Angee Henry started off the season slow, according to her, at Iowa State 2 weeks ago. Angee is by trade an 800 runner, but her 400 time of 53.57 put her 2nd on the IAAF world list for indoor track. Look out for this one in 2010. IAAF Toplist 400 – Women

Women’s 2009 10k Top 10 Again Jackie Speltz looks to be strong as does Carrzalles and Lara Crawford of UNL. Men’s 2009 10k Top 10 Who will emerge in 2010? Chas Davis, Matt Pohren, an Unknown? 2010 will be an interesting year over the 10k distance.

Women’s 5k Top-10 2009 5k is such a popular distance, who from Nebraska will emerge in 2010? I am looking for Jackie Speltz to make a huge impression in 2010. Men’s 5k Top-10 2009 Nebraska native, Colby Wissel, ran an impressive 4:01 mile, 7:58 3k, and a 13:54 5k, all indoors! Look for this kid [...]

2009 Top-10 Steeple Female’s Look for Joslyn Dalton, Racheal Carrzales, and Ann Gafigan in 2010 to come on the scene. Ann is the former American record holder in the 3k steeple. 2009 Top-10 Steeple Men David Adams shows tons of potential in this event. Matt Schneider was the 2009 USATF Club Champ at the Steeple [...]

2009 Women’s Top 10 Drawing a blank on Nebraska Women who will contest the 1500 in 2010. Rachelle Carzalles? 2009 Men’s Top 10 Watch out for Peter Van der Westhuizen in 2010 to come on strong in the International scene. Peter resides in Omaha.

Slow news week for Nebraska running, as I feel the next few weeks will be also, so here is some light reading for your pleasure. 2009 Women’s 800 Top-10 Alice Schmidt formerly of Elkhorn, NE is not mentioned but she ran well in 2009, posting well under 2:05 for 800 meters. 2009 Men’s 800 Top-10 [...]

2009 USATF National Championship 20k racewalk participants Miranda Melville and Concordia University’s Chris Tegtmeier have each been named the recipients of the Al Heppner Scholarship Grants.  This is the second straight year Tegtmeier has earned this honor, as he was co-winner of the Heppner Award last year as well. The Al Heppner Memorial Fund was [...]

Looking for some races to keep you motivated throughout these cold winter months? The Omaha area is home to two winter series that begin this weekend. The races alternate weeks and are held at Lake Manawa with a 10k and 2 mile and a 5 mile in Bellevue. The series in Bellevue presents an unique [...]

Several Nebraskan’s competed at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships yesterday in Lexington, KY. The men’s race was led by Chas Davis of Omaha, clocking a 31:51 over a hilly 10k, good enough for 85th overall. Chas is the Track and Cross Country coach at Creighton University and runs for Boulder Running Company. Not too [...]

Athlete Spotlight – Concordia Men’s Cross Country Team Perhaps one of the most successful cross country teams in the history of Nebraska athletics. The Bulldog Men had a banner year in 2009, caping it off with a NAIA runner-up trophy at their respective national meet. The Bulldogs started out the season at the Nike Pre-Regional [...]