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No. 23 Gophers to Host Rocky's Run
10/31/2018 11:18:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Join the Golden Gophers for an open 6K race at Les Bolstad Course this Sunday morning.
MINNEAPOLIS – The No. 23 Minnesota women's cross country team wraps up the regular season by hosting Rocky's Run at Les Bolstad Course this Sunday. The open 6K race begins at 10:30 a.m. CT. The race is open to the public with a registration fee of $10 and online registration is available now.
About Rocky's Run
Rocky's Run was founded in 1981 to honor former Gopher runner Rochelle "Rocky" Racette, who died in a car accident that fall at the age of 22. While at the University of Minnesota, Racette was an All-American in track & field and cross country and champion of the Big Ten and Drake Relays 5,000-meter titles. The annual race is staged by the many members of the running community who knew and loved her. Racette's legacy lives on through the memory of those who knew her, and through Rocky's Run and the scholarship for which it raises money.
2017 Rocky's Run Rewind
The 2017 running of Rocky's Run saw Sarah Werking, Molly Eastman, and Carissa Dock finish as the top-three attached Gophers while Jaycie Thomsen, Sophie Schmitz, and Tate Sweeney also finished among the top-20 overall finishers while racing unattached. Thomsen placed eighth overall as the top female finisher in the open 6K race, clocking a time of 22:58.5. Schmitz came in 12th overall as the third female in 23:41.5 followed by Sweeney in 23:52.3 for 14th overall as the fourth female. Werking led the attached Gophers, placing fifth among female finishers in 15th overall (23:56.6), followed by Eastman in 16th (24:03.3). Dock rounded out the top three attached Gophers in 20th overall as the seventh female in 24:06.0.
Last Time Out: Big Ten Championship
Bethany Hasz placed fifth and Megan Hasz took 12th to lead the No. 21 Golden Gopher women's cross country team with All-Big Ten performances at the 2018 Big Ten Cross Country Championship. B. Hasz posted a career-best 6K time of 20:14.1, and her fifth-place finish was the highest B1G finish of her career after she placed 10th a year ago and was 20th as a freshman in 2016. Earning an All-Big Ten First Team nod for the first time in her collegiate cross country career, B. Hasz also moved into fourth on Minnesota's all-time 6K performers list with her PR. Meanwhile, M. Hasz clocked a season-best time of 20:30.5 to finish 12th overall and earn her third All-Big Ten cross country award of her career with a place on this year's second team.
In the team race, Minnesota scored 167 points for a sixth-place finish. Patty O'Brien finished 48th overall and 45th in the team race, marking the best B1G finish of her career with a time of 21:31.5. Abby Kohut-Jackson was Minnesota's fourth runner in a season-best 21:39.9 for 54th overall followed by Molly Eastman in 21:49.1 for 59th place overall. Anastasia Korzenowski placed 62nd overall with a time of 21:55.0 in her B1G debut, coming in as the sixth Gopher, while Jaycie Thomsen (22:06.8) and Olivia Hummel (22:11.9) also made their Big Ten debuts in 71st place and 75th place, respectively.
Gophers Slip to No. 23 in USTFCCCA Poll
The Gophers dropped two places to No. 23 in the nation according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country Week Six National Coaches' Poll. The Big Ten Conference still has six teams ranked among the nation's top 30 in No. 7 Michigan, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 11 Wisconsin (tied), No. 13 Penn State, No. 14 Indiana, and No. 23 Minnesota (tied). Northwestern received one vote this week as well. Iowa State remains the top team in the Midwest Region, followed by Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Kansas. The week seven national poll is set to be released following NCAA regional competition on Monday, Nov. 12.
Gophers Make Debuts
Gophers Maria Eastman and Olivia Hummel made their debuts for the Maroon & Gold this season, and redshirt freshmen Bit Klecker, Anastasia Korzenowski, Molly Roach, Sophie Schmitz, Tate Sweeney, and Jaycie Thomsen have all competed in uniform for the first time in their careers. Gopher rookies Libby Halbmaier, Elena Hayday, Taylor Krone, Becca Langer, and Courtney West have all raced unattached as well.
Gophers Celebrate Track & Field Stadium Grand Opening
The University of Minnesota and Gopher Athletics celebrated a new era of track and field with the grand opening of the University of Minnesota Track and Field Stadium on Monday, Sept. 17. Located in the heart of the new Athletes Village area, this facility will become synonymous with track & field excellence in the Midwest. It will not only provide a first-class experience for the Gophers, but it will also provide a wonderful venue for the state's largest amateur meets and a Minnesota option for USA Track & Field to place its marquee events in the Upper Midwest.
