College Weekend Recap: Hail to the Victors

October 6, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Good news is hard to come by in Ann Arbor these days, but cross country is bringing some.

There was a lot of action this last weekend in college cross country. Washington hosted a big meet and there were good … Read More

College Weekend Recap: Battle in Beantown and Roy Griak

September 29, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Virginia’s Panorama Farms is a home cross country course like no other. (Photo: uvacrosscountry.tumblr.com)

The College Weekend Recap returns after the summer break and an early fall layoff. There’s a lot to look at in this first weekend of real … Read More

2014 College Track Awards

June 15, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments

The season is over and the stadiums are empty. Let’s take a look back at the best of the year in college track.

Most dominant performance

The Men of Oregon win this award for the track season as a whole. … Read More

College Recap: Oregon and Texas A&M impress

May 19, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

Most of the biggest conferences had their championship meets this weekend. The SEC, Pac-12, Big Ten and Big 12 all crowned champions, plus several lower-level circuits. Who did well? I’ll look at it from several points of view.

Team Awards … Read More

College Recap: Hammer stars and can Oregon win?

May 12, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 4 Comments

Photo courtesy Bowling Green Athletics

Aside from a few early conference championship meets, there wasn’t much action this weekend. Most teams were saving up energy and fine-tuning for next week’s conference championships. Having to take a week more or less … Read More

College Track Recap: The Year in Dual Meets

May 5, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The 1973 USC-UCLA dual took place in front of 12,000 fans.

The collegiate dual meet season ended with yesterday’s USC – UCLA meet. The final dual meet team rankings (compiled by yours truly) will be released tomorrow at the Track … Read More

College Recap: Penn and Drake Relays

April 28, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Photo: VisitPhilly.com

Two meets dominated the weekend’s track and field action. In his always-excellent Monday Morning Run, Kevin Sully laments the fact that Penn and Drake are always on the same weekend. I see it differently; I doubt they’d both … Read More

College Recap: Who are the favorites now?

April 22, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

Last week I led off with a look at a proposal that would limit the kinds of meets from which Division I athletes could get qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships. If passed, it would have a major impact on … Read More

College Recap: Big Changes Coming?

April 14, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

if proposed changes go through, the JDL Fast Track’s business model will no longer work. That would mean very little indoor track in North Carolina.

NCAA Redefining College Meets?

On Friday, Track and Field News published an article outlining some … Read More

College Recap: Florida Relays, Duals, Fast Distance

April 7, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments

A surprising team is in the running for the men’s collegiate dual meet championship.

There was plenty of action this weekend. The Florida Relays gave us some great sprints and sprint relays, dual meets renewed rivalries, the Stanford Invitational supplied … Read More