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The season is over. You won.
Contributor: The Nerd A few years ago, my daughter called in a panic to report that her parked car had been hit while she was at a...
jayslagle
May 256 min read
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Nerdsletter 5/20/25
Contributor: The Nerd No room for fear or doubt Doubt and anxiety can limit an athlete's performance, and we're doing our part to...
jayslagle
May 2015 min read
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No room for fear or doubt, 2025
Contributor: The Nerd About 20 years ago I had a surge of motivation in early November and signed up for a mid-April marathon. I...
jayslagle
May 204 min read
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Districts results links
We've listed every District meet below. We'll add start times and additional live links as they are sent to us. If you want a refresher...
jayslagle
May 114 min read
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State qualifying process
Each year there is considerable confusion among new varsity athletes and their parents about how athletes qualify for the Nebraska State...
jayslagle
May 113 min read
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Nerdsletter 5/9/25
Contributor: The Nerd The final lap Since Nerd Junior's competitive running career started at St. Margaret Mary thirteen years ago, Nerd...
jayslagle
May 914 min read
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Nerdsletter 5/1/25
Contributor: The Nerd Nerd HQ is in shambles Our performance database at https://www.preprunningnerd.com/rankings had a mid-week glitch...
jayslagle
May 17 min read
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State track - is four days the right number?
Contributor: The Nerd Two days, three day, four days? Traditions die hard in athletics but, in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, we...
jayslagle
Apr 307 min read
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Nerdsletter 4/23/25
Contributor: The Nerd Performance database We continue to make manual fixes to our performance database when athletic.net leads us...
jayslagle
Apr 2312 min read
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Class of 2025 commitments
Beginning in March 2025, we asked athletes parents and coaches to send us T&F and XC commitments for the Class of 2025. If your athlete...
jayslagle
Apr 204 min read
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High Plains Radio interview 4/17/25
Rich Barnett of McCook's High Plains Radio hosted us for a 20-minute interview to talk about all things track and field. Here's the link .
jayslagle
Apr 171 min read
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Nerdsletter 4/16/25
Contributor: The Nerd Performance database There were some great performances in the past week and our performance database has captured...
jayslagle
Apr 1614 min read
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Nerdsletter 4/9/25
Contributor: The Nerd Performance list launched As we've done in prior T&F seasons, we have now launched our performance database that...
jayslagle
Apr 97 min read
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Nerdsletter 4/2/25
Contributor: The Nerd Photos The Nerds have posted photos from twelve different meets since last week's Nerdsletter: Thayer Central,...
jayslagle
Apr 212 min read
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Nerdsletter 3/26/25
Contributor: The Nerd A big start The official meet season kicked off last Thursday, with nearly all of the meets indoors. Due to the...
jayslagle
Mar 267 min read
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Nerdsletter 3/18/25
Contributor: The Nerd Welcome to track season, that magical time in Nebraska when a track meet could feature a 100-degree heat index or...
jayslagle
Mar 189 min read
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The January purse
Contributor: The Nerd  My wife is one of the smartest people I know. Despite this, she has a 30-year history of (a) throwing away...
jayslagle
Mar 35 min read
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Winter 2025 open meet top marks
Contributor: The Nerd team Updated through 2/23/25 We love data, and winter open meets often are good indicators of who will perform...
jayslagle
Feb 2812 min read
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1/23/25 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd We don't want to pull a muscle by starting the track season too fast, so here's a short Nerdsletter for your...
jayslagle
Jan 234 min read
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Collegiate XC & T&F facing big changes
Contributor: The Nerd Since our founding, the Nerd team has strongly encouraged high school athletes to extend their athletic careers...
jayslagle
Nov 17, 20249 min read
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