D3 Glory Days Podcast

At first glance, Parley Hannan from Ithaca College came out of nowhere to win a national championship in just her second year of cross country. That much is true. But spend a little time with self proclaimed ‘open book’ Parley Hannan, and you’ll see that the 2019 champion’s story runs much deeper. Three universities, a […]

4:55 in the 1600, and 10:09 for 3200, those were the high school PRs of Stevenson University’s Patrick Watson, the 2019 Division 3 Cross Country Champion. From not qualifying for the meet his freshman, to finishing 15th there his Junior year – Patrick had been visualizing this win for the last 12 months. He began […]

The inspiration for today’s show comes from Charlie Marquardt, specifically a tweet he put out after this years Chicago marathon. In that tweet he compares how three runners fared in the 2012 NCAA XC championships in Terre Haute, with  how they finished this year’s Chicago marathon. The runners who did both are myself, Ryan Root, […]

Hello everyone, nice to see you again here on episode 5 of D3 Glory Days. I’m Noah Droddy joined as always by my friend and co-host Stu Newstat. We’ve got a fun one for you this week, and a first for this podcast. In our previous four episodes we’ve interviewed recent D3 alums. Today we […]

Joining us today is Emily Richards, Delaware Ohio native, and Ohio Northern University graduate. Emily had a really exciting collegiate career, collecting 9 national championships and 13 All-American honors. But Emily is perhaps most notable for her range. With registered PRs from the javelin throw and 200m dash, all the way up to a top-ten […]

Thanks for tuning in again, we’re glad to be back on the microphones and bring you another D3 story. Today on the pod, 13x All American and 6x National, Dhruvil Patel. Patel was the headliner for the historically dominant North Central College Cardinals under Al Carius. We covered a lot of ground with Dhruvil, including […]

Hosts Noah Droddy and Stu Newstat welcome 7x All American, 3x National Champion, and new member of the Asics Greenville Track Club, Annie Rodenfels. Annie competed for Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and is coming off of a historic track season. She became the first woman in D3 history to break 10 in the steeplechase, […]

In the inaugural Episode of D3 Glory Days, Hosts Noah Droddy and Stu Newstat sit down with Will Leer to hear about his experience at Pomona College. Will covers his transition from High School to College, discusses his college decision process, offers advice to high school athletes, and talks about his college “rivalry” with Nick […]

Hosts Noah Droddy and Stu Newstat give a preview to the new podcast, D3 Glory Days