Nov 17, 20249 min read

Collegiate XC & T&F facing big changes

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

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Nov 11, 20248 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Oct 29, 202413 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Oct 27, 20247 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Oct 23, 20241 min read

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. ...

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jayslagle

Oct 22, 202411 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Oct 16, 202416 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Oct 9, 202410 min read

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. ...

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jayslagle

Oct 2, 202417 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Sep 25, 202413 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Sep 21, 202412 min read

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.

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jayslagle

Sep 18, 20249 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Sep 11, 202410 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Sep 9, 20244 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Sep 4, 202412 min read

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,...

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jayslagle

Aug 28, 20241 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Aug 27, 20247 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Aug 26, 20248 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Aug 25, 20248 min read

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...

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jayslagle

Aug 24, 20249 min read

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...

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