Absolutely. Tuohy, Maatoug, and Gregory at the top of the list of athletes that could pull it off.
Those athletes could win, if Wiley wasn’t running the same races. She is a top tier D1 talent with absurd range.
Wiley wouldn’t be winning the mile or 3k against D1 competition with a 4:48 and 9:47 - ouch - that 3k is like over a minute slower than the NCAA record.
Took a look at the men’s side, just for curiosity’s sake. 1:16/1:50/4:07/8:17 were the winning times for 600, 800, mile, and 3k.
I think there are a decent number of good D1 middle distance runners could pull off everything except the 1:16 in one meet. Heck, high schoolers pull off 1:50/4:07/8:17 triples every few years in the bigger state meets. But 1:16 is very fast — not sure how many guys would have the wheels for that and the endurance to put everything together in one day.
Obviously a ton of controversy regarding Wiley for very good reasons. But there’s no denying that her range is incredible. I think anyone saying that many elite D1 women could easily pull off a comparable quintuple is underestimating the difficulty of a 1:29 600. There are/historically have been people who could definitely pull it off, but I’d think more the 8/15 type than the 15/5k runners.
Yea the 600m is an oddball. The ideal NCAA candidate will have to be a true middle distance runner who hopes to hang in there in the 3k.
Alan
Athing Mu could have done it even as a 400/800 specialist when she was in the NCAA because those mile and 3k times are very slow. Mu did run a 4:16 1500 in college. I’m not 100% sure if Tuohy can do the 1:29 but she did run 1:35 as a high school freshman and obviously improved considerably in other events since then.
Yea the 600m is an oddball. The ideal NCAA candidate will have to be a true middle distance runner who hopes to hang in there in the 3k.
Alan
Athing Mu could have done it even as a 400/800 specialist when she was in the NCAA because those mile and 3k times are very slow. Mu did run a 4:16 1500 in college. I’m not 100% sure if Tuohy can do the 1:29 but she did run 1:35 as a high school freshman and obviously improved considerably in other events since then.
I mean…Mu in college was literally the best half miler in the world. Seems exactly like a true middle distance runner to me.
The gap from 1:35 —> 1:29 is very large. I’ve known plenty of endurance machines who could grit out 1:32 - 1:34s off around 31/31/31 splits who didn’t have a prayer of going faster. Not saying Tuohy couldn’t — I have no idea if she could and she’s obviously a phenomenal runner — just that it’s not a time to underestimate.
9 months ago, Addy couldn't even win 3 events in her own high school state meet ... So why is this impressive? Someone early on said there was more competition in their CA state championships ... Heck, there was too much competition in the Indiana State Championship! Not knocking NAIA but the competition is clearly well below her ability.
Nobody in D1 would do this ... Because it's D1 and every race would be loaded. I do agree with the comments that there are probably D1 athletes who could accomplish this in NAIA.
This stunt would be like an NBA player showing up to play pick up basketball at a YMCA...
9 months ago, Addy couldn't even win 3 events in her own high school state meet ... So why is this impressive? Someone early on said there was more competition in their CA state championships ... Heck, there was too much competition in the Indiana State Championship! Not knocking NAIA but the competition is clearly well below her ability.
Nobody in D1 would do this ... Because it's D1 and every race would be loaded. I do agree with the comments that there are probably D1 athletes who could accomplish this in NAIA.
This stunt would be like an NBA player showing up to play pick up basketball at a YMCA...
I did not know that about the high school meet. Such a dramatic improvement - how I wonder did that happen in 9 months? Hmmm…. sounds like some Johnson magic pixie dust.
There are certainly more capable if you look at 400/800/1500 times. A number of those 800m finalists simply don't bother with the 3k.
Alan
Oh definitely there would be several that could do this versus NAIA level of competition. Maatoug is the athlete that I think would be able to do this with the most ease after seeing what she did at ACC’s. Very impressive. Now if only they had let her anchor that Duke 4 x 4.
Best in college. Nobody in D1 could have done this.
I don't think that is true. The 600m time stands out, but other than that this performance was very doable by quite a few athletes. You have to go way down the list to get 9:47, 2:10 and 4:48