[49] Turena Johnson-Lane joined Team USA Minnesota in 2001 to train for a year to prepare for the Olympic Trials in 2004, leaving an assistant coaching job at Luther College (Iowa) to do so.

[51] Kurt Keiser, Kelly Mortenson, Matt Gabrielson, Katie McGregor, Kristin Nicolini, and Turena Johnson-Lane competed at the Minnesota Distance Classic track meet in July 2001.

[53] Katie McGregor, Carrie Tollefson, Kim Kauls, Kelly Mortenson, and Matt Gabrielson competed in the Perfect 10k in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an event in which women started four minutes before the men and $25,000 of cash prizes were distributed to the first five finishers.

[58] Matt Gabrielson and Turena Johnson-Lane competed in the USA Track and Field national cross country championships in Mobile, Alabama in December 2001.

[63] Male runners from Team USA Minnesota also competed in a 12 km winter cross country race in Vancouver, Washington and finished in fifth place with a score of 61.

[64][65] In March 2002, Carrie Tollefson, Katie McGregor, and Kristen Nicolini ran the 3000 meter race at the indoor track and field championships in New York.

Training under Team USA Minnesota coach Dennis Barker, Tollefson was running consistently about 90 miles (140 km) per week, and sought to qualify for the 2004 Olympics in the 5000 or 10,000 meter races.

[40] In April 2002, Chris Lundstrom set a new personal best running the 10,000 meter race at the Stanford Invitational track meet with a time of 29:05.9.

[88] Kristen Nicolini and Matt Gabrielson won the State Capitol 5 km, an event in conjunction with the Twin Cities Marathon, finishing with times of 16:49 and 14:25 respectively.

Katie McGregor, Jason Lehmkuhle, Andrew Carlson, Chris Lundstrom, and Brad Lowery competed in the Guidant Heart of Summer 10K race held at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ryan Kleimenhagen and Carrie Tollefson won the Victory 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) race in Minneapolis, Minnesota, finishing with times of 15:36 and 16:04 respectively.

Andrew Carlson competed in the IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, finishing the 20 kilometres (12 mi) race in 1:00:12.

[113] Matt Gabrielson, Jason Lehmkuhle, and Kristen Nicolini were assistant cross country and track coaches at Edina High School.

Chris Lundstrom was the head coach of the Como Park High School cross country and Nordic ski teams.

[115] Katie McGregor ran the women's 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) championchips in Central Park, finishing in second place behind Shalane Flanagan with a time of 25:56.

[118] Meghan Armstrong, Michelle Lilienthal, Josh Moen, Kristen Nicolini Lehmkuhle, and Antonio Vega competed in the US 7 Mile Championships, run at the Bix 7 in Davenport, Iowa.

Emily Brown, Matthew Gabrielson, Katie McGregor, Patrick Smyth, and Antonio Vega competed at the USA Cross Country Championships in Spokane Valley, Washington.

[130] Meghan Armstrong, Katie McGregor, and Patrick Smyth competed in the 10,000 m race at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Andrew Carlson, Josh Moen, and Matt Gabrielson competed in the USA 25 km Championships at the River Bank Run in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[147] Andrew Carlson was considered a favorite to win the USA 8 km Championships in Carmel, Indiana, however he had to withdraw from the race due to an ankle injury.

Katie McGregor finished in second place at the USA 10 km championships at the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women with a time of 33:17.

[190] At a press conference before the race, Chelanga heckled Gwen Jorgensen and Aliphine Tuliamuk over a $10,000 equalizer prize for the first finisher (elite women were given a 5 minute 43 second head start).

[200] Heather Kampf, Kevin Lewis, and Joel Reichow competed at the USA Track and Field championships in Des Moines, Iowa.

Participating runners included Dakotah Lindwurm, Danny Docherty, Tyler Jermann, Kevin Lewis, and Joel Reichow.

[217] Annie Frisbie competed in the USATF 10 km Championships, run at the Great Cow Harbor Race in Northport, New York.

[227] Dakotah Lindwurm, Annie Frisbie, Breanna Sieracki, Joel Reichow, Kevin Lewis, Tyler Jermann, and JP Trojan competed in the 2024 US Olympic marathon trials.

[229][230] Men from Minnesota Distance Elite took part in the Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago, Illinois and finished in second place as a team with a combined time of 1:34:32 over the 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) course.

[231] Annie Frisbie and Dakotah Lindwurm competed in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota where they finished in first and second place respectively.

[236][237] Annie Frisbie, Joel Reichow, and Nadir Yusuf competed in the USA 20 km Championships at the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race.

[241] Clayton Duchatschek, Dana Feyen, Cailie Logue, Joel Reichow, and Titus Winders competed at the 2025 USA Cross Country Championships in Lubbock, Texas.