WAYZATA HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE MINNESOTA BOYS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO (January 23, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Josh Thorson of Wayzata HS as its 2011-12 Gatorade Minnesota Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. Thorson is the first Gatorade Minnesota Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Wayzata HS.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Haylie Zenner has made a habit of having success in the Twin Cities. So why stop now? Zenner, the Fergus Falls track and field star, put herself in position to have more success by committing to the University of Minnesota for next year. (via www.inforum.com)

High School Track and Field Rules Changes Focus on Jewelry Violations and Pole Vault Requirements   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                        Contact: Becky Oakes INDIANAPOLIS, IN (January 20, 2012) —  In its June 8-10 meeting in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Track and Field and Cross Country Rules Committee addressed the jewelry rule and clarified two rules in the pole vault among its nine major changes. All changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

CHICAGO (January 12, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN HS, today announced Maria Hauger of Shakopee High School as its 2011-12 Gatorade Minnesota Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Hauger is the first Gatorade Minnesota Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Shakopee High School.

Maria Hauger, Shakopee High School junior, has been named 2011-2012 Minnesota Girls Cross County Runner of the year by Gatorade in collaboration with ESPN HS.  (via Shakopee Patch' property='og:site_name)

Kingsland graduate Chris Erichsen will be running with the best marathon runners in the United States Saturday in Houston, Texas, when he participates in the Olympic Marathon Trials. (via bluffcountrynews.com)