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Gophers Set for Trip to Iowa
1/17/2019 8:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Minnesota travels to Iowa City, Iowa to compete at the Hawkeyes' Larry Wieczorek Invitational this Friday and Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Golden Gopher track & field team is set to compete at two meets again this week, with members of the team traveling to the University of Iowa Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Friday, and Saturday, while those not traveling with compete locally at the UST Invite on Friday.
About the Larry Wieczorek Invitational
The University of Iowa is set to host the 2019 Larry Wieczorek Invitational at the Hawkeye Indoor Track in Iowa City, Iowa. Friday's action begins at 2p.m. CT while day two gets underway at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday. Participating teams include Arizona, Baylor, Illinois, host Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Missouri, Purdue, and Wisconsin.
About the UST Invite
The University of St. Thomas hosts the UST Invite this Friday beginning at 3:30 p.m. CT at the Anderson Athletic Complex in St. Paul, Minn.
Last Time Out: Gophers Open with Graduate Classic
Minnesota closed out Nebraska's Graduate Classic with 13 event titles last weekend. The Gophers earned five men's titles and eight women's titles in the team's 2019 debut. Elliott Davis (400m), Ben Psicihulis (600m), Obsa Ali (mile), Evan Ferlic (3,000m), and Kieran McKeag (weight throw) led the men with titles while Amira Young (60m, 200m), Rachel Schow (60m hurdles), Meleah Biermaier (600m), Kelli Schmidt (800m), Lindsey Greenlund (mile), Kiley Sabin (shot put), and Schow, Biermaier, Erin Huls, and Sophia Anderson (4x400m relay) led the women at the Graduate Classic with event titles.
Gopher Women Welcome Newcomers
Seventeen true freshmen join the Gopher women this season in Nicole Buchinger, Libby Halbmaier, Lauren Hansen, Elena Hayday, Julia Hayes, Hannah Hood-Blaxill, Taylor Krone, Becca Langer, Hannah Morris, Molly Reeves, Lexi Romero, Tasha Schaffer, Emily Stendel, Kayla Vogt, Courtney West, Natalie Windels, and Amira Young. Transfers Monique Felix, a multi-event athlete from Marquette University, and Candesha Scott, a thrower from Central Arizona College, also join the Gophers for 2019.
Meanwhile, 11 redshirt freshmen are set to make their track & field debuts for the Maroon & Gold this season: Sam Baer, Erin Dunning, Allison Gerads, Tess Keyzers, Bit Klecker, Anastasia Korzenowski, Hailey Poole, Molly Roach, Sophie Schmitz, Tate Sweeney, and Jaycie Thomsen. In addition, Maria Eastman and Olivia Hummel will make their Gopher debuts after competing unattached last season.
Gophers Name Captains
Matthew Rosen, Teddy Frid, Jackson Wellenstein, Jonathan Tharaldsen, Evan Ferlic, Temi Ogunrinde, Kiley Sabin, Rachel Schow, and Patty O'Brien will lead the Gophers as captains this season. Ogunrinde returns to the team's leadership corps after serving as a captain last season while O'Brien and Ferlic continue their captaincy after leading the Gopher cross country squad this fall.
2019 Indoor Schedule Highlights
The team's indoor schedule includes 13 meets with 11 regular-season meets. Highlighting the indoor slate are three weeks of home meets, including the Minnesota Open (Jan. 12), the Jack Johnson Classic (Jan. 25-26), and the Snowshoe Open (Feb. 15) and the Parents Day Invite (Feb. 16). The Gophers are scheduled to compete in up to six different states during the indoor season in South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, and Alabama.
2019 Outdoor Schedule Highlights
Highlighting the outdoor slate are three meets at the new University of Minnesota Track and Field Stadium, which provides the Gophers the opportunity to compete outdoors on campus for the first time in over 15 years. The Gophers' three home outdoor meets are the Minnesota Spring Open (April 13), the Minnesota Women's Twilight Meet (April 24), and the Minnesota Men's Twilight Meet (May 1). In total, the outdoor season includes 10 weeks of competition, and the Gophers will compete in Florida, California, Minnesota, Arizona, North Carolina, Iowa, Louisiana, Iowa, and Texas.
