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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

Tollefson Confirmed for Medtronic TC 1 Mile

Posted May 7th, 2008 at 4:30 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

Despite missing last Sunday’s Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational meeting at Stanford due to an illness, Team USA Minnesota’s Carrie Tollefson will line up for tomorrow evening’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile in Minneapolis, her manager Rich Kenah confirmed.

“Yes,” wrote Kenah in a short text message from his BlackBerry. “She is running.”

Tollefson’s key rivals will be Tiffany McWilliams, Emily Brown, Marina Muncan, Rose Kosgei, and Meskerem Legesse. A $4,000 check awaits the race winner with the chance to earn an additional $10,000 bonus for a sub-4:28.00 finish time.
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Fast Milers Headed to Minneapolis

Posted May 6th, 2008 at 2:15 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

Thursday’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile will give 2600 citizen athletes a chance to test themselves at the sport’s classic distance, while a much smaller group of elite athletes will be running all-out for significant cash prizes. It will be the fourth annual edition for Minnesota’s most important road mile.

The venue will be Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. A mass wave of about 1000 runners will start things of at 6:50 p.m., followed by age-group and championship waves beginning at 7:53 p.m. The elites, running for a $25,000 prize money purse, will bring the show to a rousing close. A special $10,000 bonus is on the line for the first man to break 4:00.00 and the first woman to break 4:28.00.

Steve Sherer (Pictured)leads the men’s entry list. The 27 year-old athlete and former Michigan State Spartan, ran 3:56-flat during the indoor season, and finished third in the AT&T USA Indoor Championships at 1500m.
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Medtronic TC 1 Mile Adds Big Prize Money Purse

Posted March 7th, 2008 at 12:15 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Milers have a new earnings opportunity for 2008 thanks to the generosity of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.

The Medtronic TC 1 Mile, scheduled for May 8, along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, is offering a $25,000 prize money purse, making it the second richest road mile in the United States behind the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City. In addition, the race is offering a very tempting $10,000 bonus to the male and female winners should they achieve fast times.
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