November 18, 2024
RADICAL Change Is Coming To the NCAA -- Are You Ready For 10-Man XC Rosters? How House v. NCAA Could Reshape the College Track & Field World
NCAA track and field/XC is about to be radically changed. Roster caps are coming -- are you ready for a max of 10 people on a men's SEC roster? But the opportunity to give out way more scholarships is also coming. Will the net change be great or catastrophic, leading to the "the slow death of men's track & field" as one SEC coach worries.
October 02, 2024
NCAA Announces Championship Sites for 2026-2028
The NCAA has a nice rotation of xc and indoor hosts and XC is heading back to Terre Haute for the 1st time in 7 years, but outdoors the NCAA continues to choose nothing but Eugene.
June 06, 2023
Katelyn Tuohy & the Pursuit of History - 2023 NCAA W1500/5K Preview
Only one woman has ever done the 1500/5000 double at NCAAs, and never on the same day. Can Tuohy do it to cap an epic 2023 season?
February 01, 2021
Common Sense Prevails: Christian Noble's 13:37 NCAA Division II 5K Record Will Count
Noble's mark was in jeopardy of not counting because pacing lights were used, but the NCAA came to its senses and allowed it to stand.
January 29, 2021
NCAA May Not Accept Christian Noble's 13:37 Division II 5K Record Due to Pacing Lights
Noble won a three-person race by 30+ seconds, but the NCAA might not allow him to qualify for nationals as the race featured pacing lights -- even though they're perfectly legal under USATF and World Athletics rules and the NCAA qualifying manual says one can qualify for NCAAs in an open meet run under USATF rules.
August 27, 2019
5 Facts About June Eastwood, Who Will Become the First Transgender Woman to Run an NCAA Division I Cross Country Race Saturday
Eastwood, who ran PRs of 1:55/3:50/14:38 competing as a male for the University of Montana, has undergone a year of testosterone-suppression treatment and is now cleared to compete in the NCAA as a woman.
May 15, 2017
Top 10 Greatest Performers from NCAA Conference Weekend: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Deajah Stevens, Grant Fisher, Dani Jones and More Shine
From Grant Fisher's domination of the Pac 12 1500 to the arrival of Texas A&M's true freshman Devin Dixon as an NCAA star (1:45 win at SECs), we've got the top performances from last week covered.
March 03, 2017
NCAA Punishes Coach and Athlete...... For Knowing And Following The Rules
The NCAA is famous at times for being a stickler to obscure rules. Well, now it's punishing a collegiate coach and his athlete because he both a) knew and b) followed the rules. Brilliant. As a result, the nation's 10th fasest 5000 runner, Loyola Marymount's Danielle Shanahan (15:52 pb), won't be competing at NCAAs.
February 10, 2014
Nebraska–Omaha's Sami Spenner Is The Top Pentathlete In The US Right Now (6th All-Time In Collegiate History), But Isn't Allowed To Go To NCAAs
Spenner explains that her school is transitioning from DII to DI, which locks the school's athletes out of nationals for 4 years. She tried to appeal the rule last year as a junior, but the NCAA told her the only way she was going to NCAAs was if she transferred for her senior year.