Minnesota Scene: State shot put legend Anderson dies at 62

Colin Anderson, one of Minnesota's most decorated track and field throwers, died Monday at age 62 from cancer.

Anderson competed at former Golden Valley High School and became the first male in state history to surpass 60 feet in the shot put.

He won a Big Ten shot put title with the Gophers and earned a spot on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that boycotted the Moscow Games. He later taught for 33 years at Elk River High School and helped coach football and track and field for 25 years with various high school programs.

He is survived by his wife, Lynne, and son Thomas. Lynne made the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic teams in the discus and worked with Gophers throwers for more than 30 years as an assistant coach.

Thomas, a redshirt sophomore at Arizona State, was a two-time Minnesota shot put champion.

David La Vaque

The Gophers men's hockey team's reign at No. 1 continues after a weekend sweep of Notre Dame. Minnesota shut out the Fighting Irish 5-0 on Friday night and held on for a 4-2 victory on Sunday.

Minnesota State Mankato moved up four spots to No. 9 after a weekend sweep of Bemidji State. Minnesota Duluth jumped to No. 13 after sweeping St. Cloud State. The Huskies fell from No. 7 to No. 15.

The Big Ten was 3-5 last weekend; the Gophers remain the conference's only ranked team. The Gophers and UMD play a home-and-home series this weekend starting at Mariucci Arena on Friday night.

The Gophers women's hockey team was off last weekend and remains No. 2 in the USCHO poll.

JASON GONZALEZ

South Dakota State, which got an automatic bid for the NCAA women's soccer tournament after winning the Summit League tournament, will play at North Carolina (12-3-2) at 4 p.m. Friday in the first round.

United midfielder Miguel Ibarra was called up for a second time this season to play for the U.S. men's national team in two friendlies. The U.S. team will play No. 3-ranked Colombia at 1:45 p.m. Friday in London and Ireland at the same time on Nov. 18 in Dublin.

The first match will be on ESPN, the second on ESPN2.

"Being called up for a second time to represent my country is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling," said Ibarra, who had nine goals and five assists for the Loons.