D3 Glory Days Podcast

Kenadee Wayt went into the national meet with four events on her schedule and walked away as a three time All-American AND a national champion. With the experience she had from last year's quadruple, Wayt was able to capitalize on her momentum and use her new training style to lead to her first national title. Kenadee takes us through her weekend on balancing the busy schedule, riding the momentum...

We kick off conversations from Indoor Nationals with Joseph White! The D3 Record holder in the Weight Throw joins us to talk about his weekend where he came away with two national titles. He takes us into his mindset during the competition after essentially winning both competitions on his first throw. We go into his career progression of what he's done to make huge improvements in a short amount...

In a two part episode, we sit down with 7 athletes getting ready to compete at the D3 Indoor Track and Field national championships. We discuss how their season has gone so far, tactics they use to stay calm before big meets, and any predictions they may have. Time Stamp Cheick Traore - 200/400, Ramapo - 2:25 Mike Jasa - 800, 4x4, DMR, Loras - 18:32 Yakob Ekoue - SP/WT, UW-Eau Claire, 36:35 BPN Am...

In a two part episode, we sit down with 7 athletes getting ready to compete at the D3 Indoor Track and Field national championships. We discuss how their season has gone so far, tactics they use to stay calm before big meets, and any predictions they may have. Time Stamp Jaidyn Appel - High Jump, Tufts - 2:31 Birgen Nelson - 60mH, Gustavus Aldophus - 21:17 Adalia Coleman - 60m, Bridgewater, 37:31...

Jack Pinho returns to D3 Glory Days after breaking 4 at the BU Valentine Invite! We had him on originally as Episode 52 in the summer of 2021. He was coming off a strong track season but still had ambitions of breaking 4. We said we would have him back on the show once he did it and sure enough, he did! Jack brings a great perspective on how to balance life and running. He takes us through the str...

The 19 year old 4x4 record was taken down at the BU Valentine Invite. Held by Lincoln (PA) since 2004, it was a record the Rowan team was eyeing. After winning last year's indoor 4x4 after waiting out a lengthy protest period then losing outdoors, this group was ready to turn heads this season. They go into what practice is like with a group of All-Americans, their thoughts on the elevation of D3...

What a wild weekend in D3 Track and Field. Emily Richards and Cris Gutierrez join Stu to discuss the big events over the weekend. Christian Patkza, Ethan Gregg, Alex Phillip and Ryan Wilson join to give their take on their big races! Time Stamp: Christian Patkza - 11:00 Ethan Gregg - 22:17 Alex Phillip - 44:20 Ryan Wilson - 1:01:55 BPN Ambassador We’re excited to be Ambassadors for Bare Performanc...

After a huge weekend at BU, we brought on the guys from MIT to hear about their epic 3ks and 5ks. They share their experiences at BU and how they went into the race with any expectations. All of their races end up on the All-Time list Sam Acquaviva - 8:00.41 - 4th Ryan Wilson - 8:11.46 - 21st Matt Kearney - 14:01.76 - 6th Andrew Mah - 14:10.54 - 13th They also take us through the culture of their...

We turn the Mics around and talk about our own running. 2022 wasn't the best year for your hosts but we're working on turning things around. We will always highlight the positives in running but sometimes we need to talk about the lows in running. Noah goes into his injury history and why he decided to finally get his surgery. Stu talks about his running and what he's trying to do despite being 4...

In her first marathon since the 2020 Olympic Trials, Sara Passani dropped a 6 minute PR to run 2:34 at CIM. An injury kept her out of the race the year prior and with the standard getting faster, she was ready to give it a shot. Prior to the race, they decided not to focus on the standard but instead focus on getting really fit. As the miles clicked off, she could tell it was going to be a good. A...

The cancellation of his senior season left Jarrod Ottman motivated to see what he can do. He was coming off new PRs on the track and wanted to see where he could take his running. When races began to pop up again, Jarrod was making big jumps in his times resulting in breaking 15 minutes for the first time. He saw early success in the roads running 68 minutes and then 66 minutes for the half. Durin...

Happy New Year! We kick off 2023 with MIT's Head Cross Country Coach, Riley Macon. We talk with Riley about his transition into the head coaching position after Halston Taylor retired, what MIT's training looks like, and how Riley is able to use running as an outlet for his team's intense academic obligations. We go into how they prepared for the national championships and how they handled last ye...

