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Indoor open meets Dec 2024-Mar 2025
Contributor: The Nerd Nebraska doesn't offer an indoor track season, but racing opportunities have dramatically increased the past few...
jayslagle
Nov 11, 20248 min read
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Nerdsletter 10/30/24
Contributor: The Nerd The season is over. You won. I'm no math genius but I'm guessing that, on average, the athletes who competed at...
jayslagle
Oct 29, 202413 min read
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Drop your shield
Contributor: The Nerd Note: I wrote this article two days after the 2023 Nebraska State high school cross country meet. The effort and...
jayslagle
Oct 27, 20247 min read
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State preview on High Plains Radio
We caught up with Rich Barnett, the do-everything-guy at McCook's High Plains Radio, to discuss Friday's State meet. ...
jayslagle
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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Nerdsletter 10/23/24
Contributor: The Nerd The finish line It's become my tradition to review the District XC results each year and hope that the 16th-place...
jayslagle
Oct 22, 202411 min read
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Nerdsletter 10/16/24
Contributor: The Nerd Heaven and running One of the readings at church this weekend was Mark 10:17-30. A man tells Jesus that he is...
jayslagle
Oct 16, 202416 min read
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Nerdsletter 10/9/24
Contributor: The Nerd No room for fear or doubt The State meet is sixteen days away. You've got a handful of hard workouts remaining. ...
jayslagle
Oct 9, 202410 min read
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Nerdsletter 10/3/24
Contributor: The Nerd We're a bit off We love the UNK meet and how UNK coach Brady Bonsall and his race day team allowed over 1,800 kids...
jayslagle
Oct 2, 202417 min read
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Nerdsletter 9/25/24
Contributor: The Nerd Sports parents, play your role If you follow us on social media, by now you're tired of my shameless promotion for...
jayslagle
Sep 25, 202413 min read
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Sports Parents, Play Your Role
As parents, too often we focus on outcomes and forget the true value of sports. A performance coach shows us how to do it better.
jayslagle
Sep 21, 202412 min read
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Nerdsletter 9/18/24
Contributor: The Nerd Stay safe out there, kids Distance runners are known for their work ethic but that's not always a good thing. An...
jayslagle
Sep 18, 20249 min read
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Nerdsletter 9/11/24
Contributor: The Nerd We're a bit behind on photo editing so this week's Nerdsletter is going to be abbreviated. We apologize in...
jayslagle
Sep 11, 202410 min read
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Platte River Rumble details
Contributor: The Nerd The Platte River Rumble cross country meets are among the largest in the state and they're held at Mahoney State...
jayslagle
Sep 9, 20244 min read
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Nerdsletter 9/4/24
Contributor: The Nerd Welcome to the Nerd Life More than likely you're an old friend of the Nerd team and you know what we do. However,...
jayslagle
Sep 4, 202412 min read
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High Plains Radio interview
The Nerd fully admits that he doesn't have a radio voice or even a good podcast microphone (hit us up at jayslagle@hotmail.com if you...
jayslagle
Aug 28, 20241 min read
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Class A boys preview
Contributors: The Nerd team This is our eighth and final preview of the 2024 Nebraska high school cross country season. While we have...
jayslagle
Aug 27, 20247 min read
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Class A girls preview
Contributors: The Nerd team This is our seventh of eight previews of the 2024 Nebraska high school cross country season. While we have...
jayslagle
Aug 26, 20248 min read
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Class B boys preview
Contributors: The Nerd team This is our sixth of eight previews of the 2024 Nebraska high school cross country season. While we have...
jayslagle
Aug 25, 20248 min read
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Class B girls preview
Contributors: The Nerd team This is our fifth of eight previews of the 2024 Nebraska high school cross country season. While we have...
jayslagle
Aug 24, 20249 min read
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Class C boys preview
Contributors: The Nerd team This is our fourth of eight previews of the 2024 Nebraska high school cross country season. While we have...
jayslagle
Aug 23, 20247 min read
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