AMANDA ANDERSON SCHOENING: ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL THROWER PROMOTES MANY PURPOSES OF SPORT AS COACH AT ALMA MATER

October 17, 2023 Located 40 miles north of Minneapolis, St. Francis is a city of 8,000 residents straddling Anoka and Isanti Counties on the Rum River.   As the hometown of 2016 rhythmic gymnastics Olympian Kiana Eide, Olympic Trials marathon qualifier Dakotah Lindwurm (Bullen), and 7-time state champion and 2023 national champion shot putter Maggie Ewen,

PAYTON OTTERDAHL: 2020 OLYMPIC SHOT PUTTER FROM ROSEMOUNT HAS A MENAGERIE OF PETS

As a kid, Payton Otterdahl reveled in walking along streams or Lake Superior on the North Shore by the family cabin near Schroeder (about 80 miles north of Duluth), Minnesota.  “I’d spend my entire time flipping over rocks and catching salamanders, snakes, and other critters,” says the 2020 Olympic Trials shot put bronze medalist.  The

MINNESOTA MOMENTS

Minnesota athletes had some memorable moments on Friday, June 18, 2021 . . . Joe Fabe Klecker, son of Barney Klecker and Janis Klecker, two fabled state distance runners, placed 3rd in the 10,000-meter run to earn a spot on the US Olympic team–and he already has achieved the Olympic qualifying standard at the distance.

MINNESOTA ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS

Minnesota athletes continue to compete at the Olympic Trials in swimming and as the track and field competition begins today in Eugene, Oregon. In swimming, Regan Smith (Lakeville) has qualified for 2 events, the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter butterfly, with her best event, the 200-meter backstroke still to be decided. The low-key, levelheaded swimming star

DRAKE BLUE OVAL SHOWCASE: MINNESOTA ATHLETE RESULTS

Three Minnesota athletes competed in the road mile race, two finishing 9th. Running with the leaders the entire race, Joe Fabe Klecker (Hopkins) ran to a 3rd place finish in the men’s division, clocking a time of 3:59. The recent University of Colorado graduate becomes another Minnesota athlete running a sub-4-minute mile. Placing 9th in

MINNESOTA’S ELITE BACKSTROKERS; MINNESOTA ATHLETES ON THE DIAMOND; AND USA TRACK & FIELD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Remarkable high school athletes Regan Smith (Lakeville) and Isabelle Stadden (Blaine; daughter of Jodi Stadden) continue to impress at the national level and finished 1-2 in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, Tennessee last month. Isabelle also finished 6th in the finals in the 100-meter backstroke while Regan claimed