Each year there is considerable confusion among new varsity athletes and their parents about how athletes qualify for the Nebraska State...

Contributor: The Nerd The final lap Since Nerd Junior's competitive running career started at St. Margaret Mary thirteen years ago, Nerd...

Contributor: The Nerd Nerd HQ is in shambles Our performance database at https://www.preprunningnerd.com/rankings had a mid-week glitch...

Contributor: The Nerd Two days, three day, four days? Traditions die hard in athletics but, in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, we...

Contributor: The Nerd Performance database We continue to make manual fixes to our performance database when athletic.net leads us...

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...

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 .

Contributor: The Nerd Performance database There were some great performances in the past week and our performance database has captured...

Contributor: The Nerd Performance list launched As we've done in prior T&F seasons, we have now launched our performance database that...

Contributor: The Nerd Photos The Nerds have posted photos from twelve different meets since last week's Nerdsletter: Thayer Central,...

Contributor: The Nerd A big start The official meet season kicked off last Thursday, with nearly all of the meets indoors. Due to the...

Contributor: The Nerd Welcome to track season, that magical time in Nebraska when a track meet could feature a 100-degree heat index or...

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...

Contributor: The Nerd team Updated through 2/23/25 We love data, and winter open meets often are good indicators of who will perform...

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...

Contributor: The Nerd Since our founding, the Nerd team has strongly encouraged high school athletes to extend their athletic careers...

Contributor: The Nerd Nebraska doesn't offer an indoor track season, but racing opportunities have dramatically increased the past few...

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...

Contributor: The Nerd Note: I wrote this article two days after the 2023 Nebraska State high school cross country meet. The effort and heartbreak I described in my original article returned for another appearance at the 2024 State meet but with different names and disappointments. While the article includes references to the XC meet, it could be just about any junior high or high school activity: wrestling, a one-act play, an art contest, an academic competition. Under

We caught up with Rich Barnett, the do-everything-guy at McCook's High Plains Radio, to discuss Friday's State meet. ...