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In our latest episode we speak with Todd Tokubo about his summer visits with East Bay Area schools Dublin, American and James Logan. Ken also visited Mark Morris of Long View, Washington. Check out the video of the athletes.

00:00 Dublin High School Visit

07:24 American High School Visit

13:37 James Logan High School

20:56 Mark Morris High School

In this episode we recap the incredible London Diamond League which included a mile world record by Josh Kerr. Todd Tokubo interviews Cal Poly counselors from the Central Coast Running Camp and we meet the athletes from Crescenta Valley and Oaks Christian.

00:00 London Diamond League Recap

17:34 Todd Tokubo interviews CCRS counselors

26:28 Crescenta Valley Summer Practice

32:04 Oaks Christian Summer Practice

In this episode, we recap the Sound Running Sunset Tour, learn about the Tualatin Cross Country team and preview the London Diamond League meet.

00:00 Sunset Tour Recap

04:20 Tualatin Cross Country

10:06 London Diamond League Preview

In this episode we preview Sound Running's Sunset Tour, visit with Terra Linda High School and Vista Del Lago's during their summer practice.

00:00 Prefontaine Classic Recap

06:14 Terra Linda Summer Practice

11:32 Vista Del Lago Summer Practice

16:51 Sunset Tour by Sound Running Preview with Connor Nolen

In this episode, we preview the upcoming Prefontaine Classic. We also show some highlights from the Newark All Comers 1600 and then athletes from Sonoma Academy talk about their program.

00:00 Prefontaine Classic Preview

08:16 Newark All Comers 1600

09:38 Sonoma Academy Summer Practice

In this episode we recap Nike Outdoor Nationals and U20 individual champions. We also talk with Todd Tokubo about the Newark Memorial High School All-Comers meet on June 27th

00:00 NON/U-20 Recap

09:27 Todd Tokubo and Newark Memorial Recap

We talk with DyeStat's Oliver Hinson about this weekend's Nike Outdoor Nationals and U20 distance races.

00:00 Recap of NCAA Championships

06:48 Preview of NON & U20

In this episode we recap the Hoka Festival of Miles and Brooks PR meets. We also talk with Coach Connor Nolen about this week's NCAA D1 Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Hayward Field.

00:00 Hoka Festival of Miles & Brooks PR Recap

11:53 Connor Nolen Preview NCAA Championship Distance Races

In this episode we recap and exciting weekend of racing in the state meets on the west coast and preview the Hoka Festival of Miles.

00:00 Recap of the state meets

10:16 Preview of Hoka Festival of Miles with DyeStat's Oliver Hinson

33:19 Interview with Braelyn Combe

1:09:21 Preview of Brooks PR

In this week's episode, we preview the Washington, Oregon and California State Meet!

00:00 Recap of the Metro League Championship, CIF SS Masters and LA Track Fest

10:04 Washington State Meet Preview with Matt Ellis

54:11 Oregon State Meet Preview with Thor Esbensen

1:42:04 California State Meet Preview with Albert Caruana

In this episode we talk with Coach Ken Reeves on distance runners to watch at CIF SS Masters.

00:00 Big Sky Conference Recap

05:50 CIF SS Masters preview with Ken Reeves

57:07 Sound Running Track Fest Preview

In this episode we check in with our experts on what distance runners impressed them in so far in the track season. Check out all the athletes from Washington to California.

00:00 South Sound Classic Recap 07:35 Matt Ellis and Washington Athletes

25:34 Thor Esbensen and Oregon Athletes

48:08 Albert Caruana and Northern California Athletes

1:14:20 Ken Reeves and Southern California Athletes

In this episode we recap the Nike Twilight Relays and the Sacramento Meet of Champions. Then we talk with Coach Matt Ellis of Bellarmine Prep High School in Tacoma about the South Sound Classic held in Puyallup, WA

00:00 Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays Recap

04:26 Sacramento Meet of Champions Recap

07:04 South Sound Classic Preview

In this episode we talk with Coach Thor Esbensen of Ida B Wells about the Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays at Jesuit High School in Portland. Then we talk with Todd Tokubo about the Sacramento Meet of Champions at American River College.

