Frankie Capan III finished his Korn Ferry Tour season in style, finishing in a tie for fifth at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship at French Lick Golf Resort in Indiana.
Capan carded a 1-under round of 71 on Sunday, shooting 4-under on the back nine after a rough start to his final round. The North Oaks native tallied three top-five finishes over his final five starts of the season, including a win at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship two weeks ago.
Capan got to participate in the post-tournament festivities on Sunday honoring the top 30 finishers on the season-long points list, all of whom earned a promotion to the PGA Tour next season. Capan finished third on that season-long list this season, which will help him earn starts on the top pro tour in men’s golf next season.
Capan earned $744,423 on the golf course this season. The 24-year-old’s next start will likely come Jan. 9 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, his first time teeing it up as a PGA Tour member.
Veronica Gonzales, from Mexico, crosses the finish line in the women’s wheelchair section of the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
“Eww, don’t touch me,” said Rebecca Marraffa, from Minneapolis, to her sweaty husband Francesco seconds before the Barbie cosplaying runner hugged her during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Runners races along Summit Ave. in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Eric Byun from Chicago Illinois is dressed up as ‘Yoshi’ the video game Mario Brothers as he races along Summit Ave in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Runners races past supporters and fans along Summit Ave. in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
The family and friends of Will Schleicher, in white hat, from Oakdale, cheer him on as he races along Summit Ave. in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Runners race along Summit Ave. in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Brent Silkey from Savage rocks out to a live rock and roll band playing along Summit Ave in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Brendan Thompson from Mason Iowa pumps his fist as he crosses the finish line in the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Michael Sturek is very relieved to have crossed the finishing line during the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Morgan Kaardal, left, and Natalie McGlinch, high-five their boss Katie Opsahl during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. “We’re so proud of her,” said McGlinch about her U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boss. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Runners races along Summit Avenue in St. Paul during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Jen Van Otterloo, from Waterloo Iowa, celebrates her 6th place women’s finish at the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Molly Bookmyer, from Columbus Ohio, crosses the finish line with the winning time of 2:28:52 in the women’s portion of the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Anna Kelley, from Marquette Michigan, leaps over the finish line just under 3 hours in the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
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Veronica Gonzales, from Mexico, crosses the finish line in the women’s wheelchair section of the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
After a heat wave led to the cancellation of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon last year, the race was back on track Sunday with race-time temperatures in the low 50s and sunny skies. The online downside for runners, gusty winds.
Shadrack Kimining, 28, of Kenya, and Molly Bookmyer, 33, of Ohio, took first place in the 26.2-mile race from downtown Minneapolis to the state Capitol in St. Paul.
Kimining, wearing bib No. 1, came in first out of 3,669 overall racers and 2,227 men. He finished at 10:10 a.m., having completed the race in 2 hours, 20 minutes and 17 seconds.
He was followed in second place by Tesfu Twelde, 27, of Arizona, who finished in 2:20:21.
They were followed by Dominic Odor, 36, of Texas, who finished in 2:10:30.
Bookmyer finished in 2:28:52, nabbing first place out of 1,014 women and 24th out of the 3,669 total racers.
She was followed by Jessica Watychowicz, 33, of Colorado, who finished in 2:33:1. She was followed by Ashlee Powers, 30, of California, who finished in 2:33:40.
Daniel Duehs of Cold Spring, Minn., won the nonbinary title in 3:18:1. Fidel Aguilar of Arizona won the men’s push-rim wheelchair title with a time of 1:49:56, and his wife, Veronica Gonzales, won the women’s crown in 2:50:36.
In the Medtronic TC 10 Mile, U.S. Olympian Conner Mantz, of Utah, established a new course record, winning in 45 minutes and 13 seconds. Natosha Rogers, of Massachusetts, won the women’s title in 52:29. Piper Bain, of Minneapolis, won the nonbinary title in 1:11:34.
The mercury ultimately reached 92 degrees on Oct. 1, 2023, marking the hottest day ever recorded in October in the Twin Cities, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record was 90 degrees on Oct. 3, 1997, and Oct. 10, 1928.
The cancellation of the marathon was the first since the iconic event began in 1982. (It was held virtually at the start of the pandemic in 2020).
The best-of-five WNBA semifinal series between the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun was widely expected to be close.
It’ll go to the limit.
Tyasha Harris scored a playoff career-high 20 points, Alyssa Thomas added 18 points, and the Sun took over in the second half to win 92-82 Sunday in Uncasville, Conn., to force a deciding Game 5 at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Target Center.
Seeded second, the Lynx seek a finals berth for the first time since 2017, when the franchise won its fourth title in seven years.
The best-of-five WNBA Finals start Thursday in New York. Seeking its first title, the top-seeded Liberty eliminated the two-time defending champion Las Vegas on Sunday in the other semifinal.
