Saluting Minnesota Gophers Greats

Brad Rempel-USA TODAY SportsMarch 8 is marked as International Women’s Day across the world. This particular year, for various reasons—both global and local—it’s being observed as more of a day of protest.

At The Daily Gopher, we’d like to observe the day by celebrating the exceptional athletic skills of women who proudly wore a University of Minnesota uniform and represented the school and community on the field of play and off.

The list that follows is by no means exhaustive, and as always, we welcome disagreement and discussion.

5. Barbora Špotáková (Track and Field)

A native of the Czech Republic, Barbora Špotáková was a student-athlete at Minnesota in 2001-02. Although her tenure in…