Gophers Celebrate Track & Field Stadium Grand Opening
The University of Minnesota and Gopher Athletics celebrated a new era of track & 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.
Gopher Women Add Eight for 2019-20
Director of track & field and cross country Matt Bingle has announced the addition of eight incoming Gophers who will join the Maroon & Gold for the 2019-20 season. The newest class of Gophers includes Lexy Berger, Devia Brown, McKenzie Duwenhoegger, Camryn Huggans, Janielle Josephs, Grace Kowalkowski, Taylor Kreitinger, and Akilah Lewis. The class include three throwers, two pole vaulters, two sprinters, and one mid-distance runner.
2018 Cross Country Season Rewind
The Gopher women wrapped up the 2018 season with a 29th-place finish at the NCAA Championship after placing third at the NCAA Midwest Regional and coming in sixth at the Big Ten Championship. Bethany Hasz and Megan Hasz led the Gophers as NCAA All-Midwest Region and All-Big Ten Conference honorees, and B. Hasz's 49th-place individual finish at the national meet was the highest by a Gopher since Liz Berkholtz placed 44th in 2015. Fifteen Gophers recorded 6K PRs during the 2018 season.
Program Records Fall
The Gopher women set three new indoor program records last season: 3,000m (Bethany Hasz, 9:13.95), long jump (Ayesha Champagnie, 6.56m, 21-06.25), and weight throw (Kaitlyn Long, 24.37m, 79-11.50). Outdoors, the Gophers broke 10 program records: Titania Markland (400m, 51.40), Bethany Hasz (5,000m, 15:59.46), Emma Spagnola (100m hurdles, 12.97; 400m hurdles, 56.51), Madeline Strandemo (3,000m steeplechase, 9:51.49), Rachel Schow, Titania Markland, Emma Spagnola, and Emerald Egwim (4x100m relay, 44.22), Emerald Egwim, Rachel Schow, Titania Markland, and Val Larson (4x400m relay, 3:32.25), Kiley Sabin (shot put, 16.89m), Agnes Esser (discus, 57.98m), and Temi Ogunrinde (hammer throw, 67.45m).
Up Next: Jack Johnson Classic
The Gophers return home to the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse to host the Jack Johnson Classic next Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26.
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About the Larry Wieczorek Invitational
The University of Iowa is set to host the 2019 Larry Wieczorek Invitational at the Hawkeye Indoor Track in Iowa City, Iowa. Friday's action begins at 2p.m. CT while day two gets underway at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday. Participating teams include Arizona, Baylor, Illinois, host Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Missouri, Purdue, and Wisconsin.
About the UST Invite
The University of St. Thomas hosts the UST Invite this Friday beginning at 3:30 p.m. CT at the Anderson Athletic Complex in St. Paul, Minn.
Last Time Out: Gophers Open with Graduate Classic
Minnesota closed out Nebraska's Graduate Classic with 13 event titles last weekend. The Gophers earned five men's titles and eight women's titles in the team's 2019 debut. Elliott Davis (400m), Ben Psicihulis (600m), Obsa Ali (mile), Evan Ferlic (3,000m), and Kieran McKeag (weight throw) led the men with titles while Amira Young (60m, 200m), Rachel Schow (60m hurdles), Meleah Biermaier (600m), Kelli Schmidt (800m), Lindsey Greenlund (mile), Kiley Sabin (shot put), and Schow, Biermaier, Erin Huls, and Sophia Anderson (4x400m relay) led the women at the Graduate Classic with event titles.
Gopher Women Welcome Newcomers
Seventeen true freshmen join the Gopher women this season in Nicole Buchinger, Libby Halbmaier, Lauren Hansen, Elena Hayday, Julia Hayes, Hannah Hood-Blaxill, Taylor Krone, Becca Langer, Hannah Morris, Molly Reeves, Lexi Romero, Tasha Schaffer, Emily Stendel, Kayla Vogt, Courtney West, Natalie Windels, and Amira Young. Transfers Monique Felix, a multi-event athlete from Marquette University, and Candesha Scott, a thrower from Central Arizona College, also join the Gophers for 2019.
