Nick Golebiowski RUNNING THE 2019 GARRY BJORKLUND HALF-MARATHON WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE

Born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, young Nick Golebiowski laughingly says about a well-regarded decade (2007-2015 ) corps of Minnesota distance high school runners, “Starting with Mason Ferlic, we like to think of ourselves as the Golden Age of Class A runners.” There is a lot of truth in the statement, though. During Nick’s

MINNESOTA ATHLETES AT THE US OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS

Minnesota has a rich heritage in long-distance running with many state athletes competing on the world stage. People sometimes forget that qualifying for an Olympics Trials is a tremendous achievement that involves running thousands–probably tens of thousands in many cases–of miles, overcoming injuries, perseverance, and time management and balancing life for years. University of Minnesota

Similarities Abound for Gopher Teams at Big 10 Cross Country Championships: Madeline Strandemo; Bethany Hasz, Megan Hasz, Alexandria; Matthew Thomas Welch, Proctor; Charlie Lawrence, Foley

The Gopher teams matched each other in many ways at today’s Big 10 Championships at the Les Bolstad Golf Course on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota: both teams placed 4th, each team had three runners place in the top 20, the teams were predominantly composed of Minnesota athletes, and none of