00:00 Bryan Clay Invitational Recap

04:25 Preview of the Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays with Thor Esbensen

34:56 Preview of the Sacramento Meet of Champions with Todd Tokubo

In this episode we talk with Fresno Pacific University assistant coach Connor Nolen about Bryan Clay Invitational.

00:00 Arcadia Invitational Recap

07:12 Bryan Clay Invitational Preview

We talk with Coach Ken Reeves about the Arcadia Invitational distance races.

00:00 Stanford Invitational Recap

06:39 Preview of the 800 at Arcadia

17:49 Preview of the One Mile at Arcadia

32:57 Preview of the 3200

In the episode we talk with Coach Albert Caruana about the high school races at the Stanford Invitational and Thor Esbensen about the Oregon Relays.

00:00 Recap of The Ten

04:59 Preview of the high school races at the Stanford Invitational

31:53 Preview of the college races at the Stanford Invitational

38:52 Preview of the Oregon Relays

In this episode, we recap the Dublin Distance Fiesta and talk with Coach Ken Reeves about the high school portion of The Ten

00:00 Recap of the Dublin Distance Fiesta

08:02 Ken Reeves talks about the running movie he is advising

13:16 Coach Reeves previews the 800 of The Ten 21:39 Preview of the 3200

29:51 Preview of the 1600

In this episode we talk with Dublin Distance Fiesta Meet Director Chris Williams about the amazing Dublin Distance Fiesta. We also check in with Albert Caruana about athletes to watch at the Dublin Distance Fiesta.

00:00 Nike Indoor Nationals recap

06:09 Interview with Coach Chris Williams on the Dublin Distance Fiesta

35:22 Interview with Coach Albert Caruana on athletes to watch at the Dublin Distance Fiesta

We talk with DyeStat's Oliver Hinson about Nike Indoor Nationals being held at the Armory in New York City. Oliver highlights the athletes to watch from March 12 to 15.

In this episode we check in with Todd Tokubo as he recaps the Skyline Invitational and previews the Monta Vista Rustbuster Invitational.

00:00 Recap of the Wildwood Mile

03:28 Recap of the Skyline Invitational

12:53 Preview of the Monta Vista Rustbuster Invitational

In this episode, we recap the Westlake/Moorpark Distance Carnival and speak with Wildwood Running co-founder Marie Davis Markham on Saturday's Wildwood Mile in Portland, OR

00:00 Westlake/Moorpark Distance Recap

04:18 Wildwood Mile Preview with Marie Davis Markham

In this episode, we recap the Husky Classic at the University of Washington and then speak with Coach Troy Burns of Westlake High School about the Westlake/Moorpark Distance Carnival.

00:00 Husky Classic Recap

04:56 Westlake/Moorpark Distance Carnival Preview with Coach Troy Burns

In this episode we preview the final indoor meet of the season at the University of Washington called the Husky Preview.

In our latest episode Coach Dave Frank explains the Grassroots 3000 run in Portland for high school athletes and the history of the event.

We talk with the voice of Dempsey Indoor, Paul Merca, about highlights from the Spokane HS Invitational and then we preview the UW Invite/Mile City

In this episode we recap the incredible performances from last weekend's UW Preview at the Dempsey Indoor at the University of Washington. We also preview the upcoming meet at the Podium in Spokane called the Spokane High School Invitational.

00:00 Recap of the UW Preview

07:48 Preview of the Spokane High School Invitational

We talk to the voice of the Dempsey Indoor, Paul Merca, about how he prepares for announcing at the Dempsey, what makes Dempsey Indoor a special place and athletes to watch this weekend.

In this episode, we talk with Todd Tokubo about the meets we look forward to this spring.

00:00 Nike Portland XC Backpack Giveaway Details!

03:41 Track meets we are looking forward to in 2026 with Todd Tokubo

In this episode, we recap our top memories of the 2025 cross country season with Todd Tokubo

In this week's episode, we talk with Coach Chuck Bruns who has spent a year observing and writing about the California Division 2 champion Jesuit Marauders. The book is in the editing phase right now and Coach Bruns shares his process on covering the Jesuit boys.

