Updated:Grandma's Minnesota Mile Results

Grandma's Minnesota Mile HERE
Women's results HERE
Men's HERE

Finish of the men's race

Finish of the women's race

Duluth NewsTribune coverage focuses on the Men's and Women's race winners HERE

2017 Minnesota Mile Has a New Course, Will be run on Thursday, September 7

New course and date for this year's Minnesota Mile HERE

Minnesota Mile Results

Minnesota Mile Women's Results HERE. Men HERE

Came down to the wire, but I'm still all smiles after a runner-up finish at the #minnesotamile.… https://t.co/4yh7TRbmnX

— Heather Kampf (@HeatherRaeKampf) September 12, 2016

BBM summary of the Minnesota Mile HERE

Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour Events Announced

Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour Events Announced HERE

Grandma's Minnesota Mile Photo Album

Check out our photo album from @GrandmasMara #MNmile! https://t.co/rwgJ7Cl4f3

— C Tolle Run (@CTolleRun) September 15, 2015

Gabe Grunewald Wins Minnesota Mile

Congrats @gg_runs! @GrandmasMara @TeamUSAMN @brooksrunning #giantcheckwithyourfaceonit pic.twitter.com/jwxGKjoO3S

— C Tolle Run (@CTolleRun) September 13, 2015

.@gg_runs wins MN Mile today & secures #BBTMGPTour runner up spot behind @TeamUSAMN teammate @HeatherRaeKampf. https://t.co/3z3xu1r14d

— Team USA Minnesota (@TeamUSAMN) September 13, 2015

Congrats @Jonpeterson89! 4th place at #MNMile! @TeamUSAMN #speedhands pic.twitter.com/fmUz5vAvZK

— C Tolle Run (@CTolleRun) September 13, 2015

.@Jonpeterson89 finishes 4th in men's race, @ginavalgoi 5th in women's today in the MN Mile.

— Team USA Minnesota (@TeamUSAMN) September 13, 2015

Congrats @JamieCheever! 6th place at @GrandmasMara #MNMile! pic.twitter.com/9wk3mC14Lp

— C Tolle Run (@CTolleRun) September 13, 2015

Duluth News Tribune story is HERE.

Grandma's Minnesota Mile

Male
1) James Bolas, 27 – Chapel Hill, NC
4:06.3 - $3,000 (+ $2,000 for 1st place in the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2015)

2) Lex Williams, 28 – Ann Arbor, Mich.
4:08.1 - $2,000

3) Diriba Degefa Yigezu, 27 – Ethiopia
4:12.2 - $1,500

4) Jonathan Peterson, 26 – Minneapolis, Minn.
4:12.4 - $1,000

5) Sammy Rotich, 28 – Kenya
4:12.5 - $800

6) John Wanjiku, 19 – Grand Prairie, Texas
4:12.8 - $600

7) John Happe, 24 – St. Charles, MO
4:14.3 - $400

8) Josef Tessema, 26 - Kenya
4:15.3 - $250

.@gg_runs wins MN Mile today & secures #BBTMGPTour runner up spot behind @TeamUSAMN teammate @HeatherRaeKampf. https://t.co/3z3xu1r14d

— Team USA Minnesota (@TeamUSAMN) September 13, 2015

Female
1) Gabriele Grunewald, 29 – Minneapolis, Minn.
4:38.0 - $3,000 (+ $1,000 for 2nd place in Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2015)

2) Monicah Ngige, 21 – Kenya
4:43.3 - $2,000

3) Hellen Jepkurgat - Kenya
4:52.1 - $1,500

4) Ayla Granados, 23 – Castro Valley, CA
4:55.1 - $1,000

5) Gina Valgoi, 24 – St. Paul, Minn.
4:57.0 - $800

6) Jamie Cheever, 28 – Seattle, Wash.
4:59.0 - $600

7) Jebichi Yator, 27 – Kenya
5:00.9 - $400

8) Pauline Mutwa, 25 – Kenya
5:01.2 - $250

Masters (40 & Over)
Male
1) Joey Keillor, 41 – Rochester, Minn.
4:26.0 - $500

Female
1) Breeda Willis, 45 – Stevens Point, Wis.
5:19.6 - $500


Duluth Mile – (Semi-Elite Division)
Male
1) Aaron Gorman, 26 – Minneapolis, MN
4:34

