Minnesotan makes U.S. Olympic Marathon team

Minnesotan Dakotah Lindwurm is headed to the Paris Olympics.

She took third place at the U.S. Olympic Marathon trials with a time of 2:25:31.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS sister station WDIO reports that Lindwurm won both the 2021 and 2022 Grandma’s Marathons, and her 2022 victory made her the 12th-fastest U.S. women’s marathoner of all time.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz reacted to the news on social media.