MSU Human Performance Lab

Mia Lund, an MSU Kinesiology student, presenting this year’s treadmill climbing research project at the MSU Undergraduate Research fair. Nice work!

Wow!

10.95s! Gabby Thomas FINALLY breaks the sub-11 barrier 🔥

She clocks a wind-legal 10.95s (-0.4) to win the Botswana Golden Grand Prix, securing her first-ever sub-11 in the 100m 🔥

A long time coming… and worth the wait ⏳

Boom!

WORLD RECORD

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first-ever person to run a sub-two hour marathon in a race as he wins the 2026 London Marathon ‼️

The Kenyan runs a phenomenal time of 1:59:30, smashing his previous personal best of 2:02:05 🇰🇪

Another recent publication for one of Dr. Heil's collaborators - Dr. Akay, an engineering professor in Turkey. The article has actually been posted online since 2023 but was only just fully published (with DOI) in 2026. Publishing can be a painfully slow process...

Unexpectedly bumped into Dr. Eli Lankford (R) (formerly BYI-Idaho, now Fresno State University) at the 2026 American College of Sports Medicine - Northwest conference.

MSU fielded two teams this year for the Student Quiz Bowl competition at the 2026 American College of Sports Medicine - Northwest conference in Moscow, ID. Great work everyone!

MSU students Dana Melton (R) and Mia Lund (L) at the 2026 American College of Sports Medicine - Northwest conference in Moscow, ID.

Another successful conference presentation - “Tests of walking performance as indicators of physiological health and walking football performance “ (Bali, Indonesia). Note: “walking football” = walking soccer.