GET IN GEAR was first run in April of 1978. Created to provide the Minnesota running community with a large, well-run fitness event, the original GET IN GEAR featured a 10K race and a 2K run. With more than 3,000 registrants that first year, GET IN GEAR was to become Minnesota's premier fitness event with an annual field of over 6,000 participants making it Minnesota's largest short distance race, largest kid's run, and rated as one of the top 100 road races in the nation by Runner's World.
Race Director: Paulette Dow.
# | Date [$Cost] |
MDRA Grand Prix |
Photos | Results (arrs) |
Count | Great grandmaster (70+) winners | Senior grandmaster (60+) winners | Grandmasters (50+) winners | Master (40+) winners | Open winners | ||||||
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M | W | Men (2009: 44:10) |
Women (2012: 53:39) |
Men (2001: 37:23) |
Women (2016: 44:21) |
Men (1999: 33:40) |
Women (2016: 30:55) |
Men (2001: 30:10) |
Women (2002: 34:31) |
Men |
Women |
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1 | Apr 29, 1978 | arrs | Paul
Raether 30:34 |
Jan Arenz 37:21 |
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2 | Apr 28, 1979 | arrs | Tony
Shockency 30:03 |
Jan Arenz 37:01 |
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3 | Apr 26, 1980 | arrs | Tony
Shockency 29:48 |
Maggie Munro 36:10 |
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4 | Apr 25, 1981 | arrs | Steve
Reynolds 29:08 |
Janice
Ettle 36:36 |
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5 | Apr 24, 1982 | arrs | John
Stokka 30:16 |
Lorraine
Moller 33:54 |
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6 | Apr 30, 1983 | arrs | Mike
Palmquist 91.8% 29:07 |
Suzanne Wurl 36:27 |
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7 | Apr 28, 1984 | arrs | Lindsay
Brown 29:10 |
Susan
Schneider 33:20 |
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8 | Apr 27, 1985 | arrs | Lindsay
Brown 29:15 |
Janice
Klecker 33:20 |
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9 | Apr 26, 1986 | arrs | Jerrold
Wynia 30:00 |
Jan Ettle 33:53 |
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10 | Apr 25, 1987 | arrs | Scott
Jenkins 29:26 |
Janice
Klecker 34:02 |
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11 | Apr 30, 1988 | arrs | Scott
Ergen 29:38 |
Leslie
Seymour 34:44 |
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12 | Apr 29, 1989 | Three | arrs | Peter
Wareham 29:35 |
Janice
Ettle 34:52 |
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13 | Apr 28, 1990 | Three | arrs | Pat
McCarthy 29:23 |
Janice
Ettle 33:43 |
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14 | Apr 27, 1991 | Three | arrs | Dan Held 29:52 |
Janice
Ettle 35:03 |
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15 | Apr 25, 1992 | Three | arrs | Dan Held 30:00 |
Janis
Klecker 32:52 |
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16 | Apr 24, 1993 | Three | arrs | Dan Held 29:23 |
Sabrina
Dornhoefer 34:17 |
