AM 1240 WJON » alise post http://wjon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Top 10 Stories – #6 Two Local Olympians http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:49:46 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=156750 Today (Monday) we continue our countdown of the Top 10 local stories of the year with our number six story. It's a story that actually played-out across the pond over in London. During the Games of the XXX Olympiad July 27th through August 12th, we were fortunate enough to have not just one, but two, women from Stearns County competing for Team USA.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/feed/ 0 Olympian Alise Post Spending Time in Hometown [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/olympian-alise-post-spending-time-in-hometown-audio/ http://wjon.com/olympian-alise-post-spending-time-in-hometown-audio/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:06:58 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=132716 St. Cloud's Alise Post is enjoying her first trip home since her Olympic debut in London earlier this summer.

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]]> http://wjon.com/olympian-alise-post-spending-time-in-hometown-audio/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Olympian, St. Cloud Native Alise Post to Visit Hometown http://wjon.com/olympian-st-cloud-native-alise-post-to-visit-hometown/ http://wjon.com/olympian-st-cloud-native-alise-post-to-visit-hometown/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:59:27 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=132406 Olympic BMX biker and St. Cloud native Alise Post is making a return to her hometown this weekend.

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]]> http://wjon.com/olympian-st-cloud-native-alise-post-to-visit-hometown/feed/ 0 Getty Images Alise Post Does Not Qualify For Olympic Finals http://wjon.com/alise-post-does-not-qualify-for-olympic-finals/ http://wjon.com/alise-post-does-not-qualify-for-olympic-finals/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:35 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=124294 After a tough pair of races, Alise Post will not be competing for a medal in the Olympic BMX racing finals.

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]]> http://wjon.com/alise-post-does-not-qualify-for-olympic-finals/feed/ 0 Getty Images Mayor Kleis Enjoying the Olympic Experience [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/mayor-kleis-enjoying-the-olympic-experience-audio/ http://wjon.com/mayor-kleis-enjoying-the-olympic-experience-audio/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:54:15 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=123984 St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is enjoying the London Olympics. He arrived yesterday (Wednesday), just in time to watch St. Cloud native Alise Post.

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]]> http://wjon.com/mayor-kleis-enjoying-the-olympic-experience-audio/feed/ 0 BMX rider Sam Willoughby of Austrailia, Mayor Dave Kleis, Alise Post (Twitter) Alise Post Qualifies In 8th http://wjon.com/alise-post-qualifies-in-8th/ http://wjon.com/alise-post-qualifies-in-8th/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:23:27 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=123956 St. Cloud native Alise Post qualified in 8th place in the women's BMX racing event at the Olympic games in London. She said after the race she could have raced better but could have been worse. She is seeded 4th for her semifinal heat and needs to finish 4th or higher to advance to the finals.

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]]> http://wjon.com/alise-post-qualifies-in-8th/feed/ 0 Getty Images Alise Post Competes in the Olympics [PHOTOS] http://wjon.com/alise-post-competes-in-the-olympics-photos/ http://wjon.com/alise-post-competes-in-the-olympics-photos/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:40:18 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=123882 Alise Post of St. Cloud is seeded eighth after today's (Wednesday) seeding run at the Olympic BMX bike competition. She'll race for the gold medal on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. our time.

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]]> http://wjon.com/alise-post-competes-in-the-olympics-photos/feed/ 0 Getty Images Friends, Fans Watch as Alise Post Finishes 8th in Olympic Preliminaries [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/friends-fans-watch-as-alise-post-takes-8th-seed-in-olympic-preliminaries-audio/ http://wjon.com/friends-fans-watch-as-alise-post-takes-8th-seed-in-olympic-preliminaries-audio/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:32:51 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=123701 Cheers erupted through the St. Cloud Public library this morning as St. Cloud native Alise Post made her Olympic BMX biking debut in London.

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]]> http://wjon.com/friends-fans-watch-as-alise-post-takes-8th-seed-in-olympic-preliminaries-audio/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Local Viewing Party Planned to Watch Post's Olympic Race http://wjon.com/local-viewing-party-planned-to-watch-posts-olympic-race/ http://wjon.com/local-viewing-party-planned-to-watch-posts-olympic-race/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:57:10 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=123162 St. Cloud's Alise Post will finally make her Olympic debut tomorrow (Wednesday). She's competing in the BMX bike race. There will be a local viewing party tomorrow (Wednesday), and again on Friday, to watch her race live.

