Jaret Carpenter and Emma Benner Win Individual Titles at Indiana Intercollegiate Championships

Men's race results HERE.  Women HERE
Jaret Carpenter  and Emma Benner Win Individual Titles at Indiana Intercollegiate Championships

Carpenter and Benner

Recap and Interviews click HERE

Jaret Carpenter top 20 in U20 10K

The world's top U20 talent chooses Purdue. Who's next? #BoilerUp pic.twitter.com/rwhH7HH2vH

— Purdue Track & Field (@PurdueTrackXC) July 21, 2017

Gopher Men's Day 1 Big 10 Summaries, Results

#Gophers Recap from Day 1 of the #B1GTF Meet: https://t.co/l5uJy0mwuI pic.twitter.com/rsUHg0u3qn

— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) May 13, 2017

Wayzata Grad Jaret Carpenter, running for Purdue, finishes 7th despite a fall

Biya Simbassa Wins Stanford 10K; Fischer and Reichow Set PBs, Carpenter PB in 5K

Biya Simbassa Wins Stanford 10K. Results HERE

Reed Fischer 16th.  Joel Reichow 20th

Jaret Carpenter 10th in 5K. Results HERE.

.@JaretCarpenter runs the No. 2 5k time in school history with 14:02.12 at Stanford! Freshman record & 5.32 seconds off school record.

— PurdueTrack&Field (@PurdueTrackXC) April 1, 2017

Tight Men's 5K at Iowa State; Fast 60 Meters

HopkinsCC Alumni & Drake sr. Reed Fischer throws down a 13:55.27 5K at ISU, Carpenter 13:57, Obsa Ali 13:57. MN athletes ran some fast times

— HOPKINS CC (@hopkinscc) February 11, 2017

Rest of the Day 1 Results HERE.
Gopher men's summary HERE. Women HERE

Jaret Carpenter Previews NCAA Championships

Jaret Carpenter is ready for his second career 10k in just over a week. He previewed the meet. Check it out! https://t.co/0nt3aHN0j1

— PurdueTrack&Field (@PurdueTrackXC) November 18, 2016

Post Region Meet Interview with Jaret Carpenter

Post Region Meet Interview with Jaret Carpenter HERE

Jaret Carpenter 7th in Great Lakes Region

Jaret Carpenter 7th in Great Lakes Region. Full results HERE.

Jaret Carpenter and Grace Ping on the US Bank Stadium Electronic Billboard Promoting MSHSL Sports

When you make the @usbankstadium board with Grace Ping!! #7thgradelegend #SKOL pic.twitter.com/Fs2UHGGXVB

— Jaret Carpenter (@JaretCarpenter) November 4, 2016

ISU Pre-National Invitational Results: Benner, Klecker, Carpenter, Fisher

ISU Pre-National Invitational HERE

Emma Benner 21st in Women's 6K Blue race in 20:35.8
Joe Klecker 24th in Men's 8K in 24:27.8
Jaret Carpenter 65th in Men's 8K in 25:01.3
Reed Fischer 2nd in the White 8K in 24:46.3

HopkinsCC Alumni Joe Klecker & Reed Fischer ran the NCAA Pre-Nationals Saturday, October 15. Joe running for CU placing 24th (8k blue race) in 24:27 and 2nd for his 3rd place team. Reed running for Drake, placed 2nd (8k white) in 24:46. #hopkinsproud

A photo posted by Mike Harris (@hopkinscc) on Oct 16, 2016 at 6:06am PDT

Jaret Carpenter and Emma Benner Earn Big 10 XC AOW Honors

Huge news out of the Big Ten! Freshmen @emma_benner and @JaretCarpenter swept B1G Athlete of the Week! https://t.co/ds5QiyXfSP #BoilerUp

— PurdueTrack&Field (@PurdueTrackXC) September 21, 2016

Emma Benner Leads Women and Jaret Carpenter the Men to Wins at the Golden Eagle Invitational

Emma Benner

Forest Lake Grad Emma Benner and Wayzata Grad Jaret Carpenter led Purdue to wins at the Golden Eagle Invitational.  Women's results are HERE.  Men  HERE

Jaret Carpenter

Gatorade 2015-16 Track Minnesota AOYJaret Carpenter Boy's, Jedah Caldwell Girl's

Jaret Carpenter Photo by Gene Niemi

Boy's List HERE.


Girl's HERE

Jedah Caldwell. Photo by Gene Niemi

Heather Kampf 3rd in 800; Jaret Carpenter Runs 4:05.73 in Dream Mile; Hasz Twins 7th&8th in Dream 1500

Sharpened up this weekend by racing an 800m at the @adidasboostbostongames, and was pretty darn pleased to place 3rd, in 2:00.55 (just a half second off my lifetime PR)! Everything seems to be coming into place quite nicely, and I just can't say enough how grateful I am to be healthy, confident, and having fun going into the Trials. I had the added bonus of meeting some studly future Gophers, Megan and Bethany Hasz, who were out there to race the #dream1500!! Nothing great is accomplished alone- thanks as always to my big time supporters, @asics, @teamusamn, @nuunhydration, @soundprobiotics, @pickybars, and @flynnsports, and God above for abundantly blessing my life.