In this episode we talk with Keenan Gray of DyeStat about his top moments in the high school cross country season. We also recap the Brooks XC Championship held in San Diego with interviews with Jaelyn Williams of Eastlake, Conor Lott of Clovis North and Johanes Van Meerten of Flagstaff.

00:00 Brooks XC Championship Recap & Athlete Interviews

09:44 Keenan Gray of DyeStat shares his top high school cross country moments

In this episode we talk with photographer Russell Moore about the NXN meet held in Portland, OR. Then we preview the last cross country race of the season, the Brooks XC Championship in San Diego.

00:00 Interviews with NXN athletes

03:57 Recap of NXN with Russell Moore

34:22 Brooks XC Championship Preview

In this episode we check in with Todd Tokubo and we share our highlights from the California State Meet. We also preview NXN!

00:00 Interviews with California athletes

04:06 Recap of the California State Meet with Todd

29:40 NXN Preview

In this episode we celebrate our first anniversary of our YouTube episodes and preview the California Cross Country State Meet with Todd Tokubo and Albert Caruana.

00:00 Review top ten YouTube Episodes of the last year

09:02 Todd Tokubo shares his top five things to watch at the California State Meet

26:17 Albert Caruana previews the California State Meet

29:40 D2 Boys

38:17 D3 Boys

41:17 D2 Girls

46:00 D3 Girls

49:46 D4 Boys

53:17 D5 Girls

57:05 D1 Boys

1:04:07 D4 Girls

1:10:48 D5 Boys

1:15:51 D1 Girls

In our latest episode, we do a quick recap of the NCAA D1 West Regional and NXR NW. We then talk with Coach Albert Caruana about the different CIF Section races in California.

00:00 Interview with Nelida Dalgas of North Salem and Cassidy Armstrong of Ballard

05:35 Interview with the boys of Lincoln of Portland

O7:39 Recap of the Northern, Sac-Joaquin, CCS Sections

25:35 Preview of the NCS, Central and Southern Sections

In this week's episode we look back at the Oregon State Meet, look forward to NXR Northwest and talk with University of Oregon Cross Country star Anika Thompson!

00:00 Interview with Knappa boys, Jayden Warner of Warrenton and Maddie Carney of Caldera

07:05 Interview with Malachi Schoenherr of Sheldon, Sheldon boys, Eleanor Wyatt of West Linn and Lauren Gerlach of Tualatin

10:40 NXR NW Preview with Doug Binder, editor in chief of DyeStat

32:05 Interview with University of Oregon Cross Country athlete Anika Thompson

In this week's episode we interview athletes from the Metro League District Meet & Westside Classic. Ida B Wells Coach Thor Esbensen previews the Oregon High School State Meet. Bellarmine Prep Coach Matt Ellis previews the Washington High School State Meet.

00:00 Interviews with Sunset's Naomi Cesar & Jesuit (OR) varsity boys

03:18 Interviews with Gig Harbor's Lejla Carlsson & Bonney Lake's Latham West

06:33 Interviews with Bellarmine Prep's Luke Saalfeld & Camas' Cohen Butler

09:18 Thor Esbensen of Ida B Wells previews the Oregon State Meet

40:15 Matt Ellis of Bellarmine Prep previews the Washington State Meet

1:16:01 Conclusion

In this episode we recap the sweepstake races at Mt SAC, show interviews of Mt SAC athletes and preview the Westside Classic - Washington State Meet qualifier.

