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Jack's Run
Jack's Run Another Successful Year
10/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 22, 2011
On a cool crisp fall Saturday afternoon, the University of Minnesota women's cross country team hosted the annual Jack's Run. The Jack's Run is held every year in honor of the late Jack Johnson who passed away in 2006. Proceeds of the race were divided between the Jack Johnson Endowed Scholarship, the Angel Foundation of Minnesota and the Tesfa Foundation. The 6-kilometer run was open to the public and over 100 runners participated from all ages and no team score was kept.
The Gophers rested their top runners that will be competing next weekend at the Big Ten Championships, in Champaign, Ill.
Junior Andrea Rediger led all Minnesota runners after finishing in 22:00.74. The Rockford, Ill., was clicking on all cylinders from the beginning and never looked back. Sophomore Rachel Drake was next in line behind Rediger after she clocked in at 22:17.42.
Next in order for the Gophers were Annie Talajkowski (22:35.20), Jamie Vandenberg (22:42.56), Paige Orcutt (22:47.15), Claire Rindo (22:55.07), Stephanie Solfelt (23:10.54), Kait Mincke (23:12.03), Jessica Schmidt (23:13.11) and Chelsea Pettit (23:16.29) rounded out Minnesota's top 10 finishers.
Next up for the Gophers is the 2011 Big Ten Championships next Sunday October 30. The race is scheduled to start at 10:45 a.m.
NOTE: Tomorrow afternoon the fourth annual Breathe Easy 5K for Cystic Fibrosis will be taking place. The event is hosted by the Minnesota Athletic Department and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C). Proceeds from the race will go towards cystic fibrosis research.
Who: Athletic Department and Student Athlete Advisory Committee
What: The fourth annual breathe easy 5k for cystic fibrosis to raise money for cystic fibrosis research. There will be improvements and a larger turnout this year. People can make signs before the race in memory/honor of someone (with CF), there will be free food provided, handouts, t-shirts, the marching band, an MC, and booths set up for local companies during the day.
When: Sunday October 23rd
Where: Begins at Coffman. Course is on campus
Why: Started by Ben Wegemer, a student athlete at the U, four years ago because he wanted to raise money for this cause since his bro has CF. Also, Sarah Studer, a Carlson Student, died of CF last spring.
Contact info/registration: http://z.umn.edu/cf5k
Megan Smith, smit4267@umn.edu, 612-868-0990
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