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Saturday, January 10
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11:00 AM
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Gophers Start 2026 at Minnesota Open, World Cross Country Championships
1/8/2026 9:26:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Action at the Minnesota Open begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota track and field program begins the 2026 calendar on Saturday with the Minnesota Open. The one-day meet is set to take place at the University Fieldhouse, with Northern Iowa and Milwaukee both set to compete against the Maroon and Gold in the Twin Cities. Additionally the 'U' has a handful of student-athletes competing in Tallahassee, Fla., at the 46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
ABOUT THE MINNESOTA OPEN
The 2026 Minnesota Open begins at 11 a.m. with the women's pole vault while track events starting at 12 p.m. The meet is set to wrap up by 4 p.m. Additionally, Minnesota will have a small contingent of unattached men's student-athletes competing on Saturday. The event is free and open to the public to attend. There will not be a livestream of the event, but fans can follow live results via Wayzata Results.
ABOUT THE WORLD ATHLETICS XC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Minnesota's cross country program will have three current student-athletes and one signee compete in Tallahassee in the U20 section of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships on January 10. The event, taking place at Apalachee Regional Park, features three Gophers on Team USA and one on Team Canada. Salvador Wirth is the lone men's representative for the red, white and blue while Norah Hushagen and Avery Marasco-Johnson will run on the women's side. Signee Oliver Crowe, of St. Catharines, Ontario, will also compete in the U20 section in Florida after he finished sixth at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in a time of 25:15.8 back in late November. The women's U20 6K race begins at 9:20 a.m. CT with the men's section starting at 9:55 a.m. CT. The event can be streamed live on Peacock with live results available via the World Athletics live results platform.
LAST TIME OUT
Led by two-time defending Big Ten weight throw champion Anthonett Nabwe's wins in the weight throw and shot put, the University of Minnesota women's track and field program secured seven event wins at the M City Classic at the University Fieldhouse on December 5. Both of Nabwe's winning marks in the shot put (16.40m | 53-9 3/4) and weight throw (23.74m | 77-10 3/4) were meet records.
Additionally, the Maroon and Gold had four event wins come via unattached student-athletes with three being men's victories. True freshman Ayisat Adebayo was the lone women's unattached winner in the triple jump with a leap of 12.26m (40-2 3/4). The most notable men's win of the day came via Zion Campbell in the 60m, stopping the clock in a University Fieldhouse facility record time of 6.59.
UP NEXT
The 'U' will head out to Lincoln, Neb., for the Graduate Classic, the first road meet of 2026, from January 16-17. Minnesota will not return home until January 30, at the Jack Johnson Classic.
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 MINNESOTA OPEN
The 2026 Minnesota Open begins at 11 a.m. with the women's pole vault while track events starting at 12 p.m. The meet is set to wrap up by 4 p.m. Additionally, Minnesota will have a small contingent of unattached men's student-athletes competing on Saturday. The event is free and open to the public to attend. There will not be a livestream of the event, but fans can follow live results via Wayzata Results.
ABOUT THE WORLD ATHLETICS XC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Minnesota's cross country program will have three current student-athletes and one signee compete in Tallahassee in the U20 section of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships on January 10. The event, taking place at Apalachee Regional Park, features three Gophers on Team USA and one on Team Canada. Salvador Wirth is the lone men's representative for the red, white and blue while Norah Hushagen and Avery Marasco-Johnson will run on the women's side. Signee Oliver Crowe, of St. Catharines, Ontario, will also compete in the U20 section in Florida after he finished sixth at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in a time of 25:15.8 back in late November. The women's U20 6K race begins at 9:20 a.m. CT with the men's section starting at 9:55 a.m. CT. The event can be streamed live on Peacock with live results available via the World Athletics live results platform.
LAST TIME OUT
Led by two-time defending Big Ten weight throw champion Anthonett Nabwe's wins in the weight throw and shot put, the University of Minnesota women's track and field program secured seven event wins at the M City Classic at the University Fieldhouse on December 5. Both of Nabwe's winning marks in the shot put (16.40m | 53-9 3/4) and weight throw (23.74m | 77-10 3/4) were meet records.
Additionally, the Maroon and Gold had four event wins come via unattached student-athletes with three being men's victories. True freshman Ayisat Adebayo was the lone women's unattached winner in the triple jump with a leap of 12.26m (40-2 3/4). The most notable men's win of the day came via Zion Campbell in the 60m, stopping the clock in a University Fieldhouse facility record time of 6.59.
UP NEXT
The 'U' will head out to Lincoln, Neb., for the Graduate Classic, the first road meet of 2026, from January 16-17. Minnesota will not return home until January 30, at the Jack Johnson Classic.
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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