The Sunday Shakeout

Today on the podcast is Yosuke Shibata. Yosuke is a rising junior out of South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon. Remember the name, folks. A lot of people are asking the question: “After Owen Powell, Josiah Tostenson, Tayvon Kitchen, Charlie Vause, all these guys who graduated, who is going to rise to the top on the high school scene?” Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have an answer for you. Yosu...

This week on the podcast is JoJo Jourdon! JoJo holds PRs of: 3:37.00 (1500m), 3:56.37 (mile), 7:53.48 (3K), 13:41.00 (5K), 29:30 (10K XC). JoJo burst onto the high school national scene in 2023, becoming Utah’s fifth-ever individual Nike Cross Nationals champion with a time of 15:16.5. Not long after, he became just the 21st‑ever high‑schooler to break the four‑minute mile, clocking 3:59.87 in Bos...

Will Purnell is back on the podcast today, and a lot has happened since we last talked. If you don’t know Will, he’s a Seattle Prep alum who just wrapped up four years of collegiate running at Boston College. This fall, he’s heading into his fifth and final year at Duke to close out his NCAA career. When we last caught up in spring 2024, Will was just starting to bounce back from a season-ending i...

Today on the podcast is Sunny Weber! Sunny is a rising senior at Sandwich High School in Illinois and one of the top high school distance runners in the country right now. She’s already a six-time state champion, with PRs of 4:41 in the 1600, 9:59 in the 3200, and 16:11 for 3-mile. Just this past track season, she finished 4th in the 2-mile at New Balance Nationals and placed 5th at Arcadia in a r...

Today on the show I do a solo episode of the podcast. I had some scheduling difficulties with guests and I am going out of town by the time this publishes, so I decided to do a solo podcast episode. I'm pretty hyped that I am on episode 150. Thank you for your continued support! It means a lot for the continued growth and milestones of this podcast! Today, I discuss why it's essential to h...

Today on the podcast is Blake Reynolds! Blake just recently transferred to run at Grand Canyon University (GCU) in Arizona, after a successful freshman collegiate season at The University of New Mexico. Blake is an alum of Central Kitsap High School in Washington, a rival to my current high school, Seattle Prep. Blake holds PRs of: 1:55 (800m), 4:11 (1600m), 9:14 (3200m), 15:24 (5K XC). Blake and...

Today on the show is the 4th appearance of Erik Semling! Erik holds PRs of 4:20 (1600m), 9:10 (3200m), and 15:00 (5K XC). He an age-group world record-holder in the 5000m and 10000m. If you have been following Erik's journey since middle school, where he broke age-group world records in the 5K and 10K, as well as our previous conversations, they you know that my conversation with him today is not...

Today on the show is Aydon Stefanopoulos! Aydon is a graduated senior out of Los Gatos High School in California. He will be a rising freshman in the fall at UCLA. Aydon holds PRs of 1:51 for 800m, 4:06 for 1600m, 8:57 for 3200m, and 14:52 for 5K XC. He is the 2023 CIF D2 XC State Champion and a 2023 NXN Qualifier. Aydon and I had one of the most unpolished, raw, candid conversations I have ever h...

Today on the podcast is Rosie Mucharsky! Rosie is a graduated senior out of Denver East High in Colorado. She will be a freshman at the University of Notre Dame this fall. Rosie holds PRs of: 800m: 2:08 Mile: 4:42 5K XC: 16:54 Rosie has had an incredible high school career in Colorado. She is a back-to-back-to-back 800m state champion. She is also an XC state champion, an NXN All-American, and FLX...

Today on the podcast is Tayshaun Ogomo. Tayshaun is a graduated senior out of Herriman High School in Utah. He will be running at Utah Sate University this fall. Tayshaun holds PRs of: 800m : 1:48.87* (Altitude converted: 1:49.40) 3-mile XC : 13:57 5K XC : 14:44 Tayshaun just recently set the high school 4x800m National Record with the Herriman squad at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals meet. This...

Today on the show is Benji Anderson! Benji is a graduated senior from Mountain Vista High School out of Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He is a Colorado XC State Champ, Indoor 2-mile State record-holder, 2x Footlocker All-American, New Balance Indoors All-American. Benji holds PRs of: 800: 1:52.70Mile: 4:02.983200m 8:46.155k XC: 14:41.55 Benji is at the apex of high school distance-running, yet as he s...

Today on the podcast is Jack Meier! Jack just finished his freshman year at the University of Oregon, where he chose to redshirt. Despite the limited racing schedule, Jack still ran 3rd place at 2025 U20 XC in Lubbock, Texas this past winter. Jack is a former 6A XC State Champion in Oregon, an NXN qualifier, and 2x NON All-American. He holds PRs of: 5k: 14:353k: 8:191500: 3:555k XC: 14:46 Jack has...

