News: AAU JO Meet; Liberty Mile; Carlson

Winona's Grace Ping won the 11 year old girls' 3K in 10:32.58.  Was second in the 1500 in 5:07.54, and ninth in the 800 in 2:33.23. Woodbury's Mason Roomes won the 15-16 year old's triple jump with a hop, step, and jump of 13.94m/45'9" and was third in the long jump at 6.61m/21'8.5".  Lakeville's Kieren McKeag won the 15-16 shot put with a throw of 16.24m/53'3.75" and the discus at 47.17m/154'9"..

Drevonnte Dunkins won the 10 year old's 800 in 2:35.07.  Ruby Stauber was second in the girls' 15-16 800 in 2:11.84. Hastings' Clayton Johnson was second in the 15-16 400 hurdles in 54.20.  Natalie Manders placed second in the 15-16 girls' shot put at 12.56m/41'2.5" and third in the disc with a throw of 41.56m/136'4".  Robbinsdale's Michaela Baker was third in the 15-16 triple jump with 11.54m/37'10.5" and sixth in the long jump leaping 5.34m/17'10.25". Niara Hill from Brooklyn Park finished third in the 17-18 triple jump at 11.76m/37'7".  Victori's Julia Redwing finished fourth in the 12 year old girls' discus at 25.54m/83'9" and twelveth in the long jump with a leap of 4.36m/14.4"

Twin Cities Track Club 4 by 800 Relay team

Inver Grove Heights' Natalie Windels was third in the 15-16 girls' 400 hurdles in 1:02.90.  Prior Lake's Madison Scholl placed fifth in the 15-16 high jump clearing 1.67m/5'6".  Alex Berg of Mankato cleared 2.13m/7' in the 13 year olds' pole vault to finish fourth.  Twin Cities Track Club team of Anders Sonnesyn, Graham Maas, Ben and Sam Elliott finishes eighth in the 14-year-old 4 by 800 relay in 9:14.41.  The Minnesota Speed A age 12 girls team was 7th in the 4 by 800 in 11:01.60. Full results of events for the first six days are HERE.

Liberty Mile local TV interview with Heather Kampf and Jordan McNamara HERE. Race site is HERE. List of participants in the elite races are HERE.  Three Minnesota women--Team USA Minnesota's Heather Kampf and Gabe Grunewald, and Twin Cities Track Club's Melissa Agnew--are entered in the women's mile.

Former Team USA Minnesota runner and Gopher grad, Andrew Carlson, joins the coaching staff at NDSU as assistant coach for distance runners HERE.