Great Cow Harbor 10K Results

Great Cow Harbor 10K Results HERE
Rob Molke 9th.  Jon Peterson 15th. Eric Loeffler 1st 40 year old male finisher.

Team USA Minnesota's Pat Goodwin Begins RunPro USA conference

Pat Goodwin from @TeamUSAMN kicks off @RunProUSA Camp 2017 with an overview of distance running pic.twitter.com/i6o629bQ4s

— RRCA (@RRCAnational) July 21, 2017

Rob Volke and Maddie Van Beek Recipients of RRCA Roads Scholar Grants

 Rob Volke and Maddie Van Beek Recipients of RRCA Roads Scholar Grants HERE

Meet the six talented up-and-coming runners that comprise our 2016 Roads Scholar grantees https://t.co/90mXaVnJ9q pic.twitter.com/qChpt9luoH

— RRCA (@RRCAnational) October 31, 2016

Team USA Minnesota's Katy Moen Awarded RRCA Roads Scholarship

Congrats to @TeamUSAMN's @MoenEmDown on being named a @RRCAnational Roads Scholar! https://t.co/SOU2AeZBxq

— Team USA Minnesota (@TeamUSAMN) October 19, 2015

Meet the six talented up-and-coming runners that comprise our 2015 Roads Scholars grantees http://t.co/KWfqxp9C4W pic.twitter.com/1b6NIRkMJX

— RRCA (@RRCAnational) October 19, 2015

RRCA US Olympic Training Center and Olympic Games Qualifyng Grants Announced

Meet the recipients of our U.S. training center & Olympic Games qualifying marathon grants http://t.co/qNVPN7tA7d pic.twitter.com/kprEM9lfwm

— RRCA (@RRCAnational) September 22, 2015

RRCA to Award Training Support Grants to Olympic Marathon Hopefuls

RRCA awarding special U.S. training center & Olympic Games qualifying marathon grants #Rio2016 http://t.co/HOFpzYCu88 pic.twitter.com/upTDyAx7JX

— RRCA (@RRCAnational) June 24, 2015

Stats: ARRS Database

For all those who can't get enough running statistics, the ARRS Database is now online HERE

News Clips

Milesplit boys individual rankings are HERE, girls HERE.

Stillwater Gazette story on State meet boys HERE, girl HERE.

Cannon Falls Emi Trost MSHSL Old Dutch Athlete of the Week HERE.

St Paul Pioneer Press story on Harding's Abdirahman Mohamed at the State Meet is HERE.

USTFCCCA DIII regional rankings are HERE, National HERE.  DII National rankings are HERE.DI national rankings are HERE.

Woodbury YMCA program recipient of RRCA Kids Run the Nation grant. Read about it HERE.

Embrace the mud, XC back to its roots is HERE.

St. Cloud Times State meet preview on Annandale, St. Cloud Cathedral is HERE. Photos and State meet coverage is HERE.

UMAC XC Awards for women HERE, men HERE.

Strib remembrance of 86-year-old marathoner Joy Johnson is HERE.

In depth interview with Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon men's winner Nick Arciniaga is HERE.

Team USA Minnesota's Heather Kampf's latest blog posting is HERE.

A Weekend For Multi Taskers

Thanks to our wonderful "Spring" weather, the calendar of events for running have tended to be in places warm and free of snow.  This weekend, however, offers a "feast" of options both locally and nationally. The annual Drake Relays are being held in Iowa along with the Penn Relays on the East Coast in Philadelphia. Info on the Drake Relays is HERE, Penn Relays homepage is HERE.

On Friday, starting at 5:30 PM, the Hamline Elite Meet is back at the Klas Field track.  Info on the meet is available HERE.  On Saturday, the road running version of the Spring Opener, the Get in Gear races, begin with the 2K at 8 AM at  Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis  Race info is HERE. Three Team USA Minnesota runners are entered: Andrew Carlson, Jon Grey, and McKenzie Melander.  The Get in Gear 10K is the Minnesota RRCA Championship race for 2013.

On Sunday several Minnesotans will run in the Payton Jordan Invitational track meet at Stanford.  Info for that meet is HERE. Minnesotans on the entry list as of Thursday were Ben Blankenship, Hassan Mead, Garrett Heath, Elliott Heath, Rob Finnerty, Andrew Larsen, John Simons, Jonathan Peterson, Meghan Peyton, and Jamie Cheever

RRCA Acquires RunPro Camp, Website

The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) announced today it has acquired the RunPro.com web site (www.RunPro.com) and the RunPro Camp and will operate the two entities as official RRCA programs.

RunPro.com and the RunPro Camp were developed by Team USA Minnesota with the support of a 2010 Excellence Challenge Grant from USATF.  The purpose of the RunPro effort is to be the go-to source that assists promising young distance runners make the transition from collegiate to professional running.

“We are very excited to take the reins from Team USA Minnesota and carry on the great legacy they started with RunPro.com and the RunPro Camp,” said Jean Knaack, RRCA executive director.  “The RRCA has a long history of supporting elite athlete development, including financially supporting athletes going to international events back in the late 1950s, to our Roads Scholar program that has provided nearly $400,000 in grants to emerging elites.”

The web site provides athletes with a comprehensive overview of what it takes and what is involved in becoming a professional distance runner – competing on the track, the roads and in cross country.  The companion three-day camp, scheduled to be held again in mid-July in Arlington, is designed specifically for athletes who are interested in pursuing a professional running career.

“Our goal with the RunPro effort was to attract more talented distance runners to the sport,” said Patricia Goodwin, president and founder of Team USA Minnesota.  “After successfully launching the web site in 2011 and holding the RunPro Camp in Minneapolis that summer, we realized that we didn’t have the time or resources to continue the effort long term.

“We are pleased that RRCA has stepped forward to take RunPro under its wing.  We are confident they will do an excellent job with managing and enhancing the website and the camp, and in turn we will be able to focus all our resources on developing national and international distance runners.”