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17 | Apr 30, 1994 | Three | arrs | Jonah
Koech 28:45 |
Bonnie
Sons 34:30 |
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18 | Apr 29, 1995 | Three | arrs | John
Kihonge 29:13 |
Deb
Gormley 34:49 |
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19 | Apr 27, 1996 | Three | arrs | Curt
Kotsonas 29:49 |
Deb
Gormley 34:26 |
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20 | Apr 26, 1997 [$14] | -- | Zach
Kunyiha 29, 28:50 |
Deanna
O'Neil 34:27 |
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21 | Apr 25, 1998 [$15] | -- | arrs | Cosmas Musyoka 30:09 |
Deb
Gormley 35:45 |
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22 | Apr 24, 1999 [$16] | -- | m w | 2678 | 2014 | Lloyd Young 75, 46:25 |
Ellen McCoy 78, 1:04:03 |
Thom Weddle 60, 37:24 |
Sandra Sheldon 60,49:45 |
Garrett Tomczak 51, 90.0% 33:40 |
Gloria Jansen 51, 41:13 |
Kevin Haas 40, 32:38 |
Janice Ettle 40, 36:21 |
Jared
Segera 22, 90.1% 29:40 |
Kelly
Keeler 37, 88.8% 34:38 |
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23 | Apr 29, 2000 [$18] | -- | m
w arrs |
2762 | 2139 | Lloyd Young 76, 48:53 |
Cahow Marcy 70, 56:51 |
Thom Weddle 61, 37:40 |
Charlotte Frampton 60, 47:38 |
John Cretzmeyer 51, 37:43 |
Barb Jacobson 50, 40:49 |
James Cope 40, 33:11 |
Bev Docherty 41, 36:26 |
Julius
Mwangi 24, 90.8% 29:26 |
Kelly
Keeler 38, 89.0% 34:42 |
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24 | Apr 28, 2001 | -- | m
w
arrs gm gw |
2551 | 2026 | Lloyd Young 77, 47:34 |
Carolyn Sankey 70, 59:03 |
Dan Conway 62, 37:23 |
Judy Cronen 60, 48:37 |
Doug Bell 50, 33:53 |
Barb Jacobson 51, 41:00 |
Andrew Masai 41, 92.6% 30:10 |
Janet
Robertz 41, 35:06 |
Julius
Mwangi 25, 91.4% 29:13 |
Kim Kauls 31, 85.3% 35:33 |
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25 | Apr 27, 2002 [$20] | -- | m
w arrs |
2190 | 1656 | John Keston 77, 44:29 |
Barbara Burhans 70, 1:01:03 |
Thom Weddle 63, 40:09 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 60, 46:18 |
Mike Seaman 51, 34:45 |
Gloria Jansen 54, 42:51 |
Phil Bedford 40, 31:03 |
Lynbol
Kremleva 40, 34:31 |
Kibet
Cherop 22, 88.6% 30:10 |
Rasa Michniovaite 24, 87.0% 34:53 |
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26 | Apr 26, 2003 [$23] | -- | m
w
orr arrs |
2101 | 1734 | Lloyd Young 79, 49:32 |
Barbara Burhans 71, 1:02:10 |
Thomas Weddle 64, 42:27 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 61, 48:12 |
Michael Seaman 52, 36:40 |
Gloria Jansen 55, 43:49 |
Andrew Masai 43, 94.0% 30:11 |
Lynbol
Kremleva 41, 34:41 |
Jared
Segera 26, 89.8% 29:45 |
Bonnie Sons 37, 84.7% 36:19 |
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27 | Apr 24, 2004 [$23] | -- | m
w
orr arrs |
2081 | 1717 | Harold Hubbard 77, 54:06 |
Carolyn Sankey 73, 58:35 |
Dan Conway 65, 38:03 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 62, 47:08 |
Rob Whetham 51, 36:37 |
Lynae Larson 50, 42:44 |
Digger Carlson 42, 32:16 |
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 49, 35:36 |
Jared
Segera 27, 88.4% 30:14 |
