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Bethany Hasz, a redshirt senior from Alexandria, Minn., finished second in the women's 5,000-meter run on Friday in NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., with a time of 15 minutes, 49.62 seconds. She was in the back of the lead pack, roughly in ninth place, until making a late charge in the final 400 meters.
Alec Basten of the Gophers finished seventh in the men's 5,000-meter run in 13:32.98 — a personal best by more than 12 seconds.
His time broke a nine-year program indoor record held by Hassan Mead (13:33.42).
U baseball falls in 10
Illinois scored five runs in the top of the 10th inning to beat the Gophers 6-1 in Big Ten baseball at U.S. Bank Stadium. Minnesota starter Sam Ireland pitched 7⅓ innings, giving up one run on a homer in the seventh and five hits. The Gophers (1-4) scored an unearned run in the seventh.