The biggest weekend in D3 Track and Field just went down. From fast times out in California to a record broken in PA, the D3 track and field athletes tore it up. We go over some the big events from the weekend, who broke what records and what to look as we move forward. The D3 Track and Field season is heating up! Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tracksmith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting the Podcast. We're excited to be partnering with Tracksmith!. They just released their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spring Collection⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which...

"I have this little chip on my shoulders. Like, why can't I get let into these meets? I'm going to keep going. I know I'm not like with those guys, right? I'm not running 20. 2 and 9.9, wind legal yet, but I feel like I can go there and compete with these guys if I like am given the opportunity." Sam Blaskowski comes back onto the podcast to go over his big weekend running 9.99w (+5.5). He becomes the first D3 man to go under 10s in All-Conditions and is at the top of the All-Conditions...

JP Vaught joins D3 Glory Days to help recap what happened over the weekend of April 5th and 6th. He gives his perspective of the early season and who to look for this year. A big meet at Bryan Clay will feature a lot of D3 athletes. Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tracksmith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting the Podcast. We're excited to be partnering with Tracksmith!. They just released their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spring Collection⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which features the Harrier Long Sleeve. This merino-nylon blend long sleeve will beat the chill...

We're going to try something new today. Adding a second episode to the feed with a recap of what's happening in the world of D3 Track and Field. Each week will run you down what happened in the week and what performances stood out to us. We'll break them into four segments: Distance, Sprints, Field, Throws. Let us know what you think. Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tracksmith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting the Podcast. We're excited to be partnering with Tracksmith!. They just released their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spring...

Last time we saw Matt Wilkinson, he was preparing for the D3 National Meet. Now he's in his first Pro season with Under Armour's Dark Sky team in Flagstaff, Arizona. Before he got to Flagstaff, he had a few seasons at Minnesota where he swept the Steeple and 5k at the Big 10 conference meet. He talks about how he's handled each transition from D3 to D1 to Pro and how he's overcoming his imposter syndrome with each race. With each step in the journey he's embraced his new teammates that...

We’re continuing to collect stories from this years Indoor National Meet, and this week we bring you WashingtonU’s Emma Kelley. Emma Kelley is the latest 800m phenom reshaping the landscape of D3 middle distance running. While most athletes showed up in Virginia Beach to race the fields, Kelley came to duel the clock. While supporting her team’s championship ambitions in the relays, her main mission was the indoor 800m record, and after cruising through prelims she achieved just that,...

Wisconsin La Crosse’s Luke Schroeder came into the national meet as the top seed in both the 60m Hurdles and the 200m Dash, he left the meet on crutches. After suffering a heartbreaking fall in the hurdles preliminary road, Schroeder limped across the line, the rest of his championships in jeopardy. But La Crosse wanted to win, and they wanted to win big. So after a conversation with his coach, Schroeder warmed up for and ran the 200m dash prelims. Twenty one seconds of agony later, he...

The Indoor National Meet is upon us! Today, on the Thursday before nationals, we hosted our first in-person D3 Glory Days event here in Virginia Beach. It was a huge success, and we'd like to offer a heartfelt thank you to everyone who waited in line, and came in to hang out with us for a bit.  Thanks to ON Running for partnering with us for this event!  This podcast is a collection of all the short interviews we did with athletes, coaches, and a surprise guest or two on site at Fathom...

We're getting you ready for the 2024 D3 Indoor National meet with contenders conversations! We sat down a few a folks leading their events and one who is coming off a massive personal best. Grace Hadley is entered in the mile/3k/DMR. She's the No. 1 seed in the mile right now but isn't letting that affect her. Dameco Walker was 68th prior to the last chance meet. He is now sitting 3rd in the Triple Jump. Kamiyah Wooten is the freshman sensation that is No. 1 in the 200m right now. She has...

With the 2024 D3 Indoor Nationals this weekend, we turned the Mic over to our D3 National Champions on the D3GD team, Emily Richards and Cirrus Robinson. Emily won 9 titles and Cirrus won 4. They interviewed reigning INDOOR champions to discuss strategy, mindset, and what i means to be a National Champion. Noah and Stu were not D3 champions so we felt this was fun to have champs talk shop. They interviewed Jackson Anderson from Williams, Victoria Kadiri from Johns Hopkins, Sam Blaskowski...

"I promise you, if you are not in it to be a positive person, it's always going to show up" If you're a fan of track and field, chances are you've seen Katelyn Hutchison's interviews. Her positivity has taken over the mixed zones and gets amazing raw interviews out of the world's best track and field athletes. She takes us through her experience at Worlds this past summer, specifically with her press room question to Sha'Carri Richardson. It all started in 2022 when she was accepted in...

Did you enjoy reading the bios on the Atlanta and Orlando Olympic Trials? Jay Holder brought that to the Atlanta trials and carried it over to Orlando. You've also probably heard Jay's voice/name before as he's moderated many pro running event's press conferences and will carry that honor at the Paris Olympics. At the trials this year, Jay was the Media Director and responsible for all things media. From getting stories out to the masses of qualifiers to telling Clayton Young's wife she can...

