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Track & Field
Apr. 09, 2004
April 2, in the Texas Relays, Minnesota men's track and field thrower Lynden Reder heaved the hammer 62.67 meters –– a new school record.
Apr. 07, 2004
As a high schooler running on the gravel roads near her home outside Paynesville, Minn., Jen Hess likely avoided mud puddles when the weather got sloppy.
Apr. 05, 2004
Minnesota's women's track and field season, at this point, is like a relay team in midrace.
Apr. 02, 2004
The Texas Southern University Relays on March 21 was just a taste of warm weather for Minnesota's women's track and field team.
Apr. 01, 2004
When Minnesota's men's track team begins competition in the Texas Relays today, high jumpers Kevin Netzer and John Albert look forward to some stiff competition from other schools and a little friendly competition from each other.
Mar. 23, 2004
As a young athlete, it never hurts to learn from a mentor. In the NFL, Steve Young learned behind Joe Montana. In the NBA, Tim Duncan tuned his skills under David Robinson.
Mar. 11, 2004
Minnesota's school record holder and Big Ten champion in the 200-meter run will not be competing in that event during this weekend's NCAA men's Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
Mar. 02, 2004
Minnesota high jumper John Albert performs his best when he can relax and breathe easy, and when it comes to the junior's signature event, he breathes easiest in the thin air of 7 feet and above.
Mar. 01, 2004
Minnesota's men's track and field team found itself looking up at the rest of the field after day one of the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday.
Feb. 26, 2004
Minnesota women's track team members Melissa Steele and Mollie Hupp could be compared to two trains from a classic math problem.
Feb. 24, 2004
Though the Sun Bowl was nearly two months ago and spring football practice is still a couple more away, Minnesota's football players have been busy on campus working out on their own.
Feb. 23, 2004
Seven Minnesota men's track athletes captured first-place finishes Friday night at the Snowshoe Open held in the University Field House. The open event saw participants from several area schools.
Jan. 26, 2004
Minnesota men's track senior Lynden Reder decimated his own school record in the weight throw at the Gold Country Classic at the University Field House on Saturday.
Sep. 26, 2003
Earlier this week, in the wake of the fire that took the lives of three University students, Roy Griak told his track and field class to think of something beautiful they saw on their way to school.
The tragedy was an unnerving reminder of the fragility of life, and Griak - the seemingly immortal coaching legend - hopes his students get more than sports knowledge out of his lectures.
Aug. 18, 2003
The blink of an eye. The snap of a finger.
Six thousandths of a second.
That was the difference between being a national champion and being second best in the men's 400-meter dash at the NCAA track and field championships June 14 in Sacramento, Calif.
But for Minnesota junior Adam Steele, it was all the time he needed.
Steele shocked the crowd - and himself - by winning the 400-meter finals in a personal-best 44.57 seconds, the fastest 400-meter time in the world at that point in 2003.
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RT @mndailysports: FIU guard Malik Smith has signed a tender to play for the #Gophers and Richard Pitino, his coach at FIU. Eligibility pending an NCAA waiver. -
FIU guard Malik Smith has signed a tender to play for the #Gophers and Richard Pitino, his coach at FIU. Eligibility pending an NCAA waiver. -
#Gophers women's rowing finishes 5th at the Big Ten championships for the fourth year in a row. Ohio State wins the seven-team meet.
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#Gophers softball ends season with a 3-0 loss to Hawaii in the NCAA tournament. This was the team's first NCAA appearance since 2003.
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