February 3, 2024 Originally scheduled to start at noon, the US Olympic Marathon Trials were thankfully moved ahead two hours due to heat and humidity concerns expressed by the runners. With a gun-start after 10:00 in Orlando, Florida, at 54° F and temperatures expected to rise significantly, many Minnesota athletes with Minnesota connections raced theContinue reading “Woohoo! Minnesota Woman Qualifies for Olympics as Dakotah Lindwurm takes 3rd! Reed Fischer 9th in Men’s Olympic Marathon Trials”
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US Olympic Marathon Trials: Women Qualifiers with Minnesota Connections
January 1, 2024 To run in the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials women’s division in Orlando, Florida on February 3rd, a time of 2:37:00 (or 1:12 in the half-marathon) or faster must have been recorded in the past two years (one year for the half-marathon) in a certified race. A total of 173 women haveContinue reading “US Olympic Marathon Trials: Women Qualifiers with Minnesota Connections”
MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL STATE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ACHIEVED FAME IN OTHER SPORTS AND CAREERS, PART 2 of 3
Speed and strength are vital in a number of sports, and coaches of many sports encourage athletes to participate in track and field to improve those aspects of an athlete’s development. Thank you to Bruce Mortenson for the suggesting Gale Gillingham (pictured below) of Little Falls, Minnesota state champion in the discus in 1962 (BruceContinue reading “MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL STATE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ACHIEVED FAME IN OTHER SPORTS AND CAREERS, PART 2 of 3”
LESSER-KNOWN MINNESOTA ATHLETES, BIG-TIME ACHIEVEMENTS, Part 1 of 5
Thanks to Patrick D. Lanin for submitting the suggestion of researching and writing about this athlete. Tony Lynch of International Falls, 1962 HS graduate, 1966 Harvard graduate, two degrees from Columbia University Obviously an intelligent man, Tony won five individual state titles in track, the 120-yard high hurdles in 1960-62 and the 180-yard low hurdlesContinue reading “LESSER-KNOWN MINNESOTA ATHLETES, BIG-TIME ACHIEVEMENTS, Part 1 of 5”
Final Installment of Fall Sports Series
The running community has been celebrating the past two days! Today, Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman to capture the New York City Marathon in four decades. Carrie Tollefson was one of the broadcast announcers expressing her pride in the elite runner. Minnesota distance running has a rich history in the state and yesterdayContinue reading “Final Installment of Fall Sports Series”
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