DAVE DEVINE
Freelance writer contributing stories to DyeStat.com and a variety of magazines.
LATEST: PORTLAND MAGAZINE
Two UP All-Timers Hit Their Stride
Two UP All-Timers Hit Their Stride
2024 DYESTAT STORIES
Outlasting Helene: NC HS teams recover after the flood
Outlasting Helene: NC HS teams recover after the flood
Western North Carolina Runners Lean Into Their Training, And One Another, To Move Past A Catastrophic StormA DyeStat story by Dave Devine__________They figured it would be a minor disruption.A momentary, rainy inconvenience at worst. A day or two without school, a couple missed cross country practices, and then back to normal. Make sure the guys run on their own, meet up in small groups if you can — see y’all on Monday.Eli Warren, a senior distance runner at T.C. Roberson Hi
A Season Without "Centennial Joe"
A Season Without "Centennial Joe"
Earl Johnson: Through the Terrific Heat
Earl Johnson: Through the Terrific Heat
One Hundred Years Later, The Story Of How A Pioneering Black American Distance Runner Achieved A Bronze Medal In Cross Country On A Global Stage At The Paris Games Returns To Light A DyeStat story by Dave Devine“It was a wonder that anyone could finish in such heat.”- Grantland Rice, New York Herald Tribune, July 13, 1924___________________The hurt came early.Well before the halfway mark of the 1924 Paris Olympics cross country race, a steady progression of seas
Story of the Stick: Penn Relay's Baton
Story of the Stick: Penn Relay's Baton
Full Speed into the Crash Pad
Full Speed into the Crash Pad
Full Speed Into The Crash PadA DyeStat story by Dave DevineLead photo by Crash Kamon__________It might be the most electric, explosive track event in all of athletics.The shortest sprint with the thinnest margin of error. Sixty unforgiving meters, covered in six-and-a-half seconds. Victory, for the most elite, demanding an effort that borders on perfection.At the highest level, no room for miscalculation.And this is certainly the highest level:The 2024 USATF Indoor Championships in Albuquerq
2023 DYESTAT STORIES
Byron Grevious: The Deep Cuts
Byron Grevious: The Deep Cuts
Byron Grevious: The Deep CutsA DyeStat story by Dave Devine______________You probably haven’t been here before.Not too many make it this far north.It’s a meandering country road near a body of water called Great Bay, a few miles inland from the blustery Atlantic. A lightly-traveled thoroughfare, close to where the eastern shoulder of New Hampshire meets the southern tip of Maine. Five-miles of dirt and gravel, hemmed on both sides, intermittently, by a wall of sheep pasture rocks.Aut
Sonia O'Sullivan Joins the UAC
Sonia O'Sullivan Joins the UAC
Gabe Tyler: Just Another Jackrabbit
Gabe Tyler: Just Another Jackrabbit
More Than 'Ari's Little Brother' A DyeStat story by Dave DevineMeet photos by Kirby Lee/Image of Sport and Ken Martinez____________Here’s Gabe Tyler, preparing to race.He’s pacing the lane line, shaking out his legs, scrutinizing his starting blocks. Making precise, almost fussy adjustments to the pedal spacing. Gauging the distance, the angles, the tightness of the set.Most sprinters do this, the assurance of a routine.He’s already listened to his pump-up
Off the Top Rope!
Off the Top Rope!
2022 DYESTAT STORIES
The Battle To Get It All Back: Lily Whelan's Story
The Battle To Get It All Back: Lily Whelan's Story
Lily Whelan’s Long Road To RecoveryA horrific accident, a broken body, and a remarkable comebackA DyeStat story by Dave Devine__________The nights were the worst.That’s when the doubts and fears crept from the edges of the hospital ICU room, crowding out hope and optimism. When nothing seemed clear, no outcomes promised. When the uncertain prognosis and haunting brain images merged with chirping sensors and beeping monitors to form a chorus of despair. Those interminable hour
Burns on the Brink
Burns on the Brink
The Week the Stars Were Born
The Week the Stars Were Born
One Pill. And A Grief With No Finish Line
One Pill. And A Grief With No Finish Line
Born at the Right Time: Ayden Owens-Delerme & Kyle Garland
Born at the Right Time: Ayden Owens-Delerme & Kyle Garland
Born At The Right TimeKyle Garland and Ayden Owens-Delerme share a birthday, a home state and a bright future in the sport of track and field A DyeStat story by Dave Devine _________ The church bells chimeAnd the whole world whisperingBorn at the right time - Born at the Right Time, Paul Simon _________ The church bells were ringing that day.Of course they were. Up and down Germantown Avenue, from Nicetown-Tioga to Chestnut Hill. Tolling in Ken
Will Sumner: Tempo Marking
Will Sumner: Tempo Marking
2021 DYESTAT STORIES
All the Small Things - Newbury Park
All the Small Things - Newbury Park
All The Small Things Moments of clarity, exhilaration, trepidation and resolve have fed Newbury Park's ascension to becoming the best American high school cross country team of all time A DyeStat story by Dave DevineMeet Photos by Chuck Utash_______It’s hard to say what was different that afternoon.Difficult to discern how that July day was distinct from any of the others that the Newbury Park cross country team had spent along the edge of southern California’s
All the Miles to Jamar Distel
All the Miles to Jamar Distel
All the Miles to Jamar Distel A DyeStat story by Dave Devine___________Come in for a minute. Have a seat.Spend some time in Jamar Distel’s bedroom in Chattaroy, Washington. See what you can learn about him.Scan the walls, plastered — as they are in so many teenagers’ bedrooms — with the things that matter most to him. The hints about who he is.The items that define him.Start with the Ethiopian flag, above his bed. The way its distinctive green, yellow and red str
Smoke Alarm: Kai Wilmot on Wildfire Smoke
Smoke Alarm: Kai Wilmot on Wildfire Smoke
Smoke Alarm2013 NXN champ Kai Wilmot researches the connection between wildfire smoke and declining air quality in the western United States A DyeStat story by Dave Devine______________ The image told an ominous story.It was a predictable story, wholly expected. That didn’t make it any less unnerving. Taylor “Kai” Wilmot gazed at the satellite image on his phone and paid careful attention to the twin wisps of smoke — one from the north and one from t
Running Away Home: Ku Stevens' Remembrance Run
Running Away Home: Ku Stevens' Remembrance Run
A Trials of Miles: TrackTownUSA's Michael Reilly
A Trials of Miles: TrackTownUSA's Michael Reilly
Gary Martin Isn't Coming Back
Gary Martin Isn't Coming Back
Mahala Norris: Staying Power
Mahala Norris: Staying Power
Mr. Moussa Goes to Washington
Mr. Moussa Goes to Washington
NOTRE DAME MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Working the South
Working the South
The Sickness Swing
The Sickness Swing
It's More Than Make Believe
It's More Than Make Believe
Border Patrol
Border Patrol
Hometown: This is Your Archeology
Hometown: This is Your Archeology
My Northern Exposure
My Northern Exposure
Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air
The Chalkboard That is East Timor
The Chalkboard That is East Timor
PORTLAND MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Flying
Flying
Song of Summer
Song of Summer
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