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The names and faces behind The Stride Report

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GARRETT ZATLIN

GARRETT ZATLIN

FOUNDER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

SINCE STARTING THE STRIDE REPORT IN 2017, GARRETT HAS PRODUCED CONTENT FOR THE D1 LEVEL AND OCCASIONALLY THE D2 LEVEL, ALL WHILE OVERSEEING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE SITE. A GRADUATE FROM VIRGINIA TECH, GARRETT OPTED TO SELL THE STRIDE REPORT TO CANADA-BASED COMPANY STREAMLINE ATHLETES IN DECEMBER OF 2021, BUT LATER REACQUIRED THE SITE IN JULY OF 2023.

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March 2017
GAVIN STRUVE

GAVIN STRUVE

D2 & D3 EDITOR

A NOW-GRADUATED JOURNALISM STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, GAVIN HAS HAD AN INSTANT IMPACT AT THE STRIDE REPORT. HIS PROFESSIONAL WRITING STYLE AND MIDWEST KNOWLEDGE IS REFLECTED IN HIS ARTICLES WHICH ARE OFTEN LADEN WITH DETAILS AND THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS.

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December 2021
BEN WEISEL

BEN WEISEL

BLUE OVAL PODCAST CO-HOST

A MIDDLE DISTANCE STANDOUT DURING HIS TIME AT BELMONT UNIVERSITY, THE RECENT GRADUATE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE PERSONALITIES AT THE STRIDE REPORT. A CO-HOST OF THE BLUE OVAL PODCAST, BEN BRINGS A VALUABLE NON-WRITING COMPONENT TO OUR SITE AND OFTEN CONTRIBUTES TO OUR D1 MEN'S RANKINGS.

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September 2018
MAURA BEATTIE

MAURA BEATTIE

D1 WOMEN

FEW WRITERS ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE AS MUCH CONTENT AS MAURA DOES. THE FORMER NORTHERN ILLINOIS RUNNER OFTEN TOUCHES MOST OF OUR D1 ARTICLES AND HAS EMERGED AS AN INVALUABLE LEAD FOR OUR D1 WOMEN'S CONTENT.

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May 2019
GRACE MCLAUGHLIN

GRACE MCLAUGHLIN

D2 WOMEN

A LONG-TIME VETERAN OF TSR, GRACE WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE STRIDE REPORT’S D2 COVERAGE. AFTER A BRIEF HIATUS, GRACE RETURNED TO TSR WITH TREMENDOUS INSIGHT WHILE BOASTING IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY.

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August 2019
KEVIN FISCHER

KEVIN FISCHER

D3 MEN & WOMEN

KEVIN HAS GIVEN TSR A THIRD AND MORE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE ON D3 DISTANCE RUNNING. THE WHEATON COLLEGE MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN OUR LATEST RANKINGS, PROVIDING AN IMPRESSIVE LEVEL OF RESEARCH, SPECIFICALLY FOR RECRUITS.

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June 2020
SCOTTY LOUGHLIN

SCOTTY LOUGHLIN

D1 WOMEN

SCOTTY, WHO IS A FORMER RUNNER OF NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY, HAS PROVEN TO BE A QUICK LEARNER WHO IS ALSO THE HOST OF THE CHIPTIME PODCAST. HIS ABILITY TO TELL STORIES THAT CAPTURE YOUR ATTENTION WHILE ALSO BEING INFORMATIVE PROVIDES A CREATIVE SPARK TO THE STRIDE REPORT’S CONTENT OFFERINGS.

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August 2022
MARISSA KUIK

MARISSA KUIK

D2 WOMEN

A FORMER MEMBER OF THE WALDORF & UC-COLORADO SPRINGS DISTANCE PROGRAMS, MARISSA IMMEDIATELY MADE AN IMPACT UPON JOINING TSR. HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAS EMERGED AS HER GREATEST STRENGTH, SOMETHING THAT PAIRS BEAUTIFULLY WITH HER COMBINED D2 & NAIA EXPERIENCE.

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December 2022
DONNY SPEAS

DONNY SPEAS

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS & GIRLS

A CURRENT DISTANCE ATHLETE AT MARSHALL, WHO ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE AT THE JUCO LEVEL, DONNY BRINGS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE PREP SCENE. HE IS THE MAIN LEAD WHEN IT COMES TO TSR's HIGH SCHOOL COVERAGE AND HAS CONSISTENTLY PUSHED TO EXPAND TSR's PRESENCE IN THAT AREA.

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February 2023
FINN BIRNIE

FINN BIRNIE

D1 WOMEN

THE FORMER BELMONT ATHLETE AND CURRENT LA SALLE GRADUATE STUDENT HAS HAD AN INSTANT IMPACT AT TSR. FINN HAS AN EXCELLENT UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE SPORT AND IS ABLE TO CONVEY THAT ANALYSIS IN AN EASY-TO-CONSUME MANNER FOR OUR READERS.

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February 2023
CONOR DALY

CONOR DALY

D3 MEN & WOMEN

A CURRENT RUNNER FOR WASHINGTON U., CONOR HAS ACCLIMATED TO TSR's PREFERRED WRITING STYLE AND HAS SHOWN AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF DETAIL (AND KNOWLEDGE) WHEN IT COMES TO D3 DISTANCE RUNNING. HIS CONSISTENT HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT HAS MADE HIM A TREMENDOUS PICK-UP FOR TSR.

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June 2023
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