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jayslagle
Sep 9, 20214 min read
Class A meets this week
Contributor: The Nerd We're watching the following meets this week and heck, we may even attend a few of them: Thurs, 9/9, Fremont...
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jayslagle
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Fab Freshmen
Contributor: The Nerd Week 2 rankings are now up on the Nerd website. It's early, we know, but after two weeks it's already clear that...
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jayslagle
Sep 7, 20213 min read
Rankings are hard
Contributor: The Nerd When my sons and I were brainstorming on the new Nerd website this summer, they kept telling me that individual...
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jayslagle
Sep 4, 20218 min read
The 9/4 Nerdsletter
Contributors: The Nerd and Nerd Junior Like last week, we tracked down some of the larger Nebraska high school meets held last week, and...
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jayslagle
Aug 29, 20213 min read
The 8/28 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd We tracked down nine Nebraska high school meets held last week and they are now posted on our Results tab. There...
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jayslagle
Aug 28, 20212 min read
Class of the Metro 8/28/21
Contributor: The Nerd Meet results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=194070&show=all This is a unique meet...
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jayslagle
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Class A girls 3x medalists
Contributor: The Nerd If you read my post from yesterday, you know that I initially observed a few years that Class A boys rarely medal...
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jayslagle
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Class A boys 3-time medalists
Contributor: The Nerd While this doesn't carry through to all classes, I noted a few years ago that freshman and sophomore boys rarely...
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jayslagle
Aug 24, 20211 min read
Running in College? Why not?
Contributor: The Nerd As the father of two collegiate distance runners, The Nerd is a huge fan of athletes who choose to extend their...
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jayslagle
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Class D pre-season rankings
Four coaches around the state coordinate periodic rankings for their respective classes. While the Nerd staff wishes they could go to 30...
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jayslagle
Aug 22, 20212 min read
Class A boys - Top teams from 2020
Contributor: The Nerd Fremont (58) handily won the 2020 boys title with its top 6 runners among the first 22 finishers. They return...
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jayslagle
Aug 22, 20212 min read
Class A girls - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third The depth of Class A girls running continues to amaze us and, based on the quality of the underclassmen, it...
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jayslagle
Aug 21, 20213 min read
Class B boys - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third The Class B boys race was the most senior-heavy of the eight divisions in 2020, with seniors taking 10 of...
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jayslagle
Aug 20, 20214 min read
Class B girls - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third Seward looks to be in the best position of the teams that finished in the top three last year if they bring...
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jayslagle
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Class C boys - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third The top three teams at 2020 State return in 2021 with loaded rosters. Milford (87 points) returns its top...
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jayslagle
Aug 18, 20213 min read
Class C girls - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third Boone Central captured the 2020 title with 74 points, with seniors representing three of their top four...
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jayslagle
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Class D boys - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third David City Aquinas captured the 2020 Class D boys title with an incredibly low 14 points, followed by...
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jayslagle
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Miner to transfer to Westside
Class A defending champ Stella Miner confirmed to the Nerd this morning that she has transferred from Omaha Marian to Omaha Westside, her...
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jayslagle
Aug 16, 20212 min read
Class D girls - top teams from 2020
Contributor: Nerd the Third In a tight team race in 2020, McCool Junction scored 41 points to top Ainsworth (42) and Bloomfield-Wausa...
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jayslagle
Aug 15, 20213 min read
Class A boys - Top returners in Fall 2021
Contributor: Nerd the Third The Class A field returns 10 medalists and quite a bit of star power. Gabe Hinrichs of Elkhorn (1:53, 4:12,...
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