University of Minnesota Athletics

Gophers Meet Masters Champion Zach Johnson

5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

The jacket wasn’t green, but instead a hue of Drake blue. Still, 2007 Masters Tournament champion Zach Johnson received plenty of attention when he visited Drake Stadium, the site of the NCAA Midwest Region Track & Field Championships on Thursday. A few Golden Gopher women’s tracksters took the opportunity to grab a photo with Iowa’s newest sports celebrity.

Johnson, a Drake graduate, was in Des Moines for a ceremony honoring today as “Zach Johnson Day, in the state of Iowa. A ceremony was held in his honor at the State Capitol.

Posing with Johnson from left to right: Gabriele Anderson, Kallie Suske (volunteer student coach), Julie Schwengler, Christin Kingsley, Ayla Mitchell and Heather Dorniden.

The Gophers begin competition at the Midwest Region meet on Friday.

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