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Twin Cities In Motion Announces 2013 College Scholarship Winners
A Pair of $5,000 Scholarships Awarded to Male And Female High School Seniors
St. Paul, Minn. – May 13, 2013 – Twin Cities In Motion, the organizers of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon and other Twin Cities running events, has awarded Molly Ann Kuhs of Edina High School and Ryan Trapp of Elk River High School its 2013 Twin Cities in Motion College Scholarships.
Kuhs and Trapp were chosen from a field of more than 90 applicants, based on the strength of their running accomplishments, academic performance and community service. In addition, candidates were asked to write a personal essay. This year marks the 13th year that Twin Cities In Motion, formerly Twin Cities Marathon, Inc., has awarded scholarships to the metro area’s most impressive distance running scholar-athletes.
"It's an honor for Twin Cities In Motion to present these scholarships to Molly Ann and Ryan," Twin Cities In Motion Executive Director Virginia Brophy Achman said. "The talent and commitment of applicants for our scholarships always amazes me. We are proud to support high school students in our community and to share in their hopes and dreams."
Kuhs distinguished herself among TCM Scholarship nominees thanks to a 4.01 GPA heavy with AP classes, over 600 hours of volunteer work, and proven leadership skills as the captain of her cross country, Nordic ski and track teams. Kuhs was all-conference in cross country and track in 2011, plays the cello, works part-time at Marathon Sports and received outstanding coaches' recommendations. Kuhs will attend Washington University in St. Louis next fall.
Trapp impressed scholarship selectors by showing strong leadership and community service as a Youth in Government delegation leader, a Link leader and a Web Leader of the Year. He was also a team captain for his cross country and track teams. A State qualifier and three-time all-conference selection, Trapp also earned his team’s the Most Improved Award. Ryan is also an excellent scholar, excelling in challenging AP and honors courses. He will be attending the University of St. Thomas in the fall.
Twin Cities In Motion has awarded $92,000 in college scholarships since the inception of the TCM College Scholarship Program. TheTwin Cities In Motion College Scholarship Program is one of TCM’s community outreach initiatives that include the Medtronic TC Kids Marathon, a community-wide effort that inspires healthy lifestyles among children, and the High School Running Shoe Program, which provides running shoes to high school cross country and track athletes in need.
This Saturday, in another facet of youth programming, Twin Cities In Motion will host the TC Kids Cross Country Fun Run at Como Park in St. Paul starting at 9:00 a.m. The event features half-mile, one-mile and two-mile races for kids grade K-8. Find more information attcmevents.org.
For more information on the Twin Cities In Motion College Scholarship program, visit tcmevents.org.
About Twin Cities In Motion (TCM): Twin Cities In Motion (formerly Twin Cities Marathon, Inc.) is the non-profit organization that provides nationally recognized, high quality running events throughout the year, including the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. With a mission of promoting healthy lifestyles through running events and community outreach, TCM and its charity partners contribute over $750,000 to related causes annually. For more information, visit www.tcmevents.org, www.facebook.com/TwinCitiesInMotion, and follow us on Twitter @tcmarathon.
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Gabriele Anderson Gets World ‘A’ Mark in 1500m
at Doha; Results from TC 1 Mile, Healthy Kidney 10k,
and USA 25k Championships
Minneapolis/St. Paul – May 11, 2013 – Team USA Minnesota’s Gabriele Anderson obtained the World ‘A’ qualifier in the 1500 meters at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar, on May 10. She ran a season best time of 4:05.41, which was under the mark of 4:05.50 needed for the qualifier in the event.
Anderson joins steeplechaser Jamie Cheever on the squad in securing the World ‘A’ mark in advance of the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which will be held in Des Moines on June 20-23. USA Outdoor is the Trials for the U.S. team that will go to the IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Moscow in August.
