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May 21, 2013

Track & Field

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Alena Brooks will graduate next Thursday.
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Thu, 05/09/2013
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Alena Brooks’ track career began because of her passion for netball — a sport similar to basketball.

Brooks, a senior on the Gophers women’s track team and a Trinidad and Tobago native, is preparing for her final Big Ten championships this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. She will graduate with a kinesiology degree next Thursday and will begin graduate school at the University of Minnesota this fall.

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Quentin Mege broke his hand in a freak accident about a month ago.
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Thu, 05/09/2013
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Senior thrower Quentin Mege returned to the Gophers men’s track and field team this year despite graduating last spring with a mechanical engineering degree, but it hasn’t gone as planned.

The France native delayed taking a job so he could fulfill his final year of eligibility as a team captain and try to win the Big Ten outdoor hammer throw title for a third consecutive year.

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Meet cancellations have made it tough to finalize rosters for the conference meet.
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Mon, 05/06/2013
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The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams scrambled to finalize their Big Ten outdoor championship rosters this weekend.

Both teams were scheduled to compete at a local meet Wednesday, but it was canceled due to weather. While two meets ran as planned this weekend, Wednesday’s cancellation delayed the roster announcements by several days.

Women’s volunteer assistant coach Sarah Hesser said the team hoped to make conference team announcements Thursday, but it didn’t actually make decisions until late this weekend.

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Meet cancellations have made it tough to finalize rosters for the conference meet.
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Senior Katie Loberg is jumping for the first time since high school.
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Thu, 05/02/2013
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Katie Loberg may be graduating in a few weeks with her journalism degree, but the former Gophers basketball forward could pass for a freshman on the track and field team.

Loberg joined the team about a month ago as a high jumper, a role she hasn’t competed as since high school. But in her first season with the Gophers, the 6-foot-4-inch senior still has to carry all the equipment when the team travels.

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Wally Ellenson is thriving on the track after battling injuries on the court.
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Wed, 05/01/2013
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Wally Ellenson works 40 hours a week and doesn’t get paid for it.

As summer nears, the freshman athlete estimates he spends more than a full-time job’s hours practicing for Gophers men’s basketball — and track and field.

The Rice Lake, Wis., native is better known for high-flying dunks at Williams Arena, but he’s competing in the high jump for the men’s track and field team this spring.

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Wally Ellenson is thriving on the track after battling injuries on the court.
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Minnesota won three events and set a school record at the Drake Relays.
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Mon, 04/29/2013
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The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their strong traditions at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend.

The men won two events while the women won one and set a school record.

Senior Travis Burkstrand was a part of both the men’s titles. He won the 800-meter run and the 4x800-meter relay with senior Harun Abda and redshirt freshmen Goaner Deng and Alex Brend.

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Zach Siegmeier wants to become an All-American at the NCAA meet.
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Thu, 04/25/2013
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Junior Zach Siegmeier sort of fell into pole vaulting. He picked up the event his freshman year of high school to avoid offseason football conditioning and placed most of his focus on another spring sport, lacrosse.

Fast-forward seven years and Siegmeier is having a standout second season pole vaulting for the Gophers.

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Zach Siegmeier wants to become an All-American at the NCAA meet.
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Junior Kelli Budd won her first 3,000-meter steeplechase since high school.
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Sun, 04/21/2013
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The Gophers men’s and women’s track teams claimed a combined nine event titles Saturday at the Musco Twilight in Iowa City, Iowa.

The women tallied five titles, including several sweeps.

Junior Kelli Budd won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:37.77, and redshirt freshman Kaila Urick placed second. It was Budd’s first steeplechase since her junior year of high school.

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The record has stood at Minnesota since 2007.
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Thu, 04/18/2013
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This weekend’s Musco Twilight in Iowa City, Iowa, may seem like a typical meet, but Jeri Johnson-Chambers views it as an opportunity.

The senior has a fairly singular goal for her final season with the Gophers — to break the school record in the hammer throw.

Corrections (Minor): 
A previous version of this article included three incorrect distances by athletes in the hammer throw. Jeri Johnson-Chambers threw 184 feet, six inches at the Alabama Invitational two weeks ago and 181 feet, seven inches at the Arkansas Invitational three weeks ago. Liz Alabi's school record is 199 feet, eight inches.
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The record has stood at Minnesota since 2007.
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The women also competed indoors at the Tom Cat Open.
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Mon, 04/15/2013
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mryan@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s track and field team beat the No. 1 team in the nation and tied the No. 2 team Saturday at the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.

No. 22 Minnesota tallied 137 team points to tie for first with Arkansas and edge out third-place Texas A&M with 129 team points.

“Texas A&M and Arkansas have some quality teams, and so to get into the hunt with them is a good performance,” head coach Steve Plasencia said.

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