Denisa
Costescu 28, 88.3% 34:21 |
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28 | Apr 30, 2005 [$24] | -- | m
w arrs |
2026 | 1734 | Greg Prom 74, 49:50 |
Carolyn Sankey 74, 1:00:58 |
Dan Conway 66, 38:21 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 63, 46:53 |
Allen Zetterlund 50, 36:04 |
Janet Rosen 51, 41:22 |
John Mirth 42, 31:36 |
Debbie Leyden 44, 37:01 |
Moses Waweru 27, 89.1% 30:00 |
Ketema
Atalelech 22, 89.5% 33:54 |
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29 | Apr 29, 2006 [$25] | Three | cl | m
w |
1925 | 1728 | Dale Urbain 72, 49:01 |
Marge Nielsen 70, 59:44 |
Jim Graupner 61, 38:42 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 64, 47:37 |
Randy Wiinanen 50, 35:32 |
Janet Rosen 52, 41:28 |
John Mirth 43, 32:15 |
Bonnie Sons, 40, 37:18 |
Henry
Kipchirchir 22, 89.7% 29:48 |
Jemima
Jelagat 21, 92.1% 32:57 |
30 | Apr 28, 2007 [$25] | Four | cl | m
w arrs |
2154 | 1888 | Dale Urbain 73, 49:11 |
Marge Nielsen, 71, 1:02:54 |
Paul Lamere 60, 39:04 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 65, 52:45 |
Randy Wiinanen 51, 35:24 |
Janet Rosen 53, 41:38 |
John Mirth 44, 32:14 |
Bonnie Sons 41, 38:11 |
Alena
Reta 25, 89.9% 29:43 |
Alemtsehay
Misganaw 26, 92.0% 32:58 |
31 | Apr 26, 2008 [$26] | Four | m
w arrs |
1879 | 1670 | Larry Junkermeier 70, 54:16 |
Marge Nielsen 72, 1:02:42 |
Paul Lamere 61, 40:06 |
Diane Stoneking 60, 46:47 |
Bobby Paxton 51, 36:36 |
Katherine Adams 51, 44:03 |
John Mirth 45, 33:30 |
Bonnie Sons 42, 38:20 |
Sammy
Malakwen 29, 86.6% 30:51 |
Kimberly
Magee 25, 82.3% 36:50 |
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32 | Apr 25, 2009 [$26] | Four | m
w arrs |
1654 | 1768 | Thom Weddle 70, 81.9% 44:10 |
Marge Nielsen 73, 1:02:09 |
Paul Lamere 62, 40:17 |
Kathleen Shea 61, 51:18 |
Doug Keller 50, 34:35 |
Janet Rosen 55, 42:08 |
John Mirth 46, 32:42 |
Bonnie Sons 43, 38:48 |
Sammy Malakwen 30, 91.2%, 29:17 |
Alemtsehay
Misganaw 28, 87.2%, 34:47 |
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32 | Apr 24, 2010 | Four | cl-fb video |
m
w arrs |
1645 | 2047 | Thom Weddle 71, 80.5% 45:25 |
Lois Degonda 75, 1:16:54 |
Paul Lamere 63, 41:14 |
Gloria Jansen 62, 49:36 |
Paul Giannobile 50, 35:13 |
Janet Rosen 56, 42:22 |
Craig Greenslit 40, 32:09 |
Kim Kauls 40, 37:41 |
Richard
Kandie 25, 90.4% 29:33 |
Alemtsehay
Misganaw, 29, 89.5% 33:54 |
34 | Apr 30, 2011 | Four | video | m
w arrs |
1424 | 1699 | Thom Weddle 72, 82.0% 45:11 |
Sandra Dalquist 70, 56:33 |
Rick Hlebain 60, 40:33 |
Gloria Jansen 63, 49:58 |
Paul Giannobile 51, 34:49 |
Pamela Weier 51, 41:43 |
John Mirth 48, 33:29 |
Amy Halseth 41, 38:33 |
Matt
Gabrielson 32, 89.7%, 29:50 |
Michelle
Frey 29, 86.9%, 34:54 |
35 | Apr 28, 2012 | Four | m
w arrs |
1608 | 2023 | Thom Weddle 73, 78.3% 48:00 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 70, 83.8%, 53:39 |
Denny Jordan 60, 40:48 |
Gloria Jansen 64, 49:42 |
Paul Giannobile 52, 34:47 |
Pamela Weier 52, 42:25 |
John Mirth 49, 33:14 |
Amy Halseth 42, 38:05 |
Matt
