PEG BRENDEN: HISTORIC ROLE IN MINNESOTA WOMEN’S ATHLETICS—THE STATUS QUO SOMETIMES NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED

January 11, 2022   In 1971, Peg Brenden, an athletic tennis player from St. Cloud, wrote a letter to the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union (MCLU) with the encouragement of her sister, Sandy, and her boyfriend at the time (now husband), Jim.  Peg had been disappointed that she was not allowed to compete on the St.

DAVE LYNDGAARD: SURROUNDED BY INSPIRATION

January 24, 2023 A brother, family support, a coach, teammates at New Richland-Hartland High School and St. John’s University in Collegeville, the campuses and students at Saint John’s and Saint Ben’s, runners coached, colleagues in administration, and a person who was both a teammate and runner he coached who had a historic impact on athletics