Female
1) Roisin Willis, 11 – Stevens Point, Wis.
5:27


All City Mile (Recreational Division)
Male
1) Mat Langhorst, 28 – St. Paul, Minn
5:18

Female
1) Kelly Nelson, 32 – Duluth, Minn.
6:15


Verizon Kids Mile (Ages 8 to 14)
Male
1) Isiah Hendrickson, 14 – Duluth, Minn.
5:32

Female
1) Kelly Lorenz, 14 – Carlton, Minn.
6:21

Beautiful day at @GrandmasMara #MNMile! pic.twitter.com/WFsPEtQbqs

— C Tolle Run (@CTolleRun) September 13, 2015

News: HS Results; Megan Beam, Minnesota Mile; High jump; Race DQ rules; Running as Punishment

Lakeville Applejack Invite results for boy's race HERE, girl's HERE

Myron Ahle Lucky Lindy Invitational results are HERE for boy's, and HERE for girl's

Minnesota Daily story on Gopher's Adam Bartnik is HERE.

Bismark Tribune story on U-Mary's Megan Beam is HERE.

WDIO report on the Minnesota Mile HERE.

Ever wonder how high the best high jumpers are going. Here's one
way to put it in perspective.  If he could carry a ball with him a
slam dunk would be easy. Photo by Adam Schmenk.  And , yes, he did
photoshop the basketball backboard and post.

Interesting legal analysis of the DQ of the French steeplechaser at the Euro championships is HERE

Running as punishment legislation in the UK changed HERE. 

News: UMD/Warmington; Minnesota mile Recap; Dirth; Gophers; Lovas; Eli Krahn; HS Results, RT HS XC Rankings, Goucher

USTFCCCA interview with UMD women's track and XC coach Joanna Warmington HERE.

C Tolle Run video recap of the Minnesota Mile is HERE. Duluth News Tribune Minnesota Mile story HERE.

Minnesota Daily preview of the men's and women's XC teams HERE.

 Sun Sailor story on Hopkins coach Nick Lovas HERE.

Apple Valley girl's track coach Geri Dirth selected to State HS Coaches Association Hall of Fame HERE.

St. Paul Pioneer Press story on Eli Krahn HERE.

St. Peter Herald story on St. Peter HS results from Norwood Young America Lions Invitational HERE boy's results HERE, girl's HERE

Sun Current story on Richfield HS results at the Dakota Classic HERE.

Worthington Daily Globe story on Marshall Invitational is HERE.

Fairbault Invitational boy's results HERE, girls's HERE.

Ron Kretsch Invitational  team results for boy's HERE, girl's HERE.

Bluejacket Invitational results boy's HERE, girl's HERE.

Dover-Eyota Invitational results boy's HERE, girl's HERE.

Byron Invitational boy's results HERE, girl's HERE. Photos HERE.

Park Rapids Enterprise report on Wadena-Deer Creek Invitational is HERE.

Running Times High School rankings for girl's HERE, boy's HERE. Wayzata boys and girls ranked second.

Kara Goucher and NYC Fashion Week HERE.

Minnesota Mile On Sunday

Sunday’s Minnesota Mile in downtown Duluth  elite division that features a $20,100 prize purse with the men’s and women’s winners each receiving $3,000, respectively.

The Minnesota Mile is the sixth and final stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014. The total prize purse for the six Tour events exceeds $85,000 plus $7,500 for the Grand Prix purse. Per Tour event, per gender, the top 6 will score points (10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1) with the top 4 Grand Prix scorers earning GP money ($2,000, $1,000, $500 and $250). Team USA Minnesota’s Heather Kampf, “The Queen of the Road Mile,” has already secured the women’s BBTM GP Tour title, but the other Grand Prix positions will be decided at the Minnesota Mile.

Kampf, 27, of Minneapolis, holds three of the top ten women’s times in Minnesota Mile history. She claimed the title in 2012 (4 minutes, 36.5 seconds), and she placed second a year ago behind the course-record-setting performance from Gabriele Grunewald.

Kampf’s set her best mile mark of 4:21.39 on July 26 when she won at the Ryan Shay Mile. The former University of Minnesota standout won numerous mile races in 2013, including the Bermuda Mile, the Ryan Shay Mile, the Liberty Mile, and the Michigan Mile. Kampf will be challenged in Sunday’s women’s division by Sarah Brown (Solana Beach, Calif. – PR, 4:26.67) and Sara Vaughn (Boulder, Colo. – PR, 4:29.8).

