Update

Team leads after day one after the hammer and 10K. Decs are off to another good start on day 2 with solid hurdles and a few big PR'S in disc. Overall scores leave us in 2nd, 3rd and 8th. (RJ, Joey and Garret). 7 events completed... Vault up next.

10K

Hassan and Rombough went 1-3... More to come!

Day 1 Final Scores

RJ leads day 1 with 3,965.... Joey 3rd with 3,828 and Garret is 10th with 3,504. 10k is up next!

Dec 400-Meter Update

Garrett -50.71, Joey -51.94, RJ -51.11. Final day 1 scores to come...

Dec High Jump Update

The decs had a good high jump showing. RJ with a 6'7, Joey with a 6'5 and Garret with a 6'0.

Hammer throw and Dec Update

The hammer just completed and the guys did great! Studt was third with his 60.03 and Bastian was fourth with a 58.78. Studt was just 6 inches out of second. The decathletes continue to do well... All had solid shot tosses with Joey and Garret both hitting PR's. High jump is up now...

Off and Running

The decs are at it already this morning. I haven't seen scores yet, but all ran solid 100's.... Joey 11.2, RJ 11.3 and Garret 11.6. All had legal and solid long jumps on their first attempt before I had to head to hammer! Bastian is in the first of two flights... Studt and Tyler in 2nd. Weather is warm and sunny.

We are live from Columbus. I'm planning on updating the blog throught the meet, similar to the indoor championships. Stay tuned!

Big Ten Championship Preview

Recruit Update

Future Gopher Andrew Larsen set a new Kane County record with his 9:08.92 through 3200-meters this past Friday. Andrew is a senior at Marmion Academy in Illinois. Andrew also has a 14:34 (5,000-meter) on his resume from earlier this season.

He'll join forcese with Steve Sulkin, another top Illinois-prep runner here on campus next fall... Steve ran 9:01 through 3200-meters a few weeks back.

Also, future Gopher Cameron Boy was featured in a Q&A in the Star Tribune that can be found HERE.

Tune-Up

We had a nice tune-up on Friday at home and came away with some NCAA Regional marks. Over in the high jump, Matt Clauer hit a lifetime best of 2.10m (6'10-3/4). Joe MacFarland dropped a bomb in the 800-meter with his 1:50.26 for a big PR and regional mark. Aaron Studt also had a nice day with a 60-meter toss for a PR in the hammer, and also another meet over 60' for the win in the shot put.

We're heading out to the Big Ten Championship at Ohio State on Thursday. The meet is Friday/Saturday/Sunday.

Clauer's 6'10-3/4

800-Meter

It is all Hassan... all Week!!!

The Big Ten has named Hassan Mead Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week after his monster performance and new school record this past weekend at Stanford. His time of 13:28.45 is 3rd in the NCAA and 17th in the WORLD.

Hassan's performance also vaulted the Gophers 10 spots in the national team rankings to 17th.

Our small tune-up home meet is coming up this Friday and then it is go time next week at Big Ten's!

Hassan on Kare11

Check out Hassan and Eric Perkins: HERE

A few recruit updates...

The high school season is heating up, so I thought I'd get some updates posted about our future Gophers! In no particular order...

Olidipo Fagbemi: 'Dipo' leads the state of Wisconsin in the triple with his 48'10 and long jump with his 23'4

Steve Sulkin: Steve just ran 9:01.11 for 3200-meters this weekend which ranks 7th on dyestat.com

Jon Lehman: Jon leads class 'AA' in discus with his 169'3 from last week

Cameron Boy: Cameron leads class 'A' in the 200-meter with his 21.71 from the Elite-Meet

Derek Storkel: Derek leads Wisconsin in the 3200-meter with his 9:25.94 and has also run 4:17.8 in the 1600-meter

Ryan Todhunter: Ryan leads North Dakota in the 110mH with his 14.34 and tied for lead in the 100-meter with his 11.04

Jake Malm: Jake leads North Dakota in the javelin with his 185'3

Clay Gosse: Clay leads Wisconsin in the shot put with his 57'6

Hassan Mead: 'I feel like I can fly right now.'

As many have already read, Hassan Mead crushed his own school record in the 5,000-meters this weekend at Stanford. The 13:28.45 is 3rd in the NCAA, and also happens to be crazy fast. Here is a link to video of his race and post-race interview:

http://downthebackstretch.blogspot.com/