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Garry Bjorklund / Proctor High School (Proctor, Minn.)
1969 Graduate
3rd MN All-Time, 1600m 4:03.50

Professional Personal Bests:
3000m - 7:46.79 (1976)
3200m - 8:28.6 (1976)
5000m - 13:32.33 (1976)
10000m - 27:46.90 (1984)
Marathon - 2:10.20 (1980)

Garry Bjorklund was one of the greatest high school runners ever in Minnesota, legendary
enough to have the half marathon at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth named after him.

People
have run the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth ever since 1991.

After finishing third at the 1966 state meet, Bjorklund went on to win the next three state
titles in the mile. In all three of those wins he set a new meet record, culminating in a
legendary performance in his last high school race.

In 1969, Bjorklund set the state record in the mile at the state meet. He ran a 4:05.1 mile that day, good enough for a record that would
last 39 years. In another performance that day, we had a new state meet record in the 220-yard
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