Winners take Minnesota Mile field to school

DULUTH — Both winners of the 2024 Minnesota Mile have a lot of experience at running with the leaders.

Brooke Jaworski of Wausau, Wisconsin and Finn Youberg of Gulf Breeze, Florida crossed the finish line first at the 18th annual event, run on Friday night near Enger Park.

Jaworski was a three-time All-American at the University of Texas before running one season as a graduate student at Minnesota. She rolled to a 29-second victory in a time of 5 minutes, 11 seconds.

The 2022 winner, Hanna Torvi, was the runner-up.

The men’s winner, Youberg, has three seasons on the Minnesota Duluth cross country team under his belt, and won for the first time, in 4:38. Hayden O’Connor and Michael Torchia were about 10 seconds behind Youberg.

This year’s event had 526 finishers (227 men, 299 women), marking the highest participation since 2019.

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