Blankenship captured the Big Ten title in the mile with a winning time of 4:05.64. Blankenship, who placed fourth in the event last year, took the lead in the final two laps of the race and held off Indiana's Andrew Bayer by 0.27 seconds for the victory. Andy Richardson was sixth and Paul Hilsen was seventh in the event for the Gophers.
Way to kick some butt Ben!!!
Congrats!!
-- Edited by Bobber on Sunday 28th of February 2010 07:21:04 PM
COOL WAY COOOl. Way to go Ben. I used to run the Golden Gopher 10K race when I was a young buck of about 30 years of age. It was fun and a great feeling. Way to go.....