyah Dawkins, Prior Lake’s Madison Scholl will challenge Bremer.  Mounds View’s Julia Fixen is the favorite in the pole vault.

Rosemount’s Berger will be doubling in the high jump and pole vault. SMA’s Keefer tops that with her sprint races and the long jump where she is the defending champion. St. Cloud Tech’s Jody Lipp is also back to defend her triple jump title.  St. Francis’ Amanda Anderson will defend her discus title.  Last year’s runner up, Armstrong’s Alexandrea Hurst, is the favorite to win the shot put.

In the boy’s events St. Francis’ Genuine Matthews will defend his title in the 400, and is hoping to improve on his third place finish in the 100. MSHSL  2016 cross country champ Patrick Roos of Edina will attempt to add a track gold medal to his resume and will have company from Wayzata’s Khalid Hussein, Maple Grove’s Alex Miley, and Hopkins’ Seth Eliason. Miley may double coming back in the 1600 where Edina’s Zach  Miller has the fastest qualifying time. Eden Prairie’s Denzel Brown is doubling in the 100 and 200.  Wayzata teammates junior Frank Fetrow and sophomore Patrick Leonard are the top two qualifiers in the 800.

Lakeville North’s Evan El-Halawani will try to improve on his fifth place finish from last year as well as Edina’s Abdihafid Sahal, who was seventh. Sahal won the 300 hurdles in 2016, followed by El Halawani.  Pipestone Area’s Tyl Woelber and Hutchinson’s Maquire Peterson have both cleared 6’7” in the high jump to lead the qualifiers for that event. Mounds View’s Calvin Cigank returns to defend his title in the pole vault.  Triple and long jump are wide open with many contenders for the titles.  An almost all senior group in the shot put with North’s Jake Kubiatowicz looking to repeat as discus champion and has made a ten foot improvement in the shot that puts him in a position to sweep both titles.

MileSplit Preview is HERE.

Richard Chin Feature on 10-year-old Daisey Islas

Richard Chin writes about another precocious, young, female runner breaking records HERE

Joe Klecker Wins 5K MPSF Conference Championship

Joe Klecker wins the men's 5,000 Meters!! #Go Buffs #5KDominance pic.twitter.com/YgeqP9Uded

— Colorado Track & XC (@CUBuffsTrack) February 25, 2017

Lance Elliott's Turkey Day 5K Photo Gallery; Race Results

Lance Elliott's Turkey Day 5K Photo Gallery  HERE
Results HERE

SPP's Richard Chin Writes About Another Race on Election Day

St Paul Pioneer Press' Richard Chin Writes About Another Race on Election Day HERE.

Fort Snelling Relays Results

Fort Snelling Relays Results HERE

TC 5K Results

TC 5K Results HERE

5 #Gophers in the top 7 of today's #TC5k including @Hamza_Ali56's win at 14:47 - fastest time ever at the race by a Gopher. pic.twitter.com/Sf1cnMKufS

— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) October 9, 2016

Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend Begins on Friday

St. Paul resident Gwen Jorgensen, who won the Olympic women's triathlon gold medal in Rio this summer, headlines the 35^th anniversary Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend kicking off Friday morning with the opening of the Health & Fitness Expo at the Saint Paul RiverCentre

Jorgensen, who plans to make her marathon debut later this fall in New York, will compete in the Medtronic TC 10 Mile, which hosts the USATF Men’s & Women’s 10 Mile Championships for the second straight year.

Other notable elite athletes competing on marathon weekend include defending Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon men’s and women’s champions Dominic Ondoro of Kenya and Serkalem Abrha of Ethiopia.  

The 27 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Charter Club members – 26 runners and one wheeler who have finished all 34 Twin Cities Marathons since 1982 will attempt to continue their streaks. 1992 Olympic men’s figure skating silver medalist Paul Wylie, as the honorary captain, will join the 2016 Global Hero team.  

Marathon Weekend kicks off at 11:00 a.m. on Friday with opening of the Health & Fitness Expo at Saint Paul RiverCentre. The expo, which runs through Saturday evening features more than 100 exhibitors, a full schedule of free presentations, and packet pick up for the weekend’s races.

30,000 people are expected to participate in running events held Saturday and Sunday. Saturday events at the Capitol grounds in St. Paul include a 10K and 5K.    

The Medtronic TC 10 Mile, known as the Shortcut to the Capitol^®, starts in downtown Minneapolis and kicks off the Sunday races at 6:53 a.m. The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon follows at 7:55 a.m.
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Olympic Gold Medalist @gwenjorgensen will run the #tc10mile this weekend. We look forward to watching her compete on Sunday morning! pic.twitter.com/HeJLQ1mBK6

— TwinCities In Motion (@tcmarathon) October 3, 2016