The Track Meet Preview With Special Guest Jeff Merrill | Going Through All The Storylines, Hot Takes, And More!
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 ā¢ 686 Ratings
šļø 3 May 2022
ā±ļø 58 minutes
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Summary
In episode sixty of The Running Effect, I speak with Jeff Merrill. Jeff is the Founder of Tracklandia and current President of Portland Track. Jeff is perhaps best known for his brilliant skills behind the mic as a commentator. In this episode, Jeff and I preview all the big races at this weekend's, "The Track Meet" held by Sound Running. We also touch on Jeff's background and some other questions relating to his history in the sport of running.
This weekend's "Track Meet" is shaping up to be one of the greatest Track and Field meets ever put on US soil.
Some of the most notable entries include:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Josh Kerr
Joe Klecker
Drew Hunter
Robert Brandt
Connor Mantz
Edward Cheserek
Yared Nuguse
Nico Young
Abdihamid Nur
Lex Young
Colin Salhman
Lex Young
Weini Kelati
Alicia Monson
Gabriel DeBues-Stafford
Josette Norris
Sinclaire Johnson
Shannon Osika
Sage Hurta
Cory McGee
Olivia Baker
Raevyn Rogers
And so many other amazing athletes (full list of entries on Sound Running's website)!
Every $4 of the $5.99 ticket GOES DIRECTLY to the athletes. Athletes will make more from this meet from a broadcasting standpoint than they would at the Olympics. By purchasing a ticket you're directly giving back to the athletes running. Go to the link in my bio to purchase your ticket and support the athletes!
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SHOW NOTES
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Running Effect with Dominic Schleader. I'm your host, Dominic, |
| 0:08.6 | and in today's episode, episode 60 of the Running Effect, I speak with Jeff Merrill. For those who |
| 0:15.1 | aren't familiar with Jeff, Jeff is the founder and current chief intern, as he likes to call himself, at Tracklandia and the current president of Portland Track. |
| 0:26.6 | But Jeff is also perhaps best known for his brilliant skills behind the mic as a commentator. |
| 0:32.6 | This upcoming weekend, we have one of the biggest meets ever put on U.S. soil called the track meet presented |
| 0:38.6 | by sound running. And Jeff will be commentating this race and Tracklandia will be helping to put on this |
| 0:45.4 | race. So in this episode, Jeff and I do a deep dive into all of the big races. We go through the big |
| 0:51.7 | storylines. We go through the big heavy hitters and dish out some |
| 0:56.3 | hot takes, some predictions. This episode is all about getting you ready to watch this weekend's |
| 1:01.5 | the track meet. And for those who maybe are curious to hear who is in the meet, because I'm |
| 1:07.0 | hyping it up so much, trust me, the hype lives up to it. We got Jakubritsen, the Olympic gold medalist in the 1500, |
| 1:15.0 | stepping up to the 5K. |
| 1:16.9 | The person that plays third in that Olympic race, |
| 1:19.2 | Josh Kerr is also in the 5K. |
| 1:21.0 | We got Joe Klecker, Drew Hunter, Robert Brandt, |
| 1:23.7 | Connor Mance, Edward Chesrek, |
| 1:26.3 | collegiate star and former guest on the podcast, Yara Noghuse, |
| 1:30.1 | another former guest, Nico Young, Obdi Haman Nour, double indoor champ this past year. |
| 1:35.4 | Then we have high school sensation, Lex Young, and Colin Solomon. |
| 1:39.4 | We also, on the woman's side, have Waini Collotti monson uh gabriel debu staford joseph |
| 1:45.5 | nora johnson shannon o'sica sage herda cora mcgee olivia baker raven rogers stepping up to the |
| 1:52.3 | fifteen hundred for the first time this meet is absolutely stacked and i left out a bunch of names |
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