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Concordia Academy's Shaina Zinter excels as a college heptathlete in waiting

The senior is the favorite in four events at the Class 1A track and field state meet and has the best marks in two other races.

By David La Vaque

June 8, 2022 at 7:45PM
Concordia Academy-Roseville hurdler Shaina Zinter clears the final hurdle of the girl's 300m hurdle event during the Hamline Elite Meet Friday, April 29, 2022 at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. Zinter placed first in the event. ]
Concordia Academy’s Shaina Zinter led the field in the 300 hurdles at the Hamline Elite Meet in April. It’s just one event she dominates. (Alex Kormann, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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David La Vaque

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David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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