News: Gopher to Badger

Gopher to Badger Half Marathon Donnie Fellows won the race with a time of 01:10:08. Donnie Fellows and Matt Volz end up toghether at the second place with a time of 01:15:16 In the women’s race, Abbey Singleton took top honors by finishing the race in 01:24:53 . She bested Elizabeth Frick who crossed the finish line 20 seconds behind her. Finishing third was McKenzie Holt (01:26:47). Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results Gopher to Badger 5K Asa Beckner outran roughly 557 runners to win with a time of 00:17:03. Ben Lundsten secured second in this year’s race with a time of 00:17:50. Christopher Truscott (00:18:23) made notched third place. In the ladies race, Tiffany Holiday scored victory with a time of 00:19:05 , followed by Jenny Wilcox who finished with a time of 00:19:48. Rounding out the top three was Kaylee Arndt with a time of 00:20:41. Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results §staticmap(4235,5,800,200)

Ethan Anderson scored victory with a time of 01:17:56. He bested William Zastrow who crossed the finish line one minute 32 seconds behind him. Rounding out the top three was Greg Jaeger with a time of 01:19:33. In the women’s race, Heather Meyers-Wimer got a win, finishing with a time of 01:30:15 , ahead of McKenzie Holt (01:30:47). While Amber Uhlenhake came in third at 01:33:39 Top 5 Men 1 Ethan Anderson 01:17:56 2 William Zastrow 01:19:28 3 Greg Jaeger 01:19:33 4 Brent Wathke 01:21:04 5 Isaac Secor 01:21:21 Top 5 Women 1 Heather Meyers-Wimer 01:30:15 2 McKenzie Holt 01:30:47 3 Amber Uhlenhake 01:33:39 4 Steph Cloutier 01:35:01 5 Melissa Zajec 01:35:36 Complete results

Half Marathon results In a battle of brothers, Donnie Fellows (1:11:58) beat Brandon Fellows (1:12:02) by a step to win the Gopher to Badger Half Marathon which starts in Stillwater, Minnesota and ends in Hudson, Wisconsin. Close to 900 runners completed the race across the Hudson River which began in 1997 and includes a battle for the border, where event organizers add up the times of the first five runners from each state and awards a winner. Zane Grabau rounded out the top three with a time of 1:15:50. For the women, it was McKenzie Holt (1:23:08) holding on by less than 30 seconds against Haley Johnson (1:23:37) to take first. Holt cut more than two minutes from her second-place finish a year ago. Caroline Grunenwald came in at 1:24:16 for third. Top 10 Men 1 Donnie FELLOWS 1:11:58 2 Brandon FELLOWS 1:12:02 3 Zane GRABAU 1:15:50 4 Tim HARDY 1:17:38 5 Chase NOWAK 1:18:33 6 Greg JAEGER 1:19:10 7 Brad MOENING 1:19:14 8 Edward NORDSTROM 1:19:31 9 Luke WIEKER 1:20:19 10 Joshua FREI 1:22:05 Top 10 Women 1 McKenzie HOLT 1:23:08 2 Haley JOHNSON 1:23:37 3 Caroline GRUNENWALD 1:24:16 4 Angie VOIGHT 1:28:18 5 Amanda BARTHOL 1:29:15 6 Samantha SUNSTROM 1:29:32 7 Emily RENNER 1:30:02 8 Cathleen GROSS 1:30:05 9 Tara BURR 1:31:14 10 Rachel ANDERSON 1:31:27 Complete Results 5K results Top 10 Men 1 Shad GAUSMANN 16:30 2 Jacob OHNSTAD 16:40 3 Jason PHILLIPPI 16:42 4 Meyer BECKNER 17:45 5 Aidan MANLEY 17:47 6 Ian SMITH 17:54 7 Matthew GAUSMANN 17:55 8 Reid SCHWECHLER 18:20 9 Eric KVASNICK 18:31 10 Asa BECKNNER 18:34 Top 10 Women 1 Victoria PHILLIPPI 19:06 2 Emily PETERMANN 22:21 3 Joanna CHEYKA 23:14 4 Gracie JOHNSON 23:15 5 Abby JOHNSON 23:15 6 Emma MENDEZ 23:32 7 Erika KESSLER 23:54 8 Mary JENSEN 25:22 9 Gina HANZEL 25:36 10 Penny JENSEN 25:40 Complete Results