JENNY RYAN: LOVING IT IN MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN

August 25, 2023 “I get home to visit my parents in Burnsville often,” says Jenny Ryan, head coach of the Northern Michigan University (NMU) women’s cross country and track and field teams.  “I also have two siblings in the area and see them and their families too.”  Jenny has led an active life beginning with

SARAH RENK THORSETT: 1500 METER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER FROM WINONA NOW ASKS KIDS SHE COACHES, “WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?”

May 30, 2023 Growing up in an athletic family of seven children in Winona, Minnesota, a Mississippi River city 40 miles east of the renowned medical city of Rochester, Sarah Renk says, “My first love was basketball.  I liked shooting hoops in our backyard with my three older brothers.  It’s where I found my competitiveness.