Four-star Alabama safety Kendarian Handy-Holly announced his commitment Saturday night to play football for the Gophers.
Handy-Holly, a 6-foot-2, 194-pound senior at Jackson High School, had scholarship offers from Louisville, Florida and Mississippi State among several other schools. He also visited Alabama last summer.
The Gophers also landed a recruit from Jackson last year with quarterback Demarcus Williams. Handy-Holly is a four-star recruit by Scout.com and a three-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com.
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Gophers women's track edges Wisconsin
The Gophers won eight events, including a school record in the women's shot put by Kiley Sabin, in an 82-80 victory over Wisconsin in indoor track and field in Madison, Wis.
Sabin threw 56 feet, 4 inches, breaking the 54-4¾ mark posted by Aubrey Schmitt in 1999.
The Gophers led 78-73 after winning the 1,600 relay, so the meet came down to the triple jump, where a runner-up finish by Shanique Wright (41-7) and fourth place from Emma Spagnola (37-6¾) provided the final margin.
Madeline Strandemo won the mile (4:53.28) and 800 (2:12.66). Kimberly Golding defended her 60-meter hurdles title from 2016 in 8.22 seconds, and Heta Tuuri won the high jump at 5-9¾.
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• The Gophers men's gymnastics team beat Air Force at the Sports Pavilion 407.70 to 395.35. Yaroslav Pochinka took first in the floor exercise and vault.
• The Gophers swept Northern Illinois and South Dakota State in women's tennis at the Baseline Tennis Center, both by 7-0 scores.
