Ask a friend to join the XC team
Contributor: The Nerd In the week leading up to XC season, our social media accounts included several posts about why XC is so important....
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jayslagle
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Jake Smrcina steps down
Contributor: The Nerd We've yet to see a formal announcement (do high schools even make formal announcements about XC coaching...
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jayslagle
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Dick Beardsley visits Lincoln
Minnesota native Dick Beardsley, an inductee into the National Running Hall of Fame due to his world-class marathon results in the early...
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jayslagle
Jun 17, 20228 min read
6/17/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Although track season is over, we'll occasionally post Nerdsletters when we have enough material to warrant it. ...
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jayslagle
May 21, 202212 min read
State Day 3 recap
Contributor: The Nerd Due to travel commitments and Grandpa Nerd's birthday party following today's action, we will not be writing a...
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jayslagle
May 20, 20227 min read
State Day 2 recap
Contributor: The Nerd We had 1,000 views of the State Day 1 recap so it must have some use to the nerds out there, so we'll give it...
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jayslagle
May 19, 20229 min read
State Day 1 recap
Contributor: The Nerd Warning: This may be a one-day venture if exhaustion gets the best of me, but it's 5:00 a.m. and I'll do my best...
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jayslagle
May 15, 202218 min read
5/15/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Be the first Nerd Junior graduated from UNL yesterday, and we joined about 20,000 others at Memorial Stadium to...
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jayslagle
May 8, 202220 min read
5/08/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Folks, we're in the best part of the track season. The athletes may be tapering for Districts, but we're going...
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jayslagle
May 5, 20221 min read
High Plains Radio Interview, 5/5/22
I had the opportunity today to talk with Rich Barnett, the sports director at High Plains Radio in McCook, about the latest in track and...
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jayslagle
May 1, 202217 min read
05/01/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd For better or worse, I am back from vacation, so I have wrested control of the Nerdsletter from Nerd Junior and...
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jayslagle
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Class of 2022 Commitment List
Updated 04/28/22 We waited until May 2021 to post a list of college distance running commitments, but this year we'll try to give updates...
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jayslagle
Apr 27, 20228 min read
04/27/2022 Nerdsletter
Contributors: Nerd Junior and Nerd the Third With Nerd Senior still away on vacation, brace yourself for another edition from the reserve...
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jayslagle
Apr 20, 20227 min read
04/20/22 Nerdsletter
Contributors: Nerd Junior and Nerd the Third We're here for another week of the Nerdsletter. You may have noticed that the Nerd is not...
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jayslagle
Apr 13, 202212 min read
04/13/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd We're here for another week of the Nerdsletter. You can count on the Nerd team - for factual content, informed...
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jayslagle
Apr 8, 202218 min read
The fall and rise of Emmett Hassenstab
Contributor: Jay Slagle, Prep Running Nerd What a time it was to be Emmett Hassenstab. On May 22, 2021, he placed second in the State...
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jayslagle
Apr 6, 202215 min read
4/6/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Best moments of the week We hit four meets this week, and there were no shortages of memorable moments. However,...
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jayslagle
Mar 30, 202213 min read
03/30/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd The week ended March 26 featured a mix of three types of meets: (a) some final indoor meets for mostly Class A...
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jayslagle
Mar 22, 202210 min read
03/23/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Most Nebraska track seasons start slowly due to subpar weather an limited indoor meets. However, this year is off...
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jayslagle
Mar 18, 20223 min read
2022 preview articles for NE HS T&F
Contributor: The Nerd Every now and then we take on ambitious projects, like that time in October 2021 when we interviewed the top two...
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