HEADING TO EUGENE, OREGON

June 18, 2024 Please follow the US Olympic Track & Field Trials’ postings on Facebook and http://www.mnathletes.com, a website dedicated to featuring Minnesota athletes in a variety of sports and wide range of eras. A brother and I will be at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, for the majority of the event. While in

GOPHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Readers may remember (or can scroll down and read) an article about the miraculous recoveries and courage of former Gopher baseball player and San Diego Padres coach Mark Merila. His son, Boston (St. Michael-Albertville), is now on the roster of the Gophers. Here’s a link to a recent article featuring more about him> https://gophersports.com/…/baseball-rounding-the-bases… Bethany

ON THE TRACK, ON THE MAT, ON THE JOURNEY

The Minnesota State High School League track and field meet is in the record books. Relay teams from Alexandria and Hopkins are particularly notable. Congratulations to MaeLea Harmon (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown), champion in the girls’ 100-meter Class A dash and Emma Roethler (Northfield), daughter of Travis Roethler and Michelle Haugen Roethler, who placed in Class AA discus

Bits of Sports News; Lots of Griak

Emily Shilson (Maple Grove), daughter of Margaret and Chad Shilson, qualified in wrestling for the Youth Olympics in Argentina in October. Emily has previously qualified for the state boys’ wrestling tournament the past two years and was recently crowned Cadet World Champion at 43 kilograms. Lots of Minnesota representation: Tori Dixon (Burnsville), Hannah and Paige

M Club Induction, Fall Sports Start

On Thursday, September 13th, eight Gopher athletes were inducted into the prestigious M Club at the University of Minnesota. Heather Kampf (Rosemount High School), a middle distance star and the first U of M female track athlete to be a national champion (2006, indoors 800-meters); Damion Hahn, a two-time national champion wrestler; fleet running back

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

Roy Griak Invitational: Women’s Gold Division

Ranked 25th in the country, the U of M women’s cross country team matched the men’s team by placing 9th in the competitive and challenging Roy Griak Invitational at Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul on Saturday. True freshman Bethany Hasz (Alexandria) was the first Gopher runner to cross the line as she finished

Fall Sports Action has Sprung into Action at the University of Minnesota (U of M)

My brother Jim Mader and I witnessed the victory vs Oregon State on Thursday night. Minnesota athltes starting on the offensive side of the ball for the football team are Jonah Pirsig (Blue Earth, OL) and Mitch Leidner (Lakeville, QB). On defense, Andrew Steltner (Owatonna, DL) and Adekunle Ayinde (Blaine, CB) have claimed starting positions.