March 29, 20234 2022 Minnesota state cross country champion Aidan Jones of Minneapolis Washburn and 2021 runner-up Noah Breker of Robbinsdale Armstrong competed at the U20 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, earlier today in a meet dominated by Kenyan and Ethiopian distance runners. Noah, a two-time state track champion in the 3200-meter run,Continue reading “TWO MINNESOTA RUNNERS COMPETE IN U 20 WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS”
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JOHN LONG: TWO-TIME BADGER CROSS COUNTRY CAPTAIN NOW OWNS RUNNING STORE STARTED BY STEVE HOAG
February 26, 2022 Genetics may have a lot to do with the running success of John Long, but it was a BMX accident that got him started in the sport. The son of an Irish immigrant who won the 1957 Guinness Mile in a time of 4:04 against a stacked field, John was bornContinue reading “JOHN LONG: TWO-TIME BADGER CROSS COUNTRY CAPTAIN NOW OWNS RUNNING STORE STARTED BY STEVE HOAG”
ALICIA RUE PIERSKALLA: JUNIOR PAN AM POLE VAULT GOLD MEDALIST FELT THE CULTURE OF TRACK AND FIELD IN SÃO PAULO
April 18, 2023 “I wanted to copy everything my older sister, Jennifer, did,” says Alicia Rue Pierskalla while recounting her start in athletics, “and she was in gymnastics. I started at age two or three.” The younger daughter of Mark and Maureen Rue of Plymouth, a western suburb of Minneapolis, Alicia admits to having aContinue reading “ALICIA RUE PIERSKALLA: JUNIOR PAN AM POLE VAULT GOLD MEDALIST FELT THE CULTURE OF TRACK AND FIELD IN SÃO PAULO”
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