The University of Minnesota Track and Field Stadium gives Minnesota its first opportunity in more than 15 years to host home outdoor meets, including Big Ten and NCAA competition. The facility features a nine-lane track with the Beynon 2000 surface, full-field event hosting capabilities, versatile configuration, fully enclosed, heated warm-up and cool down areas, and grandstands with the capacity to host major competitions.
Who is Back?
The Gophers return four of their seven runners from the 2017 NCAA Championship in Megan Hasz, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Bethany Hasz, and Elyse Prescott along with alternates Patty O'Brien and Zetta Mason. Bethany Hasz and Megan Hasz return after earning NCAA all-region and All-Big Ten honors last season.
Who is New?
Five rookies joined the Gophers this season in Libby Halbmaier (Minnetonka, Minn.), Elena Hayday (Bloomington, Minn.), Taylor Krone (Anoka, Minn.), Becca Langer (Waukesha, Wis.), and Courtney West (Dodge Center, Minn.). Junior Maria Berg (New Prague, Minn.) is another newcomer for the Maroon & Gold after she transferred to the University of Minnesota after competing for Minnesota Duluth in both cross country and track & field as a freshman during the 2016-17 season and competing in cross country during the 2017 season.
Seven redshirt freshmen made their debuts racing in uniform for the Gophers after competing unattached last fall: Sam Baer (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Bit Klecker (Hopkins, Minn.), Anastasia Korzenowski (Chanhassen, Minn.), Molly Roach (Bloomington, Minn.), Sophie Schmitz (Willmar, Minn.), Tate Sweeney (Edina, Minn.), and Jaycie Thomsen (Maple Grove, Minn.). Redshirt sophomores Kayla Baker (Cloquet, Minn.), Maria Eastman (Victoria Minn.), and Olivia Hummel (Woodbury, Minn.) also made their debuts for the Maroon & Gold this fall.
Six Gophers Serving as Captains
Molly Eastman, Abby Lange, Patty O'Brien, Paige Peschel, Elyse Prescott, and Kelsey Sather are leading the Gophers as captains this fall. O'Brien and Peschel return to Minnesota's leadership group as fifth-year seniors and second-year captains joined by fellow fifth-year senior Eastman. Lange and Sather are both redshirt juniors for the Gophers, and Prescott rounds out Minnesota's six captains as she enters her junior season.
Home Meets
Minnesota hosts six home meets at Les Bolstad Course this fall: Intrasquad 5K (Aug. 31), Oz Memorial Run (Sept. 7), 33rd annual Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 29), Jack's Twilight Run (Oct. 19), and Rocky's Run (Nov. 4).
Up Next: NCAA Midwest Regional
Championship season continues for the Gophers when the team travels to Peoria, Ill., for the NCAA Midwest Regional next Friday, Nov. 9.
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About Rocky's Run
Rocky's Run was founded in 1981 to honor former Gopher runner Rochelle "Rocky" Racette, who died in a car accident that fall at the age of 22. While at the University of Minnesota, Racette was an All-American in track & field and cross country and champion of the Big Ten and Drake Relays 5,000-meter titles. The annual race is staged by the many members of the running community who knew and loved her. Racette's legacy lives on through the memory of those who knew her, and through Rocky's Run and the scholarship for which it raises money.
2017 Rocky's Run Rewind
The 2017 running of Rocky's Run saw Sarah Werking, Molly Eastman, and Carissa Dock finish as the top-three attached Gophers while Jaycie Thomsen, Sophie Schmitz, and Tate Sweeney also finished among the top-20 overall finishers while racing unattached. Thomsen placed eighth overall as the top female finisher in the open 6K race, clocking a time of 22:58.5. Schmitz came in 12th overall as the third female in 23:41.5 followed by Sweeney in 23:52.3 for 14th overall as the fourth female. Werking led the attached Gophers, placing fifth among female finishers in 15th overall (23:56.6), followed by Eastman in 16th (24:03.3). Dock rounded out the top three attached Gophers in 20th overall as the seventh female in 24:06.0.
Last Time Out: Big Ten Championship
Bethany Hasz placed fifth and Megan Hasz took 12th to lead the No. 21 Golden Gopher women's cross country team with All-Big Ten performances at the 2018 Big Ten Cross Country Championship. B. Hasz posted a career-best 6K time of 20:14.1, and her fifth-place finish was the highest B1G finish of her career after she placed 10th a year ago and was 20th as a freshman in 2016. Earning an All-Big Ten First Team nod for the first time in her collegiate cross country career, B. Hasz also moved into fourth on Minnesota's all-time 6K performers list with her PR. Meanwhile, M. Hasz clocked a season-best time of 20:30.5 to finish 12th overall and earn her third All-Big Ten cross country award of her career with a place on this year's second team.
