While very early in the outdoor season, here are the top 10 senior girls through April 8, 2015.
While very early in the outdoor season, here are the top 10 senior boys through April 8, 2015.
Redshirt junior Kaila Urick has already made great strides in her running career as a Gopher and is not done yet. (via www.gophersports.com)
Anna French's record-breaking achievements at Wayzata High have earned her the Athena Award as her school's most outstanding senior female athlete for 2014-15. (via sailor.mnsun.com)
Northfield boys track and field head coach Scott Peterson begins his first season at the helm this spring and with it he'll get a fresh look at some of the athletes on the roster.
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The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva track team couldn't have picked a better a better day to hold its first meet of the season. (via www.southernminn.com)
The Waseca boys and girls track team each placed second in a triangular Tuesday at Minnesota State University, Mankato. (via Southernminn.com)
Brent Zabel is trying to get the Bethlehem Academy track and field teams to build a culture of winning. Tuesday's meet at an invitational hosted by Faribault might help that cause. (via Southernminn.com)
For once, the weather played along.
Temperatures were in the mid-60s and the sun shone as the Faribault track and field teams hosted a seven-team invitational Tuesday at Bruce Smith Field.(via Southernminn.com)
The talent Chanhassen has graduated on the track over the past three seasons — state champion Emily Castanias in distance, eight-time state qualifier McKenna Krause in sprints, state relay members Jill Wilder, Kylie Rumble, Anysia Brayboy, Tori Shear, and Carrie Yeakey — has been impressive. (via SWNewsMedia.com)
COLD SPRING -- Erin Huls was in elementary school when her athletic talent caught her uncle's eye.
While Erin and her brother William were growing up, their uncle Steve Huls would often stop by their house and play sports.(via www.sctimes.com)
A look at top college performances around the country by former Minnesota high school athletes.
Two 60-meter hurdlers broke the program record over the weekend. (via Minnesota Daily)
The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) has approved a change in distance for girl's cross country from 4,000 meters to 5,000 meters.
They made their metaphorical marks on the links, court and track, and now it was their turn to make a literal mark—pen-to-paper—on arguably one of the biggest days in their young lives: National Signing Day. (via Southernminn.com)
A report of the top collegiate performances around the country by former Minnesota high school athletes.
A look at top college performances around the country by former Minnesota high school athletes.
After his Wayzata boys won their second straight Minnesota state title and finished a team-best second at Nike Cross Nationals, Bill Miles was named National Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. It was a special season for Miles, as perhaps his best team ever dovetailed with his final season as a high school coach. He spoke on the phone with me this week; we covered the tweaks he made to jump thirteen spots in one year, competing in America's best five-team conference, and what he'll miss about coaching. (via USTFCCCA)
BIWABIK — The blistering cold needs to calm down at least a little bit so the more than 1,000 high school Nordic skiers can compete Saturday in the annual Mesabi East-Giants Ridge Cross Country Ski Invitational. (via Mesabi Daily News)
HIBBING — In her first year on the Hibbing High School girls cross country team, Emily Tromp did some remarkable things. (via Hibbing Daily Tribune)
Eagan's Anna Van Wyk has officially signed as a cross country and track and field athlete for Liberty University. MN Milesplit had a chance to catch up with Anna to learn more about her choice, goals for the future and advice to younger runners.
Saint Francis/ Bailey DeMar has officially signed as a track and field athlete for North Dakota State University. MN Milesplit had a chance to catch up with Bailey to learn more about her choice, goals for the future and advice to younger runners.
The pipeline for runners from Perham High School to the college ranks continues to flow. This year, senior Billy Beseman, is the latest to continue that trend. Beseman has signed a letter of intent to run cross country and track for the University of Sioux Falls.
The decision for the Yellowjacket senior seemed to be an easy one. Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Cross Country (B) (via www.lakesareasports.com)
Waseca's Sally O'Brien has officially signed to run cross country and track and field for the Minnesota State University Mankato Mavericks. MN Milesplit had a chance to catch up with Sally to learn more about her choice, goals for the future and advice to younger runners.
Hopkins' Joe Klecker has officially signed with the University of Colorado-Boulder to run cross country and track and field for the Buffalos. MN Milesplit had a chance to catch up with Joe to learn more about his choice, goals for the future, and advice to younger runners.