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Gophers Start 2024 Slate with Meets at Houston, St. Thomas
1/11/2024 10:54:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
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Both meets will be contested on Friday, Jan. 12.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Golden Gophers track and field team returns to action on Friday, Jan. 12, at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational and at the Tommie Invitational. The indoor meet will be the first road test for the program this season after the team kicked off the season last month at the M City Classic at home.
About the 2024 Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational
The meet on Friday is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. with the women's high jump with the running events starting at 12 p.m. with the women's 60m semifinals. The meet will operate on a rolling schedule and will conclude with the women's and men's 4x400m relay at a projected finish at 5:40 p.m. The meet will be available to watch on Houston's website (uhcougars.com) via Cougars All-Access with live results available via Athletic LIVE.
About the 2024 Tommie Invitational
Friday's meet in St. Paul at St. Thomas is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with the women's weight throw with the events on the track starting at 4:30 p.m. with the men's 60m hurdles semifinals. The meet will conclude at 8:05 p.m. with the men's 4x400m relay. The meet is scheduled to be streamed live on Midco Plus, with a subscription required with live results available via Athletic LIVE.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Minnesota women's track and field team competed at the M City Classic back in December with 10 different event victories coming from that meet. Minnesota saw three program top-10 marks go down with redshirt freshman Annie Nabwe registering two of those in the shot put and weight throw. Brooke Jaworski posted the sixth-fastest 600m time in her Minnesota debut after transfering from Texas, edging teammate Abigail Schaffee to win. Shelby Frank, the 2023 NCAA runner-up in the weight throw proved that she is back for more in 2023-24, posting a mark of 21.52m (70-7 1/4) to win the event in Minneapolis, which still stands as the No. 2 mark in the NCAA this season over a month later.
WHO'S BACK?
On top of Minnesota's two NCAA indoor scorers both returning this season, the Gophers also welcome back 12 different scorers from the 2023 Big Ten Indoor Championships, with those 12 student-athletes contributing points in nine different events. Shelby Frank, Abigail Schaaffe, Lexy Berger, Dyandra Gray, Alliyah McNeil and Erin Reidy all return to the track after redshirtting the outdoor season. Frank will aim to defend her Big Ten indoor title this season, a title that she earned by throwing her season-best mark (24.14m).
IN THE RANKINGS
The first USTFCCCA national and regional rankings will not be released until January 22 with the first conference and Event Squad rankings coming out for the first time on January 29.
Up Next:
Minnesota's January schedule will next shift to a pair of meets on Saturday, January 20 with the Simmons-Harvey Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the Vanessa Seljeskog Classic at Macalester in St. Paul, Minn.
For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X.com (Twitter) and Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.
About the 2024 Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational
The meet on Friday is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. with the women's high jump with the running events starting at 12 p.m. with the women's 60m semifinals. The meet will operate on a rolling schedule and will conclude with the women's and men's 4x400m relay at a projected finish at 5:40 p.m. The meet will be available to watch on Houston's website (uhcougars.com) via Cougars All-Access with live results available via Athletic LIVE.
About the 2024 Tommie Invitational
Friday's meet in St. Paul at St. Thomas is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with the women's weight throw with the events on the track starting at 4:30 p.m. with the men's 60m hurdles semifinals. The meet will conclude at 8:05 p.m. with the men's 4x400m relay. The meet is scheduled to be streamed live on Midco Plus, with a subscription required with live results available via Athletic LIVE.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Minnesota women's track and field team competed at the M City Classic back in December with 10 different event victories coming from that meet. Minnesota saw three program top-10 marks go down with redshirt freshman Annie Nabwe registering two of those in the shot put and weight throw. Brooke Jaworski posted the sixth-fastest 600m time in her Minnesota debut after transfering from Texas, edging teammate Abigail Schaffee to win. Shelby Frank, the 2023 NCAA runner-up in the weight throw proved that she is back for more in 2023-24, posting a mark of 21.52m (70-7 1/4) to win the event in Minneapolis, which still stands as the No. 2 mark in the NCAA this season over a month later.
WHO'S BACK?
On top of Minnesota's two NCAA indoor scorers both returning this season, the Gophers also welcome back 12 different scorers from the 2023 Big Ten Indoor Championships, with those 12 student-athletes contributing points in nine different events. Shelby Frank, Abigail Schaaffe, Lexy Berger, Dyandra Gray, Alliyah McNeil and Erin Reidy all return to the track after redshirtting the outdoor season. Frank will aim to defend her Big Ten indoor title this season, a title that she earned by throwing her season-best mark (24.14m).
IN THE RANKINGS
The first USTFCCCA national and regional rankings will not be released until January 22 with the first conference and Event Squad rankings coming out for the first time on January 29.
Up Next:
Minnesota's January schedule will next shift to a pair of meets on Saturday, January 20 with the Simmons-Harvey Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the Vanessa Seljeskog Classic at Macalester in St. Paul, Minn.
For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X.com (Twitter) and Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.
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