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Duluth's Multisport Queen: 2005 - 2010...

Monday, 24 April 2017 23:10

Do you remember Marlo Crosby?

To quote Needle Nose Ned, Ned the Head from "Groundhog Day," "We sure-as-heckfire- do." Wonderful person, Marlo, not Ned. Tall. Black cotton candy hair. Duluth. Very distinctive running form. Rocket cyclist.

Marlo raced at a national class level between 2005, when she returned to her native Minnesota from Laramie, Wyoming, and 2010. She was our country's top female amateur duathlete between 2006 and mid-season in 2009. She got her pro license in August of that year.

She was ranked 8th on Team Minnesota in '05, and #1 in '06, the year she took home FOUR MMAs. Sadly, 2010 was her last full multisport season. We saw her at Brewhouse in 2011, but not since. We miss her.

If the Minnesota multisport scene had a Hall of Fame, and we are giving serious consideration to starting one, Marlo Crosby would unquestionably be an inductee.

Here are some stats. Impressive stuff.

- 6 x MMA winner: 2006 TOY, 2008, 2007, 2006 DOY, 2006 MI, 2006 Performance of the Year....

- three-time nominee for US Duthlete of the Year (she won the award once, maybe twice?)