Minnesota Girls All-Decade Team: Long Sprints


Before the new decade of Minnesota Track & Field opens in March, MileSplit Minnesota takes a look back at the previous ten years with our all-decade team. Take a look at our picks for the best boys 400m & 4x400 performers of the last ten years in Minnesota. Selections are presented within each tier in alphabetical order. 


Minnesota Girls All-Decade Team: Long Sprints (400m, 4x400m)

FIRST TEAM:

Honour Finley (Bloomington Kennedy, 2017)


  • PRs: 100m- 12.49, 200m- 24.23 (5th fastest of decade/6th MN all-time), 400m- 53.96 (MN all-time record/Decade Best), 800m- 2:19.00
  • 3x Class AA State Champion 400m (2015-17)
  • 3x Class AA State Runner-up 200m (2015-17)
  • Class AA State Finalist 400m (2014)
  • Class AA State Finalist 4x100m (2015)
  • 4x Section 3AA Champion 400m (2014-17)
  • Section 3 AA Champion (2015)
  • Ran fastest 400m by MN HS runner (53.96) in 2016 USATF Junior National Outdoor Championships
  • PRs: 100m- 12.30, 200m- 25.23, 400m-.55.99, LJ- 19-10.25
  • 5x MSHSL State Meet Qualifier in 400m
  • Class A State Champion 400m (2019)
  • 2x Class A State Champion LJ (2018-19)
  • Class A/AA State Finalist 400m (2015-16)
  • 2x Class A State Runner-up 400m (2017-18)
  • Class A State Finalist 4x400 (2017)
  • 2x Class A State Finalist 200m (2018-19)
  • Section 5AA Champion 400m (2015)
  • 3x Section 4A Champion 400m (2016, 18-19)
  • 2x Section 4A Champion 4x400 (2016-17)
  • Section 4A Champion 100m, 200m LJ (2019)

Megan Linder (Cretin-Derham Hall, 2014)


  • PRs: 100m- 12.08, 200m- 24.55, 400m- 55.17 (5th fastest of decade, 9th MN all-time), LJ- 16.5.25
  • 2x Class AA State Champion 400m (2012-13)
  • Class AA State Champion 200m (2014)
  • Class AA State Runner-up 200m & 400m (2014)
  • Class AA State Finalist 400m (2011)
  • Class AA State FInalist 100m & 200m (2012-13)
  • 3x Section 4AA Champion 400m (2011-13)
  • 2x Section 4AA Champion 100m & 200m (2011, 13)