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The Sandhills Marathon
Contributor: Nerd Senior Scott Schwartz tried to keep it simple as he stood next to the start line. "I'll say, 'Runners to your mark,...
jayslagle
Jun 5, 20246 min read
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Summer 2024 T&F/XC camps
Contributor: Nerd Updated 5/30/24 We've been trying to keep track of summer camps offered in Nebraska and nearby states. If you've got...
jayslagle
May 29, 20243 min read
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State days 1-2 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd After two very long days, you might not get many brilliant things out of me at 5:30 in the morning, but I'll do my...
jayslagle
May 17, 20248 min read
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05/14/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd 31 State Records! With strong winds and spotty rain throughout District week - plus a 'survive and advance'...
jayslagle
May 14, 202416 min read
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2024 State Record Marks
Contributors: Nerd Senior and Nerd the Third We have been utterly spoiled by Nebraska athletes with so many record-breaking performances...
jayslagle
May 9, 20244 min read
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Class C District live results links
C1-JCC, 5/9/24 (Nerdka) https://www.lewistonsports.com/trackresults/pctrack/2024-05-09/ C2-David City, 5/9/24 https://live.athletic.net/m...
jayslagle
May 9, 20241 min read
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Class D District live results links
As of 5:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, we've only found live results links for five of the nine Class D District meets. If you're aware of...
jayslagle
May 8, 20241 min read
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Class A/B District live results links
A1-Gretna, 5/7/24 (Joyful Nerd) https://live.athletic.net/meets/36180 A2-Papio South, 5/7/24 (Nerd Dawg) https://live.athletic.net/meets/...
jayslagle
May 7, 20241 min read
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05/07/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd With Districts starting on Tuesday, May 7, we're going to push out a Nerdsletter to get you in the post-season...
jayslagle
May 6, 202411 min read
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2024 State qualifying rules
State qualifying rules Each year there is considerable confusion among new varsity athletes and their parents about how athletes qualify...
jayslagle
May 6, 20244 min read
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04/30/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd It's been three weeks since our last Nerdsletter. I blame it on a Scotland vacation (see photos) and a hard...
jayslagle
Apr 30, 20247 min read
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4/10/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd And then there were seven On Friday night Stella Miner of Omaha Westside ran a 2:09.77 at Omaha Benson to break...
jayslagle
Apr 9, 20247 min read
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04/03/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd You're improving. You have talent. You can be great. I was walking across our yard on Labor Day 2020 when it...
jayslagle
Apr 3, 202414 min read
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03/27/24 High Plains Radio interview
Rich Barnett of High Plains Radio is a certified track and field Nerd and he interviews Nerd Senior a few times each season to catch up...
jayslagle
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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03/27/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Another record falls On Friday at her home meet, Karsyn Leeling of Sidney became the first Nebraska high school...
jayslagle
Mar 26, 20247 min read
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03/20/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Our first record of the year? We posted on our socials on Saturday that Reece Grosserode of Pius had triple jumped...
jayslagle
Mar 19, 202411 min read
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02/15/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd The fifth-year freshman With high school meets still one month away, last week we published an interview with an...
jayslagle
Feb 15, 20248 min read
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Winter 2024 open meet top marks
Contributor: The Nerd team Updated through 2/19/24 We love data, and winter open meets often are good indicators of who will perform...
jayslagle
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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02/07/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd US Olympic trials marathon The US Olympic trials marathon were held this past Saturday in Orlando. A simple...
jayslagle
Feb 7, 202411 min read
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01/31/24 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd We love winter! That's a lie but we do love the high school and collegiate indoor track meets we've been attending....
jayslagle
Jan 31, 20249 min read
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