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Track & Field

Ali Weimer won the 38th Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 21:08.5 in the 6K race after finishing 42nd last year.

Gophers women’s cross country win Griak Invitational, men’s finish in 3rd

by Eitan Schoenberg
Published September 23, 2024

The Gophers women’s cross country team won the University of Minnesota’s 2024 Roy Griak Invitational at Les Bolstad Golf Course Friday morning, while the men’s team finished in third place. Junior...

The Gophers will have representation in seven events.

Gophers Track & Field sending 11 athletes to NCAA Outdoor Championships.

by Champ Howard, Sports Reporter
Published May 29, 2024

The Gophers track & field teams will have eight women and three men participating in the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Eugene, Oregon beginning June 5. Freshman Charles Godfred was the first...

Freshman Charles Godfred recorded the best long jump by a Gopher in 29 years to win the event at the Clyde Hart Classic last weekend.

Gophers track and field seeing early success in outdoor season

by Eitan Schoenberg
Published March 30, 2024
In addition to their upperclassmen, Minnesota had top performances from new student-athletes Charles Godfred, Angelos Mantzouranis and Diarra Sow.
Throwers Shelby Frank and Annie Nabwe will participate in the Indoor Track & Field Championships, starting March 7.

Three Gophers women’s track and field athletes breaking school, conference records

by Champ Howard
Published March 7, 2024
Student-athletes Brooke Jaworski, Shelby Frank and Annie Nabwe are pushing the program forward with recent success.
Track and field athlete Jaydon Antoine.

A preview to the upcoming track and field season

by Claire Duchesne
Published January 21, 2024
Athletes gear up for their indoor season driven by past successes, rigorous training and high aspirations.
The hammer throw group is ranked first in the nation and Kostas Zaltos, a 23-year-old international student from Greece, is leading the group.

From Greece to GREAT: Kostas Zaltos follows hammer throwing dream

by Theo Franz
Published April 5, 2023
The track and field star talks about growing up in Greece, how the pandemic changed his perspective on life and his recent achievements in the hammer throw.
Bethany Hasz competes at the University of Minnesota Track and Field stadium on Friday, April 30.

Gophers cross country and track and field star Bethany Hasz returning for 2021-2022 season

by Michael Lyne
Published July 14, 2021
Hasz is utilizing the extra year of eligibility, which was granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to return for a sixth season.
Bethany Hasz competes at the University of Minnesota Track and Field stadium on Friday, April 30.

Gopher track athletes complete weekend competition at NCAA’s

by Michael Lyne
Published June 15, 2021
Multiple athletes hit career-bests in their events at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Kostas Zaltos competes at the University of Minnesota Track and Field stadium on Friday, April 30.

Zaltos, Basten and Kohut-Jackson shine in first half of the NCAA Championships

by Michael Lyne
Published June 14, 2021
Redshirt senior Alec Basten had the highest placement, finishing as the runner-up in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Redshirt sophomore Rachel Schow clears a hurdle on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 at the Field House. The Gophers competed against several other colleges at the Jack Johnson Classic Track Meet.

Gophers men’s and women’s track and field athletes punch tickets to the NCAA Championships

by Michael Lyne
Published June 8, 2021
Fourteen Gophers qualified for the NCAA Championships

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