In downtown Minneapolis at the Medtronic TC 1 Mile on May 9, Heather Kampf finished in third place in the women’s professional race with a time of 4:34.1, followed by Jamie Cheever in seventh in 4:39.7, and Meghan Peyton in 12th place in 4:52.8. In the men’s 1 mile professional race, Jon Peterson was 10th with a time of 4:08.6. The races were part of the Twin Cities In Motion’s evening of mile runs.
At the UAE Healthy Kidney 10k held in New York City’s Central Park on May 11, Jon Grey finished 16th in a strong international field with a time of 30:35. The race was put on by the New York Road Runners.
Two Team USA Minnesota men were in the top 10 at the USA 25k Championships held in Grand Rapids, Mich., on May 11. Andrew Carlson was sixth with a time of 1:16:21 and Ben Sathre finished 10th with a personal best time in the distance of 1:17:42 (previous best was 1:18:47). The 25k Championships were hosted by the Fifth Third River Bank Run.
About Team USA Minnesota
Team USA Minnesota is based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Formed in 2001, the purpose of the training center is to improve the competitiveness of post-collegiate American distance running and to develop Olympians. The athletes are coached by Dennis Barker, head cross country and track coach at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Team USA Minnesota’s major sponsor is Life Time Run ( www.lifetimerun.com) and its silver sponsor is Twin Cities In Motion ( www.tcmevents.org). It is also supported by the New York Road Runners and the USA Distance Project. For more information, visit the team’s web site at www.teamusaminnesota.org. |
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Nick Willis Breaks Medtronic TC 1 Mile Record, Pockets $15,000
Sarah Brown Nips Olympian Nicole Sifuentes for Women’s Title
Minneapolis, Minn. – May 9, 2013 – Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis extended his season winning streak to eight races with a record-breaking victory at the Medtronic TC 1 Mile in Minneapolis. The New Zealand native clocked 3:56.2 to break three-time Medtronic TC 1 Mile champion David Torrence’s 2011 record of 3:58.4.
In the women’s professional race, Sarah Brown of Atlanta, Ga., the 2010 runner-up, edged Canadian Olympian Nicole Sifuentes at the tape in 4:33.3, with Sifuentes clocked at 4:33.4. Defending champion Heather Kampf of Minneapolis was third with 4:34.1.
More than 3100 runners participated in the 9th annual event which raised $10,000 for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. The event, which raced through the heart of downtown Minneapolis, consisted of seven waves of runners of all ages and paces.
The 30-year-old Willis, who won his silver medal at the Beijing Games in 2008, blasted away from the field in the late-going, but eased his way to the finish line in the final meters despite the $10,000 record bonus.
"I took the lead with about 450 m to go,” the University of Michigan graduate said. “I wanted to save something for the end if I needed it."
Winona, Minnesota native Garrett Heath finished second at 3:57.3. Macklin Chaffee, of Boulder, Colorado, was third in 3:58.1. Six men broke four minutes in the event; the top three broke the existing record.
Brown, who met her runner-husband at the 2010 Medtronic TC 1 Mile, needed all 5280 feet of the mile to catch Sifuentes at the tape of the women’s race. Anxious minutes ticked by until Brown was announced the winner.
"I thought, if the wind's at my back, I want to just go for it,” Brown said. “My goal was to lead it ... [but] I had to maneuver a little bit more than I planned. A road mile is a lot different than a track race. It's anybody's game."
The Medtronic TC 1 Mile was the fifth stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour that includes 14 events and one end-of-the-year gala held across the country and throughout the year.
“We had an amazing night,” Twin Cities In Motion executive director Virginia Brophy Achman said. “From the Friends and Family Wave at the start of the night, to the Corporate Team Challenge, our fundraising for Boston, and the two fantastic professional races that climaxed the night, we feel exhilarated by everything that happened tonight.” |
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Four Team USA Minnesota Runners to Compete at
TC 1 Mile in Minneapolis May 9; Gabriele Anderson at
IAAF Diamond League Meet in Doha, Qatar, May 10
Minneapolis/St. Paul – May 7, 2013 – Four Team USA Minnesota distance runners will be among the professionals who will compete at the Medtronic TC 1 Mile in downtown Minneapolis on May 9. Around the world, Gabriele Anderson will run the 1500 meters on the track at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar, on May 10.
