Episodes
On today's show, we break down the elite high school mile and 3,000 meter races set to go down at The Penn Relays from April 25-27 at Franklin Field in Pennsylvania.  For more coverage of the year's best event, check out our meet page:  Podcast Segments:  Announcing The Girls Mile Fields [1:45] Announcing The Boys Mile Fields [7:38] Announcing The Girls 3K Fields [14:15] Announcing The Boys 3K Fields [22:05] What Will It Take To Qualify For The COA Boys 4x400 Final [28:20] What Will It Take...
Published 04/09/24
Published 04/09/24
On the latest episode of On The Line, we dive into the weekend that was, content creators, a freshman making a unique decision, national records and our favorite Penn Relays moments.  Podcast Segments:  The Week That Was - The Texas Relays The Week That Was - Florida Relays The Week That Was - Stanford Invitational Lex & Leo Young At Stanford Aria Pearce Opting Out Of High School Competition The Next National Record Our Favorite Penn Relays Moments  The Arcadia Invite Is Up...
Published 04/02/24
On this week's episode of On The Line, the gang discusses a high school national record by Humble Atascocita, a duel at dark at the FSU Relays, what's ahead at the Texas Relays and Florida Relays, plus World U20 XC, which is set for this weekend in Serbia.  Podcast Segments:  An Interview With The Humble Atascocita Boys [1:12] Breaking Down The History-Making 4x100 [14:55] The Duel At Dark: Riley Smith vs. Patrick Koon [28:05] The Florida Relays: The Events To Watch [33:05] Mia-Brahe...
Published 03/26/24
We are fresh off adidas Track Nationals, the three-day meet in Virginia Beach featuring over 4,000 athletes and one national record. On today's show, we explore the top performance at ATN, then we dive into a wild performance from a freshman, the exciting return of Christian Miller, a blitzing run from Sadie Engelhardt and fast times headed for the Azusa Pacific Distance Meet of Champions. Podcast Segments:  An interview with the Archbishop Carroll boys [0:45] Three (other) big moments...
Published 03/20/24
This weekend was a blur, three to four days of non-stop indoor track and field action across two meets in Boston and New York City. We'll go over our favorite moments and the top results to come from those meets, plus we'll dive into a few key storylines heading into adidas Indoor Nationals, along with some thoughts on The TEN and the Texas Distance Festival. Podcast Segments:  An Interview With The Bullis School Boys A Wild, National Record-Laden Weekend Quincy's National Record In The...
Published 03/12/24
March is a crazy month full of championship events, from New Balance Nationals Indoor in Boston to Nike Indoor Nationals in New York City. We'll have somewhere in the range of 8,000 to 10,000 athletes competing across just those two events this weekend. So it's going to be chaotic, a head-rush, thrilling, record-breaking, momentous. We're here for it. On today's show, we're going to sit down with an athlete heading to one of those meets, then we'll review last weekend's action, we'll go over...
Published 03/05/24
On today's show, we rewind to the weekend before moving forward to a few big meets over the next two weeks, starting first with Bluebonnet, NJ's Meet of Champions and the New York State Championships this week followed by NB and Nike Nationals next week. We'll talk national championships at 60 meters and 400 meters. Podcast Segments:  The Best Thing We Saw This Weekend [1:00] Who's Winning This 60m National Title At New Balance? [7:00] New Balance Is Bringing The Fire In The Boys Mile?...
Published 02/27/24
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Published 02/20/24
Today's episode is brought to you by Firefly – a revolutionary, portable and clinically proven full-body recovery device used by professional, collegiate and elite high school runners to recover 3 times as fast. Firefly – Recovery Redefined. For athletes, coaches or fans interested in Firefly, use promo code MILESPLIT to receive 15-percent off any Firefly Starter kit purchase On the latest episode of On The Line, the gang sits down with New York jumps star Corintia Griffith, recaps the...
Published 02/13/24
On today's show, we'll break down a wild weekend of track, starting first with the New Balance Grand Prix and those fast miles before we dive into two elite performances, discuss the California winter championships, analyze the Millrose Games fields, talk about possible Athletes of the Year, judge the steep rise of Dakota Lindwurm and then finish with Eastern Indoors, which is a major meet coming to Louisville, Kentucky this weekend. Podcast Segments:  An interview with JoJo Jourdon...
Published 02/06/24
On this week's episode of On The Line, Cory and Olivia speak with one of New Jersey's top distance runners, then delve into openers, fast times in Boston, the start of the indoor state championship period and more ahead for the weekend.  Podcast Segments:  An interview with Freehold Township's Emma Zawatski [0:55] Big times and performances in Boston [14:20] Ryan Pajak, Jonathan Simms and Clay Shively debut [18:44] It's the start of indoor state championships this weekend...
Published 01/30/24
On today's episode of On The Line, Cory and Olivia recap the weekend, break down the top moments from The VA Showcase, discuss an impending national high school record attempt and then dive into discussion on the CYUP Misfits Invitational, which could feature some meet record performances. Podcast Segments:  One Thing That Impressed Us One Thing That Surprised Us Why Power Programs Are Dominating Mia Brahe-Pedersen's Insane Weekend A 4x800 Record Attempt Is Brewing Stars Emerging Over...
