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Two-Meet Week Kicks Off 2019
1/7/2019 5:29:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Minnesota will compete at the Graduate Classic hosted by Nebraska along with the Minnesota Open at home this week.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Golden Gopher track & field team is set to compete at two meets this week, the two-day Graduate Classic in Lincoln, Neb., this Friday and Saturday along with the Minnesota Open at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse this Saturday.
About the Nebraska Graduate Classic
The University of Nebraska is set to host the 2019 Graduate Classic at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb., this Friday and Saturday. Friday's competition begins at 4 p.m. CT with select field events and running events while Saturday's competition slate begins at noon. There will be no team scoring. Along with the Gophers, competing teams include host Nebraska, Nebraska-Omaha, Drake, Nebraska-Kearney, Northwest Missouri State, Missouri Western State, Fort Hays State, Concordia University, Nebraska Wesleyan, Washburn, Avila, Midland, Cloud County, Cowley, Garden City, and Iowa Western.
About the Minnesota Open
The Minnesota Open is this Saturday at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse. Action gets underway at 11 a.m. CT with the women's weight throw and men's and women's pole vault. Running events begin at 1 p.m. CT with the 60m hurdles prelims. Admission for the meet is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Children 10 and under are free. General parking will be available in the University Ave. Ramp and the Washington Ave. Ramp.
Last Time Out: Gophers Kick Off Indoor Season at SDSU
The Gophers won seven event titles at the SDSU Holiday Open in an early start to the season in December. Minnesota took home three individual event titles on the track and four in the field events.
Amira Young made her collegiate debut by winning the 200m in 24.70 seconds, and Kelli Schmidt ran a career-best time of 2:11.64 to win the 800m. Lorean Murray improved on her indoor career-best mark in triple jump, posting a winning mark of 12.06m (39-07.00), and Ashley Ramacher won the pentathlon with 3,456 points. Three Gophers won events while competing unattached as well: Kayla Vogt (600m), Nayoka Clunis (shot put), and Kaitlyn Long (weight throw).
Gophers Welcome Newcomers
Seventeen true freshmen join the Gophers 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
Temi Ogunrinde, Kiley Sabin, Rachel Schow, and Patty O'Brien are serving as the Gophers' captains this season. Ogunrinde returns to the team's leadership corps after serving as a captain last season while O'Brien continues her captaincy after leading the Gopher cross country squad this fall. Sabin and Schow enter their first season as captains.
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, beginning with the Minnesota Open on Saturday, Jan. 12. The Jack Johnson Classic is Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26, followed by 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.
Gophers Add Ten 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 Gophers 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 Gophers 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: Larry Wieczorek Invitational
Up next for the Gophers is the University of Iowa Larry Wieczorek Invitational next Friday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Jan. 19. Members of the team will also compete locally at the UST Invite on Friday, Jan. 18.
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About the Nebraska Graduate Classic
The University of Nebraska is set to host the 2019 Graduate Classic at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb., this Friday and Saturday. Friday's competition begins at 4 p.m. CT with select field events and running events while Saturday's competition slate begins at noon. There will be no team scoring. Along with the Gophers, competing teams include host Nebraska, Nebraska-Omaha, Drake, Nebraska-Kearney, Northwest Missouri State, Missouri Western State, Fort Hays State, Concordia University, Nebraska Wesleyan, Washburn, Avila, Midland, Cloud County, Cowley, Garden City, and Iowa Western.
About the Minnesota Open
The Minnesota Open is this Saturday at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse. Action gets underway at 11 a.m. CT with the women's weight throw and men's and women's pole vault. Running events begin at 1 p.m. CT with the 60m hurdles prelims. Admission for the meet is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Children 10 and under are free. General parking will be available in the University Ave. Ramp and the Washington Ave. Ramp.
Last Time Out: Gophers Kick Off Indoor Season at SDSU
The Gophers won seven event titles at the SDSU Holiday Open in an early start to the season in December. Minnesota took home three individual event titles on the track and four in the field events.
Amira Young made her collegiate debut by winning the 200m in 24.70 seconds, and Kelli Schmidt ran a career-best time of 2:11.64 to win the 800m. Lorean Murray improved on her indoor career-best mark in triple jump, posting a winning mark of 12.06m (39-07.00), and Ashley Ramacher won the pentathlon with 3,456 points. Three Gophers won events while competing unattached as well: Kayla Vogt (600m), Nayoka Clunis (shot put), and Kaitlyn Long (weight throw).
Gophers Welcome Newcomers
Seventeen true freshmen join the Gophers 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
Temi Ogunrinde, Kiley Sabin, Rachel Schow, and Patty O'Brien are serving as the Gophers' captains this season. Ogunrinde returns to the team's leadership corps after serving as a captain last season while O'Brien continues her captaincy after leading the Gopher cross country squad this fall. Sabin and Schow enter their first season as captains.
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, beginning with the Minnesota Open on Saturday, Jan. 12. The Jack Johnson Classic is Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26, followed by 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.
Gophers Add Ten 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 Gophers 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 Gophers 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: Larry Wieczorek Invitational
Up next for the Gophers is the University of Iowa Larry Wieczorek Invitational next Friday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Jan. 19. Members of the team will also compete locally at the UST Invite on Friday, Jan. 18.
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