Rankings construction & analysis by Donny Speas, Joiner Evans & Garrett Zatlin Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen! Every year, we craft rankings for the top-50 distance recruits from the senior class across the United States. Then, at the end of each season, we update our lists to include any new names who have suddenly risen to national prominence. This is the third of our four annual ranking updates. Remember, these lists are for current high school seniors who specialize in the 800 meters and/or higher. Don't see yourself or a certain individual during this update? Don't worry, everyone will have another chance to crack our top-50 rankings via multiple updates throughout the academic year (although only one more update remains). As always, our rankings take a wholistic approach. We look at results across all three seasons of competition and also evaluate a multitude of intangibles such as consistency, experience, progression, momentum, range, etc. Oh, and fast times help...a lot. CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR FULL RANKINGS

Production via Wyatt Barnsley On this week’s episode of the Blue Oval Podcast, Ben and Garrett break down TSR’s 2025 D1 Indoor End of Season Award nominees and give out some of their own votes! From “Best Freshman” to “Most Improved” to our prestigious “Most Valuable Runner (MVR)” awards, the guys debate the top contenders and highlight the biggest performances of the season. But before all of that, Ben and Garrett discuss Tabitha Ngao’s provisional suspension and it’s potential impact. Tune-in for all the analysis and standout moments from the 2025 NCAA indoor track season and be sure to subscribe and review! (2:33) Tabitha Ngao Provisionally Suspended By ADAK (13:57) Best Freshman Nominees (Men) (18:30) Best Freshman Nominees (Women) (25:10) Most Improved Nominees (Men) (32:41) Most Improved Nominees (Women) (38:21) Best Performance Nominees (Men) (44:10) Best Performance Nominees (Women) (49:02) Best Distance Coach Nominees (Men) (52:54) Best Distance Coach Nominees (Women) (59:54) MVR Nominees (Men) (1:02:36) MVR Nominees (Women) 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.