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May 17, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: Nuguse's Record, Orton Is Peaking & Crazy Fast Steeple Times
After some technical difficulties last week, the guys return to action to analyze all of the conference week action. Ben and Garrett chat about the incredible progression of Brandon Miller, the explosion of top steeple marks, Orton's and Wayment's monster 5k times and Nuguse's collegiate record...
Crazy Fast Steeple Times (ACC + Kiptoo) (4:04)
Isaiah Jewett's Win & Heymach's Double (10:34)
Davis' Tactical Win, Basten vs Mylenek & Kohut-Jackson's Rise (14:24)
Bizimana & Lagat's DQ (19:00)
Brandon Miller's Recent Dominance & Kipsang's All-Out Efforts (22:24)
Krissy Gear: Steeple or 1500 (27:22)
Meyer & Nuguse's 1500 Runs at the ACC Championships (31:52)
Orton's & Wayment's Incredible 5k Times (37:08)
Jack Salisbury is Underrated (39:32)
Mahala Norris' Double Win (41:38)
Harvard's Surprisingly Strong Weekend (43:02)

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47 min
May 04, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: We're Becoming Numb to All of These Fast Times
Garrett and Ben meet up once more to chat about all of the super elite distance marks from this past weekend. Between the incredible depth in the men's 1500, various postseason scenarios, national title odds and the season-long implications, there is a TON to talk about...
How Will Nur's and Ferro's 10k Times Translate to the Postseason? (2:30)
Tank Earns Promising Win, But We Can't Figure Out the Women's 10k (7:09)
National Title Steeple Odds Between Jaziri, Smeeton & Chemadi (9:40)
Courtney Wayment Dominates Steeple...Can Anyone Beat Her? (14:51)
Absolute Insane Depth in the Men's 1500 Meters, Plus Impact of Fresno 1500s (19:01)
Implications of Gear vs Orton (28:21)
Wildschutt & Grijalva Meet Expectations (31:39)
Which Racing Style Benefits Henes? How Should We Feel About Donaghu? (32:41)
Is Jewett a Title Contender? Streich Should Pursue the 800 (38:37)
What Does Meyer's 2:01 Mean for the Postseason? (43:05)

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49 min
April 27, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: Gauging Postseason Potential
Garrett couldn't make this week's episode, so long-time TSR veteran Sam Ivanecky stepped in to join Ben for some analysis. The guys glance over results from this past weekend and begin to analyze some of the difficult event choices that a few of the nation's top talents will have to make for the postseason...
What Events Should Hocker Pursue at the NCAA Championships & Olympic Trials? (3:13)
Nico Young & Northern Arizona's Big-Time 5k Efforts (7:13)
Butler Flexes 5k Depth (11:25)
Patty Dever Runs 13:28, Takes Down Kemboi, Kipsang & Kiprop (12:52)
Chelangat's Chances of Double Gold at the NCAA Championships (15:20)
Carmela Cardama Baez: 5k, 10k or Both at the NCAA Championships? (18:51)
Trying to Figure Out the Men's Steeplechase Field (20:34)
Is Jennings a Steeplechase Title Favorite? (26:12)
Clinger's & Bons' Big Mile Conversions (29:31)
Ryan Adams Edges Adam Fogg (31:41)
Sage Hurta is Untouchable in the 1500 Meters (33:32)
Gitahi Runs 4:15, Forbes & Wasserman Runs 4:14 (35:12)
Barton Runs 2:01, Who is the Non-Mu 800 Title Favorite? (37:42)

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44 min
April 20, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: Steeplechase Madness
Another week, another episode analyzing all of the wild action. The guys chat about the ongoing top-heaviness of the women's 800 meters, the insane times in the steeplechase and the constantly growing 10k depth...
Athing Mu & Others Create Top-Heaviness in the Women's 800 (2:16)
Brandon Miller's 1:47 Effort (7:51)
Is Jaziri the Steeplechase Title Favorite? + Other Key Steeple Results (9:40)
Kimeli's Incredible 9:37 Steeplechase Performance (16:12)
Breaking Down Fast Men's 5k Races + What Will Ratcliffe Run? (19:34)
Analyzing Hannah Steelman's 5k (24:47)
Butler's 1500 Depth & Balancing Best Postseason Event Choices (28:20)
Michaela Meyer's Reignites Her Breakout Season (31:34)
Wildschutt & Vestri Thrown Down 10k Times, Men's Field Wildly Deep (34:15)

