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Garry Bjorklund / Proctor High School (Proctor, Minn.)
Graduate
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Garry Bjorklund was one of the greatest high school runners ever in Minnesota, legendary
enough to have the half marathon at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth named after him.
Garry bjorklund biography examples
People
have run the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth ever since
After finishing third at the state meet, Bjorklund went on to win the next three state
titles in the mile. In all three of those wins he set a new meet record, culminating in a
legendary performance in his last high school race.
In , Bjorklund set the state record in the mile at the state meet. He ran a mile that day, good enough for a record that would
last 39 years. In another performance that day, we had a new state meet record in the yard
dash by future Olympian Mark Lutz.
After graduating high school, Bjorklund went on to a distinguished career at the University of
Min