Saturday, October 17, 2015

Matt Berens USATF MN Athlete of the Month

Matt Berens USATF MN Athlete of the Month HERE

UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational Results

UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational women's results HERE. Men HERE
St. Thomas women's summary is HERE.
St. Olaf women's summary is HERE.
St.Scholastica men's summary is HERE. Women's HERE.
University of Minnesota Morris  summary is HERE.

Bethel M & W summaries when available

St. Bonifacius Invitational Results

St. Bonifacius(Crown) Invitational results HERE
Macalester summary HERE.
University of Minnesota Morris summary is HERE.
Other summaries posted when available

Connecticut College Invitational Results

 Hart Honer wins men's race, team third; Ruth Steinke third, team fourth at Connecticut College Invitational. Men's results  HERE. Women's HERE

St. Thomas 4th at Oberlin Rumble

Oberlin Rumble results HERE
St. Thomas summary HERE.

Tori Neubauer Invitational Results

Tori Neubauer Invitational results HERE
Macalester summary HERE.
St. Ben's summary HERE.
Gustavus summary is HERE.
North Central summary is HERE.
Hamline summary is HERE
Augsburg summary is HERE
St. Mary's summary is HERE
Luther summary is HERE.

Jim Drews Invitational Results

Jim Drews Invitational results HERE
St. Olaf summary is HERE.
St. John's summary is HERE.
Gustavus summary is HERE.
Luther summary is HERE.
Hamline summary is HERE.
Augsburg summary is HERE
St. Mary's summary is HERE.
North Central summary is HERE.

Gopher Men 24th at Pre Nats

Pre Nats results HERE. To get individual team results go to the right column and click on the name of the team.

Georgetown/St. Could Cathedral's Nick Golebiowski finished 46th in the Open 8K race in 25:35.2. Full Open race results HERE.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Gopher Men's Pre Nats and Jim Drews Invite Previews

Science: Benefits of Massage: Legit or a Mirage?

Science: Benefits of Massage: legit or a mirage? HERE.

Gopher Women's Wisconsin Adidas Invitational Summary

Battle Creek Challenge 8K



Battle Creek Challenge 8k

The Collegeville Track Club is hosting an 8k (~5 mile) trail race on the cross country ski trails of Battle Creek Regional Park West (St. Paul, MN). The course is entirely soft surface (grass, dirt, wood chips) and is a great tune up for trail races later in the fall, including Living History Farms Race and USATF Club Nationals. This race is USATF sanctioned and is part of the USTAF Minnesota Cross Country Circuit. Awards will be provided by our sponsors, Mill City Running and Townhall Brewery, and awarded to overall, masters, and club team winners for both men’s and women’s competitions.

No Joggling Allowed

Gopher Women 15th at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational; Men: Ferlic, Lusignan in top 20: Open Race Results

Following the online live results shows the Gopher women in 15th place at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational. They were the third Big Ten team to finish with Penn State in 10th with 352 points and Michigan State right in front of the Gophers, tied for 13th place with 421 points to Minnesota's 429.

NewMexico demonstrated why they are the number one ranked team in the country with a dominant performance.  All five of their scoring runners were in the top ten.  The Gophers got out well in the first 2K, dropped back a bit in the middle, but recovered to take 15th place.  They were led by the team's two front runners, Liz Berholtz and Haley Johnson.  To give you an idea of the density of the field and how quickly a team score can change, Berkholtz ran 20:22.7 to finish 36th, while Johnson was 18 seconds behind in 67th place in 20:40.8.

Griak champs, Boise State moved up throughout the race to finish sixth with freshman Allie Ostrander coming on like a freight train in the last 2K to win the individual title over Notre Dame's Molly Seidel, who had been near or in the lead for the entire race. Unofficial times 19:19.5 for Ostrander and 19:22 for Seidel.


In the men's race Michigan and Mounds Park Academy's Mason Ferlic and South Dakota State/Shakopee's Trent Lusignan finished in the top 20.  Ferlic and Lusignan took turns attempting to break up the mass of runners behind them, but all the action took place in the last 2K.  A huge lead pack broke apart with Tulsa's Marc Scott finishing first in 23:35.  Ferlic was 13th in 23:49 and Lusignan 20th in 23:52.7.
Men's collegiate race results are HERE.
Results from women's Open race HERE.  Minnesota women's team places fifth
Will Burke 23rd in Open men's race. Results HERE.

Gopher Women at Adidas Invitational