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Northern State University graduate Dakotah Lindwurm placed 12th in the women’s marathon at the summer Olympics in Paris. Photo courtesy of USA Track and Field.
Former Northern State distance runner Dakotah (Bullen) Lindwurm crossed the line in 12th place during the women’s marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Lindwurm finished the 26.2-mile run on Sunday, Aug. 11 in 2:26:24. At the halfway mark, she was in third place, and she briefly took the lead during mile 15.
After the race, she told Runner’s World, “And by the time we turned to Versailles, I was like, did I just take out like a Mario Kart shortcut or something because I was in the lead,” she said. “I didn’t know how. So that was pretty cool. And then, man, I mean, they closed hard.”
Lindwurm was the top U.S. finisher. Emily Sisson placed 23rd for the U.S. in 2:29.53.
The win went to Dutch runner Sifan Hassan in an Olympic record time of 2:22.55. Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took the silver, while Kenya’s Helen Obiri claimed the bronze medal.
Lindwurm competed for the Wolves from 2014 to 2018, earning all-American honors at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing sixth in the 10,000-meter run. She was a cross-country all-American in fall 2017, finishing 34th at the NCAA Division II national meet.
The St. Francis, Minn., native is a current member of the Minnesota Elite Distance training group.
Braun takes second in SDGA amateur championship
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Aberdeen Central’s Olivia Braun carded a three-day total seven-over par 223 to finish second in the South Dakota Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championship last weekend at Meadowbrook Golf Club in Rapid City.
Braun fired the low-round on Sunday, Aug. 11 with a 72, carding three birdies over her final nine holes.
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Winner Reese Jansa of Sioux Falls finished two shots ahead of Braun with a three-day total of 221.
On the men’s side, Aberdeen’s Braydon Jones placed 44th with a three-day total of 240. Rapid City’s Kevin Gillick claimed the title with a five-under 211.
Sports news and notes
- South Dakota high school soccer begins this week. On Friday, Aug. 16, the Aberdeen Central boys and girls play at Pierre. On Saturday, Aug. 17, the Groton girls host Sioux Falls Christian, while the boys take on Freeman Academy in Groton. The high school tennis season also opened this week.
- The South Dakota media preseason high school football polls will be released Monday, Aug. 19.