D3 Glory Days Podcast

A long overdue episode featuring 3 national champions from the 2024 Outdoor National Meet. Megan Johnson and Caroline McMartin went 1-2 in the steeplechase from Central College. We speak to them about how cool it was going 1-2, the great year of Central College, and what they did to buy in. The Freshman sensation, Haley Schoeneggee of Vassar, fills us in how she went from high school to being a na...

The D3 Champ is now the D1 champ. Last week, Cheick Traore went into Hayward Field and walked away with the 200m title after running 19.95. Cheick's progressions has been so fun to watch. He came out of high school without even thinking about Division 1 and went to Ramapo College to continue his track career. Once at Ramapo, he believe in his coaches and bought into the idea that he can improv...

Today’s episode felt like a long time coming, but we’re happy to finally welcome Eric Gregory of Gallaudet to D3 Glory Days. We started this episode with a conversation with head coach Byron Moore, getting his insights on what makes Gregory such a special competitor. Moore and Gregory have a unique opportunity in the track world to head to the startling together, as Moore will give Eric a hand sig...

Nationals week! History can be made this weekend and these guys have a chance a to do it. Steven Hermsen has won 3 straight discus titles and is looking to become the 6th D3 Man to win 4 straights titles in their event. He just finished his Doctorate from Carroll and is ready to let the discus fly. Davian Willems ran the #2 All-Time 100m running 10.14. He's finally healthy and the nation is se...

It's Nationals week! We sit down with three women who have had excellent season thus far and break down what they're looking forward to this weekend. Ren Brown just broke the 400mH record and eyes to run even faster to earn an auto qualifier for the Olympic Trials. Her performance surprised her but credits her big jump but overcoming her fear of going over the hurdles. Get Ren's Book G...

"I think that I have a really good shot. I know that I'm the strongest I've ever been." Annie Rodenfels rejoins the podcast to catch up after a win at the Drake Relays. Annie came on the podcast two times before: right after college and back in the winter of 2021. A lot has changed for her since then as she continues to progress in the running landscape. Since we last spoke, she&...

In the spring of 2023, RPI graduate Grant O’Connor crossed the finishing line of the Jersey City Marathon in 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 28 seconds. It was a bittersweet breakthrough, a big personal best, but an agonizing 28 seconds outside of the Olympic Trials qualification standard. O’Connor put that disappointment firmly behind him on Marathon Monday, as he crossed the iconic Boston Marathon fini...

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...

"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 runnin...

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...

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...

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 overcomin...

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 missi...

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, Sc...

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...

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...

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 in...

"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 su...

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...

"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...

"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...

“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 @millcityrunnin...

"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 c...

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 b...

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&#39...