Southland track and field standout commits to Kansas State

ADAMS — The best Class 1A 800-meters runner over the last two years has made his decision. Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland star Tate Goergen — among the two best 800 runners ever from southeastern Minnesota —- has chosen Kansas State as his future college. He will receive a full-ride scholarship and signed his College National Letter of Intent today. The Southland senior verbally said yes to the Wildcats on Sunday, Nov. 1, after the Kansas State University coaches paid him a home visit. Goergen, who earlier had visited the Kansas State campus and met with its track and field coaches, made his declaration on the spot to close that home visit. He put it in writing today. He’s thrilled with his choice. Goergen had also seriously considered the University of Nebraska and the University of Iowa. But Manhattan, Kansas, and all that the Kansas State track and field program, school and community had to offer was too much to pass up.

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