The grand finale is almost here. In the coming days, the NCAA Indoor Championships for Division One, Division Two and Division Three will take place to figure out which individuals (and relays) reign supreme over their competition. The NCAA D2 Indoor Championships will begin tomorrow, Thursday, while the NCAA D1 & D3 Indoor Championships begin Friday. All three meets will conclude on Saturday. On the site, The Stride Report had 11 different writers offer national meet All-American predictions for this weekend (some divisions have more contributors than others). In their lists, our writers predicted who each All-American in each division will be. Go check out our PREDICTIONS page and peruse through the never-ending picks that we have for the most exciting time of the year!

Wake Forest star Rocky Hansen was able to sit down and chat with The Stride Report as he prepares to take on the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships! The Demon Deacon ace spoke about his postseason goals for Virginia Beach, the fascinating, youth-based team dynamic in Winston-Salem and the challenges that he has had with staying healthy in the postseason. 🎩💥 (0:39) Rocky Hansen's experience working with On (3:31) Mindset going into the NCAA Indoor Championships (4:51) Can Hansen win NCAA gold? (6:32) Was there any potential that Hansen would go all-in for the DMR? (8:55) Who will take over for Rocky in DMR at NCAA Indoor Championships? (9:18) Experience training with JoJo Jourdon (11:33) Maturity of Wake Forest's youth -- "Baby Brigade" (15:09) Recent rise of teammate Luke Tewalt (17:43) Why did Rocky not compete in the 3k this winter? (19:36) Challenges with staying healthy & end of 2024 XC season (25:20) How has Hansen reached such an elite level this quickly? You can listen to that episode (and others) on our PODCASTS  page! You can also find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud. If you like it, be sure to leave us a rating  and a review ! Note: If you're having issues loading the episode on the site via mobile, try refreshing  the episode page. We will look into this issue for future episodes.

Yep, you read that headline correctly! Thanks to our friends at On, we're giving away three FREE pairs of On Cloudsurfer 2s to our readers via a prediction contest! Here's how it works... Go to our PREDICTION CONTEST page by clicking here . Once there, you will find a list of On NIL-sponsored athletes who will be competing at the NCAA D1 Indoor Championships this weekend. After putting in your name and email, make your predictions for how fast you think those On NIL athletes will run on the national stage (finals, not prelims). You can choose to make predictions for just one athlete or all of the athletes! At the bottom of the page, press "SUBMIT". The three contestants with predictions that were the closest to the actual time that an On NIL athlete posted at the national meet will win a free pair of On Cloudsurfer 2s ! And no, we are NOT doing "Price is Right" rules -- we are only looking at the difference between the prediction and the actual time, we don't mind if you go over. If more than three contestants are eligible to win a pair of shoes, then the contestant in consideration with the next-closest prediction for a different athlete/race will be chosen as the tie-breaker. Winners will be contacted via email. Contestants MUST submit times that go down to the hundredth of a second. For example, we will NOT accept marks listed as... 2:01 2:01.5 Instead, The Stride Report will ONLY accept times that are written as... 2:01.57 Only the FIRST submission made by a contestant will be considered. All repeat submissions will be declined.

Production via Wyatt Barnsley On this week’s episode of the Blue Oval Podcast, Ben and Garrett preview the biggest storylines heading into NCAA Indoors. Will we see a thrilling 3k showdown between Ethan Strand & Gary Martin? Can Juliette Whittaker out-duel Michaela Rose over 800 meters? Plus, the guys discuss their favorites, sleepers, and wild cards in the 5k, 3k, mile, 800 meters and DMR on both the men’s and women’s sides. Tune-in for all the insights and bold predictions ahead of championship weekend and be sure to subscribe and review! (4:10) Men’s 5k Favorites (8:16) Men’s 5k Sleepers (10:44) Men’s 5k Wild Cards (14:45) Women’s 5k Favorites (18:12) Women’s 5k Sleepers (20:26) Women’s 5k Wild Cards (24:25) Men’s DMR Favorites (27:06) Men’s DMR Sleepers (28:58) Men’s DMR Wild Cards (31:34) Women’s DMR Favorites (35:19) Women’s DMR Sleepers (36:39) Women’s DMR Wild Cards (38:10) Men’s Mile Favorites (40:05) Men’s Mile Sleepers (43:11) Men’s Mile Wild Cards (44:19) Women’s Mile Favorites (47:51) Women’s Mile Sleepers & Wild Cards (49:55) Men’s 800M Favorites (51:52) Men’s 800M Sleepers & Wild Cards (54:49) Women’s 800M Favorites (55:52) Women’s 800M Sleepers & Wild Cards (59:02) Men’s 3k Favorites (59:51) Men’s 3k Sleepers (1:01:40) Men’s 3k Wild Cards (1:03:13) Women’s 3k Favorites (1:04:50) Women’s 3k Sleepers (1:06:13) Women’s 3k Wild Cards You can listen to that episode (and others) on our PODCASTS  page! You can also find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud. If you like it, be sure to leave us a rating  and a review ! Note: If you're having issues loading the episode on the site via mobile, try refreshing  the episode page. We will look into this issue for future episodes.