Mission
Inspire excellence through sport
Our vision is to create a community of stoked athletes who are committed to helping each other become the best they can be. We do this by providing elite level training, team comradery, and competition opportunities that enable those who are passionate about their sport to push their limits!
Core Values
Lessons learned while pursuing excellence in a sport are invaluable in life.
The Lake Effect Story
Lake Effect Athletics Club was dreamed up by a group of friends on a run. Tom Sederquist, determined to make the dream a reality, created a USATF member running club in November of 2021 with his sights set on racing the XC Club National Championship in Tallahassee, FL…with a full team…in early December. The mission was bonkers and indeed some said it couldn’t be done. But this didn’t deter Ethan and Evan Walpole from creating the immortalized OG Lake Effect jersey in record time. Five jerseys were forged, even though only four runners had committed to the trip. Enter Connor Doppler. During a now legendary phone call, Doppler was asked to join the team and travel to Florida just days before departure. The future of Lake Effect hung in the balance as Doppler asked his wife for permission. Not only did Connor come with; he secured a rental car which saved the team from hitchhiking. Scott Behling was able to buy a plane ticket in the car enroute to the airport and through all this chaos Lake Effect somehow managed to retain the membership of our ace Kevin Koski, who would likely be competitive with the best in the race! The trip was a wild success and Lake Effect was born! Today Lake Effect boasts some of the best runners in northern Minnesota and is competitive in the USATF Minnesota club racing circuit.