NCAA DI Days 1 & 2 results are HERE.
Emma Bates 10th in 10K. Results HERE.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Gopher's Jess Herauf 5th in Heptathlon
#Gophers first team All-American @JHerauf32 takes 5th in the #NCAATF heptathlon! pic.twitter.com/fdwqkR9fDl
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) June 11, 2015
Hepthathlon results are HERE.Podominick Going to the Big Apple
Feeling rather #blessed and #excited to be heading off to my first #diamondleague meet! Check out… https://t.co/AJE5Ray12t
— Liz Podominick (@LizPodominator) June 11, 2015USATF Minnesota Junior Olympic Championships Day 1 Live Results
Good luck to everyone competing in JO'S this weekend! Competition kicks off today at St. Thomas.
— USATF Minnesota (@USATFMN) June 11, 2015
Live Results are HERE
Science: Does What You Know About Your Pace Hurt or Help You?
Research on the mind body connections and how it can influence your performance HERE.
Grunewald 5th, Kampf 8th, Špotáková 3rd in Oslo; Updated with Video of 1500
1500 results from the @BislettGames. Way to represent MN ladies! pic.twitter.com/9dlzXhj2Eg
— Team USA Minnesota (@TeamUSAMN) June 11, 2015
Celebrating the fact that a week ago, 4:05.12 would have been a PR- gotta stay hungry and dig for that next level though!
— Heather Kampf (@HeatherRaeKampf) June 11, 2015
Felt great to have a solid race tonight @BislettGames! 🎉 More in the tank but happy to be going in right direction. Thanks for the support!
— gabriele grunewald (@gg_runs) June 11, 2015
Another Gopher grad, Barbora Špotáková, finished third in the javelin. Results HERE.
Video of the 1500 is HERE
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Gopher Women's NCAA Heptathlon Results and Summary
Catch up on @JHerauf32's day one #NCAATF heptathlon performance. Action continues tomorrow. http://t.co/egQqHnN8sw pic.twitter.com/JAtLWoCiF6— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) June 11, 2015Women's Heptathlon Day 1 results are HERE.Gopher Men's NCAA DI Results and Summary
Recap: Ferretti, Deng Notch All-America Performances | http://t.co/v58UTqjEIU | #Gophers pic.twitter.com/4dKpLFsT7Q— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) June 11, 2015Day 1 Results are HEREWow do I love Hayward Field! Set a new PR & qualified the USA Outdoor Championships. Go Gophers! There's is so much more to come! 〽️
— GOANER DENG (@GoanDaddy468) June 11, 2015Mason Ferlic Qualifies for Steeple Final
Ferlic cruises across the line comfortably in 4th, setting him up for Friday's final! Way to go, @masonferlic pic.twitter.com/sQQbA7uvWm
— Michigan Track&Field (@umichtrack) June 11, 2015
Steeple prelim results HERE.
Gwen Jorgensen: "The Most Dominant Triathlete in the World"
ESPN feature on triathlete Gwen Jorgensen is HERE.
Tyler Pennel's Sub 4 Prep
2014 Medtronic TC Marathon winner Tyler Pennel blogs about his prep for running a Sub 4-Minute Mile HERE.
NCAAs Underway in Eugene
Four #Gophers. Four Countries. Read today's @StribSports's #NCAATF preview from @BlountStrib | http://t.co/n8D64wJC9r pic.twitter.com/0P1PLn8wAW
— Minnesota M CC/TF (@GopherMCCTF) June 10, 2015#NCAATF action begins today! @JHerauf32 kicks things off for the #Gophers in the heptathlon. http://t.co/ymhT3Xt9ur pic.twitter.com/D7ctspKXjF
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) June 10, 2015Let's get to it, @GopherWCCTF. NCAA Championships are underway today. Details: http://t.co/X7f0tVlgWE pic.twitter.com/tSVIlHrjmY
— Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) June 10, 2015Get Up, Bison Nation! It's NCAA Championship Game Day.
Best wishes to Erin, Sierra, Maddie, Austin & Matti! #HornsUp pic.twitter.com/cowunCpkwY
— NDSU Athletics (@NDSUathletics) June 10, 2015Michael Lihrman's journey started in DIII and continues this week at DI nationals: http://t.co/1r08fZzZZM #ncaaTF pic.twitter.com/3OsnlnSXYH
— NCAA (@NCAA) June 10, 2015Great preview of Day One of the NCAA meet from @tracksuperfan & @dailyrelay. #NCAATF https://t.co/hn5I6RBA2u
— Wendel McRaven (@wmcraven) June 10, 2015Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Belle Plaine Edges the Edison Sisters for the Class A Girl's Title
For the second year in a row, Minneapolis Edison and Belle Plaine finished one, two in the Class A girl's team competition. It was a roller coaster ride of emotions for Edison sisters Jia and Jada Lewis. They had finished first and third in the 100 and 200 at the 2014 MSHSL Outdoor Track Championships, enough to score 40 points and capture Edison it's first ever girl's team championship.