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38 min
April 13, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: One Of Us Ran 3:42 And It Wasn't Garrett
Ben Weisel just ran 3:42 for 1500 meters and that's basically all we talk about for the entire 44 minutes of this podcast. Of course, if we DID talk about anything else, it would've been the following...
Eliud Kipsang's 3:36/1:47 Weekend Double (3:15)
Joe Walker Invitational Men's 1500 meters (8:15)
Ratcliffe Runs 3:39 to Beat Tubby & Facioni (16:08)
Luis Grijalva Runs 3:39 (19:15)
Tyynismaa's 4:12 Victory & Ongoing Excellence (20:11)
Jennings Earns Big Win Over Kimeli & Roe (23:55)
Rivers' 4:14 Mark & the BIG 10-only Schedule (26:58)
Top Steeplechase Times & Grace Beattie's Progress (29:18)
What Should We Think of Smeeton's Recent Steeple Effort? (31:14)
Top 800 Times & Sarah Hendrick's 2:01 (32:56)
Amber Tanner Returns to the 800 (36:22)
Notable 5k Performances & Kaley Richards' Impressive Versatility (36:57)
Athanas Kioko's 13:28 & What That Means Going Forward (38:37)

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45 min
April 06, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: Spring Season Takeaways
With Ben out for this week's podcast, Garrett was joined by three-year TSR veteran Michael Weidenbruch. The guys chat about the outdoor track season so far, reviewing all of the top performers and key developments in each distance event so far this year...
800 Men (2:01)
800 Women (8:05)
1500 Men (15:31)
5k Men (22:33) + (28:23)
1500 Women (23:58)
5k Women (33:30)
10k Men (38:49)
10k Women (46:46)
3k Steeple Men (52:59)
3k Steeple Women (57:29)

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1 hr 5 min
March 30, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: Transfer Madness
The past week gave us a TON to talk about when it came to transfer news. The only problem? Ben wasn't able to join the show. Even so, Garrett was able to go on a solo effort to cover all of the recent transfer announcements as well as a few other key developments that have not yet been reported...
George Kusche to Northern Arizona (2:19)
Stephanie Cotter to Northern Arizona (6:12)
Caleb Brown to Oregon (10:12)
Clarissa Morales to Oklahoma State (14:33)
Kaitlyn Mooney to Rutgers (19:00)
Matt Young to Georgetown (21:23)
Ryan Ford to Iowa State (24:30)
Curtis Threlkeld on Transfer Portal (27:59)
Michael Coccia on Transfer Portal (30:11)
Ehab El-Sandali to Stay at Iona (34:28)
Connor McMenamin to Penn State (36:50)
Ben Butler to Campbell (38:14)

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43 min
March 23, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: End of Season Awards (Winter XC)
With the winter cross country season now complete, Ben and Garrett used this time to dive into the big debates of who should win our End of Season awards. The guys reveal their candidates for each award and make the hard decisions of who could come away as the winners...
Best Freshmen Award (Men) (2:27)
Best Freshmen Award (Women) (5:52)
Most Improved Award (Men) (9:48)
Most Improved Award (Women) (15:37)
Best Performance Award (Men) (20:13)
Best Performance Award (Women) (24:56)
Best Distance Coach / Best Team (Men) (28:39)
Best Distance Coach / Best Team (Women) (32:42)
Most Valuable Runner Award (Men) (36:22)
Most Valuable Runner Award (Women) (36:47)

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40 min
March 16, 2021 The Blue Oval Podcast: The End of the Double Season
The first-ever double season, where NCAA cross country and NCAA indoor track collided over the same three-month span, is finally over. With two National Championships to recap Ben and Garrett sat down for an hour and a half to talk about the major highlights from the indoor national meet and dissect a TON of team performances from the cross country national meet.
Women's NCAA Indoor Championships (2:21)
Men's NCAA Indoor Championships (18:12)
Women's NCAA XC Championships (34:15)
Men's NCAA XC Championships (1:00:31)

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1 hr 32 min
March 07, 2021The Blue Oval Podcast: NCAA XC Qualifying Instant Reactions
The NCAA selection committee gave us a TON to talk about. Ben and Garrett offer their live, instant reactions on the newly announced team qualifiers for the NCAA XC Championships. Listen to all of the analysis on a special edition of the Blue Oval Podcast...
NOTES:
We incorrectly stated that the Notre Dame women beat the Ole Miss women twice in cross country. However, Notre Dame only beat Ole Miss once in the past year.
It is possible that certain teams may have opted not to declare for consideration to the NCAA XC Championships. That could possibly explain why certain programs were left out.

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35 min

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Welcome to The Stride Report! Join Ben Weisel and Garrett Zatlin every Wednesday as they take a deep dive into all of the key distance running action and headlines throughout the NCAA. With in-depth…