No. 1 Gophers crush Grand Canyon 36-8 in wrestling

The Gophers wrestling team overpowered Grand Canyon 36-8 on Thursday night at the Sports Pavilion to improve to 3-0.

Sam Brancale got Minnesota, ranked No. 1 by InterMat, off to a strong start in its first home meet with a fall at four minutes at 125 pounds. Teammate Logan Storley also won on a fall at 174 pounds.

North Dakota women's hockey player Lisa Marvin is "really lucky to be alive," according to her father, after being hit by a car on Monday.

Marvin, a cousin of former Gopher and Olympian Gigi Marvin, was thrown into the air when a car hit her truck from behind while she was filling it with gas on the side of the road in Grand Forks, N.D. She suffered extensive damage to her right arm and right knee.

Her father, David Marvin, of Warroad, Minn., said she is facing a long road to recovery, the Grand Forks Herald reported.

JASON GONZALEZ

• The Minnesota Racing Commission approved a 70-day thoroughbred and quarter horse race meet for Canterbury Park on Thursday. The meet will begin May 15 and run through Sept. 12. The 70-day race meet will be the longest since the Shakopee racetrack reopened in 1995.

• Olympic medalists Elizabeth Beisel and Conor Dwyer each picked up a victory and a runner-up finish Thursday on the opening night of the Arena Grand Prix at Minneapolis at the University's Aquatic Center. Beisel was victorious in the 400-yard individual medley and took second in the 200 freestyle, while Dwyer won the 200 freestyle and was edged by fellow Olympian Tyler Clary in the 400 IM.

• Two-time Class 2A singles champion Caitlyn Merzbacher of Edina signed a national letter of intent to play tennis for the Gophers.