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Class B Standouts
Contributor: The Nerd Our goal was to interview the top two runners in each division… and then Madison Seiler happened. With her Class...
jayslagle
Oct 20, 202113 min read


Class C Standouts
Contributor: The Nerd With apologies to the top runners in other classes, the Class C interviews were the phone calls I was looking...
jayslagle
Oct 19, 202111 min read


Class D standouts
Contributor: The Nerd In what is now clearly an example of biting off more than I can chew, I set a goal to interview the top-two ranked...
jayslagle
Oct 18, 20218 min read


The 10/17 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd I love distance running. Districts and State are two of the best weeks of the year. But man, am I tired. ...
jayslagle
Oct 17, 202112 min read


Five seconds. Two strangers. One beautiful gesture.
Contributor: The Nerd For five seconds, put yourself in Brandon Schutt’s shoes. Last Thursday he was running in the A-2 District meet at...
jayslagle
Oct 16, 202110 min read


A few District thoughts
Contributor: The Nerd A few post-District thoughts aside from the awesome Bellevue East/Burke moment that has over 135,000 views on...
jayslagle
Oct 14, 20212 min read


The 10/10 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Conference meets, the State Junior High championships, two weeks remaining in the season, and a tease on...
jayslagle
Oct 10, 202115 min read


Results 10/7
Contributor: The Nerd There are so many races today that it's easier to summarize them in one post instead of a bunch of tweets: Metro...
jayslagle
Oct 7, 20217 min read


The 10/3 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Championship season is almost upon us. The cross country season never seems quite real until the UNK meet, and...
jayslagle
Oct 3, 202110 min read


Photo tips
Contributor: The Nerd Photo tips for amateurs from an amateur photographer We've had quite a few DMs from parents wondering how to...
jayslagle
Sep 28, 20213 min read


UNK highlights
Contributor: The Nerd With apologies to the youngsters who have never seen the best film ever made, "Smokey and the Bandit," my Monday...
jayslagle
Sep 28, 202112 min read


The 9/26 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Each week we attempt to provide you with just a taste of the Nerdy goodness that Nebraska high school cross...
jayslagle
Sep 26, 202114 min read


The 9/18 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Thanks to our followers, last week we identified a season-high 21 meets and were able to track down results for...
jayslagle
Sep 20, 202112 min read


Deep college thoughts
Contributor: Nerd the Third Utilizing primarily the DM function on The Nerd's Instagram page, Nerd the Third reached out to many of...
jayslagle
Sep 15, 20214 min read


Greeno/Dirksen
Contributor: The Nerd The annual Greeno/Dirksen collegiate meet is Saturday, 9/18 at the Mahoney Park Golf Course in Lincoln. The women...
jayslagle
Sep 14, 20211 min read


The 9/11 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd We have the results for 19 meets at our page at www.preprunningnerd.com/results. Each week we try to hit some...
jayslagle
Sep 13, 202116 min read


XC results 9/9/21
Contributor: The Nerd Chase County Invite Who would have guessed that Imperial Country Club, on a random 92-degree Thursday afternoon,...
jayslagle
Sep 10, 20213 min read


Class A meets this week
Contributor: The Nerd We're watching the following meets this week and heck, we may even attend a few of them: Thurs, 9/9, Fremont...
jayslagle
Sep 9, 20214 min read


Fab Freshmen
Contributor: The Nerd Week 2 rankings are now up on the Nerd website. It's early, we know, but after two weeks it's already clear that...
jayslagle
Sep 8, 20213 min read


Rankings are hard
Contributor: The Nerd When my sons and I were brainstorming on the new Nerd website this summer, they kept telling me that individual...
jayslagle
Sep 7, 20213 min read
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