University of Minnesota Athletics
Strandemo Studies in Chinese Flagship Program
7/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
July 28, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS - Gopher women's cross country and track & field student-athlete Madeline Strandemo discusses her experience in the University of Minnesota's Chinese Flagship program. A Marketing and Chinese major, Strandemo is studying in the College of Liberal Arts while competing for the Maroon & Gold in both cross country and track & field.
Strandemo is entering her redshirt sophomore season with the Gopher cross country and track & field teams this season. As a redshirt freshman in 2014, Strandemo was named an alternate for the Big Ten Championships, NCAA Midwest Regional and NCAA Championships during the cross country season after running a career-best 22:10.1 at Jack's Run. She was also named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
On the track in 2015, Strandemo made her Big Ten Championships debut, placing 19th in the mile indoors (5:00.27) and placing 25th in the 1,500m outdoors (4:43.84). She also ran the 3,000m indoors and the 800m and the 3,000m steeplechase outdoors.
Stay tuned to GopherSports.com to learn more about Standemo's experience studying abroad in Taiwan at the International Chinese Language Program (ICLP) at National Taiwan University this summer.
About the Chinese Flagship Program
Located in the heart of the Twin Cities, the Chinese Flagship program at the University of Minnesota trains the nation's most qualified undergraduate students from diverse disciplines to achieve superior-level Mandarin Chinese proficiency and promotes their success as global professionals.
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