Read the Proposal below! Proposal One Change the way National Championships are scored in Track & Field so that every finisher is scoring for her/his team. Rationale: *Raises the competitive quality of Nationals by making every place matter.  Instead of an all or nothing approach many athletes exhibit trying to make finals or finish in the top 8, it allows them to be more tactical and kee...

Donna Ricks has been the Head Coach of the Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field team at Carleton College for 30 years. They have multiple individual national champions in track, countless All-Americans, but finally earned their first ever team trophy in cross country after placing fourth at the 2022 D3 XC National Championships. Donna was a Multi in college and set University of Minnesota M...

After winning the 2022 National Championship, Johns Hopkins became the winningest women’s program in D3 history. Adding to two of those titles were Alex Ross and Sara Stephenson. Alex and Sara led Hopkins to their 8th title by finishing 5th and 9th respectively to become the best duo in the country. They shared how they became comfortable about the elements by letting the team share what made them...

When Joe Backus felt a nagging in his hip, he sought a second opinion to make sure it wasn’t serious. A few days later he learned he had a femoral stress fracture, a hip impingement and a torn labrum. Joe elected to get surgery in January of 2022 which began his long road to recovery. Joe wasn’t allowed to run until June. Before then, he was slowly building up on the bike but kept it within reason...

Fresh off their repeat wins, Alex Phillip and Kassie Parker come back to D3 Glory Days to share insights about their win, what’s happened since the last time we spoke, and what they’re looking forward to in their last season in Division 3. They both shared the pressures of having a target on their back and how they were able to handle that leading up to the race. For Alex, he was able to move past...

Our National meet preview episode covers off the big storylines of this weekend. We go over the regional results, what surprised us this season and gave our national meet predictions. Let us know who you think will take home the trophy! Photo credit for the episode art is by George Madison . Nationals Merch Get your exclusive D3 Glory Days Nationals merch here :  BPN Ambassador We’re excited...

We’re back with another contenders episode. Our guests today not only have individual aspirations, but will be battling for their teams as well. Each team they represent is in the top 10 and will be vying for a team trophy on Saturday. We’re joined by: Aubrie Fisher - Wartburg - 3:31 Matt Lecky - RPI - 18:18 Kathleen McCarey - SUNY Geneseo - 34:07 Lucas Florsheim - Pomona-Pitzer - 50:59 Natalie Bi...

We turn to the current state of D3 XC and review everything that's happened so far this season. We break down the big interregional meets and give predictions for the end of the year. This goes with our rankings that will be released today. BPN Ambassador We’re excited to be Ambassadors for Bare Performance Nutrition. A supplement company that gets you ready for next competition. Whether it’s prot...

From a young age, Cris Gutierrez fell in love with the sport of running. The gym class mile was something he was always excited for and after a rough go in the team sports, a friend convinced him to join the XC team. As he went through high school, he kept improving hims times and became obsessed with the sport. He found a community on DyeStat to talk running with regardless that his PRs were 4:52...

Fresh off a fantastic debut marathon in Chicago, Jessie Cardin joins us to discuss her 2:33 marathon! Debut marathons typically go one of two ways: a glow up or a blow up and Cardin definitely had a a glow up. Hitting the OTQ in her first try, Cardin is starting to get excited about this new distance and push her potential. Cardin joined Hansons Brooks this summer to go all in on running and to st...

After a strong start to their season, we wanted to hear from Annika Urban and Ethan Gregg on what’s been going well for them. Annika is a senior at Emory and Ethan is a senior at UW-Lacrosse Annika is coming off an impressive performance at the Paul Short Run where she won the Brown race by over 20s. She’s been on a tear lately with running and equates that to her having fun with it. She’s a had a...

For the 100th episode, we had to go out and bring you all a legend. Please welcome Bill Rodgers to D3 Glory Days. The 4x Boston and NYC Marathon winner, Olympian and Wesleyan graduate walked us through his career. From the early days, Rodgers enjoyed running with his friend and brother as it was a fun activity to do with a group. As he progressed through his high school days, he saw his potential...

An unofficial series is coming to D3 Glory Days called ‘The Lost Season.’ We’re going to be interviewing those who lost their senior track season due to COVID-19. While many want to forget that time, we want to be a place where people can share their thoughts and help in the process of moving on. The second guest in this series is Samuel Gerstenbacher from Elizabethtown. Samuel’s approach to runni...