00:00 Recap of Friday's Mt SAC Sweepstakes (athlete interviews)

07:11 Recap of Saturday's Mt SAC Sweepstakes (athlete interviews)

13:41 Preview of the Westside Classic

In our latest episode we recap the Tacoma Twilight & Stumptown Showdown and then preview the 77th annual Mt SAC Invitational

00:00 Tacoma Twilight Interviews

05:30 Stumptown Showdown Interviews

10:26 Mt SAC Invitational Preview

In this episode we recap the two-day Clovis Invitational with Todd Tokubo

00:00 Recap of the Rose City Inv, Fall Classic Inv and Nike Hole in the Wall

06:09 Friday Clovis Inv Interviews

11:42 Saturday Clovis Inv Interviews

16:50 Clovis Invitational recap with Todd

40:10 Preview of upcoming meets

In this episode we interview the invitational races at Mt Carmel Sun Devil Invitational. Then, we speak with Coach Albert Caruana about this weekend's Clovis Invitational.

00:00 Interviews with Mt Carmel winners Olivia, Jaxon, Ari & Leo

07:32 Clovis Invitational preview with Coach Albert Caruana

41:10 Conclusion

In this episode we interview teams, varsity winners of Nike Portland XC and preview the Mt Carmel Invitational.

00:00 Interview of Central Kitsap boys and Tesoro boys and girls

03:52 Interview of Nike Portland XC D3 & D2 varsity winners

08:47 Interview of Nike Portland XC D1 & Danner winners, plus Heritage (CO) Tik Tok dance!

14:39 Preview of the Mt Carmel Invitational

We talk with Nike Portland XC co-meet director Steve Sparks about Friday's Jim Danner Championship races. We also show interviews we conducted at the Woodbridge Cross Country Classic

00:00 Introduction

04:13 Interview with Oren Hill of Thousand Oaks, Brynn Davenport of Crater, Ryan Fitzpatrick of Nueva School , Henry Hauser of Menlo Schools and Elle Williams of Turlock

07:45 Interview of Delaney Napierala of Oaks Christian, Carlmont girls, Woodbridge boys and Herriman boys

13:23 Preview of Nike Portland XC with co-meet director Steve Sparks

33:16 Conclusion

In this episode we talk to the winners of the Meriwether Cross Country Classic and winners of the Bellarmine Prep Invitational. We then talk with Keenan Gray of DyeStat about the sweepstakes races at the Woodbridge Invitational.

00:00 Interview with Lauren Gerlach of Tualatin and Jayden Warner of Warrenton

05:22 Interview with Sophia Rodriguez of Mercer Island and Central Kitsap boys

8:16 Keenan Gray on Woodbridge Invitational

33:04 Conclusion

In this episode we talk with Coach Matt Ellis of Bellarmine Prep Invitational of Tacoma, WA about the history of the meet and teams and athletes to look for on Saturday.

00:00 Introduction

02:03 Coach Matt Ellis talks about the Bellarmine Prep Invitational

22:17 Conclusion

In this episode Todd and Ken talk about their opening meets which include USF Invitational, The Night Meet, Hayward Scrimmage and Cool Breeze Invitational. Also we interview North Medford athletes at the Night Meet, Sundown Showdown boys champion Jace Deledonne of Poly (Riverside) and the Yorba Linda athletes.

00:00 Introduction

03:40 Interviews with North Medford, Jace Deledonne of Poly (Riverside) and Yorba Linda.

07:41 Todd and Ken recap the USF Invitational, Night Meet, Hayward Scrimmage and Cool Breeze Invitational

34:38 Conclusion

Our first episode of the second season and we talk with photographer Todd Tokubo about the five cross country meets he is looking forward to this fall. We also met the Gresham High School Cross Country team. Lastly, we talk about the cancellation of Footlocker.

00:00 Introduction

02:54 Todd Tokubo talks about meets this fall

37:37 Meet the Gresham Cross Country Team

40:18 Thoughts on the ending of Footlocker National Championships

We talk with Coach Dave Frank on who he thinks should be on the Mt. Rushmore (AKA Mt Hood) of Oregon high school distance runners.

00:00 Introduction

03:03 Oregon girls distance legends

30:01 Oregon boys distance legends

01:15:31 Conclusion

In our latest episode, we speak with DyeStat's Keenan Gray on who he would put in the male and female Mt Rushmore (AKA Mt Rainier) in the history of Washington high school distance runners.

00:00 Introduction

02:41 Keenan Gray on the top Washington high school distance runners in the state's history

45:56 Conclusion