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Medtronic TC One Mile - Elite Field Announced
16 May 2012 | 6:52 pmELITE FIELDS ANNOUNCED FOR USA 1 MILE ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MEDTRONIC TC 1 MILE New Champions to be Crowned from Field of National-Class Contenders St. Paul, MN (May 15, 2012)- Two new USA 1 Mile Road Champions will be crowned[…]
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Marathon News
9 May 2012 | 5:26 pmGrandma’s Marathon and Twin Cities In Motion Continue $10,000 Bonus for Marathon Sweep (Duluth, MN/St. Paul, MN) Grandma’s Marathon-Duluth, Inc. and Twin Cities In Motion announced today that the organizations will again partner to provide an incentive bonus for any runner[…]
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Get in Gear 10K Results
1 May 2012 | 8:15 amMatt Gabrielson Repeats as Get in Gear 10k Winner, Emily Brown Wins Women’s Field at 35th Annual Event Minneapolis – April 28, 2012 – Defending champion Matt Gabrielson took the win again and Emily Brown cruised to the women’s[…]
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Olympians to Race in USA Half Marathon Championships
29 Apr 2012 | 4:53 amGoucher, Abdirahman Join Field for June 16 National Title Event (Duluth, Minn.) The road to London will soon take a journey through Duluth for a pair of U.S. Olympians. Kara Goucher and Abdi Abdirahman officially have registered for the[…]
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Elite Field Announced for 35th Get in Gear 10k on April 28; 8,000 Registered for 2k, 5k, 10k, Half
25 Apr 2012 | 4:33 amMinneapolis – April 24, 2012 – The elite field for the 35th annual Get in Gear 10k on April 28 features the top three male and top two female finishers from last year, including winners Matt Gabrielson (St. Louis Park)[…]
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Blog - Down The Backstretch
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Gopher Men Rise to #21 in NCAA
16 May 2012 | 6:05 amDespite a seventh-place finish at last weekend's Big Ten Outdoor Championships, the University of Minnesota men's track and field team moved up in the latest NCAA Division I rankings, released yesterday.The Gophers are now ranked #21, up four places from[…]
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Big Ten Championships Photo Gallery
15 May 2012 | 6:09 amDown the Backstretch photo contributor Gene Niemi attended the Big Ten Outdoor championships last weekend and offers this gallery of photos from the meet.The Gopher men took 7th-place at the championships, the Gopher women finished 9th.Hassan Mead (187) leads Wisconsin's[…]
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Gopher Men 7th, Women 9th at Big Ten
14 May 2012 | 6:20 amAt the end of competition, the University of Minnesota teams found themselves looking up at the competition at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Madison, Wisconsin over the weekend.The Gopher men, who were conference runners-up indoors,[…]
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Gopher Men 2nd After Day 1 at Big Tens
12 May 2012 | 9:06 amThe University of Minnesota men's track team found itself in second place after the first day of competition at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.Quentin Mege led the Gopher effort by setting a new school[…]
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No David Torrence at Medtronic TC 1 Mile
11 May 2012 | 6:35 amThree-time defending champion David Torrence won't be back to win an unprecedented fourth-straight Medtronic TC 1 Mile title next week, but a blend of familiar faces and emerging stars are set to race down Nicollet Mall on Thursday in the[…]
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INDIANAPOLIS - Heather Kampf (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Craig Miller (Madison, Wisc.) will challenge for the USA 1 Mile Road Championship title Thursday in Minneapolis. The event is part of the USA Running Circuit and is hosted by the Medtronic TC[…]
Minneapolis/St. Paul – May 14, 2012 – Three Team USA Minnesota athletes – Heather Kampf, Meghan Peyton and Chris Rombough – will compete at the USA 1 Mile Road Championships on May 17. The championships are being hosted by the[…]
ALBANY, NY (May 14, 2012) — Since the Freihofer’s Run for Women opened itself up to international competition in 2005, U.S. runners have found themselves hard-pressed to come anywhere near the winners’ podium, much less the Top 10 at the[…]
Trio dukes it out as race enters second century on May 20, 2012 - San Francisco, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – As the Zazzle Bay to Breakers kicks off its second century on May 20, 2012, the City can bank[…]
Curtis top American in third; race record 7,918 finishers at 8th edition in Central Park - NEW YORK - (May 12, 2012) - At the start of the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday morning, the buzz was all about[…]
Doha, Qatar - Pamela Jelimo and David Rudisha contributed to an ominous demonstration of Kenyan middle distance power in Olympic year at the opening Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha (11) as they produced 800 metres victories in, respectively, 1:56.94[…]