A photo posted by Heather Kampf (@heatherraekampf) on Jun 18, 2016 at 7:18pm PDT

Jaret Carpenter runs 4:05.73 Dream Mile in Boston. (63.2, 61.7, 61.9, 58.8) Converts to 4:04.3 1600m for 6 sec. PR / Wayzata school record.

— Wayzata Track&Field (@WayzataTrack) June 18, 2016

Carp's 1600 conversion puts him at #4 all time in MN behind Bjorklund, Klecker, and Finnerty! #GoodCompany https://t.co/2oQt2uBIaL

— Coach Popp (@popp_mark) June 18, 2016

Carpenter finishes 4th. Heather Kampf 3rd in 800 in 2:00.55.  All race results are HERE.
Hasz Twins 7th (Bethany) and 8th(Megan) in 1500

Jaret Carpenter Tests Himself at the Mile

As the field ran down the backstretch for the first time in the 1600 at the MSHSL track championships on Saturday, Wayzata Jaret Carpenter saw and opening between the field and the inside of the track's first lane.  He shot through it, passing everyone on the inside, and all the rest of the runners saw in the rest of the race was his back.

Following his pre-race plan of running 62 second laps for the 1600 Carpenter completed the 3200/1600 double, slowing to 63s on the last two laps to post a winning time of 4:10.89.  It was the most comfortable effort he's had this year on the Hamline track, having run under nine minutes for 3200 at the Elite Meet and then repeating the 3200 win on the opening day of the MSHSL championships in hot, humid conditions in 9:10.46.

Both were solo efforts where Carpenter took off early and was never threatened. Stillwater's Eli Krahn, who did the 3200/1600 double as a freshman and sophomore in 2013-14, said that Carpenter was able to dominate this year because he could adapt to any pace.  Going hard from the beginning.  Throwing in 60 second laps during the middle of the race.

Tomorrow, Carpenter will get his chance to test himself against high school milers from across the country in the "Dream Mile" in Somerville, MA.  In a year when several high school runners have run under four minutes for the mile, the fastest opponent in Carpenter's race, Thomas Ratcliffe  has run 4:01.5.  When asked what he could run in a fast field, Carpenter said he was aiming for 62 second laps for a 4:08.

The weather, as always, will have something to do with the time.  Whatever the conditions, Carpenter will have an opportunity to race among some of the best high school milers and see what he can do.  While longer races are more favored.  He lists the 5K as his favorite distance right now.  He ran 14:58 to win the NXN Heartland XC title in 2015 and was fourth at NXN Nationals.  Tomorrow he'll get to see how fast he can go in the mile.

Photo by Gene Niemi

Jaret Carpenter Dominates the Distance Races

Jaret Carpenter headed for the finish with Patrick Roos(left) and Jack
Manderscheid(right) behind. Photo by Gene Niemi

If there was any doubts who is  the top male high school distance runner in Minnesota, Jaret Carpenter removed them about half way into the Class AA 3200 Friday morning.  After running side by side or right behind Stillwater's Eli Krahn for most of the first half of the race, which Krahn ran with a metronomic precision at 70 second pace, Carpenter knew what he had to do.

Krahn was going slowly because his race plan was to conserve energy until 600 meters to go and launch his kick.  Carpenter wanted nothing to do with a sit and kick race, so he took charge, as he has all season in both cross country and track by throwing in a mid race surge that nobody could handle. Carpenter threw in a 66 second lap that left everyone else in his wake.

The Edina duo of Jack Manderscheid and Patrick Roos tried to regain lost ground, but couldn't.  The pair had come into the race hoping to take a shot at running under nine minutes as Carpenter did last month in winning the 3200 at the Hamline Elite Meet.  But the increasing heat and humidity caused them to be cautious and run for place, not for time.

Though Carpenter quickly opened up a big lead, he was still nervous.  "I was surprised," he said.  Nobody attempted to cover Carpenter's move, but he didn't believe that, so he looked around.  "I got scared," said Carpenter.  He needn't have been worried as he negative split the race, having gone through the first 1600 around 4:37 and the second half in 4:33.

Though he looked smooth and in control, Carpenter said during the last 200 "bad stuff was happening."  Nothing bad enough to change the outcome of the race, but indicative of Carpenter's leave it all on the track approach that has served him so well during the past year.

Behind the top three Carpenter's teammate Khalid Hussein  and Willmar's Nadir Yusuf were battling for fourth place.  Hussein edged Yusuf by less than a second. Hussein running 9:19.07 and Yusuf 9:19.59.

Sun Sailor Profile on Jaret Carpenter, Wayzata

Sun Sailor Profile on Jaret Carpenter, Wayzata HERE

More Recruiting News

Very excited to announce that I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Purdue University! #BoilerUp pic.twitter.com/jlcDfSWZCJ

— Jaret Carpenter (@JaretCarpenter) January 24, 2016

Marshfield Columbus Catholic Invitational Results

Marshfield Columbus Catholic Invitational boy's results HERE. Girl's HERE.