Meanwhile, 11 redshirt freshmen are set to make their track & field debuts for the Maroon & Gold this season: Sam Baer, Erin Dunning, Allison Gerads, Tess Keyzers, Bit Klecker, Anastasia Korzenowski, Hailey Poole, Molly Roach, Sophie Schmitz, Tate Sweeney, and Jaycie Thomsen. In addition, Maria Eastman and Olivia Hummel will make their Gopher debuts after competing unattached last season.
Gophers Name Captains
Matthew Rosen, Teddy Frid, Jackson Wellenstein, Jonathan Tharaldsen, Evan Ferlic, Temi Ogunrinde, Kiley Sabin, Rachel Schow, and Patty O'Brien will lead the Gophers as captains this season. Ogunrinde returns to the team's leadership corps after serving as a captain last season while O'Brien and Ferlic continue their captaincy after leading the Gopher cross country squad this fall.
2019 Indoor Schedule Highlights
The team's indoor schedule includes 13 meets with 11 regular-season meets. Highlighting the indoor slate are three weeks of home meets, including the Minnesota Open (Jan. 12), the Jack Johnson Classic (Jan. 25-26), and the Snowshoe Open (Feb. 15) and the Parents Day Invite (Feb. 16). The Gophers are scheduled to compete in up to six different states during the indoor season in South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, and Alabama.
2019 Outdoor Schedule Highlights
Highlighting the outdoor slate are three meets at the new University of Minnesota Track and Field Stadium, which provides the Gophers the opportunity to compete outdoors on campus for the first time in over 15 years. The Gophers' three home outdoor meets are the Minnesota Spring Open (April 13), the Minnesota Women's Twilight Meet (April 24), and the Minnesota Men's Twilight Meet (May 1). In total, the outdoor season includes 10 weeks of competition, and the Gophers will compete in Florida, California, Minnesota, Arizona, North Carolina, Iowa, Louisiana, Iowa, and Texas.
Gophers Celebrate Track & Field Stadium Grand Opening
The University of Minnesota and Gopher Athletics celebrated a new era of track & 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.
Gopher Women Add Eight for 2019-20
Director of track & field and cross country Matt Bingle has announced the addition of eight incoming Gophers who will join the Maroon & Gold for the 2019-20 season. The newest class of Gophers includes Lexy Berger, Devia Brown, McKenzie Duwenhoegger, Camryn Huggans, Janielle Josephs, Grace Kowalkowski, Taylor Kreitinger, and Akilah Lewis. The class include three throwers, two pole vaulters, two sprinters, and one mid-distance runner.
2018 Cross Country Season Rewind
The Gopher women wrapped up the 2018 season with a 29th-place finish at the NCAA Championship after placing third at the NCAA Midwest Regional and coming in sixth at the Big Ten Championship. Bethany Hasz and Megan Hasz led the Gophers as NCAA All-Midwest Region and All-Big Ten Conference honorees, and B. Hasz's 49th-place individual finish at the national meet was the highest by a Gopher since Liz Berkholtz placed 44th in 2015. Fifteen Gophers recorded 6K PRs during the 2018 season.
Program Records Fall
The Gopher women set three new indoor program records last season: 3,000m (Bethany Hasz, 9:13.95), long jump (Ayesha Champagnie, 6.56m, 21-06.25), and weight throw (Kaitlyn Long, 24.37m, 79-11.50). Outdoors, the Gophers broke 10 program records: Titania Markland (400m, 51.40), Bethany Hasz (5,000m, 15:59.46), Emma Spagnola (100m hurdles, 12.97; 400m hurdles, 56.51), Madeline Strandemo (3,000m steeplechase, 9:51.49), Rachel Schow, Titania Markland, Emma Spagnola, and Emerald Egwim (4x100m relay, 44.22), Emerald Egwim, Rachel Schow, Titania Markland, and Val Larson (4x400m relay, 3:32.25), Kiley Sabin (shot put, 16.89m), Agnes Esser (discus, 57.98m), and Temi Ogunrinde (hammer throw, 67.45m).
Up Next: Jack Johnson Classic
The Gophers return home to the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse to host the Jack Johnson Classic next Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26.
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