At this year's meet, the Lewis sisters wanted to repeat as team champions, and do it, in part, by winning the 4 by 100 relay that they were DQed in last year. On Friday Jada scored the team's first points, three, for finishing seventh in the long jump. The sisters and the 4 by 100 relay made it to the finals in the events they'd qualified for. Saturday started well as Jia edged Jada by on hundredth of a second in the 100 meters.
Then they won the 4 by 100 relay with Jia running the anchor leg and celebrated as if they'd won the team championship. It was the high point of the meet for the sisters and their teammates. Jada went on to win the 200, defeating Belle Plaine's Jenna Gatz. Jia had failed to qualify for the 200 at Sections placing third and not qualifying on time.
At this year's meet, the Lewis sisters wanted to repeat as team champions, and do it, in part, by winning the 4 by 100 relay that they were DQed in last year. On Friday Jada scored the team's first points, three, for finishing seventh in the long jump. The sisters and the 4 by 100 relay made it to the finals in the events they'd qualified for. Saturday started well as Jia edged Jada by on hundredth of a second in the 100 meters.
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| Jada Lewis on her way to victory in the 200. Photo by Gene Niemi |
Edison had done what they had set out to do. Scored more points than the year before. Erased the bad memory of last years DQ in the 4 by 100 relay. But Belle Plane's coach, Rich Faust, also had a plan. He'd calculated what it would take to win. His calculations indicated they had the potential do it. They just had to score 50 points or more.
Going into the 200, Edison had scored 37 points, Belle Plane 43. Gatz, who had also won the 400, had to finish third in the 200 to earn Belle Plaine the title. She did better than third and the three points the Belle Plaine 4 by 400 relay team scored by finishing seventh merely added to the team's margin of victory.
Neither the Lewis sisters, nor Gatz, are seniors. Thus next year at this time the same two teams could be battling again, each for their second State team title.
The Hurdler Goes to Harvard
Last year St. Croix Lutheran's Jon Tollefson got envelope with the Harvard insignia on it. While he was touring colleges on the East Coast he decided to take them up on the invitation to visit. The track coach contacted him and told Jon he'd give him the campus tour.
He liked what he saw and will take his academic and athletic skills to the hallowed halls of Harvard this Fall. "It's a little intimidating," Tollefson said, but I'm sure I'll get used to it."
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| Jon Tollefson(5) and Samuel Lundquist coming off the curve in the Class A 300m hurdles. Photo by Gene Niemi |
He liked what he saw and will take his academic and athletic skills to the hallowed halls of Harvard this Fall. "It's a little intimidating," Tollefson said, but I'm sure I'll get used to it."
The Cinderella Effect: Trapp or Streich
Call it the Cinderella Effect with a track twist. "Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who is the fastest one of all?" For the last few years at least that is what the 800 meter runners of Class A and AA were asking after the MSHSL Outdoor Track Championships.
By time Elk River's Lucas Trapp, the AA champion gets the nod with his 1:50.80 winning time at the State meet. Class A champ Shane Streich ran 1:51.47, but that was in the prelims. And he only did that to get a USATF junior nationals qualifying mark.
Trapp was hoping to get a chance to race Streich at this year's Hamline Elite Meet, but Streich ran the 3200 instead of 800 at the meet. Unless they both meet at the US Junior Championships, the question will go unsettled. AA 800 runner-up Christopher Trotter of St. Louis Park had another idea. "If we got (Farmington's Justin) Hyytinen and Streich we could have a Minnesota (4 by 400) relay team...We could beat college teams."
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| Lucas Trapp winning the Class AA Title. Photo by Gene Niemi |
By time Elk River's Lucas Trapp, the AA champion gets the nod with his 1:50.80 winning time at the State meet. Class A champ Shane Streich ran 1:51.47, but that was in the prelims. And he only did that to get a USATF junior nationals qualifying mark.
Trapp was hoping to get a chance to race Streich at this year's Hamline Elite Meet, but Streich ran the 3200 instead of 800 at the meet. Unless they both meet at the US Junior Championships, the question will go unsettled. AA 800 runner-up Christopher Trotter of St. Louis Park had another idea. "If we got (Farmington's Justin) Hyytinen and Streich we could have a Minnesota (4 by 400) relay team...We could beat college teams."
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| Streich finishing the Class A 800 Prelim. Photo by Gene Niemi |
USATF Minnesota Masters and Open Meet Results(Updated with correct link)
USATF Minnesota Masters and Open Meet results HERE.
Harun Abda Second at Harry Jerome Meet
Meghan Peyton Promoted to Head Cross Country Coach at Augsburg
Interim coach and Team USA Minnesota team member Meghan Peyton Named Augsburg Head Cross Country coach for men and women. Press release HERE.
Monday, June 08, 2015
Seven Gopher Women Headed to Eugene
7 #Gophers are headed to next week's #NCAATF Championships! http://t.co/GL3X8wZwzp pic.twitter.com/2xxTCr4GHX
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) June 5, 2015Get all the details on the #Gophers representing the Maroon & Gold in Eugene at #NCAATF! http://t.co/ymhT3Xt9ur pic.twitter.com/3snK95mdKv
— Minnesota W TrackCC (@GopherWCCTF) June 8, 2015
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