Derrick Drewry

Hardest working journalist in the biz. Pretty much the only one who covers distance running in the state. He’s spread pretty thin across a lot of HS sports. Check it out.

This takes a lot of leg work to complete. Probably the most labor-intensive project I work on the whole year. Have to email the coach of every single athlete to make sure they’re healthy and haven’t transferred. I’d very much appreciate you checking it out!

@Bickley_Marotta Go to a playoff game!!

#Dbacks fans, fill in the blank - If the Diamondbacks stay hot and make the playoffs, I'll ___

Taylor won the 2025 AZ High School Sports Award for the best XC runner. @BashaAthletics @bashabearnation @BashaHighTrack @bashaxc @MarquesReischl

@LSscribe @bcpdistance Add the DMR as well!!

@bcpdistance That’s fair, but other states do it as well so I wonder about the health aspect. I just like the idea of adding more competition to the meet, although I understand the concerns.

The 4x200m relay would be a great addition to the AIA Divisional and State Track and Field Championships.

@HighlandHawksFB @JRutt_4 Agreed. Lots of other sports would benefit from the same mentality!

Stole this from Basha, but we’re in agreement. Football players should run track! Shoutout to our head track coach and DC @JRutt_4. Some serious speed coming to the gridiron this fall!

@bashagridiron @BashaAthletics @BashaHighTrack It’s awesome seeing coaches supporting their athletes!!

Shout out to Coach Brunson and staff for ⁦⁦@BashaHighTrack⁩ . This is why we push multi-sport athletes. Great job to these fball players for embracing the grind daily. 👏 Speed kills!! 🐻💪

@Bickley_Marotta The 1980 Soviet Olympic hockey team. 😀

Is there a team that you absolutely cannot root for under any circumstances? Who and why?

@BashaAthletics @bashabearnation

Awesome to see 8 Basha Bears on this list!!

Co-byline w/@azc_obert: Phoenix Bobcats track and field club, which started in 1981, is searching for a home after Paradise Valley Community College terminated its lease following a 10-year partnership. No explanation was given. via @azcentral: azcentral.com/story/sports/2…

Basha's Taylor Drewry is Arizona Gatorade Girls Cross Country Player of the Year azcentral.com/story/sports/h…

Proud of the hard work, perseverance and sacrifice it took her to get here!! @RealIronMike @bashabearnation @BashaAthletics @MarquesReischl

NEWS: Basha junior Taylor Drewry is the 2024-2025 Arizona Gatorade Girls Cross Country Player of the Year. Drewry successfully defended her Division I state title this past season and also ran the No. 3 time in Arizona for the 5,000m at 17:55. @azc_preps

‼️ @Sports360AZ’s All-Academic Fall Teams are OUT NOW ‼️ Thank you to everyone who sent in nominations so we could recognize student-athletes across Arizona 🙏 📲VIEW HERE: sports360az.com/2024-sports360…

Want your athletes to run faster in every race? Start with one distance: the 1600m. Here’s why. The 1600m is the sweet spot—a perfect balance of speed and endurance. Long enough to test aerobic capacity, but short enough to sharpen speed. It's the gold standard for setting training paces. Here's how I use it to train my teams: 1. We run 1600m time trials early in the season to get a benchmark. 2. From there, every pace we use is a calculated percentage of that 1600m time: • Longer runs (3200m, 5k, long run pace) = less than 100% • Speed work (800m, 400m) = greater than 100% 3. We run another time trial every 2 weeks until the season begins and update progress. This system is about 90% accurate at predicting race times. Seriously. Want a faster 800m? Train to get faster in the 1600m. Want a better 5K? The 1600m still holds the key. I've used this method for over 15 years. I've watched it turn nervous beginners into confident racers. The 1600m gives us realistic targets and builds unstoppable momentum. So, stop guessing. Start using the 1600m as your anchor—and watch your team transform.

@LSscribe @azcentral Loved Coach Volz!! Ran for him @ Greenway in the 80s. RIP, Coach

It’s never fun to write an obituary, but I did my best to sum up the life of former local coach Clyde Volz, whose impact can be felt far and wide on the Arizona track and field community — even to this day. ✍️ via @azcentral: azcentral.com/story/sports/h…