A 7-0 run got the Lynx within 88-80 with less than two minutes to play, but Minnesota could not get all the way back.
DeWanna Bonner scored on a drive. Napheesa Collier answered with a fadeaway jumper, but DiJonai Carrington countered with a cutting layup for a 10-point lead with 54.6 seconds left.
Collier had 29 points and 13 rebounds for the Lynx, and Natisha Hiedeman added 16 points off the bench for Minnesota, which shot 46.7% for the game. But that number was 34.5% in the second half.
Connecticut shot 60% in the second half, including 5 of 10 from deep in outscoring Minnesota 49-32 in the 20 minutes.
Nine of 14 from 3 in the first half, the Lynx, the league’s top 3-point shooting team, missed its first 10 shots from deep in the second half and made just 1 of 12.
Up by seven to start the third quarter, the Lynx were outscored 25-13 by the third-seeded Sun in the frame.
Minnesota shot 4 for 17 in the quarter and missed all seven attempts from outside the arc. Connecticut made 11 of 20 field goals and was 3 of 5 from deep to open a 68-63 lead.
Connecticut had a 50-30 advantage in points in the paint.
The Sun scored just 15 points in the opening quarter on 35.3% shooting, but they quickly found their strokes. Connecticut was 20 for 35 in the middle two quarters scoring 53 points.
Minnesota was sharp right away.
Collier had four early rebounds and scored six straight points for a 14-7 Lynx lead midway through the first quarter. Minnesota made five of its first seven shots; Connecticut three of its first 11.
Back-to-back treys by Collier and Carleton pushed the lead to 10.
Gophers women’s hockey coach Brad Frost believes the current version of the Gophers boasts one of his deepest rosters in recent years. That depth was on display on Sunday afternoon at Ridder Arena as five different Gophers scored in a 5-2 victory over the Boston University Terriers.
The win improved the No. 2 Gophers to 4-0 and has them riding high as they prepare for the start of WCHA play, which begins with a weekend series at defending national champion Ohio State next weekend, followed by a matchup with Wisconsin at Ridder the following weekend.
For Frost, improving the Gophers’ depth was all about closing the gap between the Gophers and their two WCHA — and national — rivals.
“As you look at the last (five) national championships, they are the ones holding on to those,” Frost said. “We knew we needed to get better. We’ve had good years over the past number, but if we want to get to the top we’ve got to have a group where, if there’s an injury, we have people there.”
Improving depth is another way of saying increasing the overall talent level.
“We’re playing four lines, and in women’s hockey, most teams don’t play four lines,” Frost said. “We have the talent and ability to do that. That’s really important, especially on back-to-back nights. But we’ve also increased the talent of our roster, as well.”
The newcomers include skilled freshmen, as well as productive transfers. Gophers leading goal scorer Abbey Murphy spoke after Friday night’s game of how the additions have added to the teams overall strength, and senior forward Peyton Hemp echoed those words on Sunday.
“Top to bottom, it’s good player after good player,” said Hemp, who got the Gophers’ scoring started with the lone goal in the first period. “You can trust every single person when they’re on the ice.”
Sunday afternoon, the Gophers held a 1-0 lead past the midway point of the second period before the Terriers tied the game. But the Gophers needed only 61 seconds to regain the lead when Murphy scored on a penalty shot, her fifth goal of the season.
Ella Huber scored her first goal of the season three minutes later as the Gophers took a 3-1 lead into the third period.
Defenseman Sydney Morrow, one of the transfers, made it a 4-1 game 27 seconds into the third period. The Terriers cut into the lead at 2:12 of the period, but once again the Gophers responded quickly, with defenseman Nelli Laitinen getting her first of the season 54 seconds later.
“Happy to see us score some goals tonight,” Frost said, referring to Friday’s 1-0 win. “Better job of going to the net and getting some quality chances there.”
Freshman goaltender Hannah Clark — highly recruited out of Ontario, Canada, as a member of Canada’s Under-18 national team — earned the victory in her first collegiate start. She made one of her best saves in the first period on a point-blank shot when the game was scoreless.
The Gophers gained control of the puck and began a rush that ended in Hemp’s goal.
“I thought she played really well,’ Frost said. “Very calm. I was really happy with how Hannah played.”
Skylar Vetter remains the Gophers’ top goaltender, but, again, there’s that added depth.
Expectations are certainly high.
“We’re two weekends in and there’s still a lot of learning and things to take place,” Frost said.
Two weekends in against non-conference opponents. To be followed by two weekends that will be a good gauge of where the Gophers are positioned — at least for now — on the national landscape.
“Playing out of conference is fun,” Hemp said, “but it’s a real test for us to get the top dogs.”