Published 01/17/24
On today's episode, we're going to rewind to the weekend, we'll dive into the MileSplit50, we'll examine a ridiculous National Record from the past and then we'll outline what's happening this weekend, including our national meet of the week, The VA Showcase. Podcast Segments:  One Thing That Impressed Us From The Weekend [2:20] One Thing That Surprised Us From The Weekend [4:50] Will Our No. 1 Athletes Stay At No. 1 This Indoor Season? [7:20] Will Anyone Put Down Robby Andrews' 1K...
Published 01/10/24
Our last episode of the year is here (sadly), and in it Cory and Olivia and Ashley discuss whether they got their future national champion picks from back in September right or wrong, then they dive into memorable moments over the cross country season and finish with end-of-season awards.  Podcast Segments:  Revealing our future-bets from September on national champions Discussing our final MileSplit50 team rankings Our most memorable moments from XC The top overall race from a track...
Published 12/19/23
This weekend featured two national championship cross country races and the beginning of the indoor track and field season. On today's episode, Cory and Olivia discuss the key points from the weekend.  Podcast Segments:  A breakdown of the girls NXN championship race A surprising boys winner at NXN and more on JoJo Jourdon [7:45] NXN team titles: What we expected, and what we did not A wild RXC4 featured some stellar races Three top indoor track and field performers from the...
Published 12/05/23
This week's episode of On The Line is a special one: It's our third annual RunningLane Cross Country Championship Selection Show. We bring on co-meet director Will Rodgers to reveal the top 20 boys and girls teams selected to compete in Saturday's races before diving into race previews, storylines and athletes and teams to watch.  Podcast Segments:  RunningLane Selection Show: Boys teams 20-11  RunningLane Selection Show: Boys teams 10-1 RunningLane Selection Show: Girls Teams...
Published 11/28/23
On today's show, we discuss the California State Cross Country Championships, successful middle-schoolers, national regionals and early indoor predictions.  Podcast Segments:  Previewing The California State Championships CAXC - Let's Start With Division I CAXC - Storylines Beyond Division I CAXC - The Individual Races Middle Schoolers Are Running Wild One Thing From Regionals That We Loved Could Any Winners From These Three Regions Be National Champions? RunningLane XC: Diving Into...
Published 11/21/23
On the latest episode of On The Line, Olivia and Cory discuss the national postseason races, regional competitions and continuing state championships. Check out the segment below.  Podcast Segments: Conversation around the RunningLane XC Championships [1:40] Here's Who's Qualified To NXN So Far  Do We See Any National Champions Emerging From These First Regions? NXR South -- Just How Do We See It Playing Out?  Storylines In The Remaining Regions This Weekend The CIF XC Finals Are This...
Published 11/14/23
On today's show, we'll go over the three biggest storylines from the weekend -- including major upsets out of Colorado and Indiana -- we'll detail some powerhouse athletes and teams with multiple championships, we'll dive into some thoughts about Washington's and Illinois' state championships and we'll finish with the Texas State Championships. Podcast Segments:  Upsets Galore At The Colorado State Championships [2:45] Libby Dowty Won The Indiana State Girls Title [6:10] Dowling Catholic,...
Published 10/31/23
On this week's episode of On The Line, Cory and Olivia discuss the three top stories from the past week of action in high school cross country, Colorado's top girls runners, our national championship favorites, our top four regional picks in the Northeast, New York and California, and more on the upcoming state championship season.  Podcast Segments:  Emmanuel Perez finally earned a big win at Mt. SAC Just how good is Union Catholic right now?  Who's more dominant in Colorado: Ritzenhein...
Published 10/24/23
On today’s show we’ll dive into the Manhattan College XC Invitational, record moments out of Oregon, Future Stars, top teams in the three more regionals and our national meet of the week, which is the Mt. SAC Invitational. Podcast Segments:  Recapping the Manhattan College XC Invitational [1:00] Emily Wisniewski really stepped up her game in Oregon [7:05] Dana Hills avoided a trap meet Diving into Future Stars from the weekend Drew Griffith Has Arrived, And He Might Be The National Title...
Published 10/17/23
On the latest episode of On The Line, Olivia and Cory discuss a variety of topics, including the Clovis Invitational, the Tatnall girls, Marcelo Mantecon and the upcoming Manhattan College Invitational. For more, check the podcast segments below.  Podcast Segments:  Ventura dominates individually, then surprises in team standings JSerra met expectations Dana Hills' boys with the shock win Have the Coeur d'Alene proved us right?  Just how good are the Tatnall girls?  Downers Grove North...
Published 10/10/23
On the most recent episode of On The Line, Cory and Olivia discuss the top storylines in high school cross country: Topics include Desert Twilight, FSU Pre-State and Chile Pepper; the most important results from the weekend; Cameron Todd's title hopes; and prognostication on future national champions.  Podcast Segments:  The Niwot girls scored at perfect 15 at the Desert Twilight Festival [1:00] Belen Jesuit's impressive win at the FSU Pre-State Invitational [4:30] Deer Creek made a big...
Published 10/03/23
On the latest episode of On the Line, Ashley Tysiac and Olivia Ekpone dive into an intense team matchup at the Ocean State Invitational, talk about big performances from the Bowdoin XC Classic and Roy Griak, discuss some athletes to look forward to as the season progresses, and analyzed some key storylines ahead of the FSU Invitational.  Podcast Segments:  A spicy Union Catholic vs. Saratoga Springs matchup CBA showed dominance at Bowdoin  Highlighting a strong Roy Griak championship...
Published 09/26/23