Minnesota cross country teams compete at NCAA Midwest Regional Meet
Babatunde Jinadu
November 12, 2018
On Friday, the Minnesota cross country program competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet on Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Illinois. The No. 23-ranked women’s team ended up in third place with a score of 185 points, and the men’s team finished in fifth place with 173 team points. For the women, Be...
Gophers show off depth in fall season
Babatunde Jinadu
November 7, 2018
Six captains have provided the Minnesota women’s cross country team with valuable leadership this season. Among these leaders, first-year captain and fifth-year senior Molly Eastman has been especially impactful. “She’s been having an awesome year. I think she, being a fifth-year, has definitel...
Cross country team closes out regular season
Babatunde Jinadu
November 5, 2018
The Minnesota cross country team braved rocky weather to finish off its fall season. The No. 23 Gophers closed its regular season Sunday with the 38th annual Rocky’s Run meet. It rained all morning at Les Bolstad Golf Course, and the rain increased in intensity just before race time. The elements were a ...
Redshirt freshman finding her stride for women’s cross country team
Babatunde Jinadu
November 1, 2018
Two of Minnesota’s runners, Bethany Hasz and Anastasia Korzenowski, earned personal record times at the Big Ten Cross Country Championship meet in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sunday. Both had stellar performances, but Korzenowski’s outing especially shined given her young age. As a redshirt freshman, Korzenows...
Women cross country team places sixth, men’s team takes seventh at Big Ten Championships
Babatunde Jinadu
October 29, 2018
The University of Minnesota cross country program competed at the 2018 Big Ten Cross Country Championships meet on Sunday morning in Lincoln, Nebraska. Beforehand, women’s team head coach Sarah Hopkins previewed her expectations for the meet. “I think on any given day there are six teams th...
Five races in two days for Minnesota cross country teams
Babatunde Jinadu
October 15, 2018
The Minnesota cross country program split up to compete in five different races from Friday through Saturday. First, on Friday, seven runners from the women’s team saw action in Peoria, Illinois at the Bradley Classic. Lindsey Greenlund led this Gophers' squad, with a personal record time of 21:51....
Patty O’Brien is leaving everything on the course this season
Babatunde Jinadu
October 4, 2018
Patty O’Brien has seemed to be one step ahead of the competition in cross country and in school. Coming into her fifth year at the University of Minnesota, O’Brien has completed her master’s degree in just four years. This year, she’s not only progressing toward the completion of an additiona...
Women’s cross country team wins the Roy Griak Invitational
Babatunde Jinadu
October 1, 2018
The University of Minnesota men’s and women’s cross country teams were in action again on Saturday at the 33rd annual Roy Griak Invitational. The course was buzzing with thousands of athletes and spectators focused on eight separate races scheduled throughout the morning. The women's team showed ou...
The Gophers welcome back Minnesota-native Seth Eliason
Babatunde Jinadu
September 27, 2018
Seth Eliason had missed running with his high school teammates, Owen Hoeft and Hunter Staack. The Hopkins, Minnesota native spent a year in Washington, D.C. and competed for the Georgetown Hoyas before deciding to transfer home to the Gophers, reuniting with his old teammates in the process. As Eliason is a thr...
Gophers go “Coast-to-Coast” at the Battle in Beantown meet
Babatunde Jinadu
September 24, 2018
This week on the trails, the Gophers women’s cross country team raced at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown meet in Boston. Twelve of the Gophers’ top runners were at the start line just before 3 p.m. on Friday to face some of the best teams in the country. The non-travel squad remained in Mi...