Today on the show is none other than Wyatt Carr, the rising star from Coeur d’Alene. He’s a rising junior out of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and one of the top young distance runners in the entire Northwest. He has ran 4:13 for the full mile, 8:58 for 3200m at Arcadia, and 15:03 for 5K XC. The guy’s legit. But what makes Wyatt really interesting isn’t just the times. It’s the mindset. After training und...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of The Sunday Shakeout . I am your host, Nicholas, and today on the show is my teammate and one of my best friends: Nash Howard. This dude is a stud. He’s only a sophomore, and he’s already run 2:02 for 800, 4:21 for 1600, 9:26 for 3200, and 16:14 for the cross country 5K. Yeah… the guy’s legit. Nash is one of the most down-to-earth, real, and ra...

Hey friends! I haven't done a solo podcast in quite a while. Life has been a rollercoaster lately with my shortened track season, going to Paris for spring break, and closing up the school year. I figured it would be a good time to air my thoughts on the current state of The Sunday Shakeout and use this to guide my mission this summer for the show. If you're looking for a raw thought dump,...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of The Sunday Shakeout. I am your host, Nicholas, and today on the show is one of the nation’s biggest middle school stars: Mr. Brayden Domont out of Illinois. This dude is nuts. I can’t even believe how fast middle schoolers are running these days. As an eighth grader, Brayden has run 2:02 for 800m, 2:46 for 1K indoors, 4:27 for 1600m and 12:06...

Today on the show is none other than Kade Brownell, the legend of Mt. Spokane. Yes, you heard that right, Kade is one of the top runners in Washington’s 3A classification and a total beast on the track. He’s clocked some insane times: 1:52 for 800m, 4:04 for the mile, and 8:51 for 3200m. The reason I had him on the show today? Kade is not only gearing up for a shot at breaking 4 minutes in the mil...

Today on the show is the 18-time individual state champ from Louisiana, Aiden Monistere. Yes, you heard that right, this man is an 18-time state champion in the state of Louisana, one of if not the most dominant distance runners in the history of the state. He is a 4:06 guy for mile, 8:46 for 2 mile, and the reason I had him on the show today was that he just won 4 state titles in 4 hours in his c...

Today on the show is the return of my man, the King Of The 800m, Cooper Lutkenhaus! Cooper is a sophomore out of Justin Northwest High School out in Texas. This guy really needs no introduction. If you listened to my prior episode with this guy, you would know that he won State in the 800m and the Brooks PR 800m his freshman year. The man has not slowed since then... He broke the high school indoo...

Today on the podcast is Yohanes vanMeerten. Yohanes is a sophomore out of Flagstaff High School in Flagstaff, Arizona. Yohanes is one of the rising stars in the world of high school running. He holds PRs of 14:46 for 5K, he also has ran altitude converted track PRs of 1:59 for 800, 4:19, for the mile, and 9:10 for 3200m. The craziest thing is that Yohanes didn’t start truly training and devoting h...

This week on podcast, I sit down with Anika Thompson. Anika is a senior at the University of Oregon, an NCAA All-American, and Irish international. Having grown up in in and around Eugene, Anika opens up about her journey through high school stardom and her decorated collegiate career at Oregon. In this episode, Anika and I discuss her early years in the sport and what ignited her passion for the...

This week on the podcast in Thomas Boyden. Thomas is a graduate student competing for Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He recently ran 28:06 for the 10K, putting him on the top-10 all-time list for Stanford outdoor 10K on the men’s side. Having been in the sport for close on the decade, Thomas and I go through his journey in the sport, growing up in Salt Lake and being the class of hi...

This week on the show is Corbin Coombs. Corbin is a senior out of ​Organ Mountain High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Coombs has demonstrated exceptional prowess on the track and cross-country courses. He shattered the New Mexico state record in the mile with a time of 4:02.59 at the Millrose Games, marking the fastest mile ever run by a New Mexico high school athlete. He later lowered this to...

Today on the podcast is the Brooks NIL Panel, featuring four of Brooks’ first ever high school NIL athletes: Vince Recupero, Alexa Matora, Ben Crane, and Victoria Rodriguez. I had a fun time chatting with the newly sponsored athletes and today was not at all about competition or the outdoor season. Instead, we really got into their individual experiences, signing an NIL with Brooks, what that enti...

This week on the podcast is a break from the comeback episode, as I have a special guest this week: Nash Howard. Nash is a Sophomore running for Seattle Prep. He holds PR's of 16:14.6 (5K XC), 9:49.48 (3200m), 4:25.70 (1600m), 2:02.62 (800m). Nash is one of my teammates and also one of my best friends. It was a super fun time having him on the show today. We discuss how Nash ran a 2:02 800m th...