Competing on Thursday evening on Nicollet Mall will be Heather Kampf, Jamie Cheever, Meghan Peyton and Jon Peterson. The professional women’s wave starts at 7:51 p.m. and the professional men’s wave goes at 8:03 p.m. The start line is between 3rd Street South and Washington Avenue and the finish line is between 14th and 15th Street South.
Kampf is the defending champion at the ninth annual TC 1 Mile, having won the race in 2012 when it was also the USA 1 Mile Road Championship. She has a best in the distance of 4:27 on the road and over the weekend, posted a personal best 4:34 on the track at the Re:Run San Diego event.
Cheever has a best of 4:39 in the mile and most recently posted 9:29.13 in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational. Peyton has run 4:40 in the mile and in 2012 finished sixth at the TC 1 Mile. Peterson has a mark of 3:42 in the 1500 meters.
At the opening leg of the 2013 Diamond League, Anderson will continue her outdoor track season on the evening of May 10 at Qatar Sports Club in Doha. Anderson will run the 1500 meters and has a best of 4:04.84 in the distance which she set last summer. She finished fourth in the 1500m at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
About Team USA Minnesota
Team USA Minnesota is based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Formed in 2001, the purpose of the training center is to improve the competitiveness of post-collegiate American distance running and to develop Olympians. The athletes are coached by Dennis Barker, head cross country and track coach at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Team USA Minnesota’s major sponsor is Life Time Run ( www.lifetimerun.com) and its silver sponsor is Twin Cities In Motion ( www.tcmevents.org). It is also supported by the New York Road Runners and the USA Distance Project. For more information, visit the team’s web site at www.teamusaminnesota.org. |
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Strong Minnesotans Announced for Medtronic TC 1 Mile Professional Fields
USA Indoor Champ Leer and Breakthrough Steeplechaser Cheever Added
St. Paul, Minn. – May 2, 2013 – A strong contingent of professional runners with Minnesota ties has been added to the already potent field assembled for the Medtronic TC 1 Mile set for Thursday evening, May 9 in downtown Minneapolis.
Reigning USA Indoor mile and 3000-meter champion Will Leer, a Minnetonka native, and breakthrough steeplechaser Jamie Cheever, a Minneapolis native and University of Minnesota graduate who competes for Team USA Minnesota, will be part of the race that runs down Nicollet Mall.
The fleet pair joins defending Medtronic TC 1 Mile women’s champion Heather Kampf, Cheever’s Team USA Minnesota teammate and former Golden Gopher, and Winona nativeGarrett Heath, the newly crowned USA 1 Mile champion, Minnesotans who have already been announced in the race field.
Leer is fresh off running a 5000-meter personal best at the Mount SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. late last month. The 3:56.39 miler clocked 13:21.55 for the 3.1 mile event. Cheever recently redefined herself as a runner with a 9:29.13 clocking in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan, in Palo Alto, Calif., improving her personal best by a whopping 22 seconds, attaining a World Championships “A” qualifying mark, and becoming the 5th-fastest American women’s steeplechaser of all time.
Other Medtronic TC 1 Mile professionals with North Star State ties are Team USA Minnesota’s Jon Peterson, who represented the USA at the Edinburgh International cross country meet earlier this year, and Meghan Peyton, the sixth-place finisher in last year’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile. Former University of Minnesota star Elizabeth Yetzer, the fastest female high school miler in Minnesota history, rounds out the local favorites.
The Medtronic TC 1 Mile, organized by Twin Cities In Motion, features an evening of races for runners of all ages and abilities. Action kicks off at 6:53 p.m. and culminates with the professional races at 7:51 p.m. (women) and 8:03 p.m. (men). The Medtronic TC 1 Mile is the fifth stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour that includes 14 events and one end-of-the-year gala held across the country and throughout the year.
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