In the spring of 2023, RPI graduate Grant O’Connor crossed the finishing line of the Jersey City Marathon in 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 28 seconds. It was a bittersweet breakthrough, a big personal best, but an agonizing 28 seconds outside of the Olympic Trials qualification standard. O’Connor put that disappointment firmly behind him on Marathon Monday, as he crossed the iconic Boston Marathon finish line in 2:16:17, finishing 19th overall, and 5th amongst Americans. In this episode, we take some time to dive into Grant’s latest performance and his marathon trajectory up to this point. We learn ..read more

The biggest weekend in D3 Track and Field just went down. From fast times out in California to a record broken in PA, the D3 track and field athletes tore it up. We go over some the big events from the weekend, who broke what records and what to look as we move forward. The D3 Track and Field season is heating up! Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tracksmith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting the Podcast. We're excited to be partnering with Tracksmith!. They just released their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spring Collection⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which features the Harrier Long Sleeve. This merino-nylon blend long sleeve will beat the chill of the early morning and ..read more

"I have this little chip on my shoulders. Like, why can't I get let into these meets? I'm going to keep going. I know I'm not like with those guys, right? I'm not running 20. 2 and 9.9, wind legal yet, but I feel like I can go there and compete with these guys if I like am given the opportunity." Sam Blaskowski comes back onto the podcast to go over his big weekend running 9.99w (+5.5). He becomes the first D3 man to go under 10s in All-Conditions and is at the top of the All-Conditions leaderboard. As always, Sam brings excitement to his most recent feat and fills us in on the emotion of the ..read more

JP Vaught joins D3 Glory Days to help recap what happened over the weekend of April 5th and 6th. He gives his perspective of the early season and who to look for this year. A big meet at Bryan Clay will feature a lot of D3 athletes. Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tracksmith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting the Podcast. We're excited to be partnering with Tracksmith!. They just released their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spring Collection⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which features the Harrier Long Sleeve. This merino-nylon blend long sleeve will beat the chill of the early morning and transition through to the warm afternoon temperatures. How to Support D3 Glory Day ..read more

We're going to try something new today. Adding a second episode to the feed with a recap of what's happening in the world of D3 Track and Field. Each week will run you down what happened in the week and what performances stood out to us. We'll break them into four segments: Distance, Sprints, Field, Throws. Let us know what you think. Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tracksmith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting the Podcast. We're excited to be partnering with Tracksmith!. They just released their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spring Collection⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which features the Harrier Long Sleeve. This merino-nylon blend long sleeve will beat the chill of ..read more

Last time we saw Matt Wilkinson, he was preparing for the D3 National Meet. Now he's in his first Pro season with Under Armour's Dark Sky team in Flagstaff, Arizona. Before he got to Flagstaff, he had a few seasons at Minnesota where he swept the Steeple and 5k at the Big 10 conference meet. He talks about how he's handled each transition from D3 to D1 to Pro and how he's overcoming his imposter syndrome with each race. With each step in the journey he's embraced his new teammates that he trains with and gains confidence knowing he can hang with them in workouts. As he prepares for the Olympic ..read more

We’re continuing to collect stories from this years Indoor National Meet, and this week we bring you WashingtonU’s Emma Kelley. Emma Kelley is the latest 800m phenom reshaping the landscape of D3 middle distance running. While most athletes showed up in Virginia Beach to race the fields, Kelley came to duel the clock. While supporting her team’s championship ambitions in the relays, her main mission was the indoor 800m record, and after cruising through prelims she achieved just that, running a solo mission 2:04.13, winning the race by over five seconds. In this episode we talk through Kelley ..read more

Wisconsin La Crosse’s Luke Schroeder came into the national meet as the top seed in both the 60m Hurdles and the 200m Dash, he left the meet on crutches. After suffering a heartbreaking fall in the hurdles preliminary road, Schroeder limped across the line, the rest of his championships in jeopardy. But La Crosse wanted to win, and they wanted to win big. So after a conversation with his coach, Schroeder warmed up for and ran the 200m dash prelims. Twenty one seconds of agony later, he had qualified through to Saturday’s final. He limped off the track in obvious pain - a valiant effort but his ..read more

The Indoor National Meet is upon us! Today, on the Thursday before nationals, we hosted our first in-person D3 Glory Days event here in Virginia Beach. It was a huge success, and we'd like to offer a heartfelt thank you to everyone who waited in line, and came in to hang out with us for a bit.  Thanks to ON Running for partnering with us for this event!  This podcast is a collection of all the short interviews we did with athletes, coaches, and a surprise guest or two on site at Fathom Coffee. It's the first time we've done a 'live' style podcast, and it resulted in some fun, candid ..read more

We're getting you ready for the 2024 D3 Indoor National meet with contenders conversations! We sat down a few a folks leading their events and one who is coming off a massive personal best. Grace Hadley is entered in the mile/3k/DMR. She's the No. 1 seed in the mile right now but isn't letting that affect her. Dameco Walker was 68th prior to the last chance meet. He is now sitting 3rd in the Triple Jump. Kamiyah Wooten is the freshman sensation that is No. 1 in the 200m right now. She has extreme confidence and trust in her coahces to propel her this weekend. Isaac vanWestrienen is the flat tr ..read more