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September 23, 2024

2024 NCAA XC: Previewing the Men's Top 10, from #10 Harvard to #6 New Mexico

It's time to get back into cross country mode. With young American stars Graham Blanks and Parker Wolfe returning to the NCAA, the 2024 XC season should be a great one.
June 03, 2024

2024 NCAA Men's Distance Preview: A 1500 For The Ages + Nico Young Looks To Keep Dream Season Rolling

Can Nico Young's dream NCAA season end with a win or will Ky Robinson boss him around like last year? Who wins the 1500 for the ages? And more.
May 07, 2024

WTW: Centro Shows Proof of Life, Coburn Is Out, Nico Keeps It Rolling & Meet the 15-Yr-Old US 800m Sensation

The 34-year-old Centrowitz is gaining momentum as he pushes for one final Olympic team but should he be worried that he doesn't have the standard? Plus Leonard Korir looks like he's going to Paris and Japanese teen Kazuma Maeda runs 27:21 breaking his 5000 pb in both the firs and 2nd halves of the Japanese 10,000 champs.
April 22, 2024

WTW: Picking the Kenyan & Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Teams, Graham Blanks Is Back, A 17-Year-Old Runs 9.93 & Should Faith Kipyegon Be Scared?

Blanks ran 13:37 in his first race since December while Christian Miller became the youngest person in history to break 10.00 for 100m.
December 02, 2023

Parker Valby (14:56) & Graham Blanks (13:03) Break NCAA 5,000m Records at Boston University

Valby is the first collegiate woman (and youngest American) under 15:00 while Blanks is just the third US man to have hit the 2024 Olympic standard of 13:05.
November 29, 2023

Weekend Viewing Guide: Cross Champs, NXN, Blanks Chases Olympic Standard & Valby Sub-15:00 at BU?

Cross Champs is Thursday, NXN is Saturday, and most of the NCAA's best will be in Boston trying to run fast 3ks and 5ks.
November 18, 2023

2023 NCAA XC Breakdown: Tuohy's Heroics, Valby's Historic Season, OSU Dethrones NAU, & More

Tuohy did not get the repeat individual title but today's gutsy run may have been her finest hour in what may have been her final race for NC State. Our Jonathan Gault breaks it down in 3,000+ words.
November 18, 2023

#2 Oklahoma State Knocks Out #1 NAU, Graham Blanks Fires On All Cylinders For Harvard

Dave Smith's Oklahoma State Cowboys and Harvard's Graham Blanks were sensational.
November 16, 2023

2023 NCAA XC Women's Individual Preview: Who Has The Edge in Valby-Tuohy II?

Tuohy topped Valby in 2022 but Valby destroyed Tuohy at Nuttycombe this year. Who wins this much-anticipated rematch in what very well could be their final NCAA showdown?
November 19, 2022

Dynasty: NAU Wins on Tiebreaker over Oklahoma State, as Charles Hicks Gets Individual Title #1 for Stanford

NAU edged Oklahoma State on the tie breaker as Charles Hicks outlasted Nico Young.
June 01, 2021

WTW: A Look Back at the Insane NCAA Track & Field Regionals

The Week That Was is back as we take a look at the wild regional meets which were great for one teen phenom (Athing Mu) but not so great for some others like Nico Young and Katelyn Tuohy who will be watching NCAAs on tv. Plus did you know there is another US teen, Graham Blanks, who ran 13:27 last week but also won't be at NCAAs as he hasn't even started college yet?