In the team race, Minnesota scored 167 points for a sixth-place finish. Patty O'Brien finished 48th overall and 45th in the team race, marking the best B1G finish of her career with a time of 21:31.5. Abby Kohut-Jackson was Minnesota's fourth runner in a season-best 21:39.9 for 54th overall followed by Molly Eastman in 21:49.1 for 59th place overall. Anastasia Korzenowski placed 62nd overall with a time of 21:55.0 in her B1G debut, coming in as the sixth Gopher, while Jaycie Thomsen (22:06.8) and Olivia Hummel (22:11.9) also made their Big Ten debuts in 71st place and 75th place, respectively.
Gophers Slip to No. 23 in USTFCCCA Poll
The Gophers dropped two places to No. 23 in the nation according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country Week Six National Coaches' Poll. The Big Ten Conference still has six teams ranked among the nation's top 30 in No. 7 Michigan, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 11 Wisconsin (tied), No. 13 Penn State, No. 14 Indiana, and No. 23 Minnesota (tied). Northwestern received one vote this week as well. Iowa State remains the top team in the Midwest Region, followed by Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Kansas. The week seven national poll is set to be released following NCAA regional competition on Monday, Nov. 12.
Gophers Make Debuts
Gophers Maria Eastman and Olivia Hummel made their debuts for the Maroon & Gold this season, and redshirt freshmen Bit Klecker, Anastasia Korzenowski, Molly Roach, Sophie Schmitz, Tate Sweeney, and Jaycie Thomsen have all competed in uniform for the first time in their careers. Gopher rookies Libby Halbmaier, Elena Hayday, Taylor Krone, Becca Langer, and Courtney West have all raced unattached as well.
Gophers Celebrate Track & Field Stadium Grand Opening
The University of Minnesota and Gopher Athletics celebrated a new era of track and field with the grand opening of the University of Minnesota Track and Field Stadium on Monday, Sept. 17. Located in the heart of the new Athletes Village area, this facility will become synonymous with track & field excellence in the Midwest. It will not only provide a first-class experience for the Gophers, but it will also provide a wonderful venue for the state's largest amateur meets and a Minnesota option for USA Track & Field to place its marquee events in the Upper Midwest.
The University of Minnesota Track and Field Stadium gives Minnesota its first opportunity in more than 15 years to host home outdoor meets, including Big Ten and NCAA competition. The facility features a nine-lane track with the Beynon 2000 surface, full-field event hosting capabilities, versatile configuration, fully enclosed, heated warm-up and cool down areas, and grandstands with the capacity to host major competitions.
Who is Back?
The Gophers return four of their seven runners from the 2017 NCAA Championship in Megan Hasz, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Bethany Hasz, and Elyse Prescott along with alternates Patty O'Brien and Zetta Mason. Bethany Hasz and Megan Hasz return after earning NCAA all-region and All-Big Ten honors last season.
Who is New?
Five rookies joined the Gophers this season in Libby Halbmaier (Minnetonka, Minn.), Elena Hayday (Bloomington, Minn.), Taylor Krone (Anoka, Minn.), Becca Langer (Waukesha, Wis.), and Courtney West (Dodge Center, Minn.). Junior Maria Berg (New Prague, Minn.) is another newcomer for the Maroon & Gold after she transferred to the University of Minnesota after competing for Minnesota Duluth in both cross country and track & field as a freshman during the 2016-17 season and competing in cross country during the 2017 season.
Seven redshirt freshmen made their debuts racing in uniform for the Gophers after competing unattached last fall: Sam Baer (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Bit Klecker (Hopkins, Minn.), Anastasia Korzenowski (Chanhassen, Minn.), Molly Roach (Bloomington, Minn.), Sophie Schmitz (Willmar, Minn.), Tate Sweeney (Edina, Minn.), and Jaycie Thomsen (Maple Grove, Minn.). Redshirt sophomores Kayla Baker (Cloquet, Minn.), Maria Eastman (Victoria Minn.), and Olivia Hummel (Woodbury, Minn.) also made their debuts for the Maroon & Gold this fall.
Six Gophers Serving as Captains
Molly Eastman, Abby Lange, Patty O'Brien, Paige Peschel, Elyse Prescott, and Kelsey Sather are leading the Gophers as captains this fall. O'Brien and Peschel return to Minnesota's leadership group as fifth-year seniors and second-year captains joined by fellow fifth-year senior Eastman. Lange and Sather are both redshirt juniors for the Gophers, and Prescott rounds out Minnesota's six captains as she enters her junior season.
Home Meets
Minnesota hosts six home meets at Les Bolstad Course this fall: Intrasquad 5K (Aug. 31), Oz Memorial Run (Sept. 7), 33rd annual Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 29), Jack's Twilight Run (Oct. 19), and Rocky's Run (Nov. 4).
Up Next: NCAA Midwest Regional
Championship season continues for the Gophers when the team travels to Peoria, Ill., for the NCAA Midwest Regional next Friday, Nov. 9.
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