Brown, 27, set her personal best time of 4:26.67 in winning Vancouver’s Harry Jerome Mile on July 10. She also won the 2013 TC 1 Mile in Minneapolis. Vaughn, 28, placed third (4:38.9) at last year’s Minnesota Mile behind Grunewald and Kampf.

On the men’s side, the top two in the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour standings are registered and are among the favorites. Rob Finnerty, 24, of Burnsville, Minn., leads Jack Bolas, 26, by two points entering Sunday’s final Tour race.

In July, Finnerty won the Ryan Shay Mile in a personal record 3:56.98. On Aug. 22, he placed third (4:13) at the Michigan Mile, a race won by Bolas in 4:06.76. Bolas was third at the 2013 Minnesota Mile in 3:53.5, his personal best. Both Finnerty and Bolas ran for at the University of Wisconsin.

Other contenders include 2012 1500-meter Olympian Ciaran O’Lionaird from Ireland (PR, 3:52.10) and Americans Miles Batty (Cedar Park, Texas – PR, 3:54.54), Jake Edwards (Columbus, Ohio – PR, 3:58.09), Tommy Schmitz (Santa Barbara, Calif. – PR, 3:56.45) and Kampf’s Team USA Minnesota teammate Eric Finan (Minneapolis, Minn. – PR, 3:58.73).

Sunday’s races begin one block east of Fitger’s on Superior Street and finish past the Holiday Center. In addition to the elite race, the event includes races for children, recreational and semi-elite runners.

The Minnesota Mile offers runners a unique opportunity for citizen runners to secure a spot in next year’s Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon, as 250 finishers will be randomly selected to receive guaranteed entries into the 2015 half marathon on June 20.

Registration for all divisions is conducted online at www.GrandmasMarathon.com. The pre-registration entry fee is $20 and late registration (September 6 and 7) is $30. The first 450 paid pre-registered entrants will receive a complimentary pair of Fitsok performance socks.

            Men's Elite Mile entrants:

Bib #                                                     PR

1          Jack Bolas     26                    3:53.5

2          Rob Finnerty  24                   3:56.98

3          Ciaran O’Lionaird  26           3:51.10

4          Miles Batty     27                  3:54.54

5          Tommy Schmitz 31               3:56.45

6          Jacob Edwards 26               3:58.09

7          Eric Finan  25                      3:58.73

8          Pat Fullerton  25                  3:58.8

9          Jonathan Peterson    25       4:00.54

10        Tom Scott 25                     3:59.9

11        Richard Kandie 29             3:53.70

12        Adam Currie  29                4:04.94

13        Seth Brickley 27                4:06.4

14        Aaron Easker 23                4:08.01

15        Edward Tabut 31               4:08.08

16        Sammy Rotich 27               4:13.63

17        Ismael Arzola 25                4:26.07

18        Tyler Hinrichs  27              4:19.57

19        Charlie Habermann 23       4:22.23

20        Elly Sang  23                     4:16.5

21        Lee Willis  41                    4.04.62

22        Joey Keillor  40                 4:13.3

23        Brandon Hudgins 27          4:01.64

Women's Elite Mile entrants:

Bib #                                               PR

31        Heather Kampf  27           4:21.39

32        Sarah Brown 27               4:26.67

33        Sara Vaughn 28               4:29.8

34        Christy Cazzola 29          4:33.97

35        Jessica Tebo  26             4:34.73

37        Neely Spence Gracey 24    4:48.81

38        Dawn Grunnagle 36        4:15.25 (1500m)

39        Ioana Citireag  25           4:27.44 (1500m)

40        Doreen Kitaka  30         4:46.7

41        Melissa Burkart 32         4:58.22

42        Breeda Willis 44             4:48.4

43        Katie McGee  41           5:09

44        Genet Gashie Beyene 19   4:41.52

BBTM Grand Prix Tour Includes Two Minnesota Miles: Elite Athlete Appearance Fees Reinstated at Competitor Group Races

The 2014 Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour includes both the Medtronic Twin Cities Mile on May 8 and finishes with the Grandma's Minnesota Mile, the final race in the series, on September 7.  The series also has a pick the winner contest for fans.  Full details of the Tour are HERE.

Competitor Group/Rock 'n Roll series races reinstates appearance fees for elite athletes HERE.