Bracketology: Second Round Begins

March 22, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

Here we go with the second round of the tournament!

A quick reminder of how this works:

We started with the bracket for this year’s basketball tournament. Each “game” matches up great track and field athletes in each university’s history, … Read More

Bracketology: First Round Finishes Up

March 21, 2014 | Jesse Squire

This is our third day of “college track bracketology” and the first round is completed today, just like in the NCAA basketball tournament.

A quick reminder of how this works:

We start with the bracket for this year’s basketball … Read More

5 Questions with Merge Records on their upcoming 25k to commemorate 25 years

March 21, 2014 | Pat Price

Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the running scene. Today, we were lucky enough to catch up with Christina Rentz, publicist for longtime label, Merge Records. Merge is celebrating 25 years in … Read More

Bracketology: First Round Kicks Off

March 20, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments

The NCAA tournament starts up with its first round today and tomorrow (aka “least productive workdays of the year”). Here at the Daily Relay, we’re doing our own version and we started on Tuesday with the “first four”.

A quick … Read More

5 Questions with Emily Lipari

March 20, 2014 | Pat Price

photo: Track And Field Photo

Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the running scene. Today, we were lucky enough to catch up with Emily Lipari, who just won her … Read More

Introducing College Track Bracketology

March 18, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments

If you’re like me, today’s work mail included a tournament bracket to fill out for your workplace’s pool. And if you’re like me, you figure it would save time to just throw the bracket in the trash and set a … Read More

Athletech: Kirby Lee, Photographer (Image of Sport)

March 18, 2014 | Jim McDannald

Welcome to Athletech, where we discover the gear and technology the running and track & field community uses to get stuff done. If there is someone who you’d like us to feature, tweet their name to us @DailyRelay with the tag #Athletech. 1) Who … Read More

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The following is a repost of a story written last year for my former blog, tracksuperfan.com. (Image by WingedFist.org)

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, which makes it a perfect day to celebrate track and field (just like the other 364 days of the year). How so?

From what I read, St. Patrick’s Day really isn’t a major observance in Ireland. Only in the USA is it a big deal as a celebration of Irish culture and heritage, a product of the mass Irish immigration to this country and the efforts they made to maintain their ties to each other and their history.

So what does that have to do with track and field?

In recent decades, the biggest connection between our sport and Irish-American culture has been the pipeline of Irish middle-distance runners in the NCAA, especially Villanova. The Villanova Running blog has ranked the top five Irish/Wildcat runners of all time — four of which were Olympic or World champions.

If we turn back the clock an entire century, though, the connection was obvious. Back then, track clubs dominated the domestic scene, and none more than the Irish-American Athletic Club.
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NCAA Championships Recap

March 17, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 4 Comments

Dozens of teams went into Albuquerque and just one came out with a championship. (Photo: TrackTown Photo)

My weekly college recaps usually end with handing out the “three stars” awards of the weekend. An NCAA Championships weekend requires a whole … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

March 17, 2014 | Kevin Sully

For good reason, all the attention of the weekend was on the collegians competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships. There were world leads, American records, world junior records and a thrilling 4 x 400 that clinched a sweep of the … Read More