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]]> http://wjon.com/local-viewing-party-planned-to-watch-posts-olympic-race/feed/ 0 Alise Post (Facebook) Alise Post Hanging-Out with Kobe, Lochte [PHOTOS] http://wjon.com/alise-post-hanging-out-with-kobe-lochte-photos/ http://wjon.com/alise-post-hanging-out-with-kobe-lochte-photos/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:42:13 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=123005 St. Cloud Native Alise Post has yet to compete in the London Olympics. So how is she spending her time? Hanging out with some of the biggest names of these games: basketball star Kobe Bryant, swimmer Ryan Lochte, and gymnast McKayla Maroney.

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]]> http://wjon.com/alise-post-hanging-out-with-kobe-lochte-photos/feed/ 0 Alise Post and Ryan Lochte (Twitter) Mark Post: Alise's Olympic Appearance 'Becoming Real' [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/mark-post-alises-olympic-appearance-becoming-real-audio/ http://wjon.com/mark-post-alises-olympic-appearance-becoming-real-audio/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:19:41 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=122453 Alise Post's dad says the reality of his daughter being an Olympian is starting to set in. There was a send-off party for the Post family this (Thursday) evening at the Pineview Park BMX track in Waite Park.

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]]> http://wjon.com/mark-post-alises-olympic-appearance-becoming-real-audio/feed/ 0 Jim Maurice, WJON.com Alise Post Poses in Team USA Uniform http://wjon.com/alise-post-poses-in-team-usa-uniform/ http://wjon.com/alise-post-poses-in-team-usa-uniform/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:26:03 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=121196 St. Cloud's Alise Post has posted a picture of herself with her team-issued uniform. Post says she's "just waiting for her puurrttyy helmet and then I'm set to go!".

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]]> http://wjon.com/alise-post-poses-in-team-usa-uniform/feed/ 0 Alise Post (Facebook) Melrose's Smock Walks in Opening Olympic Ceremony http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-walks-in-opening-olympic-ceremony/ http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-walks-in-opening-olympic-ceremony/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:01:21 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=120994 Melrose native Amanda Smock walked in the parade of nations during the opening ceremony for the Games of the XXX Olympiad on Friday night. We found a picture she posted on Twitter of her and fellow Olympian Tyrone Smith.

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]]> http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-walks-in-opening-olympic-ceremony/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (Twitter) Times, Dates When Local Olympians Will Compete http://wjon.com/times-dates-when-local-olympians-will-compete/ http://wjon.com/times-dates-when-local-olympians-will-compete/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:33:16 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=119901 Central Minnesota is fortunate to have a few athletes competing in the London Olympics. So when will we need to be paying attention to how our local athletes are doing?

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]]> http://wjon.com/times-dates-when-local-olympians-will-compete/feed/ 0 Getty Images; USOC/Long Photography; Team USA; Facebook Mayor Kleis Heading to London Olympics [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/mayor-kleis-heading-to-london-olympics-audio/ http://wjon.com/mayor-kleis-heading-to-london-olympics-audio/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:30:59 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=118918 St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is heading to the Olympics in London. He says he made a promise to St. Cloud native Alise Post back when she was still in high school at Tech.

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]]> http://wjon.com/mayor-kleis-heading-to-london-olympics-audio/feed/ 0 Mayor Dave Kleis (Photo by Jim Maurice) UPDATE: Melrose Native Heading to the Olympics http://wjon.com/update-melrose-native-heading-to-the-olympics/ http://wjon.com/update-melrose-native-heading-to-the-olympics/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:39:33 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=112822 Melrose native Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock has qualified for the Olympics later this summer in London. Twenty-nine year old Smock won the triple jump this (Monday) evening at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

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]]> http://wjon.com/update-melrose-native-heading-to-the-olympics/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (NDSU) Alise Post Will Compete in 2012 Olympic Games [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/110715/ http://wjon.com/110715/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:16:41 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=110715 St. Cloud's own Alise Post is headed to the Olympic Games in London this summer.

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]]> http://wjon.com/110715/feed/ 0 Alise Post (Facebook)