A reporter entering an interview with Derek and Taylor Wiebke, brother and sister track and field athletes for the Gophers, is advised to have at hand a full list of their accomplishments.
You aren't going to get much assistance from these successful collegians when it comes to offering self-serving tributes.
"The humility you get from Derek and Taylor … it's 100 percent genuine," said Erik Myran, formerly a track and field coach at Kasson-Mantorville High School. "They always came off as best friends, even more than brother and sister."
Derek was two years older and graduated from Kasson-Mantorville in 2013. Taylor was in the Class of '15.
This week, we sat in a conference room at the Bierman Building for 45 minutes and I pressed that issue. Brother and sister, two years apart. There had to be a couple of memorable squabbles.
"Not really," Taylor said. "We got along great."
Derek nodded and said: "Always."
"Same with teammates and classmates," Myran said. "They were fantastic KoMets."