Contributor: The Nerd Louie Fritz, RIP Running mentors come in many forms. Nerd Junior's first two mentors were his junior high coaches; one focused on celebrating the joy of running while the other kept whispering 'you can be great'. Junior was a mentor to his younger brother, and they both benefitted from the guidance of older teammates once they were in high school. As I've become more familiar with the Omaha post-grad running scene, it's been fun to watch experienced runners take...

Contributor: The Nerd It takes us a while to get into Nerdsletter shape each season, but we'll do our best to keep you informed. A groundbreaking change We noticed over the weekend that athletic.net has converted from PR (personal record) to PB (personal best). In the past PR was more commonly used by high school athletes while PB was a college thing, but apparently athletic.net has decided that SB (season best) and PB are the terms we're supposed to use. Results Meet results for last...

Beginning in December 2025, we asked athletes parents and coaches to send us T&F and XC commitments for the Class of 2026. If your athlete is not listed, please send us a DM or email jayslagle@hotmail.com and we'll add them. If we've made a spelling, school or classification error, please let us know and we'll correct the error. Updated 12/26/25 Girls distance Cinthia Alvarado-Roman, Omaha South College of St. Mary Talya Arend, Gretna Bethel University (MN) Elle Badstieber, Columbus...