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Jesse Squire

Jesse Squire

Jesse Squire (@tracksuperfan) is a staff writer for Daily Relay, maintains the Track and Field Superfan blog, and contributes to Track and Field News.

Posts By Jesse Squire

5 Questions with Erik Kynard

March 4, 2014 | | One Comment

Photo: Dane Schubert

Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the track & field scene. Today we caught up with high jumper Erik Kynard, who recently won his first USATF indoor … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Cain Out

March 3, 2014 |

Photo: Dane Schubert

Earlier today it was announced that superstar high school miler Mary Cain will miss the World Indoor Championships due to a small injury. Heather Kampf will take her spot.

I felt some disappointment hearing this. Cain is … Read More

College Recap: Conference Championships

March 3, 2014 | | 2 Comments

The most honored seat on the bus this weekend doesn’t go to a person. (Photo: @RazorbackTF twitter)

A lot went on this weekend in conference championships. These are the meets when there is no “next time”, no “we’re peaking later … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

February 28, 2014 |

Maybe the SEC Championships should be renamed “NCAA Championships, round one.”

This is conference weekend in college track. Championships are on the line. Let’s take a look at the ones you should be following. For a complete listing of conference … Read More

Daily News Roundup: National Holiday?

February 27, 2014 |

Forget baseball. This is where it’s at.

A few days ago Budweiser announced it was leading a petition to make baseball’s opening day a national holiday. USA Today then added six more sports days that should be holidays to the … Read More

Daily News Roundup: US & Canadian Worlds Teams

February 26, 2014 |

Get ready for some flag-waving at the World Indoor Championships.

Nations are beginning to announce their teams for the upcoming World Indoor Championships. Today the US and Canadian teams were announced. We pretty much already knew the US team from … Read More

Albuquerque

February 26, 2014 | | One Comment

The sun.

It hurts my eyes.

It’s the first thing you notice in Albuquerque. The sun was strong enough to make me squint just coming through the airplane windows as we descended. I came from the land of ice and … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Ivan Ukhov’s Dominance

February 25, 2014 |

Just a few hours ago in Prague, Russian high jumper Ivan Ukhov cleared 2.42 meters (7′ 11ΒΌ”) and with some daylight between him and the bar.

There have been just seven 2.42 meter jumps in all of history. More from … Read More

What We Learned at the USA Indoor Championships (day 2)

February 23, 2014 | | One Comment

Ryan Whiting has become a beast of historic proportions. (Photo by Dane Schubert.)

What did we learn on the second and final day of the USA Indoor Championships?

USATF is its own worst enemy. The height of comedy to me … Read More

Just The Facts, Ma’am

February 23, 2014 | | 8 Comments

On Saturday night at the USATF Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, Gabe Grunewald won her first national title in the 3000 meters. Later that night, she was disqualified for “for clipping and impeding the stride of Jordan Hasay” on the final … Read More