"I don't think previous results really can predict future returns." Josh Kalapos crossed the Berlin Marathon finish line and his watch showed 2:18:01. He had to go find someone for the officials results before he saw it: 2:18:00. Right at the Olympic Trials qualification mark. This makes Josh the last man in. Josh experienced the highs and lows in college. One of his best moments was winning the UAA Indoor 5k. The low was ending his senior track season on a broken tibula. When he moved to...

"I don't really have a tangible time or placing that would make a race good or bad. I am really excited to get out there and to race and push myself in ways I haven't before, but also continue to listen to my body and what's going on within the race." Gabi Rooker is taking the running scene by storm after her 2:24 marathon in Chicago. Last week, she announced she signed a pro deal with Nike. At the age of 36, Rooker enters the trials seeded 9th and she ran first marathon was in...

“You have to love it to want to keep going out the door every day and trying something hard and scary, but also exciting” Kim Horner began her marathon career in 2015 when she had a little fomo that she wasn’t running the Twin Cities Marathon with her friends. It’s the community that brought her to the marathon and what continues to be her driving force behind her success. Shoutout @millcityrunning The culture at Luther is something she still thinks about today and has influenced...

"I definitely started getting to the point where I thought maybe I'm just a 2:34 guy. I'm just a high 15 5k guy and I'm okay with it." Ryan Jara left Hope College as a 15:54 5ker. He enjoyed running and continued running well past graduation. He had hit some of his goals, ran 73 minutes in a half marathon and as of 2019 was a 2:34 marathoner. As time went on things began to click. Workouts were getting faster and the encouragement from his wife never waned. In 2022, he made a big jump to...

Happy New Year! We kick off 2024 with Holly Clarke - a Johns Hopkins grad. Holly is gearing up for her 2nd Olympic Trials next month and is excited to bringing more experience and miles to the line with her. To get to the 2020 trials, Holly took off 30 minutes from her time going from 3:12 to 2:42. During that time she realized she was under fueling and worked to properly fuel her body for a big breakthrough. The key for Holly has been having a community around her. After graduation, she...

Our last episode of 2023. Noah and Stu sit down to discuss Noah's OTQ at CIM. With surgery earlier in the year, Noah completed the couch to OTQ training plan. He dives into how he handled the build up mentally, how he focused on enjoying running, and what comes next for him. We also review the year D3 Glory Days had. We experience great growth, had wonderful conversations, and preview what's to come in 2024. Thanks for sticking with us. We're glad you're here. How to Support D3 Glory...

“My mentality that day was, I wanted to improve my tombstone.” The Olympic Marathon Trials is February 3rd and we plan to tell tales of D3 grads that hit will be in Orlando. Today, we bring you the story of Dan Vassallo. Dan qualified for his third Olympic Trials at the McKirdy Micro Marathon in October. Vassallo’s longevity in the sport is something to be studied. He graduated from Colby in 2007 and immediately jumped into the Marathon. He didn’t run his first OTQ until 2014 when he won...

“I was absolutely not expecting any of them to come. And so, I think just over the mile mark, I heard they're distinct cheering and saw them on the side and I don't really smile during races, but they got me to smile.” It’s been a wild 2.5 weeks for Fiona Smith. On November 18th, she won the D3 XC Nationals. Two weeks later, she broke the D3 Indoor 5k record running 15:50. Two days after setting the new record, Smith announced she will be attending NC State as a Grad Transfer next season. ...

“I’m just so grateful for those guys. They're the whole reason I'm here, they're the reason I'm pushing, they're the reason I race like that. And damn, I just love them. I love them to death and I'm so proud of them.” The redemption arc the whole division was watching. In May, Ethan Gregg was DQ’d for a false start in the 5k final. In November, he won the D3 XC Individual National Title. Gregg takes us through the aftermath of the DQ and the guilt he felt as he believe it affected UWL’s...

“You can anticipate something like that all season. Like in theory, we knew we could do it. But actually seeing that [the scoreboard with Carleton #1] and knowing that we did it was just a completely different thing.” Phoebe Ward, Sophie McManus, and Mary Blanchard join D3 Glory Days to relive their national championship! With all but Clara Mayfield returning from last year’s team, Carleton knew they had something special. They relied on their pack running and knew every runner mattered as...

“And to think, not what if it goes wrong, what if it goes really well, it's just super empowering.” What a weekend for D3 Cross Country. We begin telling the stories of the weekend with Lucas Florsheim and Derek Fearon. They're fresh off a team title after coming into the championship ranked 8th. They touch on the highs of winning in 2021 and the lows of finishing 5th in 2022. This duo brings great perspective and thoughtful answers on their time at Pomona, the culture they built, and what...

We sit down with 6 coaches to review their seasons and what they're excited for the D3 Cross Country National Championship. They all bring a unique perspective to their situation and provide valuable insights for runners and coaches. You'll hear themes of positivity and building of team cultures. You get a sense of why these programs are contending for a national title. Time Stamp 2:34 - Donna Ricks - Carleton 12:28 - Derek Stanley - UW-La Crosse 24:06 - Ryan Chapman - Wartburg 40:58 -...