Digital Director of Audience Development
Daniel Petty
Digital Director of Audience Development for ap. He is a former senior editor, director of audience development, digital director of sports and social media editor at The Post. He has covered running, endurance and outdoors sports for years for The Denver Post and other publications. Outside of work, he enjoys running, cycling, snowboarding and hiking. He left The Post on April 30, 2017.
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In Olympic Trials debut, Colorado alumna Laura Thweatt fights way to 5th in 10K
In 2011, Durango native Laura Thweatt was burned out after four years in CU Boulder's grueling collegiate running program. At the suggestion of a former teammate, she spoke to Lee...

Fort Collins’ Janay DeLoach leaps to Rio Olympic berth on her last jump at trials
Janay DeLoach, sitting in seventh with one jump to go, leapt to third in the women's long jump to secure a berth to the Rio Olympics.

Wheat Ridge grad Scott Fauble finishes fourth in the 10,000 at Olympic Trials
Scott Fauble knows there was nothing more he could have done. No change in race tactics. No change in preparation with his Northern Arizona Elite team in Flagstaff.

Colorado Springs native Boris Berian advances to 800 semifinals at Olympic Trials
Boris Berian advanced to the 800-meter semifinals at the Olympic Trials, just one week removed from the legal battle with Nike that had consumed his world for the last two...

Facebook just prioritized updates from friends and family, taking focus off news
Prepare to see more engagement announcements, baby pictures, cat videos in your Facebook feed. And expect to see a lot less news — unless it's being shared by your friends.

Boris Berian signs with New Balance after contract fight with Nike
Boris Berian signed on Thursday with New Balance just a week after Nike dropped its lawsuit against him to try to retain him in its stable of high-profile runners.

American racewalker Trevor Barron won’t be competing in Rio Olympics
Trevor Barron, who graduated from Colorado College in 2014, will not go to the Olympic in Rio de Janeiro despite finishing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials 20K.

Nike drops lawsuit against former Colorado Springs runner Boris Berian
In a stunning move a week before the start of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, Nike dropped its contract lawsuit against Boris Berian, the reigning world indoor 800...

Boris Berian ruling not expected for another week as restraining order expires
A temporary restraining order that kept rising middle distance runner Boris Berian from wearing the athletics apparel and shoes of Nike competitors expired on Wednesday without an expected ruling from...

Meet the 90-year-old who volunteers to cut bananas at Ride The Rockies
Donald Siekmeier, a 90 year-old grandfather to 13, cuts Chiquita bananas at the first aid station each morning to give Ride The Rockies cyclists a boost.