Big Ten Cross Country Preview

Griak Video - 2009

Congrats Hassan!

After his dominant performance at the 'Griak' this weekend, the Big Ten named Hassan the conference Runner of the Week. Great job Hassan!

New Cross Country Media Guides

Check out this link for the new XC media guides for 2009! Very cool.

Good luck to the distance guys as they take on the field at the 2009 Roy Griak Invite.

Women's Track/Cross Country Blog

Check out the women's new blog!

http://minnesotawomenstrack.blogspot.com/

...my guess is it will be almost as cool as ours :)

First Day of Practice

The cross country guys have been in action for a few weeks... now its the track team's turn. Practice begins today at 3pm!

Message from Athletic Director Joel Maturi

2009 Big Ten Champions

2009 Big Ten Outdoors

Click the album above to check out some great pictures from this years outdoor championships!

Summer Time = ROY TIME!

While the coaching staff and athletes are enjoying a bit of down time... Roy Griak and Jo Rider are hard at work putting the final touches on the golf fundraiser. The event is set for Monday, June 29th at the University Golf Course.

If you have any interest in playing some golf, or even just for joining us for dinner while supporting Gopher Track... we'd love for you see you!

Roy has been working for years now on fundraising for the program, with the ulitimate goal of endowing ALL of the track and field scholarships. This would be a significant step in securing the program for decades to come. The golf outing is the major event of the year.

If you'd like to play, or just support Roy's efforts by donating, please give him a call at 612-625-6063. You can also email me with any questions a rede0025@umn.edu.

Every little bit helps us keep up the kind of success we've experienced this season!

Current Rankings

Thought I'd post an update on our team national ranking... we're in pretty good company in 16th.

Hassan is up tonight!

Pioneer Press on Mead... NCAA Updates

Check out their feature of Hassan HERE.

Hassan advanced last night in the 5k after winning his prelim heat. After rain delays, the 5k went off at about 1am. Chris was unable to advance on time from his section. Studt advanced with his 60'5, ranking 9th going into finals this afternoon. Unfortunately Fisher went down with an achilles injury in the prelims of the high jump.

RJ had a solid first day until a hamstring cramp hampered his 400-meter... dropping him from 4th to 11th. He'll get it started again today in 30 minutes!

Wisconsin State Championship Meet Highlights

Wisconsin State Champions:

Olidipo Fagbemi - Marshfield, Long Jump and Triple Jump

Clay Gosse - Appleton North, Shot Put

Runners-Up:

Derek Storkel - Tomah, 3200-Meter

Minnesota State Championship Meet Highlights

Minnesota State Champions:

Harun Abda - Fridley, 800-Meter

Cameron Boy - Jordan, 200-Meter

Kenny Schofield - Cotton, Triple Jump

Runners-Up:

Jon Lehman - Coon Rapids, Discus

Kenny Schofield - Long Jump

Cameron Boy - 100-Meter

Across the news wire...

Gopher's currently third in overall program ranking: Check out more HERE.

...and in other news...

ANOTHER NEW GOPHER!

Harun Abda of Fridley has signed his National Letter of Intent to the University of Minnesota!

Harun has a PR of 1:50.74 from last year's state championship meet. Learn more about Harun HERE.

Regional Highlights