Gabrielson 33, 89.3% 30:01 |
Emily
Brown 27, 90.6% 33:28 |
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36 | Apr 27, 2013 | Four | tr | m
w arrs |
1515 | 1924 | Jared Mondry 70, 81.2% 44:31 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 71, 84.7% 53:54 |
Dan Morse 60, 39:45 |
Gloria Jansen 65, 49:28 |
Patrick Billig 50, 89.0% 33:46 |
Rochelle Wirth 50, 40:17 |
Kelly Mortenson 41, 33:27 |
Bonnie Sons 47, 40:04 |
Andrew
Carlson 31, 90.8% 29:27 |
McKenzie
Melander 23, 87.8% 34:32 |
37 | Apr 26, 2014 [$20] | Four | tr1
tr2
tr3 video |
m w | 1339 | 1678 | Jared Mondry 71, 76.3% 47:56 |
Marilyn Schnobrich 72, 83.6% 55:30 |
Bryan Swenson 60, 78.1% 42:00 |
Gloria Jansen 66, 83.4% 50:44 |
Patrick Billig 51, 87.6% 34:35 |
Rochelle Wirth 51, 86.1% 40:17 |
Mikhail Romanov 40, 84.9% 32:40 |
Katie McGee 41, 81.8% 38:27 |
Julius
Koskei 32, 90.1%, 29:42 |
Lilian
Mariita 26, 90.7% 33:26 |
38 | Apr 25, 2015 | -- | gig wk | m
w arrs |
1193 | 1467 | Jim Graupner 70, 78.1% 46:16 |
Sandra Dalquist 74, 82.7% 57:55 |
Bill Krezonoski 61, 86.7% 38:51 |
Julie Virkus 62, 90.68% 44:29 |
Patrick Billig 52, 88.6% 34:30 |
Wanda Gau 52, 87.46% 40:17 |
Dimitri Drekonja 40, 82.27% 34:32 |
Katie McGee 42, 85.11% 37:19 |
Ben
Sathre 25, 90.3% 29:36 |
Lauren
Rice 23, 83.8% 36:13 |
39 | Apr 30, 2016 [$25] | Four | tr1 tr2 wk | m
w arrs |
1037 | 1287 | Harry Cottrell 70, 83.1% 43:30 |
Sandra Dalquist 75, 80.9% 1:00:16 |
Rick Hlebain 65, 82.6% 41:36 |
Julie Virkus 63, 91.4% 44:21 |
Patrick Billig 53, 88.3% 34:54 |
Wanda Gau 53, 89.0% 39:55 |
Eric Johnson 41, 82.9% 33:41 |
Heather Himler 40, 78.4% 39:49 |
Kenneth
Rotich 25, 88.3% 30:16 |
Emma Lee 25, 85.4% 35:32 |
40 | Apr 29, 2017 | Four | wk | m
w arrs |
1117 | 1413 | Wayne Grundstrom 70, 75.8% 47:4 |
Sara Olson 70, 84.4% 53:16 |
Bobby Paxton 60, 86.3% 38:01 |
Julie Virkus 64, 91.6% 44:52 |
Patrick Billig 54, 89.0% 34:55 |
Sonya Decker 50, 85.2% 40:15 |
Kenny Miller 40, 32:26 |
Katherine McGee 44, 86.0% 37:23 |
Ben
Sathre, 27, 92.1% 29:00* |
Margaret
Maina 30, 87.6% 34:37 |
41 | Apr 28, 2018 | Four | m w | 889 | 1018 | Wayne Grundstrom 71, 75.6% 48:23 |
Gloria Jansen 70, 81.8% 54:57 |
Daniel Johnson 60, 85.9% 38:11 |
Andriette Wickstrom 63, 88.2% 45:56 |
W Scott Lindell 50, 84.8% 35:26 |
Bonnie Sons 52, 83.9% 41:51 |
Kenny Miller 41, 85.4% 32:42 |
Melissa Gacek 41, 80.7% 38:56 |
Sammy
Rotich 31, 91.0% 29:22 |
Vicoty
Chepngeno 22, 92.9% 32:40 |
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42 | Apr 27, 2019 | Four | tr0 tr1 | m w | 848 | 847 | Doug Saari 77, 81.5% 49:20 |
Sara Olson 72, 83.3% 55:39 |
Daniel Johnson 61, 87.5% 37:49 |
Andriette Wickstrom 64, 88.6% 46:25 |
W Scott Lindell 51, 88.4% 34:17 |
Wanda Gau 56, 88.9% 41:31 |
Olivier Vrambout 45, 87.6% 32:54 |
Becky Youngberg 44, 82.9% 38:48 |
Silas Kipruto 29, 90.5% 29:32 |
Vicoty
Chepngeno 25, 94.1% 32:15 |
43 | Apr 25, 2020 [$32] |
* 2017 Short course (wrong turn) for men leaders in 2017
5/27/19 Event summary results. If you know any corrections, contact information here.