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Gophers Distance Crew Off to 2024 Raleigh Relays
3/27/2024 10:55:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Action begins Thursday afternoon, concludes on Friday night.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota track and field program is sending its distance crew to the 2024 Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C., at Paul Derr Track.
ABOUT THE RALEIGH RELAYS
Minnesota's action in Raleigh will begin on Thursday with the men's 1500m, which begins at 3:35 p.m. The meet will continue until 9:35 p.m. CT on Thursday and will pick back up on Friday with Minnesota's first event being the women's 1500m starting at 3:05 p.m. CT. The meet will not be streamed with live results available via FlashResults.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Minnesota track and field program saw 11 different program top 10 performances down in Waco, Texas, at the Clyde Hart Classic. Senior Shelby Frank set two of those marks, with her discus victory improving on her school record in the event that she set in 2022.
Frank's school record toss was marked at 59.69m (195-10) and improved on her previous school record mark of 58.85m (193-1) that she set at the 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Frank's toss in the discus is an early outdoor season No. 1 mark in the nation. Frank also put forth a lifetime best in the hammer as well, launching the implement 62.78m (205-11) to finish as the top college athlete and pushes her to the No. 6 spot in Minnesota history.
Minnesota's Charles Godfred, a true freshman from Nigeria, put forth the best long jump mark in 29 years to win the event at 7.96m (26-1 1/2). The lifetime best for the first-year Gopher is the best by a freshman in school history and puts him just behind the school record holder, Keita Cline, who's 8.12m (26-7 3/4) jump came in 1995.
GOPHERS REWRITE PROGRAM TOP 10 RECORDS
Minnesota had 11 different performances that landed on the program's all-time top 10 outdoor lists while in Texas. Outside of Frank's school record and Godfred's long jump, it was freshman Victory Godah who secured two top 10 program performances, one in the 100m and the other in the 200m. Additionally Diarra Sow and Brooke Moore both improved on their triple jump outdoor college bests with Sow sitting at No. 4 in program history and Moore at No. 7. Additionally freshman Angelos Mantzouranis moved up to No. 3 all-time at Minnesota in the men's hammer throw, winning the event with a mark of 73.85m (242-3). For a full list of the program's all-time top 10 performances in each event, click here for the men and here for the women.
MINNESOTA IN THE RANKINGS
The USTFCCCA released its first rankings of the outdoor season on Monday with the Maroon and Gold being inside the top 15 on both the men's and women's side. Minnesota's women's team reached their highest ranking in program history at No. 6 while the men's program came in at No. 15. The men's program is ranked No. 1 among Big Ten programs while the women's team is second, behind Michigan.
GOPHERS COLLECT POSTSEASON AWARDS
Redshirt freshman Anthonett Nabwe was named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year, while Associate Head Coach Peter Miller was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, the Big Ten and the USTFCCCA announced on Thursday. Miller coached Nabwe to the Big Ten title in the weight throw and followed that up with a Second Team All-America finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 7 in Boston, Mass. For more details on Minnesota's indoor postseason awards, click here.
UP NEXT
Minnesota's next oudoor competition will be on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station Texas, at the 44 Farms Team Invite from April 5-6.
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 RALEIGH RELAYS
Minnesota's action in Raleigh will begin on Thursday with the men's 1500m, which begins at 3:35 p.m. The meet will continue until 9:35 p.m. CT on Thursday and will pick back up on Friday with Minnesota's first event being the women's 1500m starting at 3:05 p.m. CT. The meet will not be streamed with live results available via FlashResults.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Minnesota track and field program saw 11 different program top 10 performances down in Waco, Texas, at the Clyde Hart Classic. Senior Shelby Frank set two of those marks, with her discus victory improving on her school record in the event that she set in 2022.
Frank's school record toss was marked at 59.69m (195-10) and improved on her previous school record mark of 58.85m (193-1) that she set at the 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Frank's toss in the discus is an early outdoor season No. 1 mark in the nation. Frank also put forth a lifetime best in the hammer as well, launching the implement 62.78m (205-11) to finish as the top college athlete and pushes her to the No. 6 spot in Minnesota history.
Minnesota's Charles Godfred, a true freshman from Nigeria, put forth the best long jump mark in 29 years to win the event at 7.96m (26-1 1/2). The lifetime best for the first-year Gopher is the best by a freshman in school history and puts him just behind the school record holder, Keita Cline, who's 8.12m (26-7 3/4) jump came in 1995.
GOPHERS REWRITE PROGRAM TOP 10 RECORDS
Minnesota had 11 different performances that landed on the program's all-time top 10 outdoor lists while in Texas. Outside of Frank's school record and Godfred's long jump, it was freshman Victory Godah who secured two top 10 program performances, one in the 100m and the other in the 200m. Additionally Diarra Sow and Brooke Moore both improved on their triple jump outdoor college bests with Sow sitting at No. 4 in program history and Moore at No. 7. Additionally freshman Angelos Mantzouranis moved up to No. 3 all-time at Minnesota in the men's hammer throw, winning the event with a mark of 73.85m (242-3). For a full list of the program's all-time top 10 performances in each event, click here for the men and here for the women.
MINNESOTA IN THE RANKINGS
The USTFCCCA released its first rankings of the outdoor season on Monday with the Maroon and Gold being inside the top 15 on both the men's and women's side. Minnesota's women's team reached their highest ranking in program history at No. 6 while the men's program came in at No. 15. The men's program is ranked No. 1 among Big Ten programs while the women's team is second, behind Michigan.
GOPHERS COLLECT POSTSEASON AWARDS
Redshirt freshman Anthonett Nabwe was named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year, while Associate Head Coach Peter Miller was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, the Big Ten and the USTFCCCA announced on Thursday. Miller coached Nabwe to the Big Ten title in the weight throw and followed that up with a Second Team All-America finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 7 in Boston, Mass. For more details on Minnesota's indoor postseason awards, click here.
UP NEXT
Minnesota's next oudoor competition will be on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station Texas, at the 44 Farms Team Invite from April 5-6.
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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